[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20390-21396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SUBMISSION OF MATERIAL EXPLANATORY OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 OF THE HOUSE OF 
      REPRESENTATIVES TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE SENATE TO H.R. 2029

  Pursuant to section 5 of House Resolution 566, the chairman of the 
Committee on Appropriations submitted explanatory material relating to 
amendment No. 1 of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 2029.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY MR. ROGERS OF KENTUCKY, CHAIRMAN OF 
 THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS REGARDING HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1 
                  TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT ON H.R. 2029

                 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       The following is an explanation of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2016.
       This Act includes twelve regular appropriations bills for 
     fiscal year 2016. The divisions contained in the Act are as 
     follows:
        Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2016;
        Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division C--Department of Defense Appropriations 
     Act, 2016;
        Division D--Energy and Water Development and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division E--Financial Services and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division F--Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division G--Department of the Interior, 
     Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division H--Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2016;
        Division I--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     2016;
        Division J--Military Construction and Veterans 
     Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division K--Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division L--Transportation, Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016;
        Division M--Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016;
        Division N--Cybersecurity Act of 2015;
        Division O--Other Matters; and
        Division P--Tax-Related Provisions.
       Section 3 of the Act states that, unless expressly provided 
     otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any 
     division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
     of that division.
       Section 4 of the Act specifies that this explanatory 
     statement shall have the same effect with respect to the 
     allocation of funds and implementation of this legislation as 
     if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of 
     conference.
       Section 5 of the Act provides a statement of 
     appropriations.
       Section 6 of the Act states that each amount designated by 
     Congress as being for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism (OCO/GWOT) is contingent on the President so 
     designating all such OCO/GWOT amounts and transmitting such 
     designations to Congress. The provision is consistent with 
     the requirements in the Budget Control Act of 2011 for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     designations by the President.
       Section 7 of the Act addresses possible technical 
     scorekeeping differences for fiscal year 2016 between the 
     Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget 
     Office.
       Section 8 of the Act makes technical corrections to the 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016.
       Section 9 of the Act prohibits cost-of-living adjustments 
     for Members of Congress under

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     the Legislative Reorganization Act during fiscal year 2016.
       The Act does not contain any congressional earmarks, 
     limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined 
     by clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                        CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES

       The explanatory statement is silent on provisions that were 
     in both the House Report (H. Rpt. 114-205) and Senate Report 
     (S. Rpt. 114-82) that remain unchanged by this agreement, 
     except as noted in this explanatory statement.
       The agreement restates that executive branch wishes cannot 
     substitute for Congress's own statements as to the best 
     evidence of congressional intentions, which are the official 
     reports of the Congress. The agreement further points out 
     that funds in this Act must be used for the purposes for 
     which appropriated, as required by section 1301 of title 31 
     of the United States Code, which provides: ``Appropriations 
     shall be applied only to the objects for which the 
     appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by 
     law.''
       The House and Senate report language that is not changed by 
     the explanatory statement is approved and indicates 
     congressional intentions. The explanatory statement, while 
     repeating some report language for emphasis, does not intend 
     to negate the language referred to above unless expressly 
     provided herein.
       In cases in which the House or the Senate have directed the 
     submission of a report, such report is to be submitted to 
     both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no 
     later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, unless 
     otherwise directed.
       Hereafter, in division A of this statement, the term `the 
     Committees' refers to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate.
       For the appropriations provided by this Act and previous 
     Acts, the departments and agencies funded by this agreement 
     are reminded that the Committees use the definitions for 
     transfer, reprogramming, and program, project, and activity 
     as defined by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 
     GAO-04-261SP Appropriations Law--Vol. I and GAO-05-734SP 
     Budget Glossary.
       A transfer is the shifting of funds between appropriations. 
     It applies to (1) transfers from one agency to another, (2) 
     transfers from one account to another within the same agency, 
     and (3) transfers to an interagency or intra-agency working 
     fund. In each instance, statutory authority is required.
       Reprogramming is the utilization of funds in an 
     appropriation account for purposes other than those 
     contemplated at the time of appropriation. It is the shifting 
     of funds from one object to another within an appropriation.
       A program, project, or activity (PPA) is an element within 
     a budget account. PPAs are identified by reference to include 
     the most specific level of budget items identified in the 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies Act, 2016, accompanying Committee 
     reports, explanatory statements, the Statement of Managers, 
     and budget justifications. Program activity structures are 
     intended to provide a meaningful representation of the 
     operations financed by a specific budget account by project, 
     activity, or organization.
       For fiscal year 2016, the Committees continue to include 
     bill language requiring advanced notification of certain 
     agency actions. Notification will be required at least 15 
     days in advance of any action if (1) a major capital 
     investment is modified; (2) an office is realigned or 
     reorganized; and (3) activities are carried out that were not 
     described in the budget request.
       The agreement directs the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to 
     provide an organizational chart for each agency funded by 
     this Act to the division and subdivision level, as 
     appropriate, by January 30, 2016. The agreement also directs 
     the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Farm Credit Administration 
     (FCA) to provide an organizational chart of each agency 
     respectively to the division and subdivision level, as 
     appropriate, by January 30, 2016.

                     TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $45,555,000 for the Office of the 
     Secretary.
       Congress continues to be concerned about the quality of 
     scientific evidence and extraneous factors that were included 
     in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's 
     Scientific Report. Such concerns have been conveyed to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services in public hearings. To ensure the guidelines adhere 
     to the nutritional and dietary scope of the law and are based 
     upon sound science, bill language has been included clearly 
     stating that the final guidelines cannot be released or 
     implemented unless they are based upon significant scientific 
     agreement and adhere to the statutory mandate.
       Questions have been raised about the scientific integrity 
     of the process in developing the dietary guidelines and 
     whether balanced nutritional information is reaching the 
     public. The entire process used to formulate and establish 
     the guidelines needs to be reviewed before future guidelines 
     are issued. It is imperative that the guidelines be based 
     upon strong, balanced science and focus on providing 
     consumers with dietary and nutritional information that will 
     assist them in eating a healthy and balanced diet. At a 
     minimum, the process should include: full transparency, a 
     lack of bias, and the inclusion and consideration of all of 
     the latest available research and scientific evidence, even 
     that which challenges current dietary recommendations. The 
     agreement provides $1,000,000 to review the dietary guideline 
     process.
       As the panel is selected to conduct the study, the 
     agreement expects members of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines 
     Advisory Committee to recuse themselves from this process to 
     ensure objectivity. The agreement encourages that 
     stakeholders representing a wide range of viewpoints be 
     engaged for input before the study begins in order to hear 
     the various concerns surrounding the current process. The 
     agreement directs the National Academy of Medicine to provide 
     quarterly reports informing the Committees on the status of 
     the study.
       The agreement recognizes USDA's diligent work regarding the 
     outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the 
     commercial poultry industry. The agreement supports the 
     Secretary's use of all available resources necessary in its 
     continued work with stakeholders and trading partners to 
     eradicate the disease. The agreement directs the Secretary to 
     keep the Committees apprised of new developments. The 
     agreement directs the Secretary to provide a report on the 
     amount of emergency funds transferred from the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation (CCC) to poultry owners and contract 
     growers respectively under the Animal Health Protection Act 
     during fiscal year 2015.
       The agreement directs the Secretary to notify in writing 
     the Committees 15 days prior to the expenditure of any 
     emergency funds from the CCC.
       The agreement seeks to bring more transparency and 
     coordination of nutrition research and evaluation projects 
     conducted by the Department. The Secretary is directed to 
     ensure both the Research, Education, and Economics and the 
     Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services mission areas 
     coordinate and finalize the FNS Research and Evaluation Plan 
     submitted in fiscal year 2016 to prevent duplication of 
     efforts and resources. The plan submitted for fiscal year 
     2016 shall include a brief description of the projects FNS 
     expects to pursue and whether or not it was mandated by law.
       Section 737 states that FNS shall not receive any funding 
     for new research and evaluation projects in fiscal year 2016 
     until the Committees receive the fiscal year 2016 Research 
     and Evaluation Plan that has been developed in coordination 
     with the Research, Education, and Economics mission area. In 
     submitting the fiscal year 2017 budget justification, FNS is 
     directed to provide its Research and Evaluation Plan 
     simultaneously with its budget request. There is an 
     expectation that this process will be followed in the future.
       It has been more than 300 days since the publication in the 
     New York Times of the article entitled `U.S. Research Lab 
     Lets Livestock Suffer in Quest for Profit' about the 
     Agricultural Research Service's Meat Animal Research Center 
     (MARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska. Despite having nearly a year 
     to address this matter, the Department has provided a wholly 
     inadequate public response to the allegations of animal 
     mistreatment at MARC and it has been delinquent in providing 
     necessary information and updates to the Committees. This 
     agreement re-affirms the directives and requirements on this 
     issue included in H. Rpt. 114-205 and S. Rpt. 114-82. If the 
     Department fails to comply fully with these directives and 
     requirements, the Committees will pursue further action to 
     ensure they are met.
       The following table reflects the agreement:

                         OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY....................................       $5,051
Office of Tribal Relations.................................          502
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination.....        1,496
Office of Advocacy and Outreach............................        1,209
Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration...........          804
Departmental Administration................................       25,124
Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations..        3,869
Office of Communications...................................        7,500
                                                            ------------
    Total, Office of the Secretary.........................      $45,555
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          Executive Operations


                     OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

       The agreement provides $17,777,000 for the Office of the 
     Chief Economist.
       The agreement directs the Office of the Chief Economist, 
     within 60 days of completion of the report required in 7 
     U.S.C.

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     6935(b)(3) by the Secretary, to contract with an independent 
     organization to provide assistance with implementation and 
     establishment of an Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign 
     Agricultural Affairs as required by the Agricultural Act of 
     2014. The agreement directs the Office of the Chief Economist 
     to consult with the congressional committees of jurisdiction 
     throughout this process. The agreement provides $1,000,000 
     for this purpose.


                       NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

       The agreement provides $13,317,000 for the National Appeals 
     Division.


                 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

       The agreement provides $9,392,000 for the Office of Budget 
     and Program Analysis.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       The agreement provides $44,538,000 for the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer.
       This amount includes not less than $28,000,000 to support 
     cybersecurity requirements of the Department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       The agreement provides $6,028,000 for the Office of the 
     Chief Financial Officer.
       The agreement directs the Chief Financial Officer to 
     include an estimate of General Services Administration (GSA) 
     rent and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) costs by 
     agency in the fiscal year 2017 budget justifications. The 
     agreement includes the following table detailing the total 
     estimated amounts for fiscal year 2016:

 
                         [Dollars in Thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    GSA          DHS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016..........................................     $215,309      $21,960
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           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       The agreement provides $898,000 for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       The agreement provides $24,070,000 for the Office of Civil 
     Rights.

                  Agriculture Buildings and Facilities


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $64,189,000 for Agriculture 
     Buildings and Facilities.

                     Hazardous Materials Management


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $3,618,000 for Hazardous Materials 
     Management.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The agreement provides $95,738,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       The agreement provides $44,383,000 for the Office of the 
     General Counsel.

                            Office of Ethics

       The agreement provides $3,654,000 for the Office of Ethics.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

       The agreement provides $893,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics.

                       Economic Research Service

       The agreement provides $85,373,000 for the Economic 
     Research Service.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       The agreement provides $168,443,000 for the National 
     Agricultural Statistics Service, including up to $42,177,000 
     for the Census of Agriculture.
       The agreement includes increases of $500,000 for pollinator 
     surveys, $957,000 for the Chemical Use Program, and $335,000 
     for employee health benefits as requested in the budget. 
     Additionally, the agreement includes funding to reinstate a 
     vineyard production survey to gather information essential to 
     annual pricing and purchase agreement and long-term 
     production planning.

                     Agricultural Research Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $1,143,825,000 for the Agricultural 
     Research Service (ARS), Salaries and Expenses.
       The agreement does not accept the President's budget 
     request regarding the termination of research programs, 
     redirections of research programs, or closure of research 
     locations. The agreement expects extramural research to be 
     funded at no less than the fiscal year 2015 levels. The 
     agreement provides funding increases for forest product, 
     pollinator, aquatic animal health, leafy green vegetables, 
     long-term agroecosystem research, crop improvement and 
     protection, avian health, cranberry, wheat and sorghum, 
     agricultural genomic, methyl bromide alternatives research to 
     combat macrophomina and fusarium, and horticultural research 
     and education.
       The agreement reiterates concerns regarding the ongoing 
     depletion of the regional Alluvial Aquifer in the Lower 
     Mississippi River Basin. Over 7 million acres in the region 
     represent irrigated cropland and 90 percent of those acres 
     rely on the groundwater supply. Increased water withdrawals 
     and stagnant recharging jeopardize the long-term availability 
     of the aquifer and place irrigation agriculture in the region 
     on an unsustainable path. The agreement encourages ARS, in 
     collaboration with university research and extension 
     scientists and local stakeholders, to identify gaps in water 
     management research and focus efforts on the development of 
     conservation and irrigation techniques to reduce water usage 
     in agriculture production while maintaining crop quality and 
     yield.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       For ARS Buildings and Facilities, the agreement provides an 
     appropriation of $212,101,000 for priorities identified in 
     the USDA ARS Capital Investment Strategy, April 2012.

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture


                   RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

       The agreement provides $819,685,000 for the National 
     Institute of Food and Agriculture's research and education 
     activities.
       The agreement continues to direct that not less than 15 
     percent of the competitive research grant funds be used for 
     USDA's agricultural research enhancement awards program, 
     including USDA-EPSCoR.
       The following table reflects the amounts provided by the 
     agreement:

   NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE--RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
                               ACTIVITIES
                         [Dollars in Thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hatch Act.......................  7 U.S.C. 361a-i....           $243,701
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative      16 U.S.C. 582a                  33,961
 Forestry Act.                     through a-7.
Research at 1890 Institutions     7 U.S.C. 3222......             54,185
 (Evans-Allen Program).
Payments to the 1994              7 U.S.C. 301 note..              3,439
 Institutions.
Education Grants for 1890         7 U.S.C. 3152(b)...             19,336
 Institutions.
Education Grants for Hispanic-    7 U.S.C. 3241......              9,219
 Serving Institutions.
Education Grants for Alaska       7 U.S.C. 3156......              3,194
 Native and Native Hawaiian-
 Serving Institutions.
Research Grants for 1994          7 U.S.C. 301 note..              1,801
 Institutions.
Capacity Building for Non Land-   7 U.S.C. 3319i.....              5,000
 Grant Colleges of Agriculture.
Grants for Insular Areas........  7 U.S.C. 3222b-2,                2,000
                                   3362 and 3363.
Agriculture and Food Research     7 U.S.C. 450i(b)...            350,000
 Initiative.
Veterinary Medicine Loan          7 U.S.C. 3151a.....              5,000
 Repayment.
Veterinary Services Grant         7 U.S.C. 3151b.....              2,500
 Program.
Continuing Animal Health and      7 U.S.C. 3195......              4,000
 Disease Research Program.
Supplemental and Alternative      7 U.S.C. 3319d.....                825
 Crops.
Multicultural Scholars, Graduate  7 U.S.C. 3152(b)...              9,000
 Fellowship and Institution
 Challenge Grants.
Secondary and 2-year Post-        7 U.S.C. 3152(j)...                900
 Secondary Education.
Aquaculture Centers.............  7 U.S.C. 3322......              4,000
Sustainable Agriculture Research  7 U.S.C. 5811,                  24,667
 and Education.                    5812, 5831, and
                                   5832.
Farm Business Management........  7 U.S.C. 5925f.....              1,450
Sun Grant Program...............  7 U.S.C. 8114......              2,500
Alfalfa and Forage Research       7 U.S.C. 5925......              2,000
 Program.
Minor Crop Pest Management (IR-   7 U.S.C. 450i(c)...             11,913
 4).
Special Research Grants:          7 U.S.C. 450i(c)...  .................
    Global Change/UV Monitoring.  ...................              1,405
    Potato Research.............  ...................              2,000
    Aquaculture Research........  ...................              1,350
                                                      ------------------

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        Total, Special Research   ...................              4,755
         Grants.
Necessary Expenses of Research
 and Education Activities:
    Grants Management System....  ...................              7,830
    Federal Administration--      ...................              6,549
     Other Necessary Expenses
     for Research and Education
     Activities.
    GSA Rent and DHS Security     ...................              5,960
     Expenses.
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Necessary Expenses...  ...................             20,339
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Research and       ...................           $819,685
         Education Activities.
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              NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

       The agreement provides $11,880,000 for the Native American 
     Institutions Endowment Fund.


                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

       The agreement provides $475,891,000 for the National 
     Institute of Food and Agriculture's extension activities.
       The agreement provides an increase of $2,500,000 for the 
     Food Safety Outreach Program to provide education and 
     training for farmers, producers, and processors to implement 
     food safety guidelines resulting from FSMA. The agreement 
     directs the Department to coordinate efforts with the FDA to 
     ensure there is no duplication of efforts or resources. As 
     stated in the President's fiscal year 2016 budget request, 
     the agreement expects NIFA to be the sole agency supporting 
     the educational needs of growers.
       The following table reflects the amounts provided by the 
     agreement:

     NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
                         [Dollars in Thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Smith-Lever, Section 3(b) and     7 U.S.C. 343(b) and           $300,000
 (c) programs and Cooperative      (c) and 208(c) of
 Extension.                        P.L. 93-471.
Extension Services at 1890        7 U.S.C. 3221......             45,620
 Institutions.
Extension Services at 1994        7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3).              4,446
 Institutions.
Facility Improvements at 1890     7 U.S.C. 3222b.....             19,730
 Institutions.
Renewable Resources Extension     16 U.S.C. 1671 et                4,060
 Act.                              seq..
Rural Health and Safety           7 U.S.C. 2662(i)...              1,500
 Education Programs.
Food Animal Residue Avoidance     7 U.S.C. 7642......              1,250
 Database Program.
Women and Minorities in STEM      7 U.S.C. 5925......                400
 Fields.
Food Safety Outreach Program....  7 U.S.C. 7625......              5,000
Smith-Lever, Section 3(d):......  7 U.S.C. 343(d)....  .................
    Food and Nutrition Education  ...................             67,934
    Farm Safety and Youth Farm    ...................              4,610
     Safety Education Programs.
    New Technologies for          ...................              1,550
     Agricultural Extension.
    Children, Youth, and          ...................              8,395
     Families at Risk.
    Federally Recognized Tribes   ...................              3,039
     Extension Program.
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Section 3(d).....  ...................             85,528
Necessary Expenses of Extension
 Activities:
Agriculture in the K-12           ...................                552
 Classroom.
Federal Administration--Other     ...................              7,805
 Necessary Expenses for
 Extension Activities.
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Necessary Expenses...  ...................              8,357
        Total, Extension          ...................           $475,891
         Activities.
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                          integrated activities

       The agreement provides $30,900,000 for the National 
     Institute of Food and Agriculture's integrated activities.
       The following table reflects the amounts provided by the 
     agreement:

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
                         [Dollars in Thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methyl Bromide Transition         7 U.S.C. 7626......             $2,000
 Program.
Organic Transition Program......  7 U.S.C. 7626......              4,000
Regional Rural Development        7 U.S.C. 450i(c)...              1,000
 Centers.
Food and Agriculture Defense      7 U.S.C. 3351......              6,700
 Initiative.
Crop Protection/Pest Management   7 U.S.C. 7626......             17,200
 Program.
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Integrated Activities  ...................            $30,900
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  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       The agreement provides $893,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       The agreement provides $894,415,000 for the Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Salaries and 
     Expenses.
       The agreement includes a net increase of $22,001,000 for 
     high priority initiatives in order to protect the plant and 
     animal resources of the Nation from pests and diseases. The 
     agreement provides increases within the total funding level 
     of: $3,000,000 for Avian Health to assist Federal and State 
     agencies, stakeholders and growers to implement the best 
     surveillance and biosecurity efforts to stop and slow the 
     spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza; $550,000 for 
     Swine Health to enhance emerging swine disease surveillance; 
     $5,000,000 and a total of $12,000,000 for APHIS to support 
     National Animal Health Lab Network; $1,000,000 for the 
     Agricultural Quarantine Inspection program; $2,000,000 for 
     Specialty Crop Pests that when combined with a one-time 
     increase of $5,500,000 for the Citrus Health Response Program 
     will total $7,500,000 to help address the damaging effects of 
     citrus greening disease; $3,150,000 for Wildlife Damage 
     Management for priority initiatives such as oral rabies 
     vaccinations, livestock protection, predator damage 
     management, and preventing the transport of invasive snakes 
     and other harmful species; $1,000,000 for Agriculture Import 
     and Export activities to help resolve sanitary and 
     phytosanitary trade issues that could result in the opening 
     of new markets and retaining and expanding existing market 
     access for U.S. agricultural products; and, $400,000 for 
     Animal Welfare in order for

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     APHIS to provide oversight of animal research at the 
     Agricultural Research Service.
       The agreement includes no less than $3,000,000 for cervid 
     health activities. Within the funds provided, APHIS should 
     give consideration to indemnity payments if warranted.
       The agreement includes $26,000,000 under Wildlife Damage 
     Management for national rabies management, surveillance, and 
     eradication efforts. The agreement also provides an 
     additional $600,000 for combatting wildlife depredation to 
     production aquaculture, an additional $550,000 for increased 
     feral swine surveillance, an additional $8,000,000 for 
     aircraft equipment and safety needs, and $2,000,000 for 
     Wildlife Services education and training.
       The following table reflects the agreement:

               ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
                         [Dollars in Thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                               Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal Health Technical Services.....................            $35,339
Aquatic Animal Health................................              2,253
Avian Health.........................................             55,340
Cattle Health........................................             91,500
Equine, Cervid & Small Ruminant Health...............             19,500
National Veterinary Stockpile........................              3,973
Swine Health.........................................             24,800
Veterinary Biologics.................................             16,417
Veterinary Diagnostics...............................             36,540
Zoonotic Disease Management..........................              9,523
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Animal Health..........................            295,185
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (Appropriated)....             27,900
Cotton Pests.........................................             11,520
Field Crop & Rangeland Ecosystems Pests..............              8,826
Pest Detection.......................................             27,446
Plant Protection Methods Development.................             20,686
Specialty Crop Pests.................................            158,000
Tree & Wood Pests....................................             54,000
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Plant Health...........................            308,378
Wildlife Damage Management...........................            101,177
Wildlife Services Methods Development................             18,856
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Wildlife Services......................            120,033
Animal & Plant Health Regulatory Enforcement.........             16,224
Biotechnology Regulatory Services....................             18,875
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Regulatory Services....................             35,099
Contingency Fund.....................................                470
Emergency Preparedness & Response....................             16,966
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Emergency Management...................             17,436
Agriculture Import/Export............................             15,099
Overseas Technical & Trade Operations................             22,114
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Safe Trade.............................             37,213
Animal Welfare.......................................             28,410
Horse Protection.....................................                697
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Animal Welfare.........................             29,107
APHIS Information Technology Infrastructure..........              4,251
Physical/Operational Security........................              5,146
GSA Rental and DHS Security Payments.................             42,567
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Agency Management......................             51,964
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Direct Appropriation..................           $894,415
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        buildings and facilities

       The agreement provides $3,175,000 for APHIS Buildings and 
     Facilities.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           marketing services

       The agreement provides $81,223,000 for the Agricultural 
     Marketing Service.
       The agreement includes bill language to repeal the country 
     of origin labeling requirements for beef and pork products in 
     order to prevent U.S. exports from suffering an economic 
     impact totaling more than $1 billion in retaliatory tariffs 
     from Canada and Mexico.


                 limitation on administrative expenses

       The agreement includes a limitation on administrative 
     expenses of $60,982,000.


    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       The agreement provides $20,489,000 for Funds for 
     Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply.
       Consistent with Section 715, the Secretary is reminded that 
     the Act does not provide funding to carry out clause 3 of 
     section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public 
     Law 74-320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus 
     removal activities or price support activities under section 
     5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act.
       The following table reflects the status of this fund for 
     fiscal year 2016:

       ESTIMATED TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE AND BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD
                         [Dollars in Thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriation (30% of Customs Receipts)..............        $10,316,645
Less Transfers:
    Food & Nutrition Service.........................         -8,869,645
    Commerce Department..............................           -144,000
          Total, Transfers...........................         -9,013,645
Prior Year Appropriation Available, Start of Year....            122,000
Unavailable for Obligations (recoveries & offsetting               - - -
 collections)........................................
Transfer of Prior Year Funds to FNS (F&V)............           -122,000
Budget Authority.....................................          1,303,000
Rescission of Current Year Funds.....................           -215,704
Appropriations Temporarily Reduced--Sequestration....            -77,316
Unavailable for Obligations (F&V Transfer to FNS)....           -125,000
Available for Obligation.............................            884,980
Less Obligations:
Child Nutrition Programs (Entitlement Commodities)...            465,000
    State Option Contract............................              5,000
    Removal of Defective Commodities.................              2,500
    Emergency Surplus Removal........................              - - -
    Small Business Support...........................              - - -
    Disaster Relief..................................              5,000
    Additional Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases            206,000
    Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program................             41,000
    Estimated Future Needs...........................            106,192
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Commodity Procurement.................            830,692
Administrative Funds:
    Commodity Purchase Support.......................             33,799
    Marketing Agreements and Orders..................             20,489
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Administrative Funds..................             54,288
                                                      ------------------
            Total Obligations........................            884,980
Unavailable for Obligations (F&V Transfer to FNS)....            125,000
Balances, Collections, and Recoveries Not Available..              - - -
                                                      ------------------
    Total, End of Year Balances......................           $125,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   payments to states and possessions

       The agreement provides $1,235,000 for Payments to States 
     and Possessions.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The agreement provides $43,057,000 for the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.


        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

       The agreement includes a limitation on inspection and 
     weighing services expenses of $55,000,000.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       The agreement provides $816,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Food Safety.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       The agreement provides $1,014,871,000 for the Food Safety 
     and Inspection Service (FSIS).
       The agreement provides $2,547,000 to implement the 
     Siluriformes Inspection Program, as proposed in the 
     President's budget.
       The agreement encourages FSIS to submit a report that 
     contains a comprehensive plan to increase the consideration 
     of external candidates for frontline food safety inspection 
     positions, with a focus on recruiting candidates with a 
     demonstrated educational background in agriculture or health 
     sciences, including new and recent graduates in these fields.
       The following table reflects the agreement:

                   FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal..............................................           $898,795
State................................................             60,976
International........................................             16,744
Codex Alimentarius...................................              3,776
Public Health Data Communications Infrastructure                  34,580
 System..............................................
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Food Safety and Inspection Service........         $1,014,871
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       The agreement provides $898,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $1,200,180,000 for the Farm Service 
     Agency (FSA).
       FSA has submitted consecutive proposals for significant 
     annual budget savings through ``operational efficiencies'' 
     with little to no detail for achieving these goals. Despite 
     these proposals, the agreement recognizes the important 
     services that FSA provides across the country and maintains 
     level funding for FSA, and specifically does not accept the 
     proposed savings for non-Federal workers or other personnel 
     savings. The agreement also supports full staffing levels for 
     non-Federal workers. Furthermore, FSA is directed to provide 
     substantial detailed documentation and data when proposing 
     future budget requests.
       The agreement directs the Farm Service Agency to complete 
     the directive related to international food aid commodity 
     reports in H. Rpt. 114-205.
       FSA's management of certain information technology projects 
     over the past several years has resulted in cost overruns and 
     poor performance. FSA has failed to deliver a modernized and 
     integrated IT solution for farm program delivery that was 
     promised to Congress and the agricultural community. The 
     agreement includes statutory language that requires the 
     Government Accountability Office to review, and the 
     Committees to approve a plan for expenditure for IT projects. 
     FSA is directed to continue quarterly briefings in writing on 
     all IT projects related to farm program delivery.
       The following table reflects the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salaries and expenses................................         $1,200,180
    Transfer from P.L. 480...........................              2,528
    Transfer from Export Loans.......................                354
    Transfer from ACIF...............................            306,998
                                                      ------------------
        Total, FSA Salaries and expenses.............         $1,510,060
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

       The agreement provides $3,404,000 for State Mediation 
     Grants.


               GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $6,500,000 for the Grassroots Source 
     Water Protection Program.


                        DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $500,000 for the Dairy Indemnity 
     Program.


           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The following table reflects the agreement:

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                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan Authorizations:
Farm Ownership Loans:
    Direct.....................................             ($1,500,000)
    Guaranteed.................................              (2,000,000)
                                                ------------------------
        Subtotal, Farm Ownership Loans.........              (3,500,000)
Farm Operating Loans:
    Direct.....................................              (1,252,004)
    Unsubsidized Guaranteed....................              (1,393,443)
                                                ------------------------
        Subtotal, Farm Operating Loans.........              (2,645,447)
Emergency Loans................................                 (34,667)
Indian Tribe Land Acquisition Loans............                  (2,000)
Conservation Loans--Guaranteed.................                (150,000)
Indian Highly Fractionated Land................                 (10,000)
Boll Weevil Eradication........................                 (60,000)
                                                ------------------------
        Total, Loan Authorizations.............              (6,402,114)
Loan Subsidies:
Farm Ownership Loan Subsidies:
    Direct.....................................                    - - -
        Subtotal, Farm Ownership Subsidies.....                    - - -
Farm Operating Loan Subsidies:
    Direct.....................................                   53,961
    Unsubsidized Guaranteed....................                   14,352
                                                ------------------------
        Subtotal, Farm Operating Subsidies.....                   68,313
Emergency Loans................................                    1,262
Indian Highly Fractionated Land................                    - - -
Individual Development Accounts................                    - - -
                                                ------------------------
        Total, Loan Subsidies..................                   69,575
ACIF Expenses:
    Salaries and Expenses......................                  306,998
    Administrative Expenses....................                    7,920
                                                ------------------------
        Total, ACIF Expenses...................                 $314,918
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         Risk Management Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $74,829,000 for the Risk Management 
     Agency.

                              CORPORATIONS

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       The agreement provides an appropriation of such sums as may 
     be necessary for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides an appropriation of such sums as may 
     be necessary for Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation.


                       HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

                        (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

       The agreement provides a limitation of $5,000,000 for 
     Hazardous Waste Management.

                    TITLE II--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       The agreement provides $898,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

       The agreement provides $850,856,000 for Conservation 
     Operations.
       The agreement provides $9,300,000 for the Snow Survey and 
     Water Forecasting Program; $9,400,000 for the Plant Materials 
     Centers; $80,000,000 for the Soil Surveys Program; and 
     $752,156,000 for Conservation Technical Assistance, including 
     an increase of $5,000,000 for the Conservation Delivery 
     Streamlining Initiative (CDSI).


                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $12,000,000 for the Watershed 
     Rehabilitation Program.

                 TITLE III--RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       The agreement provides $893,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Rural Development.
       The agreement encourages the Department to continue 
     assisting areas with persistent poverty through the 
     StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity.
       The agreement provides $8,000,000 to the Rural Utilities 
     Service to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a) and requires 
     the agency to implement the program during fiscal year 2016.

                           Rural Development


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $225,835,000 for Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses.

                         Rural Housing Service


              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides a total subsidy of $505,567,000 for 
     activities under the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
     Account. This includes a transfer of $417,854,000 to the 
     Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses account.
       The increasing number of Section 515 multi-family housing 
     loans that are reaching maturity and being paid off is a 
     significant threat to very low income rural households 
     needing affordable housing. As these developments result in 
     projects leaving the program, very low income households face 
     untenable rent increases and possible eviction. The Secretary 
     is directed to: provide every assistance possible to the 
     Government Accountability Office in their analysis of this 
     issue; review and evaluate all authorities available under 
     Section 510 of the Housing Act of 1949; and, in conjunction 
     with program partners and other interested parties, develop 
     innovative options to retain projects in USDA's affordable 
     housing program.
       The following table indicates loan, subsidy, and grant 
     levels provided by the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan authorizations:
    Single family direct (sec. 502)..................         ($900,000)
    Single family unsubsidized guaranteed............       (24,000,000)
    Housing repair (sec. 504)........................           (26,278)
    Rental housing (sec. 515)........................           (28,398)
    Multi-family guaranteed (sec. 538)...............          (150,000)
    Site development loans (sec. 524)................            (5,000)
    Credit sales of acquired property................           (10,000)
    Self-help housing land development (sec. 523)....            (5,000)
    Farm labor housing...............................           (23,855)
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Loan authorizations...................      ($25,148,531)
Loan subsidies:
    Single family direct (sec. 502)..................            $60,750
    Housing repair (sec. 504)........................              3,424
    Rental housing (sec. 515)........................              8,414
    Farm labor housing...............................              6,789
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, Loan subsidies.....................             79,377
    Farm labor housing grants........................              8,336
                                                      ------------------
            Total, loan subsidies and grants.........             87,713
    Administrative expenses (transfer to RD).........            417,854
                                                      ------------------
            Total, Loan subsidies, grants, and                  $505,567
             administrative expenses.................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $1,389,695,000 for the Rental 
     Assistance Program, of which up to $75,000,000 shall be 
     available until September 30, 2017 for renewal of rental 
     assistance agreements within a twelve month period. The 
     agreement also directs the Secretary to provide the 
     Committees quarterly reports on the number of renewal 
     agreements approved, the amount of rental assistance 
     available, and the anticipated need for rental assistance for 
     the remainder of the fiscal year. In addition, the agreement 
     expects that the Rural Housing Service will continue to take 
     steps to use to the maximum extent possible rental assistance 
     from expired agreements to address shortfalls. Provisions in 
     the Rental Assistance appropriations are meant to confirm 
     these actions and encourage them to continue.


          MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $37,000,000 for the Multi-Family 
     Housing Revitalization Program Account. This includes 
     $15,000,000 for vouchers and $22,000,000 for a housing 
     preservation demonstration program.


                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

       The agreement provides $27,500,000 for Mutual and Self-Help 
     Housing Grants.


                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

       The agreement provides $32,239,000 for Rural Housing 
     Assistance Grants.
       The following table reflects the grant levels provided by 
     the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Very low income housing repair grants................            $28,701
Housing preservation grants..........................              3,538
                                                      ------------------
    Total, grants....................................            $32,239
------------------------------------------------------------------------

               RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $42,278,000 for the Rural Community 
     Facilities Program Account.
       The following table reflects the loan, subsidy, and grant 
     amounts provided by the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan Authorizations:
    CF direct loans..................................       ($2,200,000)
    CF guaranteed loans..............................          (148,305)
Loan Subsidies and Grants:
    CF guaranteed loans..............................              3,500
    CF grants........................................             25,000
        Rural Community Development Initiative.......              4,000
        Economic Impact Initiative...................              5,778
        Tribal College Grants........................              4,000
                                                      ------------------
            Total, subsidies and grants..............            $42,278
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service


                     RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $62,687,000 for the Rural Business 
     Program Account.

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       The following table reflects the loan, subsidy, and grant 
     levels provided by the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guaranteed loan authorization........................         ($919,765)
Guaranteed loan subsidy..............................             35,687
Rural business development grants....................             24,000
Delta Regional Authority.............................              3,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, subsidy and grants........................            $62,687
------------------------------------------------------------------------

              INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $9,685,000 for the Rural Development 
     Loan Fund Program Account.
       The agreement provides for a transfer of $4,468,000 to the 
     Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses account.
       The following table reflects the loan and subsidy levels 
     provided by the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan authorization...................................          ($18,889)
Loan subsidy.........................................              5,217
Administrative expenses (Transfer to RD).............              4,468
                                                      ------------------
    Total, subsidy and administrative expenses.......             $9,685
------------------------------------------------------------------------

            RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $33,077,000 for the Rural Economic 
     Development Loans Program Account.
       The agreement does not increase funding for energy 
     efficiency activities under the Rural Economic Development 
     Loan and Grant Program, but rather funds implementation of 
     section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a) through the Rural Utilities Service.


                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

       The agreement provides $22,050,000 for Rural Cooperative 
     Development Grants.


                    RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $500,000 for the Rural Energy for 
     America Program.

                        Rural Utilities Service


             RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $522,365,000 for the Rural Water and 
     Waste Disposal Program Account.
       The agreement supports the Department's underlying 
     adherence to free and open competition on water and waste 
     projects as contained in 7 CFR 1780.70(b) and (d). However, 
     there continues to be confusion with some vendors and 
     contractors as to the procurement policies of specific 
     materials. The agreement encourages USDA's Rural Utility 
     Service to issue a memorandum as necessary to clarify that 
     the agency does not advocate one specific material over 
     another and reinforces that applicants take careful 
     consideration of all materials suitable for each individual 
     project including, but not be limited to, material service 
     life and durability, ease of installation, and contractor 
     familiarity with suitable materials. Moreover, deference to 
     local authorities is encouraged on project design and 
     material utilization insomuch as it adheres to nationally 
     recognized standards to ensure the best option for their 
     respective communities are incorporated.
       The following table reflects the loan, subsidy, and grant 
     levels provided by the agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan authorizations:
Water and waste direct loans.........................       ($1,200,000)
Water and waste guaranteed loans.....................           (50,000)
Subsidies and grants:
Direct subsidy.......................................             31,320
Guaranteed loan subsidy..............................                275
Water and waste revolving fund.......................              1,000
Water well system grants.............................                993
Grants for Colonias, Native Americans, and Alaskan                64,000
 Native Villages.....................................
Water and waste technical assistance grants..........             20,000
Circuit Rider program................................             16,397
Solid waste management grants........................              4,000
High energy cost grants..............................             10,000
Water and waste disposal grants......................            364,380
306A(i)(2) grants....................................             10,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, subsidies and grants......................           $522,365
------------------------------------------------------------------------

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The agreement provides $34,811,000 for activities under the 
     Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
     Account. The agreement provides for an estimated loan level 
     of $6,940,000,000.
       The agreement provides for a transfer of $34,707,000 to the 
     Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses account.
       The following table indicates loan levels provided by the 
     agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan authorizations:
    Electric:
        Direct, FFB..................................       ($5,500,000)
        Guaranteed underwriting......................          (750,000)
                                                      ------------------
            Subtotal.................................        (6,250,000)
    Telecommunications...............................          (690,000)
Loan subsidy:
    Telecommunications direct........................                104
                                                      ------------------
        Total, loan authorizations...................        (6,940,000)
    Administrative expenses (transfer to RD).........             34,707
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Loan subsidies and administrative                 $34,811
         expenses....................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

         DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $36,872,000 for the Distance 
     Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program.
       The following table indicates loan levels provided by the 
     agreement:

                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan authorization:
    Broadband telecommunications.....................          ($20,576)
                                                      ------------------
        Total, loan authorization....................           (20,576)
Subsidies and grants:
    Distance learning and telemedicine grants........             22,000
    Broadband telecommunications program:
        Direct (treasury rate loans).................              4,500
        Grants.......................................             10,372
                                                      ------------------
            Total, subsidies and grants..............            $36,872
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    TITLE IV--DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
                                Services

       The agreement provides $811,000 for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
       An OIG report issued in September 2015 reviewed the FNS 
     quality control process for SNAP error rates and found 
     vulnerabilities in the methods used to determine the error 
     rates and concluded FNS' quality control process understated 
     SNAP's error rates. The OIG also completed an audit report in 
     May 2015 to evaluate how FNS has attempted to lower the error 
     rates for the National School Lunch Program and School 
     Breakfast Program, which were about 15 percent and 26 
     percent, respectively, in fiscal year 2014. Within 90 days 
     from the date of enactment of this Act, the Department is 
     directed to provide a report on how FNS will address these 
     two reports.
       The Committees expect timely and sufficient notification of 
     proposed FNS policy actions before such actions are 
     implemented to allow the Committees to exercise their 
     respective oversight responsibilities. FNS is directed to 
     keep the Committees promptly informed of activities and 
     issues that arise. FNS is reminded that the Committees 
     reserve the right to call before them any agency to determine 
     whether laws, programs and policy decisions are being 
     implemented in accordance with the intent of Congress.
       The agreement expects FNS to ensure that all parties that 
     enter into a contract fulfill all required obligations. If 
     requirements are not met, FNS should consider renegotiating 
     contracts to ensure full cooperation on behalf of awardees.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $22,149,746,000 for Child Nutrition 
     Programs. Included in the total is an appropriated amount of 
     $13,280,101,000 and a transfer from Section 32 of 
     $8,869,645,000.
       Section 741 provides an additional one-time increase of 
     $5,000,000 for school meals equipment grants and $7,000,000 
     for summer EBT demonstration projects, bringing the total 
     program levels for fiscal year 2016 to $30,000,000 and 
     $23,000,000, respectively.
       Concerns remain about the challenges and costs that local 
     schools face in implementing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids 
     Act of 2010. Some schools are continuing to have difficulty 
     complying with the whole grain requirements that went into 
     effect on July 1, 2014, and there continues to be concern 
     with further reductions in the sodium requirements for school 
     meals. The Secretary provided guidance to States so that 
     exemptions could be offered to school food authorities 
     demonstrating a hardship from the current whole grain 
     standards, as required by the fiscal year 2015 appropriations 
     Act. This flexibility is extended for the 2016-17 school 
     year. The agreement also continues a provision that sodium 
     standards cannot be reduced below Target 1 until the latest 
     scientific research establishes the reduction is beneficial 
     for children.
       The agreement provides the following for Child Nutrition 
     Programs:

                      TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY
                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
School lunch program.................................        $12,154,720
School breakfast program.............................          4,338,632

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Child and adult care food program....................          3,340,081
Summer food service program..........................            555,729
Special milk program.................................              9,432
State administrative expenses........................            270,878
Commodity procurement................................          1,350,683
Food safety education................................              2,761
Coordinated review...................................             10,000
Computer support and processing......................             11,430
CACFP training and technical assistance..............             13,137
Child Nutrition Program studies and evaluations......             20,400
Child Nutrition payment accuracy.....................             10,562
Farm to school tactical team.........................              3,297
Team Nutrition.......................................             15,504
Healthier U.S. Schools Challenge.....................              1,500
School meals equipment grants........................             25,000
Summer EBT demonstration.............................             16,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................        $22,149,746
------------------------------------------------------------------------

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

       The agreement provides $6,350,000,000 for the Special 
     Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
     Children (WIC).
       Based upon revised USDA estimates, the agreement fully 
     funds all eligible WIC participants in fiscal year 2016, and 
     includes $60,000,000 for breastfeeding support initiatives 
     and $13,600,000 for infrastructure. The agreement ensures 
     that States can continue transitioning from paper checks and 
     vouchers to an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system by 
     providing the necessary funding for EBT from within the 
     fiscal year 2015 recovery and carryover funds. EBT is a 
     proven, effective tool in combatting waste, fraud, and abuse, 
     and all WIC state agencies are mandated to have an EBT system 
     in place by October 1, 2020.


               SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $80,849,383,000 for the Supplemental 
     Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The agreement includes 
     $3,000,000,000 to be made available for a contingency 
     reserve. The agreement provides a funding level for SNAP 
     benefits as reflected in OMB's mid-session review of the 
     budget.
       The bill provides funding at the fiscal year 2015 level for 
     Nutrition Education and Program Information and does not 
     provide funding for new or existing Centers of Excellence, 
     which have not been authorized by Congress.
       The agreement provides the following for SNAP:

                      TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY
                         (Dollars in Thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benefits.............................................        $70,124,319
Contingency Reserve..................................          3,000,000
State Administrative Costs...........................          4,221,946
Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant                 408,000
 Program.............................................
Employment and Training..............................            455,320
Mandatory Other Program Costs........................            182,457
Discretionary Other Program Costs....................                998
                                                      ------------------
    Administrative Subtotal..........................          5,268,721
Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico (NAP)...........          1,959,136
Nutrition Assistance for American Samoa..............              7,868
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.....            145,191
TEFAP Commodities....................................            318,000
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.........             12,148
Community Food Projects..............................              9,000
Program Access.......................................              5,000
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    Subtotal.........................................          2,456,343
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        Total........................................        $80,849,383
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                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $296,217,000 for the Commodity 
     Assistance Program. The agreement includes $222,198,000 for 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program; $18,548,000 for the 
     Farmers' Market Nutrition Program; and $54,401,000 for the 
     Emergency Food Assistance Program.


                   NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement includes $150,824,000 for Nutrition Programs 
     Administration.

            TITLE V--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $191,566,000 for the Foreign 
     Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses and transfers of 
     $6,394,000.


  FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM 
                                ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $2,528,000 for administrative 
     expenses for the Food for Peace Title I Direct Credit and 
     Food for Progress Program Account to be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.


                     FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

       The agreement provides $1,466,000,000 for Food for Peace 
     Title II Grants.
       The agreement also includes an additional one-time increase 
     of $250,000,000, for a total level of $1,716,000,000 
     including $20,000,000 to reimburse the Bill Emerson 
     Humanitarian Trust.
       This increase is intended to respond to ongoing food 
     assistance requirements as a result of growing conflicts 
     throughout the world. Many countries such as Syria, Yemen, 
     Iraq, and South Sudan have seen increases in internally 
     displaced persons resulting in increased demand for food aid 
     resources. This increase is also intended to respond to areas 
     suffering from natural disasters.
       The agreement directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency 
     for International Development to provide a report within 60 
     days of enactment of this Act, in conjunction with the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, on the use of authorities under 7 
     U.S.C. 1736f(e) of the Food for Peace Act during fiscal year 
     2015 and planned uses for fiscal year 2016. The report shall 
     include amounts broken down by commodities and alternative 
     methods of delivery (cash, vouchers, etc.) spent on all types 
     of activities including the Community Development Fund, 
     Section 202(e) of the Food for Peace Act, conditional 
     transfers of food aid, and monetization. The report shall 
     also detail the amount of funds broken down by commodities 
     and other methods of delivery for emergency activities 
     originating from the Community Development Fund and Section 
     202(e).


  MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION 
                             PROGRAM GRANTS

       The agreement provides $201,626,000 for the McGovern-Dole 
     International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.


              COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

                    CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $6,748,000 for the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Export Loans Credit Guarantee Program Account.

      TITLE VI--RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services


                      FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $2,720,808,000 in new discretionary 
     budget authority and $1,960,584,000 in definite user fees for 
     a total of $4,681,392,000 for Food and Drug Administration, 
     Salaries and Expenses. This total does not include permanent, 
     indefinite user fees for the Mammography Quality Standards 
     Act; Color Certification; Export Certification; Priority 
     Review Vouchers (PRV) Pediatric Disease; Food and Feed 
     Recall; Food Reinspection; Voluntary Qualified Importer 
     Program; and the Third Party Auditor Program; and Outsourcing 
     Facility. The agreement provides specific amounts by FDA 
     activity as reflected in the following table:

            FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION--SALARIES & EXPENSES
                         (Dollars in Thousands)
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Budget Authority:
    Foods............................................           $987,328
    Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.....            303,994
        Field Activities.............................            683,334
    Human Drugs......................................            491,503
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research..........            355,296
        Field Activities.............................            136,207
    Biologics........................................            215,443
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.....            174,052
        Field Activities.............................             41,391
    Animal Drugs and Feeds...........................            158,652
    Center for Veterinary Medicine...................             94,005
        Field Activities.............................             64,647
    Devices and Radiological Products................            323,253
    Center for Devices and Radiological Health.......            240,808
        Field Activities.............................             82,445
National Center for Toxicological Research...........             63,331
Other Activities/Office of the Commissioner..........            183,087
    Office of the Commissioner.......................             48,167
    Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine..........             20,841
    Office of Medical and Tobacco Products...........              9,626
    Office of Global Regulatory Operations and Policy             18,765
    Office of Operations.............................             30,735
    Office of the Chief Scientist....................             25,943
    Central Services.................................             27,510
    Transfer to the HHS Office of Inspector General..              1,500
White Oak Consolidation..............................             48,044
Other Rent and Rent Related..........................             73,484
GSA Rent.............................................            176,683
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        Subtotal, Budget Authority...................          2,720,808
User Fees:
    Prescription Drug User Fee Act...................            851,481
    Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act....            137,677
    Human Generic Drug User Fee Act..................            318,363
    Biosimilar User Fee Act..........................             21,540
    Animal Drug User Fee Act.........................             22,818
    Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act.................              9,705
    Tobacco Product User Fees........................            599,000
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        Subtotal, User Fees..........................          1,960,584
                                                      ------------------
            Total, FDA Program Level.................         $4,681,392
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       The agreement includes the following increases in budget 
     authority: $104,500,000 for food safety related activities; 
     $5,000,000 for FDASIA implementation; $8,732,000 for the 
     Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (CARB) initiative; 
     $5,000,000 for foreign high-risk inspections; $2,392,000 for 
     the precision medicine initiative; $2,500,000 for the Orphan 
     Product Development Grants Program, and $716,000 for 
     sunscreen activities. The agreement accepts $7,516,000 in 
     proposed administrative savings, and expects FDA to continue 
     all projects, activities, laboratories, and programs as 
     included in fiscal year 2015 unless otherwise specified.
       As part of the increases, the agreement provides the 
     resources to fully fund the President's budget request for 
     implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 
     The agreement notes that FSMA implementation places 
     additional requirements on state governments and private 
     stakeholders, and therefore urges the FDA to focus resources 
     on addressing these needs. Given the complexity of FSMA 
     implementation, the agreement directs the FDA to provide 
     quarterly reports to the Committees with a breakdown on how 
     funding has been allocated, as well as projections for future 
     needs. The agreement also directs the FDA to provide a 
     detailed accounting of its food safety resources in the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget request, including which pre-2011 
     base resources are now repurposed for activities in support 
     of FSMA and which resources are the result of appropriated 
     increases from fiscal years 2011 to 2016, a detailed 
     explanation of what the FDA has accomplished with increased 
     food safety resources since fiscal year 2011, and how the 
     aggregate total of these base resources for food safety will 
     be utilized in fiscal year 2017.
       The agreement provides an increase of $10,608,000 for 
     medical product safety initiatives including efforts to 
     combat antibiotic resistant bacteria as part of the National 
     Strategy for CARB, the Precision Medicine initiative, and to 
     evaluate over-the-counter sunscreen products. In addition, 
     the agreement provides increases for orphan drug development 
     grants given that the number of requests for orphan 
     designation has more than tripled since 2000.
       The $5,000,000 increase provided in the agreement for 
     foreign high-risk inspections will allow FDA's Office of the 
     Global Regulatory Operations Policy to continue efforts to 
     develop and utilize a targeted, risk-based, and efficient 
     inspection model that incorporates commercially available 
     information on high-risk establishments for onsite 
     verifications.
       The agreement includes $5,000,000 for FDA to complete a 
     feasibility study to update and issue a revised Master Plan 
     for land inside and contiguous to the White Oak campus in 
     order to address its expanded workforce and the facilities 
     needed to accommodate them. The agreement directs FDA to 
     report on this effort by January 1, 2016.
       The agreement acknowledges some progress in FDA's effort to 
     address issues with products that are biosimilar to and 
     interchangeable with FDA-licensed biological drug products. 
     In August of this year, the FDA issued draft guidance and a 
     proposed rule regarding naming of these products. However, 
     the agreement remains concerned that FDA needs to provide the 
     public with a greater opportunity to review and comment on 
     all regulatory standards for the approval and oversight of 
     biosimilar drugs. Therefore, FDA is directed to provide the 
     Committees with an estimated timeline by which the agency 
     will finalize all pending draft biosimilars guidance 
     documents and regulations. The Committees expect to receive 
     this report no later than 60 days after enactment.
       There continue to be shortages of critical drugs following 
     the enactment of the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act, 
     including national shortages of drugs to test for and treat 
     tuberculosis (TB). The Commissioner is directed to continue 
     to prioritize the public reporting of manufacturing 
     shortages, and to work with industry to prevent conditions 
     that might lead to drug shortages. Additionally, the 
     Commissioner is directed to report on the work of the FDA's 
     intra-agency Drug Shortages Task Force, including how it 
     works with other government agencies and outside stakeholders 
     to address drug shortages. The report should specify what 
     activities the Task Force has undertaken to prevent drug 
     shortages affecting pediatric patients, including working 
     with outside experts on this issue. The Commissioner is 
     further directed to report on steps the FDA can take to 
     prevent TB drug shortages and help maintain an adequate 
     supply.
       The agreement provides bill language pertaining to the use 
     of partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) in food products. The 
     language declares that foods with PHOs are neither unsafe nor 
     adulterated during FDA's three year compliance period and 
     provides businesses legal protection while they phase out the 
     use of PHOs. Simultaneously, FDA is encouraged to provide a 
     timely review of the Food Additive Petition which addresses 
     minor uses of PHOs for certain baking and processing needs.
       The agreement provides $1,000,000 for the Center for 
     Tobacco Products to enter into a contract with the Institute 
     of Medicine to conduct an in-depth evaluation of available 
     evidence of health effects from e-cigarettes and 
     recommendations for future federally funded research.
       The agreement directs that the FDA ensure that pregnant 
     women receive final guidance on nutrition advice for what 
     seafood is safe and healthy to consume that is consistent, 
     understandable, and based on the FDA's latest scientific 
     review of the net effects of seafood consumption.
       The agreement is concerned about the safety issues raised 
     at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel of the Medical 
     Devices Advisory Committee meeting on September 24, 2015, and 
     directs the FDA to issue recommendations on how to address 
     these concerns by March 1, 2016.
       The agreement remains concerned about the FDA's reliance on 
     the use of draft guidance to make substantive policy 
     decisions. The agreement requests a report documenting the 
     agency's review and solicitation of scientific data impacting 
     bioequivalence standards and patients suffering from 
     ophthalmologic conditions.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The agreement provides $8,788,000 for the Food and Drug 
     Administration Buildings and Facilities.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       For the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agreement 
     provides an appropriation of $250,000,000, of which 
     $50,000,000 is for the purchase of IT. The agreement includes 
     $2,620,000 for the Office of Inspector General. Of this 
     amount, not more than $330,000 shall be for overhead 
     expenses.
       The agreement directs the Commission to comply with the 
     directive regarding swap dealer de minimis in H. Rpt. 114-
     205.
       During collective bargaining agreement negotiations, the 
     Commission is directed to make commitments based upon its 
     current funding situation rather than its proposed budget 
     requests. Consistent with House Report 114-205 and Senate 
     Report 114-97, the agreement directs the Commission to not 
     increase personnel costs, either through excessive hiring, 
     budgetary mismanagement, or collective bargaining agreement 
     negotiations, that would risk any furloughs or reductions-in-
     force.
       The agreement directs the Commission, in accordance with 
     the President's ``Reduce the Federal Footprint'' initiative, 
     to find ways to decrease space and renegotiate leasing 
     agreements. The agreement directs the CFTC to report to the 
     Committee within 90 days of enactment of this act on steps 
     the agency is taking to dispose of excess space and reduce 
     rental costs in each building currently leased by the 
     Commission.
       Consistent with Section 618 of Division E of Public Law 
     113-235, the Commission is directed to consult with the 
     General Services Administration in fiscal year 2016 prior to 
     issuing a solicitation for offers of new leases or 
     construction contracts and prior to entering into 
     negotiations for succeeding leases.
       The agreement includes bill language allowing the 
     Commission to make accounting adjustments through reopening 
     of closed Treasury accounts for the sole purpose of properly 
     recording prior year leasing payment obligations.
       The agreement directs the CFTC to submit, within 30 days of 
     enactment, a detailed spending plan for the allocation of the 
     funds made available, displayed by discrete program, project, 
     and activity, including staffing projections, specifying both 
     FTEs and contractors, and planned investments in information 
     technology.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The agreement includes a limitation of $65,600,000 on 
     administrative expenses of the Farm Credit Administration.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS


             (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Section 701.--The agreement includes language making funds 
     available for the purchase, replacement, and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles.
       Section 702.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     transfers of funds to the Working Capital Fund of the 
     Department of Agriculture.
       Section 703.--The agreement includes language limiting 
     funding provided in the bill to one year unless otherwise 
     specified.
       Section 704.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements between the 
     Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions.
       Section 705.--The agreement includes language making 
     appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost 
     of direct and guaranteed loans available until expended to 
     disburse certain obligations for certain Rural Development 
     programs.
       Section 706.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     transfer of funds to the Office of the Chief Information 
     Officer and

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       Section 707.--The agreement includes language making funds 
     available until expended to the Department of Agriculture to 
     disburse certain obligations for certain conservation 
     programs.
       Section 708.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     Rural Utilities Service program eligibility.
       Section 709.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     funds for information technology expenses.
       Section 710.--The agreement includes language prohibiting 
     first-class airline travel.
       Section 711.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     availability of certain funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation.
       Section 712.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     funding for advisory committees.
       Section 713.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     limitation on indirect costs for grants awarded by the 
     National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
       Section 714.--The agreement includes language regarding a 
     limitation and rescission of funds.
       Section 715.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     child nutrition programs.
       Section 716.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     user fee proposals without offsets.
       Section 717.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     reprogramming of funds and notification requirements.
       Section 718.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     fees for the guaranteed business and industry loan program.
       Section 719.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     appropriations hearing process.
       Section 720.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     government-sponsored news stories.
       Section 721.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     details and assignments of Department of Agriculture 
     employees.
       Section 722.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Department of Agriculture's mohair program.
       Section 723.--The agreement includes language requiring 
     spend plans.
       Section 724.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Food for Peace Act.
       Section 725.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     Rural Development programs.
       Section 726.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     USDA loan programs.
       Section 727.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     USDA loan programs.
       Section 728.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     emergency spending.
       Section 729.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture.
       Section 730.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     purchases made through nutrition programs.
       Section 731.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program.
       Section 732.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
       Section 733.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     school meal programs.
       Section 734.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
       Section 735.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
       Section 736.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     rescission of certain unobligated balances.
       Section 737.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     nutrition research.
       Section 738.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     rescission of certain unobligated balances.
       Section 739.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     rescission of certain unobligated balances.
       Section 740.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     marketing programs.
       Section 741.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     nutrition programs.
       Section 742.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     rescission of certain unobligated balances.
       Section 743.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     housing loan programs.
       Section 744.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Rural Utilities Service.
       Section 745.--The agreement includes language regarding a 
     redirection of funds.
       Section 746.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     consumer information.
       Section 747.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     menu labeling.
       Section 748.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Food for Peace Act.
       Section 749.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     tissue regulation.
       Section 750.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     animal feed.
       Section 751.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     nutrition programs.
       Section 752.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     animal health.
       Section 753.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     APHIS regulation.
       Section 754.--The agreement includes language regarding FDA 
     regulation.
       Section 755.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     food safety.
       Section 756.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     hardwood trees.
       Section 757.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Water Bank Act.
       Section 758.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
       Section 759.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     country of origin labeling.
       Section 760.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     housing programs.
       Section 761.--The agreement includes language regarding FDA 
     regulation.
       Section 762.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Rural Housing Service.
       Section 763.--The agreement includes language regarding 
     industrial hemp.
       Section 764.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
       Section 765.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Food and Drug Administration.
       Section 766.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     Food and Drug Administration.
       Section 767.--The agreement includes language regarding the 
     use of funds for certain horse inspection activities.

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     DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       Report language included in House Report 114-130 (``the 
     House report'') or Senate Report 114-66 (``the Senate 
     report'') that is not changed by this explanatory statement 
     or this Act is approved. The explanatory statement, while 
     repeating some language for emphasis, is not intended to 
     negate the language referred to above unless expressly 
     provided herein. In cases where both the House report and the 
     Senate report address a particular issue not specifically 
     addressed in the explanatory statement, the House report and 
     the Senate report should be read as consistent and are to be 
     interpreted accordingly. In cases where the House report or 
     the Senate report directs the submission of a report, such 
     report is to be submitted to both the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations (``the Committees'').
       Each department and agency funded in this Act shall follow 
     the directions set forth in this Act and the accompanying 
     explanatory statement, and shall not reallocate resources or 
     reorganize activities except as provided herein. 
     Reprogramming procedures shall apply to: funds provided in 
     this Act; unobligated balances from previous appropriations 
     Acts that are available for obligation or expenditure in 
     fiscal year 2016; and non-appropriated resources such as fee 
     collections that are used to meet program requirements in 
     fiscal year 2016. These procedures are specified in section 
     505 of this Act.
       Any reprogramming request shall include any out-year 
     budgetary impacts and a separate accounting of program or 
     mission impacts on estimated carryover funds. Any program, 
     project or activity cited in this statement, or in the House 
     report or the Senate report and not changed by this Act or 
     statement, shall be construed as the position of the Congress 
     and shall not be subject to reductions or reprogramming 
     without prior approval of the Committees. Further, any 
     department or agency funded in this Act that plans a 
     reduction-in-force shall notify the Committees by letter no 
     later than 30 days in advance of the date of any such planned 
     personnel action.
       When a department or agency submits a reprogramming or 
     transfer request to the Committees and does not receive 
     identical responses, it shall be the responsibility of the 
     department or agency seeking the reprogramming to reconcile 
     the differences between the two bodies before proceeding. If 
     reconciliation is not possible, the items in disagreement in 
     the reprogramming or transfer request shall be considered 
     unapproved. Departments and agencies shall not submit 
     reprogramming notifications after July 1, 2016, except in 
     extraordinary circumstances. Any such notification shall 
     include a description of the extraordinary circumstances.
       In compliance with section 534 of this Act, each department 
     and agency funded in this Act shall submit spending plans, 
     signed by the respective department or agency head, for the 
     Committees' review not later than 45 days after enactment of 
     this Act.

                    TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

       This Act includes $493,000,000 in total resources for the 
     programs of the International Trade Administration (ITA). 
     This amount is offset by $10,000,000 in estimated fee 
     collections, resulting in a direct appropriation of 
     $483,000,000. This Act includes an increase in funding above 
     the fiscal year 2015 enacted level for Enforcement and 
     Compliance activities. ITA shall make enforcement of 
     antidumping and countervailing duties a priority, including 
     thoroughly investigating the extent of harm caused to 
     domestic industries and reducing case backlogs.
       Fee collections.--ITA is directed to include an accurate 
     estimate of fee collections in the fiscal year 2017 budget 
     submission. Fees have been underestimated each year since 
     fiscal year 2009, by an average of 13 percent and by as much 
     as 22 percent. ITA shall also include an accurate assessment 
     of expected fee collections and corresponding expenditures in 
     the fiscal year 2016 spending plan, and shall report to the 
     Committees on updated fee projections on a quarterly basis 
     thereafter.
       Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ).--Of the amounts provided for ITA 
     in this Act, $5,000,000 shall not be available until 15 days 
     following the delivery of a report and certification from the 
     FTZ Board to the Committees on Appropriations. The report 
     shall include: (1) a survey of all current and past business 
     models utilized by FTZ grantees for zone management and 
     administration activities; (2) specific impacts 15 CFR 400.43 
     has or may have on these various business models; (3) the 
     specific activities and components of current and past 
     business models that are allowed under partial and full 
     waivers granted by the FTZ Board, as of the date of enactment 
     of this Act pursuant to this regulation; and (4) the specific 
     steps the FTZ Board will take to ensure that all FTZ grantees 
     are in compliance with the regulation. The FTZ Board shall 
     simultaneously provide a certified list of the specific 
     business practices and business models that a FTZ grantee 
     would need to achieve in order to qualify for a waiver under 
     the regulation.
       Trade enforcement.--The Act provides up to $10,000,000 for 
     the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC), provided 
     that the Department of Commerce shall lead ITEC, with the 
     Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) 
     providing an advisory and assistance role. Within funds 
     provided, ITA shall oversee and support the full salary of 
     the ITEC director and no funds shall be transferred to any 
     other agency but shall remain within ITA's Enforcement and 
     Compliance Unit, except that FTEs included under this account 
     may be housed outside of the Department through an 
     interagency agreement. The agreement strongly supports the 
     continued interagency partnership that has been developed 
     through ITEC to advance our nation's business and trade 
     interests. Not later than June 30, 2016, ITA, in coordination 
     with USTR, shall submit an action plan to the Committees 
     detailing any changes necessary to meet this directive. The 
     action plan shall be submitted for approval by the 
     Committees, and subject to that approval, the transition of 
     ITEC leadership shall be completed no later than November 15, 
     2016.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

       This Act includes $112,500,000 for the Bureau of Industry 
     and Security.

                  Economic Development Administration

       This Act includes $261,000,000 for the programs and 
     administrative expenses of the Economic Development 
     Administration (EDA). Section 524 of this Act includes a 
     rescission of $10,000,000 in Economic Development Assistance 
     Program balances. The funds shall be derived from recoveries 
     and unobligated grant funds.


                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

       This Act includes $222,000,000 for Economic Development 
     Assistance Programs. Funds are to be distributed as follows; 
     any deviation of funds shall be subject to the procedures set 
     forth in section 505 of this Act:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Works.........................................       $100,000,000
Partnership Planning.................................         32,000,000
Technical Assistance.................................         10,500,000
Research and Evaluation..............................          1,500,000
Trade Adjustment Assistance..........................         13,000,000
Economic Adjustment Assistance.......................         35,000,000
Assistance to Coal Communities.......................         15,000,000
Section 27 Regional Innovation Program Grants........         15,000,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................       $222,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Regional Innovation Program.--In lieu of Senate language 
     regarding regional innovation grants under Economic 
     Adjustment Assistance, the agreement provides $15,000,000 for 
     the Regional Innovation Program.
       Economic Adjustment Assistance.--In lieu of Senate language 
     regarding 40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq., the agreement provides no 
     less than the fiscal year 2015 level of support for States 
     covered under that section.


                         salaries and expenses

       This Act includes $39,000,000 for EDA salaries and 
     expenses.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     minority business development

       This Act includes $32,000,000 for the Minority Business 
     Development Agency.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         salaries and expenses

       This Act includes $109,000,000 for Economic and Statistical 
     Analysis.
       International trade statistics.--In lieu of House language 
     under the heading ``Bureau of the Census, Current Surveys and 
     Programs,'' the Department is directed to report, on not less 
     than a quarterly basis, statistics on each individual country 
     with which the United States has a trade agreement. Such 
     statistics shall be included as part of the Department's 
     regular reporting on U.S. International Transactions Accounts 
     and shall include, but not be limited to, U.S. exports, 
     imports, and balance, by country. The Department is further 
     directed to submit a progress report on this effort to the 
     Committees within 120 days of enactment of this Act.

                          Bureau of the Census

       This Act includes $1,370,000,000 for the Bureau of the 
     Census.


                      current surveys and programs

       This Act includes $270,000,000 for the Current Surveys and 
     Programs account of the Bureau of the Census.


                     periodic censuses and programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       In lieu of House and Senate language regarding specific 
     funding levels under the Periodic Censuses and Programs 
     account, the Act includes $1,100,000,000 for these 
     activities. The Bureau is directed to prioritize increases in 
     spending on activities that have the greatest potential to 
     reduce cost and risk for the 2020 Census, as well as 
     activities to reduce survey respondent burden. The spend plan 
     referenced in Section 534 of this Act shall include a 
     proposed allocation of increases in funding for each activity 
     under this account.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $39,500,000 for the Salaries and Expenses 
     of the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration.

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               United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       This Act includes language making available to the United 
     States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) $3,272,000,000, 
     the full amount of offsetting fee collections estimated for 
     fiscal year 2016.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

       This Act includes $964,000,000 for the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology (NIST).


             scientific and technical research and services

                     (including transfer of funds)

       This Act provides $690,000,000 for NIST's Scientific and 
     Technical Research and Services (STRS) account. Funding 
     provided for STRS includes the requested increases for 
     Disaster Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure, 
     Strengthening NIST Cryptographic Capabilities, the Materials 
     Genome Initiative, and Quantum-Based Sensors and 
     Measurements. Additionally, the Act provides up to the fiscal 
     year 2015 enacted level for Lab to Market activities and for 
     Standards Coordination and Special Programs. Senate language 
     regarding the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in 
     Cyberspace (NSTIC) is adopted, including integration of its 
     activities into the National Cybersecurity Center of 
     Excellence (NCCoE). The NCCoE is thus funded at $31,500,000, 
     and no separate appropriation is provided for NSTIC.
       Forensics.--The agreement does not adopt House report 
     language regarding Forensic Science Advisory Committee 
     activities. Instead, the agreement acknowledges a transfer of 
     $3,000,000, the current funding level, from the Department of 
     Justice to NIST to support ongoing interagency forensic 
     programs.
       Metals-based additive manufacturing.--In lieu of Senate 
     language under Industrial Technology Services, up to 
     $5,000,000 is provided for these purposes under this heading.


                     industrial technology services

       This Act includes $155,000,000 for Industrial Technology 
     Services, including $130,000,000 for the Hollings 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership and $25,000,000 for the 
     National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), to 
     include funding for center establishment and up to $5,000,000 
     for coordination activities. The agreement also merges the 
     activities of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia 
     (AMTech) into NNMI. NIST shall follow the direction of the 
     Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 
     (Public Law 113-235) in requiring open competition to select 
     the technological focus areas of industry-driven 
     manufacturing institutes.


                  construction of research facilities

       This Act includes $119,000,000 for Construction of Research 
     Facilities, including no less than $60,000,000 to begin the 
     design and renovation of its outdated and unsafe radiation 
     physics infrastructure in fiscal year 2016. Additional Senate 
     direction regarding NIST construction is adopted by 
     reference. NIST shall also provide a detailed spending plan 
     to the Committees no later than 60 days after enactment of 
     this Act documenting how NIST will allocate funds to address 
     existing construction projects, address maintenance needs 
     across its campuses, and plan for the continued renovation of 
     its radiation physics infrastructure in future fiscal years.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

       This Act includes total appropriations of $5,765,579,000 
     for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
     (NOAA). The agreement does not include section 570 of the 
     House bill regarding the National Ocean Policy. No funding 
     was provided in fiscal year 2015, and none was requested by 
     any agencies funded in this Act in fiscal year 2016, to 
     implement the National Ocean Policy. Consequently, no funds 
     for National Ocean Policy activities are included for any 
     agency funded in this Act.


                  operations, research, and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       This Act includes a total program level of $3,453,477,000 
     under this account for the coastal, fisheries, marine, 
     weather, satellite and other programs of NOAA. This total 
     funding level includes $3,305,813,000 in direct 
     appropriations; a transfer of $130,164,000 from balances in 
     the ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
     Pertaining to American Fisheries'' fund; and $17,500,000 is 
     derived from recoveries of prior year obligations.
       The following narrative descriptions and tables identify 
     the specific activities and funding levels included in this 
     Act:
       National Ocean Service.--$500,100,000 is for the National 
     Ocean Service.
       Navigation, Observations and Positioning.--Senate language 
     is modified to stipulate that not more than 7 percent of 
     funds available for the Hydrographic Survey Priorities/
     Contracts program may be used for internal Hydrographic 
     Survey Priorities/Contracts program management costs.

                         NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
                  Operations, Research, and Facilities
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Navigation, Observations and Positioning
  Navigation, Observations and Positioning............        $149,000
  Integrated Ocean Observing System Regional                    29,500
   Observations.......................................
  Hydrographic Survey Priorities/Contracts............          27,000
                                                       -----------------
Navigation, Observations and Positioning..............         205,500
                                                       =================
Coastal Science and Assessment
  Coastal Science, Assessment, Response and                     72,600
   Restoration........................................
  Competitive External Research.......................           9,000
                                                       -----------------
Coastal Science and Assessment........................          81,600
                                                       =================
Ocean and Coastal Management and Services
  Coastal Zone Management and Services................          40,000
  Coastal Management Grants...........................          75,000
  Coral Reef Program..................................          26,000
  Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas..............          49,000
  National Estuarine Research Reserve System..........          23,000
                                                       -----------------
Ocean and Coastal Management and Services.............         213,000
                                                       =================
Total, National Ocean Service, Operations, Research,          $500,100
 and Facilities.......................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).--$849,497,000 is 
     for NMFS Operations, Research, and Facilities.
       Hatchery genetic management plans.--The agreement adopts 
     the House language requiring a comprehensive plan to address 
     the backlog of Hatchery Genetic Management plans and directs 
     NOAA to increase funding for the review of these plans above 
     the fiscal year 2015 level.
       Gulf of Mexico reef fish stock assessments.--The agreement 
     adopts House and Senate language regarding reef fish in the 
     Gulf of Mexico. The agreement provides $5,000,000 within the 
     amount provided for Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and 
     Assessments, and $5,000,000 within the amount provided for 
     Sea Grant for the purposes stated in the House and Senate 
     reports. The Committees direct NOAA to, in addition to 
     current surveys and assessments, use fishery independent data 
     that includes surveying and assessing red snapper populations 
     on and aggregated near marine structures including offshore 
     oil and gas platforms, artificial reefs, and structures 
     created in the Gulf of Mexico and naturally occurring reefs 
     and rock structures. NOAA shall ensure the research supported 
     by this

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     funding is complementary between respective line offices and 
     not duplicative. Additionally, NOAA shall provide the 
     Committees with a plan for these research efforts, and how 
     they will be coordinated, not later than 45 days after 
     enactment of this Act. The Committees strongly encourage NOAA 
     to incorporate data from all external assessments carried out 
     under this paragraph at the earliest possible date, but not 
     later than fiscal year 2017, for the purposes of determining 
     reef fish quotas and Annual Catch Limits in the Gulf of 
     Mexico. NOAA shall report to the Committees, within 45 days 
     of enactment, any impediments to incorporating these data for 
     such purposes.
       The Committees remain gravely concerned with red snapper 
     management in the Gulf of Mexico and the unacceptably short 
     recreational fishing season. NOAA is directed to consider the 
     impacts of sector separation created by amendments to any 
     fishery management plan for the Gulf of Mexico, particularly 
     negative impacts on private anglers. The agreement adopts 
     Senate language urging NOAA to consider increasing the 
     recreational fishery allocation. While all sectors have faced 
     challenges in the Gulf red snapper fishery, the private boat 
     recreational sector has been especially impacted. NOAA shall 
     brief the Committees on Appropriations on its efforts to 
     address this matter no later than 30 days after enactment of 
     this Act, at which time NOAA shall provide a comprehensive 
     plan to address the concerns of recreational anglers.
       Fishery cooperatives.--The agreement adopts the House 
     language on fishery cooperatives, and directs the submission 
     of the required report no later than 30 days after enactment 
     of this Act.
       Tribal support.--The agreement modifies House language and 
     encourages NOAA to support the coastal impacts mitigation 
     efforts of coastal tribal communities through NOAA's ongoing 
     efforts at storm surge and coastal inundation modeling, sea 
     level prediction, and related information services. Such 
     information is essential to understanding severe weather-
     related risks facing such communities, and could prove 
     valuable in the efforts of these communities to secure 
     mitigation and relocation assistance from Federal and state 
     agencies.
       Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP).--The 
     agreement clarifies the Senate language regarding MRIP. No 
     funding is provided in this Act for the full operational 
     transition to a new MRIP methodology. Funding may be used to 
     continue testing, development, and side-by-side comparison of 
     the new methodology with the current MRIP model, including 
     activities planned for fiscal year 2016 in the May 5, 2015 
     report entitled ``Transition Plan for the Fishing Effort 
     Survey.'' No funds shall be available for the full 
     operational transition to a new MRIP methodology until NMFS 
     also improves its stock assessments and surveys to account 
     for fish inhabiting areas of artificial reefs and fixed 
     offshore energy infrastructure.
       Non-releasable marine mammals.--Not later than 45 days 
     following enactment of this Act, NMFS shall provide a report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the process 
     used to prioritize qualified facilities for the placement of 
     live, non-releasable, stranded marine mammals. The report 
     shall include specific factors used for such placements, 
     including the weight given to a facility's geographic 
     proximity to the stranding location and past experience of 
     caring for non-releasable marine mammals. Furthermore, the 
     report shall provide a comprehensive list of each U.S. 
     facility that received a non-releasable marine mammal since 
     2010, including the number and type of marine mammals and 
     associated costs incurred for each by NMFS.
       Non-native predators.--The Committees are encouraged by the 
     steps that NOAA has taken, in consultation with the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, 
     States, and other stakeholders, to evaluate and implement 
     projects that could improve protection and recovery of 
     endangered salmon. The Committees encourage NOAA to continue 
     consultations with Federal, State, and local agencies to 
     develop additional activities that could aid in mitigating or 
     removing non-native predators that prey on endangered salmon.
       Electronic monitoring.--The Committees are concerned with 
     NMFS's failure to account for significant factors in its June 
     10, 2015, report entitled, ``A Preliminary Cost Comparison of 
     At Sea Monitoring and Electronic Monitoring for a 
     Hypothetical Groundfish Sector.'' The Committees have 
     strongly supported NMFS's research of electronic monitoring 
     programs to streamline processes, reduce costs, and 
     strengthen management of our nation's commercial fisheries. 
     Not later than 120 days following enactment of this Act, NMFS 
     shall provide a new report to the Committees detailing cost 
     estimates for an electronic monitoring program for the same 
     hypothetical sector that uses cost-savings suggested but not 
     included in estimates in the June 10, 2015, report. 
     Furthermore, NMFS is directed to apply other applicable, 
     practical cost-saving measures not mentioned in the previous 
     report in the new estimates.
       Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency Grants.--The Act provides 
     $10,000,000 within Habitat Conservation and Restoration to 
     continue the coastal ecosystems resiliency grants program 
     established in fiscal year 2015.

                    NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
                  Operations, Research, and Facilities
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Protected Resources Science and Management
  Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles and Other Species.......        $110,246
  Species Recovery Grants.............................           6,000
  Atlantic Salmon.....................................           6,163
  Pacific Salmon......................................          60,000
                                                       -----------------
Protected Resources Science and Management............         182,409
                                                       =================
Fisheries Science and Management
  Fisheres and Ecosystem Science Programs and Services         139,489
  Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys and Assessments.         163,271
  Observers and Training..............................          43,655
  Fisheries Management Programs and Services..........         115,995
  Aquaculture.........................................           6,300
  Salmon Management Activities........................          31,500
  Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions.........          33,470
  Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants................           3,000
                                                       -----------------
Fisheries Science and Management......................         536,640
                                                       =================
Enforcement...........................................          69,000
                                                       =================
Habitat Conservation and Restoration..................          61,408
                                                       =================
Total, National Marine Fisheries Service, Operations,         $849,497
 Research, and Facilities.............................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.--$461,898,000 is for 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Operations, Research, and 
     Facilities.
       Joint Technology Transfer Initiative.--The agreement adopts 
     House language regarding the Joint Technology Transfer 
     Initiative and provides $6,000,000 for this purpose. NOAA 
     shall provide the Committees a detailed spending and 
     implementation plan for this initiative not later than 60 
     days after the enactment of this Act.

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               OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
                  Operations, Research, and Facilities
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Climate Research
  Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.............         $60,000
  Regional Climate Data and Information...............          38,000
  Climate Competitive Research, Sustained Observations          60,000
   and Regional Information...........................
                                                       -----------------
Climate Research......................................         158,000
                                                       =================
Weather and Air Chemistry Research
  Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.............          76,000
  U.S. Weather Research Program.......................           8,000
  Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar....          13,158
  Joint Technology Transfer Initiative................           6,000
                                                       -----------------
Weather and Air Chemistry Research....................         103,158
                                                       =================
Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research
  Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.............          32,000
  National Sea Grant College Program..................          64,000
  Marine Aquaculture Program..........................           9,000
  Ocean Exploration and Research......................          32,000
  Integrated Ocean Acidification......................          10,000
  Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring.........          41,596
                                                       -----------------
Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research...............         188,596
                                                       =================
 
High Performance Computing Initiatives................          12,144
                                                       =================
Total, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,            $461,898
 Operations, Research, and Facilities.................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       National Weather Service (NWS).--$988,834,000 is for NWS 
     Operations, Research, and Facilities.
       National Mesonet Program.--The agreement provides 
     $18,000,000 for the continuation and expansion of the 
     National Mesonet Program. Additional Senate direction on 
     Mesonet is adopted by reference.

                        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                  Operations, Research, and Facilities
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observations..........................................        $216,363
Central Processing....................................          92,871
Analyze, Forecast and Support.........................         496,031
Dissemination.........................................          44,743
Science and Technology Integration....................         138,826
                                                       =================
Total, National Weather Service, Operations, Research,        $988,834
 and Facilities.......................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information 
     Service.--$189,086,000 is for National Environmental 
     Satellite, Data and Information Service Operations, Research, 
     and Facilities.

     NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE
                  Operations, Research, and Facilities
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of Satellite and Product Operations............        $102,000
                                                       =================
Product Development, Readiness and Application........          26,000
                                                       =================
  Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs........           1,000
  Office of Space Commercialization...................             600
  Group on Earth Observations.........................             500
                                                       -----------------
Environmental Satellite Observing Systems.............         130,100
                                                       =================
National Environmental Information Office.............          58,986
                                                       =================
Total, National Environmental Satellite, Data and             $189,086
 Information Service, Operations, Research, and
 Facilities...........................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Program Support.--$464,062,000 is for Program Support.

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                             PROGRAM SUPPORT
                  Operations, Research, and Facilities
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program Support
  Corporate Services
    Under Secretary and Associate Offices.............         $27,000
    NOAA-Wide Corporate Services and Agency Management         115,000
    DOC Accounting System.............................          10,000
    Payment to the DOC Working Capital Fund...........          43,000
    IT Security.......................................           8,300
    NOAA Facilities Management, Maintenance,                    23,000
     Construction and Safety..........................
                                                       -----------------
  Corporate Services and Facilities...................         226,300
                                                       =================
  NOAA Education Program
    BWET Regional Programs............................           7,200
    Education Partnership Program/Minority Serving              14,431
     Institutions.....................................
    NOAA Education Program Base.......................           5,000
                                                       -----------------
  NOAA Education Program..............................          26,631
                                                       =================
 
Program Support.......................................         252,931
                                                       =================
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
  Marine Operations and Maintenance...................         178,838
  Aviation Operations and Aircraft Services...........          32,293
                                                       -----------------
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations..............         211,131
                                                       =================
Total, Program Support and OMAO, Operations, Research,        $464,062
 and Facilities.......................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

               PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       This Act includes a total program level of $2,413,416,000 
     in direct obligations for NOAA Procurement, Acquisition and 
     Construction (PAC), of which $2,400,416,000 is appropriated 
     from the general fund and $13,000,000 is derived from 
     recoveries of prior year obligations. The following narrative 
     and table identify the specific activities and funding levels 
     included in this Act:
       Polar Follow-on.--The Act provides $370,000,000 for NOAA's 
     Polar Follow-on mission, but does not include funding for the 
     proposed and experimental Earth Observing Nanosatellite-
     Microwave component. NOAA's mission for polar orbiting 
     weather satellites continues on a tenuous path. NOAA shall 
     focus on procuring the next series of satellites for the JPSS 
     constellation, using proven sensors and platforms, to achieve 
     the program's budgetary estimates and launch schedule.
       Space Weather Follow-On.--The agreement includes $1,200,000 
     for the activities identified in the Senate report and non-
     Federal awards for a study or studies to evaluate low-cost 
     alternatives for a space weather constellation to support 
     operational forecasting needs. The study or studies shall 
     examine the feasibility of improving forecast warning times 
     and geographic precision in those forecasts.
       Senate language regarding a report on initial findings is 
     adopted by reference and shall be submitted to the Committees 
     no more than one year after enactment of this Act. This 
     report shall include an inventory of all existing and planned 
     space weather assets held by NOAA and NOAA's partners, to 
     include each asset's function, operation and maintenance 
     expenses, and lifetime cost estimates, and shall identify any 
     potential gaps in data needed for space weather forecasting.
       New Vessel Construction.--The agreement provides 
     $80,050,000 for new vessel construction for NOAA's fleet, 
     contingent upon delivery of the latest fleet modernization 
     and recapitalization plan to the Committees on 
     Appropriations. Such funds shall be competitively awarded and 
     target replacing one of NOAA's oldest vessels currently in 
     operation, per the request. Funding for vessel outfitting and 
     sensor development is expected to be requested in subsequent 
     fiscal years. The agreement supports the Senate's direction 
     that NOAA shall work with the United States Navy in providing 
     program management and contract award support.
       Commercial Weather Data Pilot.--NOAA shall, through an open 
     competitive process, seek to enter into at least one pilot 
     contract to assess the potential viability of commercial 
     weather data in its weather modeling and forecasting. This 
     funding shall be used to purchase, evaluate, and calibrate 
     available data, which meets the standards and specifications 
     set by NOAA in its Commercial Data Policy. NOAA shall provide 
     the Committees a report on how it plans to implement the 
     commercial weather data pilot program not later than 60 days 
     after the enactment of this Act.

                PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Ocean Service
  National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction....          $1,700
  Marine Sanctuaries Construction.....................           2,000
                                                       -----------------
Total, National Ocean Service, Procurement,                      3,700
 Acquisition and Construction.........................
                                                       =================
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
  Systems Acquisition
    Research Supercomputing/CCRI......................          20,079
                                                       =================
National Weather Service
  Systems Acquisition
    Observations......................................          16,720
    Central Processing................................          64,261
    Dissemination.....................................          45,684
                                                       -----------------

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  Subtotal, Natonal Weather Service, Systems                   126,665
   Acquisition........................................
                                                       -----------------
    Weather Forecast Office Construction..............           8,650
                                                       -----------------
Total, National Weather Service - PAC.................         135,315
                                                       =================
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
 Service
  Systems Acquisition
    GOES R............................................         871,791
    Polar Follow-on...................................         370,000
    Space Weather Follow-on...........................           1,200
    Jason-3...........................................           7,458
    Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)...............         808,966
    Solar Irradiance, Data and Rescue.................             500
    DSCOVR............................................           3,200
    COSMIC 2..........................................          10,100
    Satellite Ground Services.........................          54,000
    System Architecture and Advanced Planning.........           3,929
    Projects, Planning, and Analysis..................          25,200
    Commercial Weather Data Pilot.....................           3,000
                                                       -----------------
  Subtotal, NESDIS Systems Acquisition................       2,159,344
                                                       -----------------
  Construction
    Satellite CDA Facility............................           2,228
                                                       -----------------
Total, NESDIS - PAC...................................       2,161,572
                                                       =================
Program Support
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
  Fleet Replacement
    Fleet Capital Improvements and Technology Infusion          11,700
  New Vessel Construction.............................          80,050
  NOAA Construction...................................           1,000
                                                       -----------------
  Subtotal, OMAO......................................          92,750
                                                       -----------------
Total, Program Support - PAC..........................          92,750
                                                       =================
Total, Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.....      $2,413,416
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

       This Act includes $65,000,000 for Pacific Coastal Salmon 
     Recovery.


                      FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND

       This Act includes $350,000 for the Fishermen's Contingency 
     Fund.


                   FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       This Act includes language under this heading limiting 
     obligations of direct loans to $24,000,000 for Individual 
     Fishing Quota loans and $100,000,000 for traditional direct 
     loans.

                        Departmental Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $58,000,000 for Departmental Management 
     salaries and expenses.


                      RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

       This Act includes $19,062,000 for continuing renovation 
     activities only at the Herbert C. Hoover Building.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       This Act includes a total of $36,853,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General. This amount includes $32,000,000 in direct 
     appropriations, a $2,000,000 transfer from USPTO, a transfer 
     of $1,551,000 from the Bureau of the Census, Periodic 
     Censuses and Programs, and $1,302,000 from NOAA PAC for 
     audits and reviews of those programs.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes the following general provisions for the 
     Department of Commerce:
       Section 101 makes funds available for advanced payments 
     only upon certification of officials, designated by the 
     Secretary, that such payments are considered to be in the 
     public interest.
       Section 102 makes appropriations for Department Salaries 
     and Expenses available for hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     for services, and for uniforms and allowances as authorized 
     by law.
       Section 103 provides the authority to transfer funds 
     between Department of Commerce appropriation accounts and 
     requires 15 days advance notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations for certain actions.
       Section 104 provides congressional notification 
     requirements for NOAA satellite programs and includes life 
     cycle cost estimates for certain weather satellite programs.
       Section 105 provides for reimbursement for services within 
     Department of Commerce buildings.
       Section 106 clarifies that grant recipients under the 
     Department of Commerce may continue to deter child 
     pornography, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful 
     activity over their networks.
       Section 107 provides the NOAA Administrator with the 
     authority to avail NOAA of needed resources, with the consent 
     of those supplying the resources, to carry out 
     responsibilities of any statute administered by NOAA.
       Section 108 prohibits the National Technical Information 
     Service from charging for certain services.
       Section 109 provides NOAA with authority to waive certain 
     bond requirements.
       Section 110 prohibits funds for certain fishery management 
     policies in the Gulf of Mexico.
       Section 111 authorizes NOAA to receive payments from other 
     entities to defray some costs of permitting and regulatory 
     activities.
       Section 112 provides the Economics and Statistics 
     Administration certain authority to enter into cooperative 
     agreements.

                    TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $111,500,000 for General Administration, 
     Salaries and Expenses.
       Multi-agency heroin report.--The Department of Justice 
     (DOJ) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, no 
     later than December 31, 2015, the final report of the multi-
     agency heroin working group, to include guidelines for law 
     enforcement, best practices for a coordinated community 
     response, and policy recommendations for combatting heroin.
       Federal water usage violations.--The agreement does not 
     adopt language in either the House or the Senate report 
     regarding Federal water usage violations.
       Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA).--DOJ is directed to 
     make it a priority to respond courteously and expeditiously 
     to Congressional requests for OLA assistance, as specified in 
     the Senate report.
       Cell-Site Simulator (CSS) technology.--Funds provided in 
     this Act shall be used only to deploy or facilitate the use 
     of CSS technology

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     for criminal investigations if such use complies fully with 
     DOJ guidance issued on September 3, 2015. The Department 
     shall ensure its guidance is followed strictly, to include 
     compliance with requirements of the Fourth Amendment and the 
     Pen Register Act. As directed in the guidance, CSS technology 
     must be configured only as pen registers and may not be used 
     to collect content of any communication or subscriber account 
     information. In addition, Departmental guidance to be 
     implemented includes conducting comprehensive and consistent 
     training on the appropriate use of CSS technology; adopting 
     rigorous practices for handling and retaining data acquired 
     through the use of this technology; and scrupulously auditing 
     the use of such technology.
       Expenditure plan.--Section 534 of this Act requires 
     submission of an annual expenditure plan for the Department 
     of Justice and its components. DOJ is directed to include 
     within this submission any additional programmatic or agency 
     spending plans called for in the House and Senate reports.


                 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes $31,000,000 for Justice Information 
     Sharing Technology.


                   ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes $426,791,000 for the Executive Office for 
     Immigration Review (EOIR) and the Office of the Pardon 
     Attorney (OPA), of which $4,000,000 is derived by transfer 
     from fee collections. Any plan to augment OPA staffing in 
     fiscal year 2016 through the transfer or temporary assignment 
     of non-OPA employees shall be subject to the procedures set 
     forth in section 505 of this Act.
       The agreement includes funds for 55 new Immigration Judge 
     (IJ) Teams, enhancements in teleconferencing and information 
     technology, and support for immigration enforcement 
     initiatives. The funding is intended to support hiring and 
     on-boarding all new judges and associated support teams by 
     November 2016.
       EOIR performance reporting.--EOIR is directed to submit 
     monthly performance and operating reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations. The reports shall include information on 
     hiring progress, to include: the current number of sitting 
     IJs, distinguishing between those that are full- and part-
     time; the number of judges recalled from retirement or other 
     employment status; the number of temporary judges, whether 
     recruited from non-judge or other judicial ranks; and the 
     numbers of attorneys, clerks and other staff on-board. The 
     reports shall describe hiring progress by identifying vacant 
     positions, target dates for filling those positions, their 
     stage in the hiring pipeline (e.g., whether offers of 
     employment have been made, and if so, whether candidates are 
     in employment processing, training, or other pre-employment 
     status), and the current average time for hiring a new 
     immigration judge.
       The report shall also include case processing information, 
     broken out by Department of Homeland Security priority code, 
     as follows: the number of initial case receipts and number of 
     associated case completions, noting whether they represent IJ 
     Decisions or Other Completions; average case processing time; 
     and, for each case code, the number of pending cases and the 
     average case age. Finally, the report shall include summary 
     data on the number of IJ decisions for Voluntary Departures 
     and Removals, including the number of removal decisions made 
     in absentia, and the impact of EOIR implementation of 
     electronic registry, filing, and case information 
     applications on productivity and backlog reduction.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       This Act includes $93,709,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General (OIG).
       Right to access.--The agreement adopts House bill language 
     within title V of this division providing all Inspectors 
     General within this Act full access to documents and other 
     material. Senate report language requesting a report from the 
     OIG on the effectiveness of this provision is adopted.

                    United States Parole Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $13,308,000 for the salaries and expenses 
     of the United States Parole Commission. New language is 
     included to allow a sitting Commissioner to continue to serve 
     until a successor has been appointed.

                            Legal Activities


            SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

       This Act includes $893,000,000 for General Legal 
     Activities. The Department is directed to allocate its legal 
     activities resources to provide increases for the Criminal 
     Division and INTERPOL Washington, and sustain funding for the 
     Civil Rights Division at no less than the fiscal year 2015 
     level.


                 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND

       This Act includes a reimbursement of $9,358,000 for DOJ 
     expenses associated with litigating cases under the National 
     Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99--660).


               SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

       This Act includes $164,977,000 for the Antitrust Division. 
     This appropriation is offset by an estimated $124,000,000 in 
     pre-merger filing fee collections, resulting in a direct 
     appropriation of $40,977,000.


             SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

       This Act includes $2,000,000,000 for the Executive Office 
     for United States Attorneys and the 94 United States 
     Attorneys' offices, of which $25,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended. Within funding provided, DOJ shall 
     enhance efforts to combat cybercrime and cybersecurity; child 
     sexual exploitation; financial and mortgage fraud; drug 
     trafficking, including of opioids and prescription drugs; and 
     sex and labor trafficking.


                   UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

       This Act includes $225,908,000 for the United States 
     Trustee Program (USTP). The Act includes new language 
     regarding the appropriations of funds for USTP and the offset 
     of such appropriations by fee collections.


      SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

       This Act includes $2,374,000 for the Foreign Claims 
     Settlement Commission.


                     FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

       This Act includes $270,000,000 for Fees and Expenses of 
     Witnesses.


           SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes $14,446,000 for the Community Relations 
     Service. Within funding provided, the Department shall 
     sustain efforts related to the Matthew Shepard and James 
     Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act at not less than the 
     fiscal year 2015 level.


                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

       This Act includes $20,514,000 for the Assets Forfeiture 
     Fund.

                     United States Marshals Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $1,230,581,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Within 
     funding provided, USMS shall provide support at no less than 
     the fiscal year 2015 levels for efforts to operate anti-gang 
     units within its Regional Fugitive Task Forces, and to 
     implement the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
     2006.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       This Act includes $15,000,000 for construction and related 
     expenses in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the 
     USMS for prisoner holding and related support.


                       FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes $1,454,414,000 for Federal Prisoner 
     Detention.

                       National Security Division


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes $95,000,000 for the salaries and expenses 
     of the National Security Division (NSD). Within the funding 
     provided, NSD shall strengthen its support of the 
     Intelligence Community in identifying and disrupting cyber 
     threats.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

       This Act includes $512,000,000 for the Organized Crime and 
     Drug Enforcement Task Forces. While decision unit 
     designations proposed in the House report are not adopted, 
     the Department shall identify funding provided for such units 
     in its fiscal year 2016 spending plan and the fiscal year 
     2017 budget request.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $8,489,786,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 
     including $1,693,000,000 for Intelligence, $3,440,786,000 for 
     Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, $2,885,000,000 for 
     Criminal Enterprises and Federal Crimes, and $471,000,000 for 
     Criminal Justice Services. Within counterterrorism and 
     counterintelligence funding, the FBI shall continue to 
     support operations of the Terrorist Explosive Device 
     Analytical Center (TEDAC) and the Hazardous Devices School 
     (HDS), as proposed by the Senate.
       Human trafficking investigations.--The FBI is directed to 
     provide increased support to local field offices to enhance 
     efforts to combat human and sex trafficking, including the 
     apprehension of perpetrators who use online classified 
     advertising websites to facilitate the sexual exploitation of 
     children around large sporting events.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       This Act includes $308,982,000 for FBI construction, to 
     include $52,000,000 for TEDAC construction, operations and 
     maintenance, and $8,000,000 for explosive range improvements, 
     as proposed in the Senate report.
       This Act includes $180,000,000 for the construction of a 
     new FBI Headquarters in the National Capital region. The 
     Committees on Appropriations are aware that the FBI plans to 
     allocate a total of $315,000,000 of FBI resources for needed 
     design and preconstruction activities including land 
     acquisition and site preparation. The FBI may use up to 
     $135,000,000 of prior year balances starting in fiscal year 
     2016 to achieve this total goal, subject to the reprogramming 
     procedures in section 505 of this Act. In October 2015, the 
     Office of Management and Budget, the General Services 
     Administration

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     (GSA), and the FBI announced a commitment and partnership to 
     build a new FBI headquarters campus that will fully 
     consolidate FBI headquarters operations. In providing this 
     funding, it is understood that the President's budget request 
     for fiscal year 2017 will include adequate resources for the 
     partners to complete the new headquarters expeditiously.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes a direct appropriation of $2,080,000,000 
     for the salaries and expenses of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration (DEA). In addition, DEA expects to derive 
     $371,514,000 from fees deposited in the Diversion Control 
     Fund to carry out the Diversion Control Program. The 
     agreement also includes language under the Community Oriented 
     Policing Services Programs account transferring $11,000,000 
     to DEA for methamphetamine lab cleanup.

          Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $1,240,000,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
     Explosives.

                         Federal Prison System


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes $6,948,500,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Federal Prison System, including 
     $2,643,500,000 for Inmate Care and Programs, $3,050,000,000 
     for Institution Security and Administration, $1,055,000,000 
     for Contract Confinement, and $200,000,000 for Management and 
     Administration. Within the funding provided, the Bureau of 
     Prisons (BOP) shall add additional correctional officers for 
     high-security institution housing units, as requested. In 
     addition, BOP shall include detailed, project-specific 
     information on activations in the spending plan required by 
     this Act.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       This Act includes $530,000,000 for the construction, 
     acquisition, modernization, maintenance and repair of prison 
     and detention facilities housing Federal inmates. Within this 
     amount not less than $444,000,000 is for costs related to 
     construction of new facilities. Also within this amount, not 
     less than $86,000,000 is for maintenance and repairs of 
     existing facilities, to include inmate work areas, of which 
     not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct 
     areas for inmate work programs, and of which up to 
     $13,000,000 can be used for the cost of base construction 
     staff and operations.
       BOP shall proceed with ongoing planned and associated new 
     construction efforts to meet projected capacity requirements, 
     as identified in its monthly status of construction reports 
     to the Committees on Appropriations. BOP is directed to 
     continue to provide such reports, along with notifications 
     and explanations of any deviation from construction and 
     activation schedules, and any planned adjustments or 
     corrective actions. Meritorious requests to fund new 
     facilities or expand existing ones should be included in 
     future budget submissions, based on the rigorous capital 
     planning process described in the Senate report.


   LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
                              INCORPORATED

       This Act includes a limitation on administrative expenses 
     of $2,700,000 for Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

       In total, this Act includes $2,574,960,000 for State and 
     local law enforcement and crime prevention programs. This 
     amount includes $2,502,960,000 in discretionary budget 
     authority, of which $379,000,000 is derived by transfer from 
     the Crime Victims Fund. This amount also includes $72,000,000 
     scored as mandatory for Public Safety Officer Benefits.
       House and Senate report language regarding management and 
     administration expenses is adopted by reference, and it is 
     clarified that the Department's methodology for assessing 
     these costs should be both fair and equitable across all 
     grant programs.
       Duplication of State and local law enforcement grant 
     programs.--The Department is directed to prepare a report, to 
     be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations with its 
     fiscal year 2016 spending plan, which provides information 
     regarding any overlap between the State and local law 
     enforcement grant programs. The report shall include details 
     related to the duplication of: grant program missions and 
     objectives, equipment acquisition, training opportunities, 
     and eligible recipient agencies and organizations.

                    Office on Violence Against Women


       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

       This Act includes $480,000,000 for the Office on Violence 
     Against Women. These funds are distributed as follows:

       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STOP Grants...........................................        $215,000
Transitional Housing Assistance.......................          30,000
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women.....           5,000
Consolidated Youth-Oriented Program...................          11,000
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies...................          51,000
  Homicide Reduction Initiative.......................          (4,000)
Sexual Assault Victims Services.......................          35,000
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement...          34,000
Violence on College Campuses..........................          20,000
Civil Legal Assistance................................          45,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program.............................           5,000
Family Civil Justice..................................          16,000
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims....           6,000
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses.......             500
Research on Violence Against Indian Women.............           1,000
Indian Country--Sexual Assault Clearinghouse..........             500
Tribal Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction           2,500
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act.......................           2,500
                                                       =================
  TOTAL, Violence Against Women Prevention and                $480,000
   Prosecution Programs...............................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Office of Justice Programs


                   RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

       This Act provides $116,000,000 for the Research, Evaluation 
     and Statistics account. These funds are distributed as 
     follows:

                   RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau of Justice Statistics..........................         $41,000
National Institute of Justice.........................          36,000
Regional Information Sharing Activities...............          35,000
Forensics Initiative..................................           4,000
  Transfer to NIST....................................          (3,000)
                                                       =================

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  TOTAL, Research, Evaluation and Statistics..........        $116,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                state and local law enforcement assistance

       This Act includes $1,408,500,000 for State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance programs. These funds are distributed 
     as follows:

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants..............        $476,000
  Officer Robert Wilson III VALOR Initiative..........         (15,000)
  Domestic Radicalization Research....................          (4,000)
  Smart Policing......................................          (5,000)
  Smart Prosecution...................................          (2,500)
  Convention security.................................        (100,000)
  NamUS...............................................          (2,400)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program...............         210,000
Victims of Trafficking Grants.........................          45,000
Drug Courts...........................................          42,000
Mentally Ill Offender Act.............................          10,000
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment.................          12,000
Capital Litigation and Wrongful Conviction Review.....           2,500
Economic, High-tech and Cybercrime Prevention.........          13,000
  Intellectual Property Enforcement Program...........          (2,500)
John R. Justice Grant Program.........................           2,000
Adam Walsh Act Implementation.........................          20,000
Children Exposed to Violence Initiative...............           8,000
Bulletproof Vests Partnerships........................          22,500
  Transfer to NIST/OLES...............................          (1,500)
National Sex Offender Public Website..................           1,000
Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction..................           6,500
National Instant Criminal Background Check System               73,000
 (NICS) Initiative....................................
  NICS Act Record Improvement Program.................         (25,000)
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science.......................          13,500
DNA Initiative........................................         125,000
  Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grants.....................        (117,000)
  Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grants.          (4,000)
  Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program Grants.........          (4,000)
Community Teams to Reduce the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK)          45,000
 Backlog..............................................
CASA--Special Advocates...............................           9,000
Tribal Assistance.....................................          30,000
Second Chance Act/Offender Reentry....................          68,000
  Smart Probation.....................................          (6,000)
  Children of Incarcerated Parents Demo Grants........          (5,000)
  Pay for Success.....................................          (7,500)
  Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with Enforcement.          (4,000)
Veterans Treatment Courts.............................           6,000
Prescription Drug Monitoring..........................          13,000
Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution................          10,500
Comprehensive School Safety Initiative................          75,000
Community trust initiative:...........................          70,000
  Body Worn Camera Partnership Program................         (22,500)
  Justice Reinvestment Initiative.....................         (27,500)
  Research and statistics on community trust..........          (5,000)
  Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program...........         (15,000)
                                                       =================
  TOTAL, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance...      $1,408,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Human trafficking.--The agreement includes $45,000,000 for 
     victims of human trafficking. The Office of Justice Programs 
     shall consult with stakeholders in determining the overall 
     allocation of this funding, including amounts allocated to 
     assist foreign national victims, and such details shall be 
     included in the spending plan required by this Act.


                       juvenile justice programs

       This Act includes $270,160,000 for Juvenile Justice 
     programs. These funds are distributed as follows:

                        JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part B--State Formula Grants..........................         $58,000
  Emergency Planning--Juvenile Detention Facilities...            (500)
Youth Mentoring Grants................................          90,000
Title V--Delinquency Prevention Incentive Grants......          17,500
  Tribal Youth........................................         (10,000)
  Gang and Youth Violence Education and Prevention....          (5,000)

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  Children of Incarcerated Parents Web Portal.........            (500)
  Girls in the Justice System.........................          (2,000)
Victims of Child Abuse Programs.......................          20,000
Community-Based Violence Prevention Initiatives.......           8,000
Missing and Exploited Children Programs...............          72,160
Training for Judicial Personnel.......................           2,000
Improving Juvenile Indigent Defense...................           2,500
                                                       =================
  TOTAL, Juvenile Justice.............................        $270,160
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Missing and exploited children.--Of the amount provided, up 
     to $1,000,000 is provided to employ wounded, ill, or injured 
     veterans to support child exploitation investigations.


                     public safety officer benefits

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       This Act includes $88,300,000 for the Public Safety Officer 
     Benefits program for fiscal year 2016. Within the funds 
     provided, $72,000,000 is for death benefits for survivors, an 
     amount estimated by the Congressional Budget Office that is 
     considered mandatory for scorekeeping purposes. In addition, 
     $16,300,000 is provided for disability benefits for public 
     safety officers permanently and totally disabled as a result 
     of a catastrophic injury and for education benefits for the 
     spouses and children of officers killed in the line of duty 
     or permanently and totally disabled as a result of a 
     catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services


             community oriented policing services programs

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       This Act includes $212,000,000 for Community Oriented 
     Policing Services (COPS) programs, as follows:

              COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer to DEA for Methamphetamine Lab Cleanups......         $11,000
COPS Hiring Grants....................................         187,000
  Tribal Resources Grant Program......................         (30,000)
  Community Policing Development/Training and                  (10,000)
   Technical Assistance...............................
  Collaborative Reform Model..........................         (10,000)
Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces......................           7,000
Anti-Heroin Task Forces...............................           7,000
                                                       =================
  TOTAL, Community Oriented Policing Services.........        $212,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

               General Provisions--Department of Justice


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes the following general provisions for the 
     Department of Justice:
       Section 201 makes available additional reception and 
     representation funding for the Attorney General from the 
     amounts provided in this title.
       Section 202 prohibits the use of funds to pay for an 
     abortion, except in the case of rape or incest, or to 
     preserve the life of the mother.
       Section 203 prohibits the use of funds to require any 
     person to perform or facilitate the performance of an 
     abortion.
       Section 204 establishes that the Director of the Bureau of 
     Prisons (BOP) is obliged to provide escort services to an 
     inmate receiving an abortion outside of a Federal facility, 
     except where this obligation conflicts with the preceding 
     section.
       Section 205 establishes requirements and procedures for 
     transfer proposals.
       Section 206 makes funds available for retention pay for 
     certain employees.
       Section 207 prohibits the use of funds for transporting 
     prisoners classified as maximum or high security, other than 
     to a facility certified by the BOP as appropriately secure.
       Section 208 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase or 
     rental by Federal prisons of audiovisual or electronic media 
     or equipment, services and materials used primarily for 
     recreational purposes, except for those items and services 
     needed for inmate training, religious or educational 
     purposes.
       Section 209 requires review by the Deputy Attorney General 
     and the Department Investment Review Board prior to the 
     obligation or expenditure of funds for major information 
     technology projects.
       Section 210 requires the Department to follow reprogramming 
     procedures prior to any deviation from the program amounts 
     specified in this title or the reuse of specified deobligated 
     funds provided in previous years.
       Section 211 prohibits the use of funds for A-76 
     competitions for work performed by employees of BOP or 
     Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
       Section 212 prohibits U.S. Attorneys from holding 
     additional responsibilities that exempt U.S. Attorneys from 
     statutory residency requirements.
       Section 213 permits up to 3 percent of grant and 
     reimbursement program funds made available to the Office of 
     Justice Programs to be used for training and technical 
     assistance, and permits up to 2 percent of grant funds made 
     available to that office to be used for criminal justice 
     research, evaluation and statistics by the National Institute 
     of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Senate 
     language regarding a tribal set-aside is not adopted.
       Section 214 gives the Attorney General the authority to 
     waive matching requirements for Second Chance Act adult and 
     juvenile reentry demonstration projects; State, tribal and 
     local reentry courts; drug treatment programs; and prison 
     rape elimination programs.
       Section 215 waives the requirement that the Attorney 
     General reserve certain funds from amounts provided for 
     offender incarceration.
       Section 216 prohibits funds, other than funds for the 
     national instant criminal background check system established 
     under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, from being 
     used to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to a 
     known or suspected agent of a drug cartel where law 
     enforcement personnel do not continuously monitor or control 
     such firearm.
       Section 217 places limitations on the obligation of funds 
     from certain Department of Justice accounts and funding 
     sources.
       Section 218 makes certain funding unavailable for 
     obligation until the Attorney General demonstrates that the 
     Department of Justice has implemented or is implementing 
     Office of Inspector General recommendations with regard to 
     the Department's handling of allegations of sexual harassment 
     and misconduct, and requires the DOJ Inspector General to 
     report on the status of that implementation.
       Section 219 authorizes certain funding to be made available 
     for use in Performance Partnership Pilots.

                           TITLE III--SCIENCE

                Office of Science and Technology Policy

       This Act includes $5,555,000 for the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

       This Act includes $19,285,000,000 for the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
       In lieu of House language regarding submission of reports 
     on certain NASA missions, the agreement requires NASA to 
     provide semiannual briefings on the Asteroid Redirect 
     Mission; Europa; the James Webb Space Telescope; Orion and 
     the Space Launch System; and programs listed by

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     NASA in its Management and Performance, Cost and Schedule 
     Performance Summary from its fiscal year 2016 budget 
     submission. NASA shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations at any point during the fiscal year, should 
     circumstances warrant, regarding any significant changes to 
     the progress of these programs.
       In lieu of House language regarding a termination liability 
     policy, the agreement directs NASA to vigorously pursue a 
     termination liability policy that maximizes the use of 
     appropriated funds and directs NASA to submit such a 
     termination liability policy to the Committees no later than 
     180 days after enactment of this Act.


                                SCIENCE

       This Act includes $5,589,400,000 for Science.

              NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                                 Science
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Earth Science.........................................      $1,921,000
Planetary Science.....................................       1,631,000
Astrophysics..........................................         730,600
James Webb Space Telescope............................         620,000
Heliophysics..........................................         649,800
Education.............................................          37,000
                                                       =================
  Total, Science......................................      $5,589,400
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Earth Science.--This Act includes $1,921,000,000 for Earth 
     Science. In lieu of House and Senate matter regarding 
     Landsat, this agreement provides $100,000,000 for Landsat-9, 
     of which up to $58,000,000 may be derived from prior year 
     balances. NASA shall develop Landsat-9 as a copy of Landsat-8 
     and shall maintain a target launch date of calendar year 
     2020. The agreement reiterates House and Senate language 
     regarding the Thermal Infrared Free-Flyer. NASA is encouraged 
     to continue technology development activities that will 
     reduce the cost of Landsat-10. The agreement includes Senate 
     direction on Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and Oceans Ecosystem 
     (PACE). NASA shall not count carryover from fiscal year 2015 
     toward the $75,000,000 included for PACE in the agreement.
       Planetary Science.--This Act includes $1,631,000,000 for 
     Planetary Science. Of this amount, $261,000,000 is for Outer 
     Planets, of which $175,000,000 is for the Jupiter Europa 
     clipper mission and clarifies that this mission shall include 
     an orbiter with a lander that will include competitively 
     selected instruments and that funds shall be used to finalize 
     the mission design concept with a target launch date of 2022. 
     The agreement provides $189,000,000 for Discovery to support 
     the current selection as well as funds to enable a 2017 
     announcement of opportunity to support Discovery missions 
     that reflect decadal survey priorities and maximize the 
     participation of the academic community. The agreement 
     includes $197,000,000 for Planetary Science Technology, to 
     include no less than $25,000,000 as recommended by the House 
     for icy satellites surface technology. The agreement modifies 
     House language to provide $15,000,000, as requested, for 
     plutonium-238 activities and provides $250,000,000 for the 
     Mars 2020 mission. Within funding for Near Earth Object 
     Observations, $6,100,000 is for Asteroid Impact and 
     Deflection Assessment (AIDA). In future requests, NASA shall 
     identify total resources for AIDA and the associated Double 
     Asteroid Redirection Test funded within AIDA.
       Astrophysics.--This Act includes $730,600,000 for 
     Astrophysics, including $90,000,000 for Wide-Field Infrared 
     Survey Telescope (WFIRST). The agreement adopts Senate 
     direction with regard to WFIRST, a mission being developed to 
     meet decadal survey goals in observation of dark energy and 
     exoplanets. The agreement provides $85,200,000 for the 
     Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and 
     acknowledges that NASA has determined that it will not 
     include SOFIA in its 2016 Astrophysics Senior Review since 
     SOFIA has not yet met established requirements for inclusion 
     in a Senior Review. The Committees support this decision and 
     do not provide any funds in this Act for the inclusion of 
     SOFIA in such a review.
       Education and Public Outreach (EPO).--This Act includes 
     $37,000,000 for EPO, as an independent line within the 
     Science Mission Directorate, to be administered by the 
     Astrophysics Division.


                              AERONAUTICS

       This Act includes $640,000,000 for Aeronautics.


                            SPACE TECHNOLOGY

       This Act includes $686,500,000 for Space Technology. Within 
     these amounts, $133,000,000 is for satellite servicing/
     RESTORE-L activities as described in the Senate report. This 
     funding is in addition to any funding within Space Operations 
     to continue International Space Station (ISS)-unique 
     satellite servicing activities. The Space Technology funding 
     for satellite servicing shall not support any activities 
     needed solely for the Asteroid Redirect Mission but may 
     support activities that support both projects such as 
     manipulators or software development. Along with the spending 
     plan required under section 534 and any subsequent updates, 
     NASA shall identify any shared technologies, along with the 
     funding resources required to support that technology 
     development and how those technologies are required by 
     RESTORE-L. In lieu of House language on nuclear propulsion 
     technologies, the agreement provides up to $20,000,000 for 
     these activities. No funds are recommended for icy satellites 
     surface technology in this account as proposed by the House; 
     instead, $25,000,000 is provided for these activities within 
     the Planetary Science program. In lieu of Senate language on 
     Flight Opportunities, the recommendation includes $15,000,000 
     for these activities.


                              EXPLORATION

       Exploration.--This Act includes $4,030,000,000 for 
     Exploration activities and emphasizes House and Senate 
     language regarding human spaceflight safety standards.

              NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                               Exploration
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Orion Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle......................      $1,270,000
Space Launch System...................................       2,000,000
Exploration Ground System.............................         410,000
Exploration Research and Development..................         350,000
                                                       =================
  Total, Exploration*.................................      $4,030,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*The Exploration account does not include funds for Commercial Crew;
  funds for Commercial Crew are included in the Space Operations
  account.

       Exploration systems development.--The agreement provides 
     $1,270,000,000 for the Orion Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle and 
     $2,000,000,000 for the Space Launch System (SLS), including 
     up to $50,000,000 for integration activities. Within amounts 
     provided for SLS, the agreement provides no less than 
     $85,000,000 for development of an enhanced upper stage that 
     is intended to be the human-rated upper stage engine for 
     Exploration Mission (EM)-2. NASA shall not expend funds human 
     rating the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. In lieu of 
     Senate language on Advanced Exploration Systems, no

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     less than $55,000,000 is provided for a habitation 
     augmentation module to maximize the potential of the SLS/
     Orion architecture in deep space. NASA shall develop a 
     prototype deep space habitation module within the advanced 
     exploration systems program no later than 2018 and provide a 
     report within 180 days after enactment, and annually 
     thereafter, regarding the status and obligation of funding 
     for the program. The first such report shall include an 
     analysis to determine the appropriate management structure 
     for this program. The agreement adopts House and Senate 
     language regarding funding to human rate all systems prior to 
     EM-2 and notes that additional funds above the request have 
     been provided to address this untenable gap presented by NASA 
     in its budget request. The agreement modifies House reporting 
     requirements for integrated launch readiness and exploration 
     goals and directs that NASA submit a comprehensive report 
     within one year of enactment, utilizing the 130 metric ton 
     SLS, that addresses items as directed by the House.


                            SPACE OPERATIONS

       Space Operations.--This Act provides $5,029,200,000 for 
     Space Operations, including resources for the ISS which is 
     the proving ground for technologies that will support human 
     exploration farther into space while also testing 
     technologies for improving life on Earth. Not less than 
     $15,000,000 is to continue satellite servicing activities; 
     additional funds for satellite servicing activities are 
     included within the Space Technology Account. The 
     recommendation includes $30,300,000 as directed by the Senate 
     for the 21st Century Space Launch Complex program. The 
     agreement acknowledges that recoveries of prior year 
     obligations are available in this account.
       Commercial Crew.--This Act provides up to $1,243,800,000 
     for NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability to 
     safely send the Nation's astronauts to and from the ISS by 
     2017. The Committees note that NASA notified Congress in an 
     August 2015 letter of its decision to modify an existing 
     contract with the Russian government for crew transportation 
     services beyond 2017. That decision was made prior to any 
     final action by Congress on NASA's Commercial Crew 
     Transportation Capability funding for fiscal year 2016. The 
     funds provided in this Act enable NASA to follow the fastest 
     path to independence from Russia by providing for continuing 
     development of a domestic crew launching capability. If 
     necessary, NASA may derive resources for milestone payments 
     from funds set aside for Russia by NASA for ISS crew launches 
     scheduled to occur after U.S. providers will be operational 
     in 2017. NASA shall reevaluate its need to procure additional 
     seats from Russia in consideration of the funding level being 
     provided within the Space Operations account.
       The agreement adopts Senate language providing for the 
     availability of funds related to Space Shuttle Program 
     closeout activities. NASA shall use prior year unobligated 
     balances or recoveries within Space Operations to pay 
     administrative expenses associated with these activities.


                               EDUCATION

       This Act includes $115,000,000 for Education.

              NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                                Education
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Program                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NASA Space Grant......................................         $40,000
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research          18,000
Minority University Research Education Program........          32,000
STEM Education and Accountability Projects............          25,000
                                                       =================
  Total, Education....................................        $115,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 safety, security and mission services

       This Act includes $2,768,600,000 for Safety, Security and 
     Mission Services, including $39,100,000 for Independent 
     Verification and Validation services as directed by the 
     Senate and up to $366,000,000 for Agency Management. The 
     agreement adopts Senate language regarding cybersecurity, 
     strong governance and information security and provides up to 
     the full request for these activities. The agreement 
     acknowledges that recoveries of prior year obligations are 
     available in this account.


       construction and environmental compliance and restoration

       This Act includes $388,900,000 for Construction and 
     Environmental Compliance and Restoration.


                      office of inspector general

       This Act includes $37,400,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General.


                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfers of funds)

       This Act includes the following administrative provisions 
     for NASA:
       a provision that makes funds for announced prizes available 
     without fiscal year limitation until the prize is claimed or 
     the offer is withdrawn; a provision that establishes terms 
     and conditions for the transfer of funds; a provision that 
     subjects the NASA spending plan and specified changes to that 
     spending plan to reprogramming procedures under section 505 
     of this Act; a provision that allows the transfer of 
     unexpired balances for commercial spaceflight activities 
     contained within the Exploration account to the Space 
     Operations account; and a provision extending the 
     availability of appropriations previously appropriated to the 
     Space Shuttle program that have expired through 2025.

                      National Science Foundation

       This Act includes $7,463,485,000 for the National Science 
     Foundation (NSF). The agreement modifies House language 
     regarding transparency and accountability by encouraging NSF 
     to continue efforts to implement transparency processes, 
     which includes requiring that public award abstracts 
     articulate how the project serves the national interest, and 
     provide periodic updates to the Committees on these 
     activities. The agreement modifies House language regarding 
     replicability of scientific research to direct that NSF 
     provide periodic updates on its framework for ongoing and 
     future improvements in this area.


                    research and related activities

       This Act includes $6,033,645,000 for Research and Related 
     Activities. Within this amount, no less than $160,000,000 is 
     for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive 
     Research. The agreement includes $146,930,000 as recommended 
     by the House for the neuroscience and cognitive science 
     research done through NSF's Understanding the Brain (UtB) 
     activity, which includes the Brain Research through Advancing 
     Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative, and 
     clarifies that $3,000,000 of the funds provided for UtB shall 
     support NSF's participation in the interagency National Brain 
     Observatory as recommended by the House. House report 
     language regarding the Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences is 
     adopted and the agreement clarifies that NSF shall work with 
     the community to identify alternative operating options for 
     global class vessels with unique marine seismology 
     capabilities. The agreement includes no less than 
     $160,000,000 for cybersecurity research. In lieu of House 
     language regarding funding percentages for certain 
     activities, the agreement provides that funds for Social, 
     Behavioral and Economic Sciences shall be up to the fiscal 
     year 2015 level.


          major research equipment and facilities construction

       This Act includes $200,310,000 for Major Research Equipment 
     and Facilities Construction.
       National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).--NSF shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations within 180 days of 
     enactment of this Act: an independent assessment (such as an 
     audit) of the revised cost estimate to complete NEON, 
     accompanied by a statement of actions taken to resolve any 
     issues identified in the cost assessment; a revised lifecycle 
     cost estimate, including operations and maintenance; revised 
     and updated procedures for NSF to ensure proper use of 
     appropriated funds; and a plan to ensure greater NSF 
     oversight of costs, schedule, and performance over the 
     lifecycle of NEON and other large facility projects.


                     EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

       This Act includes $880,000,000 for Education and Human 
     Resources (EHR), including $35,000,000 for the Historically 
     Black Colleges and Universities Program; $46,000,000 for the 
     Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation; $14,000,000 
     for the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program; $62,500,000 
     for the Advanced Informal STEM Learning program, including no 
     less than $5,000,000 for out of classroom educational 
     experiences as directed by the House; and $50,000,000 for 
     CyberCorps: Scholarships for Service, including no less than 
     $7,500,000 for qualified community colleges as directed by 
     the Senate.

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                 agency operations and award management

       This Act includes $330,000,000 for Agency Operations and 
     Award Management.


                  office of the national science board

       This Act includes $4,370,000 for the National Science 
     Board.


                      office of inspector general

       This Act includes $15,160,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General.


                        administrative provision

       This Act includes a provision that establishes terms and 
     conditions for the transfer of funds.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         salaries and expenses

       This Act includes $9,200,000 for the Commission on Civil 
     Rights.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $364,500,000 for the Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Up to $29,500,000 shall be for 
     payments to State and local enforcement agencies to ensure 
     that the EEOC provides adequate resources to its State and 
     local partners.

                     International Trade Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $88,500,000 for the International Trade 
     Commission.

                       Legal Services Corporation


               PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

       This Act includes $385,000,000 for the Legal Services 
     Corporation.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $3,431,000 for the Marine Mammal 
     Commission.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $54,500,000 for the Office of the U.S. 
     Trade Representative.
       The agreement supports efforts to enforce U.S. rights under 
     trade agreements and to increase compliance with trade 
     agreement provisions by U.S. trade agreement partners. If the 
     Trade Enforcement Fund is authorized under the Trade 
     Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the 
     Committees will work diligently with the relevant authorizing 
     committees in future fiscal years to determine appropriations 
     needed to successfully implement the Fund.

                        State Justice Institute


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       This Act includes $5,121,000 for the State Justice 
     Institute.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       This Act includes the following general provisions:
       Section 501 prohibits the use of funds for publicity or 
     propaganda purposes unless expressly authorized by law.
       Section 502 prohibits any appropriation contained in this 
     Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the 
     current fiscal year unless expressly provided.
       Section 503 provides that the expenditure of any 
     appropriation contained in this Act for any consulting 
     service through procurement contracts shall be limited to 
     those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of 
     public record and available for public inspection, except 
     where otherwise provided under existing law or existing 
     Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Section 504 provides that if any provision of this Act or 
     the application of such provision to any person or 
     circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act 
     and the application of other provisions shall not be 
     affected.
       Section 505 prohibits a reprogramming of funds that: (1) 
     creates or initiates a new program, project or activity; (2) 
     eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
     funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
     an office or employee; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, 
     programs or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
     function or activity presently performed by Federal 
     employees; (7) augments funds for existing programs, projects 
     or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
     is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing 
     program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 
     percent; or (8) results from any general savings, including 
     savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in 
     a change in existing programs, projects, or activities as 
     approved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds. Language is included requiring the 
     Department of Justice to notify the Committees 45 days in 
     advance of any such reprogramming.
       Section 506 provides that if it is determined that any 
     person intentionally affixes a ``Made in America'' label to 
     any product that was not made in America that person shall 
     not be eligible to receive any contract or subcontract with 
     funds made available in this Act. The section further 
     provides that to the extent practicable, with respect to 
     purchases of promotional items, funds made available under 
     this Act shall be used to purchase items manufactured, 
     produced or assembled in the United States or its territories 
     or possessions.
       Section 507 requires quarterly reporting to Congress on the 
     status of balances of appropriations.
       Section 508 provides that any costs incurred by a 
     department or agency funded under this Act resulting from, or 
     to prevent, personnel actions taken in response to funding 
     reductions in this Act, or, for the Department of Commerce, 
     from actions taken for the care and protection of loan 
     collateral or grant property, shall be absorbed within the 
     budgetary resources available to the department or agency, 
     and provides transfer authority between appropriation 
     accounts to carry out this provision, subject to 
     reprogramming procedures.
       Section 509 prohibits funds made available in this Act from 
     being used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or 
     tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal of 
     foreign restrictions on the marketing of tobacco products, 
     except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all 
     tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. This provision 
     is not intended to impact routine international trade 
     services to all U.S. citizens, including the processing of 
     applications to establish foreign trade zones.
       Section 510 stipulates the obligations of certain receipts 
     deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.
       Section 511 prohibits the use of Department of Justice 
     funds for programs that discriminate against or denigrate the 
     religious or moral beliefs of students participating in such 
     programs.
       Section 512 prohibits the transfer of funds in this Act to 
     any department, agency or instrumentality of the United 
     States Government, except for transfers made by, or pursuant 
     to authorities provided in, this Act or any other 
     appropriations Act.
       Section 513 provides that funds provided for E-Government 
     Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
     section 505 of this Act.
       Section 514 requires certain timetables of audits performed 
     by Inspectors General of the Departments of Commerce and 
     Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     the National Science Foundation and the Legal Services 
     Corporation and sets limits and restrictions on the awarding 
     and use of grants or contracts funded by amounts appropriated 
     by this Act.
       Section 515 prohibits funds for acquisition of certain 
     information systems unless the acquiring department or agency 
     has reviewed and assessed certain risks. Any acquisition of 
     such an information system is contingent upon the development 
     of a risk mitigation strategy and a determination that the 
     acquisition is in the national interest. The Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation is required to develop best practices for 
     supply chain risk management. Each department or agency 
     covered under section 515 shall submit a quarterly report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations describing reviews and 
     assessments of risk made pursuant to this section and any 
     associated findings or determinations.
       Section 516 prohibits the use of funds in this Act to 
     support or justify the use of torture by any official or 
     contract employee of the United States Government.
       Section 517 prohibits the use of funds in this Act to 
     require certain export licenses.
       Section 518 prohibits the use of funds in this Act to deny 
     certain import applications regarding ``curios or relics'' 
     firearms, parts or ammunition.
       Section 519 prohibits the use of funds to include certain 
     language in trade agreements.
       Section 520 prohibits the use of funds in this Act to 
     authorize or issue a National Security Letter (NSL) in 
     contravention of certain laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation to issue NSLs.
       Section 521 requires congressional notification for any 
     project within the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the 
     National Science Foundation or the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration totaling more than $75,000,000 that has 
     cost increases of at least 10 percent.
       Section 522 deems funds for intelligence or intelligence-
     related activities as authorized by the Congress until the 
     enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 
     year 2016.
       Section 523 prohibits contracts or grant awards in excess 
     of $5,000,000 unless the prospective contractor or grantee 
     certifies that the organization has filed all Federal tax 
     returns, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has no unpaid Federal 
     tax assessment.


                             (RESCISSIONS)

       Section 524 provides for rescissions of unobligated 
     balances. Subsection (c) requires the Departments of Commerce 
     and Justice to submit a report on the amount of each 
     rescission. These reports shall include the distribution of 
     such rescissions among decision units, or, in the case of 
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     grant accounts, the distribution of such rescissions among 
     specific grant programs, and whether such rescissions were 
     taken from recoveries and deobligations, or from funds that 
     were never obligated.
       Section 525 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the 
     purchase of first class or premium air travel in 
     contravention of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       Section 526 prohibits the use of funds to pay for the 
     attendance of more than 50 department or agency employees, 
     who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
     conference outside the United States, unless the conference 
     is a law enforcement training or operational event where the 
     majority of Federal attendees are law enforcement personnel 
     stationed outside the United States.
       Section 527 includes language regarding detainees held at 
     Guantanamo Bay.
       Section 528 includes language regarding facilities for 
     housing detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
       Section 529 includes language regarding the purchase of 
     light bulbs.
       Section 530 requires any department, agency or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government receiving 
     funds appropriated under this Act to track and report on 
     undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts.
       Section 531 prohibits the use of funds by the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of 
     Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to engage in bilateral 
     activities with China or a Chinese-owned company or 
     effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at 
     certain facilities unless the activities are authorized by 
     subsequent legislation or NASA or OSTP have made a 
     certification pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this 
     section.
       Section 532 prohibits funds from being used to deny the 
     importation of shotgun models if no application for the 
     importation of such models, in the same configuration, had 
     been denied prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the 
     shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily 
     adaptable to sporting purposes.
       Section 533 prohibits the use of funds to establish or 
     maintain a computer network that does not block pornography, 
     except for law enforcement and victim assistance purposes.
       Section 534 requires the departments and agencies funded in 
     the bill to submit spending plans.
       Section 535 requires agencies to report conference spending 
     to the Inspectors General.
       Section 536 prohibits the use of funds to implement the 
     Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
     ratification for the Treaty.
       Section 537 requires all departments and agencies funded 
     within this Act to link all contracts that provide award fees 
     to successful acquisition outcomes.
       Section 538 prohibits funds to pay for award or incentive 
     fees for contractors with below satisfactory performance or 
     performance that fails to meet the basic requirements of the 
     contract.
       Section 539 prohibits the use of funds to relinquish the 
     responsibility of the National Telecommunications and 
     Information Administration with respect to Internet domain 
     name system functions.
       Section 540 requires agencies funded by the Act to provide 
     Inspectors General with timely access to information.
       Section 541 requires quarterly reports from the Department 
     of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration and the National Science Foundation of travel 
     to China.
       Section 542 prohibits the Department of Justice from 
     preventing certain States from implementing State laws 
     regarding the use of medical marijuana.
       Section 543 prohibits the use of funds by the Department of 
     Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration in 
     contravention of a certain section of the Agricultural Act of 
     2014.
       Section 554 from the House bill, regarding agency 
     implementation of certain climate-related activities, is not 
     included. The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
     submit a report no later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act detailing fiscal year 2014 and 2015 funding under this 
     Act used in support of the U.S. Global Climate Research 
     Program National Climate Assessment; the Intergovernmental 
     Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report; the United 
     Nations' Agenda 21 sustainable development plan; and the May 
     2013 Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for 
     Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866. This 
     report shall also include the specific authorization for each 
     agency that enables participation in each of the activities 
     listed above. 

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       DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       The agreement on the Department of Defense Appropriations 
     Act, 2016 incorporates some of the provisions of both the 
     House-passed and the Senate-reported versions of the bill. 
     The language and allocations set forth in House Report 114-
     139 and Senate Report 114-63 shall be complied with unless 
     specifically addressed to the contrary in the accompanying 
     bill and explanatory statement.


              definition of program, project, and activity

       The agreement delineates that, for the purposes of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (Public Law 99-177), as amended by the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Public 
     Law 100-119), and by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 
     (Public Law 101-508), the terms ``program, project, and 
     activity'' for appropriations contained in this Act shall be 
     defined as the most specific level of budget items identified 
     in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, the 
     related classified annexes and explanatory statements, and 
     the P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents as 
     subsequently modified by congressional action. The following 
     exception to the above definition shall apply: the military 
     personnel and the operation and maintenance accounts, for 
     which the term ``program, project, and activity'' is defined 
     as the appropriations accounts contained in the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act.
       At the time the President submits the budget request for 
     fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Defense is directed to 
     transmit to the congressional defense committees budget 
     justification documents to be known as the ``M-1'' and ``O-
     1'' which shall identify, at the budget activity, activity 
     group, and sub-activity group level, the amounts requested by 
     the President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for military personnel and operation and maintenance in any 
     budget request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 
     2017.


                            classified annex

       Adjustments to classified programs are addressed in the 
     accompanying classified annex.


                  congressional special interest items

       Items for which additional funds have been provided or 
     items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in 
     the project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase 
     ``only for'' or ``only to'' are congressional special 
     interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming 
     (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD 
     Form 1414 at the stated amount, as specifically addressed in 
     the explanatory statement.


                         reprogramming guidance

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow 
     the reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts as 
     specified in the report accompanying the House version of the 
     Department of Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 
     2008 (House Report 110-279). For operation and maintenance 
     accounts, the Secretary of Defense shall continue to follow 
     the reprogramming guidelines specified in the conference 
     report accompanying H.R. 3222, the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2008. The dollar threshold for 
     reprogramming funds shall remain at $10,000,000 for military 
     personnel; $15,000,000 for operation and maintenance; 
     $20,000,000 for procurement; and $10,000,000 for research, 
     development, test and evaluation.
       Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is 
     directed to continue to provide the congressional defense 
     committees annual DD Form 1416 reports for titles I and II 
     and quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for 
     Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of 
     this Act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with 
     guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying 
     the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The 
     Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior 
     approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified 
     dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or 
     research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is 
     less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for 
     reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. 
     Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of 
     a military personnel (M-1), an operation and maintenance (O-
     1), a procurement (P-1), or a research, development, test and 
     evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the 
     Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval 
     reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In 
     addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval 
     reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest 
     items are established elsewhere in this statement.


                          funding adjustments

       The funding increases outlined in the project level tables 
     for each appropriation account shall be provided only for the 
     specific purposes indicated in the tables, and are to be 
     competitively awarded or provided to programs that have 
     received competitive awards in the past. Programs for which 
     the funding provided is less than the requested amount shall 
     be reduced for the purposes specified in the project level 
     tables and may be considered congressional special interest 
     items as defined in titles I, II, III, and IV of this 
     statement. The reductions to special interest items shall be 
     restored only using the prior approval reprogramming process. 
     The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall ensure 
     appropriate distribution of this guidance.


                 appropriation matters liaison officers

       The agreement continues to support appropriations liaison 
     officers for the Department of Defense and the Services. 
     These appropriations liaison officers provide critical and 
     relevant budget-related information to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees in a timely manner and with the 
     authority to communicate directly with their Service 
     Secretaries. It is imperative to maintain this liaison 
     structure to achieve the highest level of communication and 
     trust between the Department of Defense and the House and 
     Senate Appropriations Committees. Therefore, the agreement 
     retains a provision, carried in previous years, that 
     prohibits the use of funds to plan or implement the 
     consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison office of 
     the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the 
     Secretary of a military department, or the Service 
     headquarters of one of the armed forces into a legislative 
     affairs or legislative liaison office.


        overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism

       After more than a decade of war, the United States military 
     and Intelligence Community remain engaged in responding to 
     crises, conflicts, and instability across the globe. The rise 
     of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the 
     recent attacks in Paris, continued operations in Afghanistan, 
     the presence of terrorist groups like al-Shabaab and Boko 
     Haram in North and Central Africa, the continued presence of 
     al-Qaeda in the Middle East and northern Africa, ongoing 
     destabilizing actions by Iran, the recent crisis and 
     instability in Yemen, Libya, and the Levant, and Russian 
     aggression in Ukraine are just some of the stark reminders 
     that it is more important than ever to provide the funding 
     and resources necessary to ensure that the military and 
     Intelligence Community are able to detect and disrupt 
     developing threats and are ready to respond to an unknown and 
     unforeseen future event. For these reasons, the agreement 
     provides the military and Intelligence Community sufficient 
     resources to support ongoing operations and the flexibility 
     to respond to future unknown crises.
       To further address the Overseas Contingency Operations/
     Global War on Terrorism (OCO/GWOT) requirements, the 
     agreement provides increased funding over fiscal year 2015 
     levels for the military and Intelligence Community. The 
     recommendation provides an additional $1,277,915,000 for 
     Operation Freedom's Sentinel in Afghanistan and additional 
     special transfer authority to maintain the current troop 
     level of 9,800 through the end of fiscal year 2016. Further, 
     as proposed by the Secretary of Defense to meet increased 
     OCO/GWOT requirements, the agreement moves funding from the 
     base appropriation to the OCO/GWOT appropriation to provide 
     additional funding for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air 
     Force to conduct counter-ISIL operations, to support 
     operations in Afghanistan, to increase theater security 
     missions, and to maintain a steady-state presence throughout 
     the globe.
       In addition, the agreement provides additional funding to 
     restore readiness for the Services and to maintain 
     capabilities of the Intelligence Community to ensure that 
     they are ready to address current and emerging global 
     challenges, both foreseen and unforeseen, at a moment's 
     notice. These investments will continue the process of 
     restoring and enhancing military readiness and Intelligence 
     Community capabilities.


                    israeli missile defense programs

       The agreement recommends an additional $329,800,000 for 
     Israeli missile defense programs, as requested by the 
     Government of Israel. It is directed that not more than 
     $90,000,000 may be obligated or expended for long lead items 
     in support of David's Sling production activities until the 
     Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense 
     committees a joint United States-Israeli production agreement 
     that addresses, at a minimum, Israeli requirements, 
     production plans, the role of United States and Israeli 
     industry partners, and the proposed use of United States 
     funding. Further, it is directed that not more than 
     $15,000,000 may be obligated or expended for long lead items 
     in support of Arrow upper tier production activities until 
     the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional 
     defense committees a joint United States-Israeli production 
     agreement that addresses, at a minimum, Israeli requirements, 
     production plans, the role of United States and Israeli 
     industry partners, and the proposed use of United States 
     funding. It is noted that the Department of Defense has 
     processes in place to transfer funding for long lead items 
     for missile defense programs through an exchange of letters 
     that ensure appropriate oversight over subject funds prior to 
     conclusion of production agreements.

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                      TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL

       The agreement provides $129,228,658,000 in Title I, 
     Military Personnel. The agreement on items addressed by 
     either the House or the Senate is as follows:
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                                   SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH
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                                                                                 Fiscal Year 2016
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                                     Fiscal Year                                         Change
                                                         2015                                 Change      from
                                                      Authorized     Budget     Final Bill     from      Fiscal
                                                                    Request                  Request      Year
                                                                                                          2015
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Active Forces (End Strength)
    Army...........................................      490,000      475,000      475,000      - - -    -15,000
    Navy...........................................      323,600      329,200      329,200      - - -      5,600
    Marine Corps...................................      184,100      184,000      184,000      - - -       -100
    Air Force......................................      312,980      317,000      320,715      3,715      7,735
        Total, Active Forces.......................    1,310,640    1,305,200    1,308,915      3,715     -1,765
Guard and Reserve Forces (End Strength)
    Army Reserve...................................      202,000      198,000      198,000      - - -     -4,000
    Navy Reserve...................................       57,300       57,400       57,400      - - -        100
    Marine Corps Reserve...........................       39,200       38,900       38,900      - - -       -300
    Air Force Reserve..............................       67,100       69,200       69,200      - - -      2,100
    Army National Guard............................      350,200      342,000      342,000      - - -     -8,200
    Air National Guard.............................      105,000      105,500      105,500      - - -        500
        Total, Selected Reserve....................      820,800      811,000      811,000      - - -     -9,800
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Military Personnel......................    2,131,480    2,116,200    2,119,915      3,715    -11,565
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                                 SUMMARY OF GUARD AND RESERVE FULL-TIME SUPPORT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 Fiscal Year 2016
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                                     Fiscal Year                                         Change
                                                         2015                                 Change      from
                                                      Authorized     Budget     Final Bill     from      Fiscal
                                                                    Request                  Request      Year
                                                                                                          2015
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Army Reserve:
    AGR............................................       16,261       16,261       16,261      - - -      - - -
    Technicians....................................        7,895        7,395        7,395      - - -       -500
Navy Reserve:
    AR.............................................        9,973        9,934        9,934      - - -        -39
Marine Corps Reserve:
    AR.............................................        2,261        2,260        2,260      - - -         -1
Air Force Reserve:
    AGR............................................        2,830        3,032        3,032      - - -        202
    Technicians....................................        9,789        9,814        9,814      - - -         25
Army National Guard:
    AGR............................................       31,385       30,770       30,770      - - -       -615
    Technicians....................................       27,210       26,099       26,099      - - -     -1,111
Air National Guard
    AGR............................................       14,704       14,748       14,748      - - -         44
    Technicians....................................       21,792       22,104       22,104      - - -        312
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals:
        AGR/AR.....................................       77,414       77,005       77,005      - - -       -409
        Technicians................................       66,686       65,412       65,412      - - -     -1,274
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Full-Time Support...................      144,100      142,417      142,417      - - -     -1,683
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         REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for 
     Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2016 
     appropriations accounts not later than 60 days after the 
     enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited 
     from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any 
     purpose other than originally appropriated until the 
     aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees.
       The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal 
     prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in 
     the Services' military personnel accounts between budget 
     activities in excess of $10,000,000.


               military personnel special interest items

       Items for which additional funds have been provided or have 
     been specifically reduced as shown in the project level 
     tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or 
     ``only to'' in the explanatory statement are congressional 
     special interest items for the purpose of the Base for 
     Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be 
     carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount as 
     specifically addressed in the explanatory statement. Below 
     Threshold Reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or 
     reduce funding from congressional special interest items as 
     identified on the DD Form 1414.


                   notification of reserve components

       The reserve components provide an operational capability 
     and strategic depth in support of the national defense 
     strategy. Decisions to utilize these forces must adhere to 
     judicious and prudent criteria. As such, the agreement 
     directs the Secretary of Defense to continue following the 
     Department's longstanding policy to instruct the Services to 
     adequately notify, in writing, members of the reserve 
     components who are called or ordered to active duty, under 
     section 12302(a) of title 10, United States Code. The 
     notification must include the expected period during which 
     the member will be mobilized, including the authorization of 
     an alert notification up to 24 months prior to the 
     mobilization date, and a minimum of 30 days notification 
     prior to involuntary mobilization to support emergent 
     requirements.


             sexual assault prevention and response program

       The agreement fully funds the budget request of 
     $263,325,000 for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response 
     programs at the Service level and provides an additional 
     $25,000,000 for the Defense Human Resources Activity in the 
     Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide appropriation for the 
     Sexual Assault Special Victims' Counsel Program across the 
     Services.


                      basic allowance for housing

       The practice of using annual housing market surveys to 
     calculate basic allowance for housing (BAH) rates neglects 
     the specific challenges of rural states and regions, where 
     housing areas adjacent to military facilities may not reflect 
     the average cost of housing in more populous nearby 
     communities, making it more difficult for servicemembers to 
     find affordable housing within the BAH rate. Therefore, the 
     Secretary of Defense is directed to provide a report to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after 
     the enactment of this Act on the analytics and factors that 
     are considered in determining BAH rates for installations in 
     rural states and regions.

                        MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                        MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                    MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                     MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                       REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT

       Language in House Report 114-139 directed the Secretary of 
     the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense 
     committees which would assess the feasibility of training 
     enlisted personnel as remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots, 
     include an updated list of any pay and incentives that these 
     pilots are eligible to receive, and provide a breakdown of 
     how the pilots have populated the community. In July 2015, 
     the Air Force presented an RPA Get-Well Plan. In lieu of the 
     reporting requirement in House Report 114-139, the Secretary 
     of the Air Force is directed to brief the congressional 
     defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment 
     of this Act on the steps the Air Force has taken to increase 
     RPA training throughput, utilize reserve component RPA 
     capabilities, contract elements of the RPA program, and 
     implement RPA-related incentive pays.

                        RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                        RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:
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                    RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                      RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                     NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                  NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                   REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT MISSIONS

       Language in House Report 114-139 directed the Secretary of 
     Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense 
     committees on the cost-effectiveness of using Air National 
     Guard units to conduct remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) 
     missions along the United States--Mexico border in support of 
     Department of Homeland Security (DHS) missions. The 
     Committees have subsequently received briefings on the 
     utilization and capabilities of Air National Guard and Air 
     Force Reserve RPA units. In lieu of the reporting requirement 
     in House Report 114-139, the agreement directs the Secretary 
     of the Air Force to provide, not later than 90 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, a briefing to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees on capabilities that Air Force 
     reserve component RPA units could provide in support of DHS 
     border security missions and the demand from DHS or other 
     Departments for such capabilities.

                  TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

       The agreement provides $167,485,170,000 in Title II, 
     Operation and Maintenance. The agreement on items addressed 
     by either the House or the Senate is as follows: 

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                  REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATION

                        AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for 
     Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2016 
     appropriation accounts not later than 60 days after the 
     enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited 
     from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any 
     purpose other than originally appropriated until the 
     aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees.
       The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal 
     prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in 
     the Services' operation and maintenance accounts between O-1 
     budget activities in excess of $15,000,000. In addition, the 
     Secretary of Defense should follow prior approval 
     reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of 
     $15,000,000 out of the following budget sub-activities:
       Army:
       Maneuver units
       Modular support brigades
       Land forces operations support
       Force readiness operations support
       Land forces depot maintenance
       Base operations support
       Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
       Navy:
       Aircraft depot maintenance
       Ship depot maintenance
       Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
       Marine Corps:
       Depot maintenance
       Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
       Air Force:
       Primary combat forces
       Combat enhancement forces
       Combat communications
       Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
       Air Force Reserve:
       Depot maintenance
       Air National Guard:
       Depot maintenance
       Additionally, the Secretary of Defense should follow prior 
     approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of 
     $15,000,000 into the following budget sub-activity:
       Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard:
       Other personnel support/recruiting and advertising
       With respect to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 
     proposed transfers of funds to or from the levels specified 
     for defense agencies in excess of $15,000,000 shall be 
     subject to prior approval reprogramming procedures.
       During fiscal year 2016, the Service Secretaries are 
     directed to submit written notification and justification to 
     the congressional defense committees not later than 15 days 
     prior to implementing transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out 
     of the following budget sub-activities:
       Navy:
       Mission and other flight operations
       Mission and other ship operations
       Air Force:
       Operating forces depot maintenance
       Mobilization depot maintenance
       Training and recruiting depot maintenance
       Administration and service-wide depot maintenance
       These transfers may be implemented 15 days after a 
     congressional notification unless an objection is received 
     from one of the congressional defense committees.


            OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

       Items for which additional funds have been provided or have 
     been specifically reduced as shown in the project level 
     tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or 
     ``only to'' in the explanatory statement are congressional 
     special interest items for the purpose of the Base for 
     Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be 
     carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount as 
     specifically addressed in the explanatory statement. Below 
     Threshold Reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or 
     reduce funding from congressional special interest items as 
     identified on the DD Form 1414.


        OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

                     BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIAL

       The agreement notes that the current budget justification 
     material submitted for the operation and maintenance portion 
     of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) and the exhibits 
     for the Security Programs sub-activity groups (SAGs) in the 
     Operation and Maintenance Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air 
     Force accounts do not provide full visibility into requested 
     funding which limits congressional oversight. Therefore, the 
     Secretary of Defense is directed to include a new exhibit in 
     the MIP justification books for each Service, the Special 
     Operations Command, and the defense agencies under the 
     ``Resources Exhibit'' tab. The exhibit shall be titled 
     ``Operation and Maintenance Resources by Project''; be broken 
     out into six separate tables: the prior year base actual, the 
     current year base estimate, the budget year base request, the 
     prior year Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism (OCO/GWOT) actual, the current year OCO/GWOT 
     estimate, and the budget year OCO/GWOT request; include each 
     MIP project on a separate row; include each budget line item 
     (SAG for the Service appropriation and defense agency for the 
     defense-wide appropriation) in a separate column; show 
     dollars in thousands in each appropriate cell of the table 
     (lining up projects with SAGs); and include totals for each 
     row and column to allow analysis of the totals by 
     appropriation, project, and SAG.
       Each Service operation and maintenance account includes a 
     SAG titled ``Security Programs'' which funds both MIP and 
     National Intelligence Programs (NIP) as well as other non-MIP 
     and non-NIP programs. Since the funding requested is largely 
     for classified programs, the budget justification materials 
     do not provide a level of detail in the OP-5 exhibit as is 
     normally required by the Financial Management Regulation 
     (FMR). Thus, the Secretary of Defense is directed to provide 
     classified OP-5 and OP-32 budget exhibits at the time of the 
     budget submission for each of the Security Program SAGs. This 
     OP-5 will provide the non-NIP funding amount requested in the 
     SAG and a summary and justification for changes in the level 
     of resources required for each SAG as required by the FMR in 
     the Volume 2, Chapter 3 Exhibit OP-5 Instructions and Detail 
     by SAG. This material should be submitted for both the base 
     budget request and the OCO/GWOT request.
       The new tables and budget exhibits shall be included as a 
     part of the budget submission for fiscal year 2018. For 
     fiscal year 2017, the Services and defense agencies are 
     directed to work with the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees to provide this information during the budget 
     review process. This language replaces the language included 
     under this heading in House Report 114-139.


                     SIZE OF THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE

       The Department of Defense is taking steps to right-size the 
     military, civilian, and contractor workforces. While the 
     agreement supports a strong civilian workforce and recognizes 
     that much of this workforce performs critical national 
     security and readiness functions, concern remains regarding 
     the size and cost of headquarters and administrative 
     functions and the corresponding size of the civilian staff, 
     particularly at the Pentagon.
       As required by Section 905 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, the Secretary of 
     Defense is currently conducting a systematic determination of 
     the personnel requirements for headquarters organizations, 
     including at the Pentagon, and the support organizations that 
     perform headquarters-related functions, and is implementing a 
     periodic review and analysis of personnel requirements. 
     Further, as part of its annual budget documentation, the 
     Secretary of Defense provides a report addressing the size of 
     the three workforces. The Secretary of Defense is directed to 
     provide a briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees on the findings of the personnel requirements 
     review referenced above, as well as the annual report on the 
     size of the workforce, not later than 30 days after each 
     report's release.
       Section 904 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2014, as amended, requires the Secretary of 
     Defense to submit an annual report detailing the streamlining 
     of Department of Defense headquarters. The agreement 
     recognizes that future reports will include an updated 
     baseline number for military, civilian, and contractor 
     workforces for headquarters level of detail, including 
     support organizations, as well as results of the review and 
     further implemented and proposed reductions. The Secretary of 
     Defense is directed to provide an annual briefing to the 
     House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the findings of 
     the report not later than 30 days after the report's release.


                 CIVILIAN PERSONNEL AND PAY MANAGEMENT

       Accurate visibility and budgeting is critical to making 
     fiscally sound decisions regarding the size and compensation 
     of the civilian personnel workforce. The Services 
     consistently overestimate the number of civilians that will 
     be employed during a fiscal year while underestimating the 
     civilian personnel funding requirement. Therefore, the 
     agreement includes reductions for overestimating civilian 
     full time equivalent (FTE) levels and streamlining management 
     headquarters for fiscal year 2016.
       Additionally, the agreement directs the Department of 
     Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) to provide a report to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than 180 days 
     after the enactment of this Act that issues recommendations 
     to improve the management of the civilian compensation 
     program and civilian FTE levels. As part of the analysis, the 
     agreement directs the DOD IG to explore the factors 
     influencing average salary and provide suggestions for how to 
     better control its volatility. Also, the DOD IG shall examine 
     how to standardize the types of growth included in pay rates 
     versus program growth across the Services. Finally, the 
     report shall examine steps the Department of Defense should 
     take to formulate a

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     civilian compensation budget to more accurately capture the 
     true cost of the civilian workforce. This language replaces 
     the reporting requirement included under the heading 
     ``Civilian Personnel and Pay Management'' in House Report 
     114-139 and under the heading ``Civilian Compensation'' in 
     Senate Report 114-63.


                           CIVILIAN FURLOUGHS

       In fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Defense furloughed 
     most Department of Defense civilian employees for up to six 
     days due to budgetary shortfalls primarily caused by 
     sequestration. The negative impact on productivity, morale, 
     and readiness substantially outweighed the savings generated 
     from civilian furloughs. No furloughs were implemented in 
     either fiscal year 2014 or fiscal year 2015, and it is 
     assumed that the enactment of this Act will eliminate any 
     need to furlough civilian employees in fiscal year 2016.


                      MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY

       The agreement directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct 
     no maintenance or improvements to Department of Defense real 
     property with a zero percent utilization rate according to 
     the Department's real property inventory database, except in 
     the case of maintenance of an historic property, as required 
     by the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et 
     seq.), maintenance to prevent a negative environmental impact 
     as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or to address health and safety 
     requirements.


                              AUDITABILITY

       The Secretary of Defense is working to achieve auditability 
     by the end of fiscal year 2017. The Secretary of Defense is 
     directed to provide a briefing to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees on the Financial Improvement and 
     Audit Readiness Plan Status Report not later than 30 days 
     after the report's next publication.


         PHYSICAL SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AT MILITARY FACILITIES

       Recent domestic and international incidents underscore the 
     need to remain vigilant regarding security at military 
     facilities and installations. After the July 2015 shootings 
     in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Secretary of Defense issued a 
     directive that emphasized improving physical and procedural 
     security and improving mass warning and alert notification 
     capabilities. The Mission Assurance Coordination Board (MACB) 
     is tasked with coordinating these activities across the 
     Services, the National Guard Bureau, and the combatant 
     commands to ensure the safety of Department of Defense 
     personnel. To keep apprised of progress concerning these 
     efforts, the Secretary of Defense is directed to provide a 
     report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
     90 days after the enactment of this Act describing the 
     completed and planned actions overseen by the MACB and 
     identifying associated funding requirements.
       The recommendation also includes $80,300,000 for security 
     upgrades to military Service recruiting centers following the 
     Chattanooga attacks. The requirements range from improving 
     closed circuit camera monitoring to increasing ballistic 
     internal protection. The Army is the executive agent for 
     recruiting centers and will oversee the necessary security 
     upgrades for all recruiting centers. Therefore, the agreement 
     transfers funding from the Services' operation and 
     maintenance accounts to the Operation and Maintenance, Army 
     account for this purpose.


                  ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT

       The agreement does not include a provision included in the 
     House-passed version of H.R. 2685 that referenced the Energy 
     Independence and Security Act of 2007. It is noted that the 
     enforcement of section 526 of the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007 may lead to higher fuel costs for 
     federal fleets in the absence of competitively priced new 
     generation fuels that emit fewer emissions. In carrying out 
     this statute, the Secretary of Defense and the Service 
     Secretaries should work to ensure that costs associated with 
     fuel purchases necessary to carry out their respective 
     missions should be minimized to the greatest extent possible.

                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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     Senate is as follows:
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       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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     Senate is as follows:

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                    AIR FORCE DEPOT MAINTENANCE AND

                      CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT

       While the Air Force has improved its depot maintenance 
     budget documentation, concerns remain that requesting funding 
     for contractor logistics support (CLS) in the depot 
     maintenance sub-activity group (SAG) limits visibility into 
     the execution of this funding. Separating CLS and Performance 
     Based Logistics (PBL) funding from depot maintenance funding 
     would provide better congressional oversight and visibility. 
     Therefore, the Secretary of the Air Force is directed to 
     create new and separate SAGs specifically for CLS and PBL 
     funding.

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

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     Senate is as follows: 

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                    NET-CENTRIC ENTERPRISE SERVICES

       Language in House Report 114-139 directed the Director of 
     the Defense Information Systems Agency to submit a report 
     describing and justifying the total costs associated with 
     implementing an interim collaboration service until the 
     Unified Capabilities collaboration services program commences 
     in fiscal year 2017. However, the Department of Defense has 
     already completed the transition to a new system of 
     collaboration services. Therefore, the reporting requirement 
     directed by House Report 114-139 is rescinded.


         ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES

       Language in House Report 114-139 directed the Secretary of 
     Defense to report to the congressional defense committees on 
     the energy use and energy efficiency projects at the Pentagon 
     and the ten largest Department of Defense facilities. In lieu 
     of this reporting requirement, the agreement directs the 
     Secretary of Defense to brief the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees not later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act on energy use at the Pentagon 
     Reservation and the ten largest Department of Defense 
     facilities. The briefing should include an accounting of the 
     dates when energy audits and energy efficiency projects were 
     conducted at these facilities and any potential savings 
     associated with the installation of efficient lighting 
     systems, including tubular Light-Emitting Diode (T-LED) 
     lighting, at these facilities. Further, the Secretary of 
     Defense is encouraged to revise the current specifications to 
     permit T-LED lighting as an option within the Department's 
     Unified Facilities Criteria.


                    MILITARY CHILD OUTREACH PROGRAMS

       The agreement recognizes the importance of youth outreach 
     programs that provide military children opportunities and 
     mentorships as they cope with the turbulence that often 
     accompanies military service. The Secretary of Defense and 
     the Service Secretaries are encouraged to continue funding 
     memberships for military children at installation-sponsored 
     Boys and Girls Clubs of America and to expand these efforts 
     to support memberships for military children who reside off-
     base and wish to join off-installation Boys and Girls Clubs 
     of America.


                           MILITARY ONESOURCE

       Military OneSource provides comprehensive information on 
     military life to servicemembers and their families. However, 
     the duplicative nature of the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs efforts in this area is 
     concerning. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is directed to submit a 
     report detailing the potential benefits of creating a joint 
     program modeled after Military OneSource to the congressional 
     defense committees not later than 120 days after the 
     enactment of this Act.

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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     Senate is as follows:

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            OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

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     Senate is as follows:

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              OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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             OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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          UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES

       The agreement provides $14,078,000 for the United States 
     Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

                    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

       The agreement provides $234,829,000 for Environmental 
     Restoration, Army.

                    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

       The agreement provides $300,000,000, an increase of 
     $7,547,000 above the budget request, for Environmental 
     Restoration, Navy.

                  ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

       The agreement provides $368,131,000 for Environmental 
     Restoration, Air Force.

                ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

       The agreement provides $8,232,000 for Environmental 
     Restoration, Defense-Wide.

         ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES

       The agreement provides $231,217,000, an increase of 
     $27,500,000 above the budget request, for Environmental 
     Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.

             OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

       The agreement provides $103,266,000, an increase of 
     $3,000,000 above the budget request, for Overseas 
     Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.

                  COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $358,496,000 for the Cooperative 
     Threat Reduction Account, as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                              O-1                                   FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
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COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION:
    Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination......................                    1,289                    1,289
    Chemical Weapons Destruction..............................                      942                      942
    Biological Threat Reduction...............................                  264,618                  264,618
    Threat Reduction Engagement...............................                    2,827                    2,827
    Other Assessments/Admin Costs.............................                   29,320                   29,320
    Global Nuclear Security...................................                   20,555                   20,555
    WMD Proliferation Prevention..............................                   38,945                   38,945
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION.......................                  358,496                  358,496
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND

       The agreement does not recommend funding for the Department 
     of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.

                         TITLE III--PROCUREMENT

       The agreement provides $110,841,627,000 in Title III, 
     Procurement. The agreement on items addressed by either the 
     House or the Senate is as follows: 

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                   procurement special interest items

       Items for which additional funds have been provided as 
     shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the 
     phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in the explanatory 
     statement are congressional special interest items for the 
     purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of 
     these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated 
     amount as specifically addressed in the explanatory 
     statement.


            reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow 
     the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report 
     accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
     279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming 
     funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and 
     $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation.
       Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is 
     directed to continue to provide the congressional defense 
     committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports 
     for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of 
     this Act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the 
     guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying 
     the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The 
     Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior 
     approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified 
     dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or 
     research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is 
     less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for 
     reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. 
     Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of 
     a procurement (P-1) or research, development, test and 
     evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the 
     Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval 
     reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In 
     addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval 
     reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest 
     items are established elsewhere in this statement.


                        combat air patrol review

       The agreement directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a 
     complete review of the required Combat Air Patrols deemed 
     necessary to meet combatant commanders' requirements and to 
     identify the necessary mix of intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance aircraft across the Air Force, Navy, Army, and 
     Special Operations Command to meet such requirements. The 
     Secretary of Defense is directed to provide a report on this 
     review to the congressional defense committees not later than 
     180 days after the enactment of this Act.


      joint strike fighter autonomic logistics information system

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit a report to 
     the congressional defense committees not later than May 15, 
     2016, which includes a certification that Autonomic Logistics 
     Information System (ALIS) 2.0.2 system equipment has been 
     delivered and supports an Air Force declaration of Initial 
     Operating Capability (IOC) for the F-35A. If such 
     certification cannot be made, the report shall provide an 
     explanation for the failure to deliver the necessary 
     equipment and a projected date for its delivery.
       If certification is not made in the report, the Secretary 
     is further directed to submit a new report to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than five days 
     following the new projected date for delivery which includes 
     the certification previously described. If such certification 
     cannot be made, the report shall include an explanation for 
     the failure to deliver the necessary equipment and an 
     assessment of the potential impact to the Air Force 
     declaration of IOC.
       The Secretary of Defense is further directed to ensure that 
     the fiscal year 2017 budget exhibits for the F-35 program 
     clearly delineate the specific costs of ALIS procurement and 
     research, development, test and evaluation in all applicable 
     accounts.


                          airspace compliance

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit a report to 
     the congressional defense committees not later than April 1, 
     2016 on the status of plans to modernize or replace digital 
     avionics equipment for Department of Defense aircraft. This 
     report shall be in a format similar to the report submitted 
     in response to Section 152 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, updated to reflect 
     any changes to such plans as of the date of submission of the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget request. This language replaces the 
     direction under the heading ``Airspace Compliance'' in Senate 
     Report 114-63.

                       AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                  rq-7 shadow unmanned aerial vehicle

       The agreement includes $81,444,000, the same as the 
     request, for the RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle to 
     upgrade the existing systems. Of this request, $24,282,000 is 
     to procure new additional payloads. Competition among 
     multiple suppliers is important to reduce costs and improve 
     performance. Therefore, the Secretary of the Army is directed 
     to review the acquisition strategy for this upgrade to 
     validate sufficient competition exists before awarding the 
     contract.

                       MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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        PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                mk-19 grenade machine gun modifications

       The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $2,777,000 to 
     improve the lethality and accuracy of MK-19 40mm grenade 
     machine gun launchers. The MK-19 has been a reliable and 
     effective weapon for many years, including extensive 
     operational use in Iraq and Afghanistan. There remains 
     concern with the Army plan to upgrade the weapon. The 
     agreement directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a 
     report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
     the end of fiscal year 2016 or following the completion of 
     the MOD 5 kit testing, whichever is earlier, that addresses 
     the ability of the MOD 5 kit to meet requirements. In 
     addition, the report shall address the Army plan to utilize 
     commercial off-the-shelf technologies to upgrade and enhance 
     the MK-19 in the future.

                    PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                        OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                   european facilities communications

       The agreement notes that capability gaps in communications 
     security exist at United States Army Europe (USAREUR) 
     facilities which rely on outdated radio infrastructure. The 
     agreement directs the Secretary of the Army to provide the 
     congressional defense committees the radio upgrade strategy 
     for USAREUR not later than 120 days after the enactment of 
     this Act.

                       AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

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     Senate is as follows: 

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                      NAVY RESERVE COMBAT AIRCRAFT

       The tactical aviation squadrons of the Navy Reserve fulfill 
     the strategic reserve mission for the Navy and provide 
     adversary support to active duty forces. The aging F/A-18A+ 
     aircraft are projected to begin exceeding their service lives 
     in the next five years. The Secretary of the Navy, in 
     coordination with the Chief of Navy Reserve, is directed to 
     submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 
     later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on the 
     plan to recapitalize and modernize the Navy Reserve tactical 
     aviation squadrons, specifically the F/A-18A+ models in the 
     Navy Reserve Combat air fleet.

                       WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

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     Senate is as follows: 

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            PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                   SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                        OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                       PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

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     Senate is as follows:

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                    AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

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     Senate is as follows:
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                           UH-1N REPLACEMENT

       The agreement includes $2,456,000, the same as the budget 
     request, for the UH-1N helicopter replacement program. 
     However, the lack of a settled acquisition strategy remains a 
     concern. The agreement provides the funds requested in order 
     to facilitate the development of a new acquisition strategy. 
     It is recommended that the Secretary of the Air Force 
     consider an acquisition strategy that separates nuclear 
     convoy escort and missile field mission support from other 
     missions performed by the existing UH-1N fleet, which may be 
     satisfied by a less robust and more affordable solution.

                     MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                      SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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                      SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

       The agreement supports the President's request to create a 
     new Space Procurement, Air Force appropriation account but 
     establishes the period of availability of funds for 
     obligation at three years. Further, the agreement transfers 
     all space-related items requested in the Other Procurement, 
     Air Force appropriation account into the Space Procurement, 
     Air Force appropriation account.


                DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM

       The agreement denies the request of the Secretary of the 
     Air Force for relief from direction provided in the 
     explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2015, which required that the Defense 
     Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) be brought to an 
     orderly close during calendar year 2015. Therefore, the 
     recommendation reduces the fiscal year 2016 budget request by 
     $89,351,000 for the DMSP and by $120,000,000 for the 
     corresponding Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. Further, the 
     recommendation rescinds $50,000,000 from fiscal year 2015 
     Missile Procurement, Air Force funds for the DMSP. The 
     agreement recommends that the Secretary of the Air Force 
     focus resources on ensuring that the next generation of 
     weather satellites meets the full spectrum of warfighter and 
     intelligence requirements and work with civil stakeholders to 
     ensure that any other weather coverage gaps are met using 
     appropriate civil or international weather assets.

                  PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                      OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

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     Senate is as follows:

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                       PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

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     Senate is as follows:

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                    DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
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NEXT GENERATION STAR TRACKER SYSTEM...........................                   12,050                   12,050
CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE SUBSTRATES.............................                      452                      452
SPACE ELECTRONICS AND MATERIAL INVESTMENTS....................                   21,000                   21,000
SUBMARINE VALVE-REGULATED LEAD ACID BATTERIES.................                    3,000                    3,000
3D MICROELECTRONICS FOR ANTI-TAMPER...........................                    2,911                    2,911
SECURE COMPOSITE SHIPPING CONTAINERS..........................                    7,267                    7,267
PROGRAM INCREASE..............................................                                            30,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT.............................                   46,640                   76,640
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          TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

       The agreement provides $69,784,665,000 in Title IV, 
     Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. The agreement on 
     items addressed by either the House or the Senate is as 
     follows: 

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   RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

       Items for which additional funds have been provided as 
     shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the 
     phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in the explanatory 
     statement are congressional special interest items for the 
     purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of 
     these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated 
     amount as specifically addressed in the explanatory 
     statement.


            REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow 
     the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report 
     accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
     279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming 
     funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and 
     $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation.
       Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is 
     directed to continue to provide the congressional defense 
     committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports 
     for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of 
     this Act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the 
     guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying 
     the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The 
     Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior 
     approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified 
     dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or 
     research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is 
     less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for 
     reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. 
     Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of 
     a procurement (P-1) or research, development, test and 
     evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the 
     Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval 
     reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In 
     addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval 
     reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest 
     items are established elsewhere in this statement.


                          F-16 RADAR UPGRADES

       The long-term health of the active electronically scanned 
     array radar industrial base remains a concern. Competition 
     among multiple suppliers is important to reduce costs and 
     improve performance. The Air Force is finalizing a 
     competitive acquisition strategy to address phase one of the 
     North American Aerospace Defense Command/United States 
     Northern Command Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) NC-
     0008. The agreement provides $40,000,000 to support the phase 
     one competition. The agreement directs the Secretary of 
     Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force 
     and the Commander of United States Northern Command, to 
     submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 
     later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act that 
     details a competitive acquisition strategy for phase one of 
     the JUON, the plan to address phase two, and the Air Force's 
     radar modernization plan for the entire F-16 fleet.

            RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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     Senate is as follows:

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       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

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           E-8 JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM

       The agreement directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 
     submit a report on modifications to the E-8 Joint 
     Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) fleet to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after 
     the submission of the fiscal year 2017 budget request. This 
     report shall detail how the Air Force will address global air 
     traffic management mandates, as well as other modifications 
     required to meet warfighter requirements and avoid mission 
     performance degradation due to diminishing manufacturing 
     sources, until the E-8 is replaced by the Next Generation 
     JSTARS system. The report shall include schedules and annual 
     funding requirements for each modification effort. This 
     language replaces the reporting requirements regarding the 
     legacy E-8 fleet under the headings ``E-8 JSTARS'' in House 
     Report 114-139 and ``Joint Surveillance and Target Attack 
     Radar System (JSTARS)'' in Senate Report 114-63.


     NEXT GENERATION JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM

       Delays by the Department of Defense in reaching a Milestone 
     A decision on the Next Generation Joint Surveillance Target 
     Attack Radar System (JSTARS) program remain a source of 
     concern. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
     Air Force are directed to reassess the acquisition strategy 
     with the goal of shortening the development phase and 
     accelerating the production and delivery of a new system. The 
     Secretary of the Air Force is further directed to brief the 
     congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after 
     the enactment of this Act on the status of requirements 
     definition, technology risk and the strategy for reducing 
     such risk, the acquisition strategy and funding for all 
     phases, and options to accelerate the program relative to the 
     schedule presented with the fiscal year 2016 budget request. 
     This language replaces the direction regarding the Next 
     Generation JSTARS system under the headings ``Next Generation 
     JSTARS'' in House Report 114-139 and ``Joint Surveillance and 
     Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS)'' in Senate Report 114-
     63.


       GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT

       In light of significant delays to the Global Positioning 
     System (GPS) III Operational Control Segment, the Air Force 
     plan to accelerate GPS III satellite launches would put 
     approximately fourteen satellites on orbit before the ground 
     system is available to operate and integrate the satellites 
     into the positioning, timing, and navigation architecture. 
     Therefore, the Constellation Sustainment Assessment Team is 
     directed to conduct a review, with validation by the 
     Commander of the United States Strategic Command, to 
     determine if the current GPS III satellite launch plan should 
     be adjusted to ensure necessary operational testing on early 
     vehicles has been completed and potential satellite 
     deficiencies have been discovered before more satellites are 
     launched. This review should be provided to the congressional 
     defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment 
     of this Act.


       SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEM SPACE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE

       The agreement directs the Under Secretary of Defense 
     (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) to provide an 
     analysis of alternatives for the next generation of the Space 
     Based Infrared System to the congressional defense committees 
     not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. 
     Further, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 
     Technology, and Logistics) and the Commander of the United 
     States Strategic Command are directed to brief the 
     congressional defense committees on the findings and 
     recommendations of the analysis of alternatives, including 
     the cost evaluation, not later than 30 days after the 
     submission of the analysis of alternatives.


    ADVANCED EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY SATELLITE SPACE MODERNIZATION 
                               INITIATIVE

       The agreement restricts obligation or expenditure of more 
     than $90,000,000 of Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Air Force funds for the Advanced Extremely High 
     Frequency Military Satellite Communications Space 
     Modernization Initiative until 30 days after the Under 
     Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) 
     provides the congressional defense committees with its 
     analysis of alternatives for protected tactical satellite 
     communications services. Further, the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) and the 
     Commander of the United States Strategic Command are directed 
     to brief the congressional defense committees on the findings 
     and recommendations of the analysis of alternatives, 
     including the cost evaluation, not later than 30 days after 
     the submission of the analysis of alternatives.

        RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                           trusted foundries

       Maintaining a United States-based foundry that supplies 
     trusted microprocessors for the Department of Defense and the 
     Intelligence Community is a concern. It is noted that near-
     term and long-term plans are being developed by the 
     Department of Defense to address access to microprocessors 
     from trusted sources. The Secretary of Defense is directed to 
     submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 
     later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act that 
     includes a list of Department of Defense weapon systems that 
     require trusted microprocessors, a description on how the 
     loss of a United States-based trusted foundry impacts these 
     systems, an identification of costs associated with 
     maintaining an equivalent level of security for the existing 
     systems, a list of the challenges associated with maintaining 
     and/or creating adequate United States-based trusted 
     foundries versus relying on foreign-based trusted foundries, 
     and the Department's plan to provide secure microprocessors 
     for future weapon systems. This report may be submitted in a 
     classified form if necessary.


 missile defense agency--divert and attitude control system and multi-
                          object kill vehicle

       The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $11,482,000 
     for the competitive development of next generation divert and 
     attitude control system (DACS) technology, a reduction of 42 
     percent from fiscal year 2015. In addition, the fiscal year 
     2016 budget request initiates funding for the multi-object 
     kill vehicle (MOKV), a program that will likely require next 
     generation DACS technology. It is understood that the Missile 
     Defense Agency (MDA) shares previously expressed concerns 
     regarding the need to ensure access to a competitive DACS 
     industrial base and views the DACS component as critical to 
     making precise trajectory adjustments to position missile 
     defense kill vehicles for a target intercept. Therefore, the 
     agreement recommends an additional $10,000,000 for 
     competitive DACS technology to support MOKV development, and 
     an additional $20,000,000 for MOKV technology. It is 
     understood that MDA will support the competitive DACS 
     industrial base in future budget submissions.


    missile defense agency--sm-3 block iia interceptor and programs 
                    involving international partners

       It is recognized that the United States and Japan are 
     cooperatively developing the SM-3 Block IIA missile and are 
     preparing for an initial flight test. The fiscal year 2016 
     budget request continues to incrementally fund 17 SM-3 Block 
     IIA flight test rounds, at a cost of over $500,000,000. In an 
     effort to better recognize the role of international partners 
     in Department-wide technology programs, the Under Secretary 
     of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) is 
     directed to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 
     committees on Department of Defense programs involving 
     international partners.

                OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              R-1                                   FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
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1--OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION............................                   76,838                   76,838
2--LIVE FIRE TESTING..........................................                   46,882                   46,882
3--OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSIS...................                   46,838                   46,838
    Program increase--Threat resource analysis................                                             8,000
    Program increase--Joint test and evaluation...............                                            10,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION, DEFENSE.............                  170,558                  188,558
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                TITLE V--REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

       The agreement provides $2,212,932,000 in Title V, Revolving 
     and Management Funds. The agreement on items addressed by 
     either the House or the Senate is as follows: 

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                     DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY....................................                   50,432                  195,432
    Arsenal Initiative........................................                                           145,000
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE...............................                   62,898                   62,898
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE............................                   45,084                   45,084
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA............................                1,154,154                1,435,354
    Program increase..........................................                                           281,200
        TOTAL, DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS..................                1,312,568                1,738,768
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                       DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY

       The agreement affirms the significant and lasting benefits 
     that commissaries provide in support of servicemembers and 
     their families. Commissaries help promote healthy base 
     communities by guaranteeing access to fresh foods, including 
     fruits and vegetables, at low prices to military families. 
     Better nutrition and food choices are the first steps toward 
     improved health outcomes and lower health care costs. 
     Commissaries also help military families stretch their 
     budgets and provide stable employment for servicemembers' 
     families and veterans.
       It is understood that the Department of Defense would like 
     to make commissaries more self-sustaining. The agreement 
     supports finding efficiencies to lower the operational cost 
     of commissaries. The House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees are willing to review and consider new ways to 
     administrate the commissaries; however, the agreement does 
     not support the proposed funding reduction. The agreement 
     affirms that commissaries must be kept open, affordable, and 
     accessible to military families.
       Language in House Report 114-139 directed the Secretary of 
     Defense to defer any changes to the Defense Commissary 
     Agency's (DeCA) second destination transportation funding 
     policy that would increase commissary retail prices until 30 
     days after the Secretary has submitted a report to the 
     congressional defense committees regarding commissary costs, 
     including the potential efficiencies that can be realized in 
     air transportation contracts. However, prior to House passage 
     of H.R. 2685, the Department of Defense began the transition 
     to a new fresh fruits and vegetables contract throughout the 
     DeCA Pacific Area commissaries. Therefore, in lieu of the 
     direction in House Report 114-139, the Secretary of Defense 
     is directed to submit a report to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees not later than 90 days after the 
     enactment of this Act outlining the current delivery system 
     of commissary benefits in the Pacific Area commissary system, 
     including the anticipated costs related to the transition to 
     a new fresh fruits and vegetables contract throughout the 
     DeCA Pacific Area commissaries; a description of any 
     modifications to the Pacific Area commissary system the 
     Secretary considers appropriate to achieve savings in the 
     delivery of commissary benefits, while still upholding high 
     levels of customer satisfaction and access, providing high 
     quality products, and sustaining discount savings; and the 
     potential efficiencies that can be realized in air 
     transportation contracts and the effect that these 
     efficiencies may have on second destination transportation 
     funding requirements.

                     NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND

       The agreement provides $474,164,000 for the National 
     Defense Sealift Fund.

             TITLE VI--OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

       The agreement provides $34,392,468,000 in Title VI, Other 
     Department of Defense Programs. The agreement on items 
     addressed by either the House or the Senate is as follows: 

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                         DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

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     Senate is as follows:

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         REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

       Concerns remain regarding the transfer of funds from the 
     In-House Care budget sub-activity to pay for contractor-
     provided medical care. To limit such transfers and improve 
     oversight within the Defense Health Program operation and 
     maintenance account, the agreement includes a provision which 
     caps the funds available for Private Sector Care under the 
     TRICARE program subject to prior approval reprogramming 
     procedures. The provision and accompanying explanatory 
     statement language should not be interpreted as limiting the 
     amount of funds that may be transferred to the In-House Care 
     budget sub-activity from other budget sub-activities within 
     the Defense Health Program. In addition, funding for the In-
     House Care budget sub-activity continues to be designated as 
     a congressional special interest item. Any transfer of funds 
     from the In-House Care budget sub-activity into the Private 
     Sector Care budget sub-activity or any other budget sub-
     activity requires the Secretary of Defense to follow prior 
     approval reprogramming procedures for operation and 
     maintenance funds.
       The Secretary of Defense is directed to provide written 
     notification to the congressional defense committees of 
     cumulative transfers in excess of $10,000,000 out of the 
     Private Sector Care budget sub-activity not later than 
     fifteen days after such a transfer. Furthermore, the 
     Secretary of Defense is directed to provide a report to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after 
     the enactment of this Act that delineates transfers of funds 
     in excess of $10,000,000, and the dates any transfers 
     occurred, from the Private Sector Care budget sub-activity to 
     any other budget sub-activity groups for fiscal year 2015.
       The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) is 
     directed to provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
     defense committees on budget execution data for all of the 
     Defense Health Program budget activities and to adequately 
     reflect changes to the budget activities requested by the 
     Services in future budget submissions.


                               CARRYOVER

       For fiscal year 2016, the agreement recommends one percent 
     carryover authority for the operation and maintenance account 
     of the Defense Health Program. The Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense (Health Affairs) is directed to submit a detailed 
     spending plan for any fiscal year 2015 designated carryover 
     funds to the congressional defense committees not less than 
     30 days prior to executing the carryover funds.


                 PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $50,000,000 for the peer-reviewed 
     cancer research program to research cancers not addressed in 
     the breast, prostate, ovarian, and lung cancer research 
     programs currently executed by the Department of Defense.
       The funds provided in the peer-reviewed cancer research 
     program are directed to be used to conduct research in the 
     following areas: bladder cancer, colorectal cancer, 
     immunotherapy, kidney cancer, listeria vaccine for cancer, 
     liver cancer, lymphoma, melanoma and other skin cancers, 
     mesothelioma, neuroblastoma, pancreatic cancer, pediatric 
     brain tumors, and stomach cancer.
       The reports directed under this heading in House Report 
     114-139 and Senate Report 114-63 are still required.


                 PEER-REVIEWED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $278,700,000 for a peer-reviewed 
     medical research program. The Secretary of Defense, in 
     conjunction with the Service Surgeons General, is directed to 
     select medical research projects of clear scientific merit 
     and direct relevance to military health. Research areas 
     considered under this funding are restricted to the following 
     areas: acute lung injury, antimicrobial resistance, chronic 
     migraine and post-traumatic headache, congenital heart 
     disease, constrictive bronchiolitis, diabetes, dystonia, 
     emerging infectious diseases, focal segmental 
     glomerulosclerosis, Fragile X syndrome, hepatitis B, 
     hereditary angioedema, hydrocephalus, inflammatory bowel 
     disease, influenza, integrative medicine, interstitial 
     cystitis, lupus, malaria, metals toxicology, mitochondrial 
     disease, nanomaterials for bone regeneration, non-opioid pain 
     management, pancreatitis, pathogen-inactivated dried plasma, 
     polycystic kidney disease, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, 
     psychotropic medications, pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory 
     health, Rett syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, 
     sleep disorders, tinnitus, tuberculosis, vaccine development 
     for infectious disease, vascular malformations, and women's 
     heart disease. The additional funding provided under the 
     peer-reviewed medical research program shall be devoted only 
     to the purposes listed above.


                    ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM

       Concerns remain with the progress being made by the 
     Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to develop fully 
     interoperable electronic health record systems. The ultimate 
     goal of the efforts of both Departments is to have systems 
     that can exchange data in a meaningful way and be used in a 
     dynamic environment to improve patient care and facilitate 
     smoother transitions for servicemembers from military service 
     to veteran status.
       It is noted that the Department of Defense has provided 
     required information regarding resource requirements for 
     prior years and the fiscal year 2016 budget request in a 
     timely, concise, and complete manner. However, for the 
     necessary oversight of this important program, the Program 
     Executive Officer (PEO) for the Defense Healthcare Management 
     Systems Modernization (DHMSM) is directed to provide 
     quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees and 
     the Government Accountability Office on the cost and schedule 
     of the program, to include milestones, knowledge points, and 
     acquisition timelines, as well as quarterly obligation 
     reports. These reports should also include any changes to the 
     deployment timeline, including benchmarks, for full operating 
     capability; any refinements to the cost estimate for full 
     operating capability and the total lifecycle cost of the 
     program; an assurance that the acquisition strategy will 
     comply with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, 
     and systems acquisition management practices of the federal 
     government; the status of the effort to achieve 
     interoperability between the electronic health record systems 
     of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, including the scope, cost, schedule, mapping to 
     health data standards, and performance benchmarks of the 
     interoperable record; and the progress toward developing, 
     implementing, and fielding the interoperable electronic 
     health record throughout the two Departments' medical 
     facilities. The PEO DHMSM is directed to continue briefing 
     the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on a quarterly 
     basis, coinciding with the report submission. Given that full 
     deployment of the new electronic health record is not 
     scheduled until fiscal year 2022, the Department of Defense 
     is expected to continue working on interim modifications and 
     enhancements to the current system to improve 
     interoperability in the near-term. Additionally, the PEO 
     DHMSM is directed to provide written notification to the 
     House and Senate Appropriations Committees prior to 
     obligating any contract, or combination of contracts, for 
     electronic health record systems in excess of $5,000,000.
       Additionally, the Director of the Interagency Program 
     Office is directed to continue to provide quarterly briefings 
     on standards development, how those standards are being 
     incorporated by the two Departments, and the progress of 
     interoperability to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Subcommittees for Defense and Military Construction, Veterans 
     Affairs, and Related Agencies. In an effort to ensure 
     government-wide accountability, the PEO DHMSM, in 
     coordination with the appropriate personnel of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, is directed to provide the Federal Chief 
     Information Officer of the United States with monthly updates 
     on progress made by the two Departments to reach 
     interoperability and modernize their respective electronic 
     health records.

           CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.....................................                  139,098                  118,198
    Recovered Chemical Warfare Material Project excess to need  .......................                  -20,900
PROCUREMENT...................................................                    2,281                    2,281
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION....................                  579,342                  579,342
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE.                  720,721                  699,821
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         DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT.....................................                  739,009                  716,109
    Transfer to National Guard counter-drug program...........  .......................                  -82,900
    SOUTHCOM operational support..............................  .......................                   25,000
    Transfer to National Guard counter-drug schools...........  .......................                   -5,000
    Program increase..........................................  .......................                   40,000
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM.................................                  111,589                  121,589
    Young Marines--drug demand reduction......................  .......................                    2,000
    Program increase--expanded drug testing...................  .......................                    8,000
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM...........................                        0                  192,900
    Transfer from counter-narcotics support...................  .......................                   82,900
    Program increase..........................................  .......................                  110,000
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS...........................                        0                   20,000
    Transfer from counter-narcotics support...................  .......................                    5,000
    Program increase..........................................  .......................                   15,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,                       850,598                1,050,598
     DEFENSE..................................................
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                  JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND

       The agreement does not recommend funding for the Joint 
     Urgent Operational Needs Fund.

                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.....................................                  310,459                  310,459
PROCUREMENT...................................................                    1,000                        0
    Inspector General identified excess to requirement........  .......................                   -1,000
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION....................                    4,700                    2,100
    Inspector General identified excess to requirement........  .......................                   -2,600
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL....................                  316,159                  312,559
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      TITLE VII--RELATED AGENCIES

       The agreement provides $1,019,206,000 in Title VII, Related 
     Agencies. The agreement on items addressed by either the 
     House or the Senate is as follows: 

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                            CLASSIFIED ANNEX

       Adjustments to classified programs are addressed in a 
     separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex. The 
     Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, and other 
     organizations are expected to fully comply with the 
     recommendations and directions in the classified annex 
     accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     2016.

   CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

       The agreement provides $514,000,000 for the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.

               INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $505,206,000, a decrease of 
     $24,817,000, for the Intelligence Community Management 
     Account.

                     TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The agreement incorporates general provisions from the 
     House and Senate versions of the bill which were not amended. 
     Those general provisions that were addressed in the agreement 
     are as follows:
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides general transfer authority not to exceed 
     $4,500,000,000. The Senate bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which identifies tables as Explanation of Project Level 
     Adjustments. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which provides for the establishment of a baseline for 
     application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
     current fiscal year. The House bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which provides for limitations on the use of transfer 
     authority of working capital fund cash balances. The House 
     bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding management of civilian personnel of the Department 
     of Defense. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding limitations on the use of funds to purchase anchor 
     and mooring chains. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate to 
     sustain work rates at manufacturing arsenals. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds to demilitarize or dispose 
     of certain small firearms. The Senate bill contained a 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding incentive payments authorized by the Indian 
     Financing Act of 1974. The Senate bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides funding from various appropriations for the 
     Civil Air Patrol Corporation. The Senate bill contained a 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which prohibits funding from being used to establish new 
     Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and 
     Development Centers with certain limitations. The House bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds to disestablish, close, 
     downgrade from host to extension center, or place a Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps program on probation. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which eliminates discounts on tobacco products at military 
     exchanges. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands 
     resulting from Department of Defense activities. The Senate 
     bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     making permanent the conditions under which contracts for 
     studies, analyses, or consulting services may be entered into 
     without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal. 
     The House bill contained a similar provision.


                             (RESCISSIONS)

       The agreement modifies provisions proposed by the House and 
     the Senate recommending rescissions and provides for the 
     rescission of $1,768,937,000. The rescissions agreed to are:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2014 Appropriations:
    Cooperative Threat Reduction Account:
        Program adjustment.....................              $15,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Army:
        Kiowa program termination..............                9,295,000
    Other Procurement, Army:
        WIN-T..................................               40,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
        E-2D...................................               10,000,000
        KC-130J................................                3,415,000
        MH-60R.................................               40,000,000
    Weapons Procurement, Navy:
        Sidewinder.............................                  888,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
        HH-60G.................................                2,300,000
    Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force:
        Fuzes-HTVSF............................                6,300,000
    Other Procurement, Air Force:
        Classified adjustment..................               24,000,000
        MilSatCom terminals....................               54,000,000
        Night vision goggles...................               12,000,000
2015 Appropriations:
    Aircraft Procurement, Army:
        Aerial common sensor...................               10,000,000
        Multi-sensor ABN recon.................               15,000,000
    Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
     Vehicles, Army:
        Paladin PIM............................                7,500,000
    Other Procurement, Army:
        JTRS...................................               20,000,000
        Night vision devices...................               10,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
        KC-130J................................                3,418,000
        SH-60 series...........................                8,284,000
    Weapons Procurement, Navy:
        MK-54 mods growth......................                6,400,000
        MK-54 mods other cost..................                4,717,000
        Sidewinder.............................                4,305,000
    Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine
     Corps:
        120mm all types contract delay.........                5,011,000
        120mm all types support................                3,895,000
    Procurement, Marine Corps:
        Amphibious support equipment...........                1,722,000
        Distributed common ground system.......                2,500,000
        Family of tactical trailers............                5,000,000

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        5/4T truck HMMWV.......................               57,255,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
        B-1B...................................               12,300,000
        C-17...................................               15,500,000
        C-130J.................................               14,776,000
        F-15...................................               15,770,000
        F-16...................................                6,300,000
        F-22 depot activation..................               15,000,000
        HH-60G.................................                2,300,000
        KC-46..................................              117,100,000
    Missile Procurement, Air Force:
        Defense meteorological satellite                      50,000,000
         program...............................
        Evolved expendable launch vehicle......              125,000,000
        GPS III advance procurement............               30,000,000
        Wideband gapfiller satellites..........                7,000,000
    Other Procurement, Air Force:
        Classified programs....................                8,000,000
        Family of beyond-line-of-sight                         9,000,000
         terminals.............................
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
     Army:
        Heavy dump truck.......................                9,299,000
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
     Navy:
        COD follow-on..........................                5,032,000
        Marine Corps combat services support...                5,355,000
        UCLASS.................................              218,000,000
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
     Air Force:
        3DELRR.................................               47,000,000
        Classified programs....................               90,000,000
        KC-46..................................              215,000,000
        Long range strike......................              360,000,000
        Space control..........................                  500,000
        Space launch range services............                  500,000
        Space situational awareness............                  500,000
        Space situational awareness operations.                1,000,000
        Weather system follow-on...............                4,000,000
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
     Defense-Wide:
        DCMO policy and integration............                2,500,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     restricting procurement of ball and roller bearings other 
     than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic 
     origin. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the Senate 
     placing restrictions on funding for competitively bid space 
     launch services. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides funding to the United Service Organizations 
     and the Red Cross. The Senate bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     directing that transfers to Small Business Innovation 
     Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs be 
     taken proportionally. The House bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which prohibits funds from being used to modify Fleet Forces 
     Command command and control relationships. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     regarding funding for the Sexual Assault Prevention and 
     Response program and the Special Victims' Counsel program. 
     The House bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides for a waiver of ``Buy America'' provisions for 
     certain cooperative programs. The Senate bill contained a 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which places restrictions on the use of funds to consolidate 
     or relocate any element of the Air Force Rapid Engineer 
     Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 
     classified quarterly report on certain matters as directed in 
     the classified annex accompanying this Act. The House bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits funds from being used to separate the 
     National Intelligence Program from the Department of Defense 
     budget. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc. 
     The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     related to funding for the Israeli Cooperative Defense 
     programs. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     regarding specific allocation of funds under Shipbuilding and 
     Conversion, Navy. The House bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which reduces funding due to favorable foreign exchange 
     rates. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the Senate 
     that provides for the transfer of funds from any available 
     Department of Navy appropriation to any available Navy ship 
     construction appropriation. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that prohibits changes to the Army Contracting Command-New 
     Jersey without prior notification. The Senate bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     that prohibits the use of funds to retire or divest RQ-4 
     Global Hawk aircraft. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds to violate the Child Soldier 
     Prevention Act of 2008. The Senate bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which provides that funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     available for the purpose of making remittances and transfers 
     to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. The 
     House bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides for the purchase of heavy and light armored 
     vehicles up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle. The Senate 
     bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     related to agreements with the Russian Federation pertaining 
     to United States ballistic missile defense systems. The 
     Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides the Director of National Intelligence with 
     general transfer authority with certain limitations. The 
     Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding the transfer of detainees from Naval Station 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the United States. The Senate bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funding to modify any United 
     States facility, other than the facility at Naval Station 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house any individual detained at 
     Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senate bill contained 
     a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding the transfer of detainees from Naval Station 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to foreign countries. The Senate bill 
     contained a similar provision.

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       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits funds from being used to violate the War 
     Powers Resolution. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which directs that up to $1,000,000 from Operation and 
     Maintenance, Navy shall be available for transfer to the John 
     C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund. 
     The House bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits funding from being used in violation of 
     Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
     24, 2011. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     related to funding for Rosoboronexport. The House bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits funds from being used for the purchase or 
     manufacture of a United States flag unless such flags are 
     treated as covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, 
     U.S.C. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides that funds may be used to provide ex gratia 
     payments to local military commanders for damage, personal 
     injury, or death that is related to combat operations in a 
     foreign country. The Senate bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that requires the Secretary of Defense to post grant awards 
     on a public website in a searchable format. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding realignment of forces at Lajes Field, Azores, 
     Portugal. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     regarding funding for flight demonstration teams at locations 
     outside the United States. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds by the National Security 
     Agency to target United States persons under authorities 
     granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 
     The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides additional funding for basic allowance for 
     housing for military personnel. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that prohibits the use of funds to implement the Arms Trade 
     Treaty until the treaty is ratified by the Senate. The Senate 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which restricts the transfer of administrative 
     responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program to 
     another federal agency not financed by this Act. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     related to the transfer of AH-64 Apache helicopters from the 
     Army National Guard to the active Army. The Senate bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that limits the availability of funds authorized for 
     counterterrorism support to foreign partners. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that prohibits introducing armed forces into Iraq in 
     contravention of the War Powers Act. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that prohibits the use of funds to retire the A-10 fleet. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides funds to support Department of Defense 
     activities related to the Digital Accountability and 
     Transparency Act. The Senate bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which limits the use of funds for the T-AO(X) program. The 
     Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which reduces Working Capital Fund, Army and Working Capital 
     Fund, Air Force to reflect excess cash balances. The Senate 
     bill contained no similar provision.


                              (RESCISSION)

       The agreement includes a new provision recommending a 
     rescission. The House and Senate bills contained no similar 
     provisions. The provision provides for the rescission of 
     $1,037,000,000 from the following program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
No Year Appropriations:
    Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense:
        Excess cash balances...................           $1,037,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which reduces the total amount appropriated to reflect lower 
     than anticipated fuel costs. The Senate bill contained a 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     that prohibits the use of funds to retire the KC-10 fleet. 
     The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     prohibiting the retirement of EC-130H aircraft. The Senate 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds for gaming or entertainment 
     that involves nude entertainers. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds for Base Realignment and 
     Closure. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

   TITLE IX--OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

       The agreement provides $58,638,000,000 in Title IX, 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.


                         REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to report 
     incremental contingency operations costs for all named 
     operations in the Central Command Area of Responsibility on a 
     monthly basis in the Cost of War Execution report as required 
     by the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation, 
     Chapter 23, Volume 12. The Secretary of Defense is directed 
     to continue providing Cost of War reports to the 
     congressional defense committees that include the following 
     information by appropriation account: funding appropriated, 
     funding allocated, monthly obligations, monthly 
     disbursements, cumulative fiscal year obligations, and 
     cumulative fiscal year disbursements.
       In order to meet unanticipated requirements, the Secretary 
     of Defense may need to transfer funds within these 
     appropriation accounts for purposes other than those 
     specified in the explanatory statement. The Secretary of 
     Defense is directed to follow normal prior approval 
     reprogramming procedures should it be necessary to transfer 
     funding between different appropriation accounts in this 
     title using authority provided in section 9002 of this Act.


OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM FUNDS EXECUTION 
                                REPORTS

       The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit a monthly 
     report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
     30 days after the last day of each month that details 
     commitment, obligation, and expenditure data by sub-activity 
     group for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, the 
     Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, and the Iraq Train and 
     Equip Fund.


                       SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

       The House and the Senate included the Syria Train and Equip 
     Fund in title IX. The Syria Train and Equip Fund was designed 
     to provide assistance, training, equipment, supplies, 
     stipends, construction of training and associated facilities, 
     and sustainment to appropriately vetted elements of the 
     Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian 
     groups. Recently, the Secretary of Defense announced the 
     suspension of elements of the Syria Train and Equip program 
     due to significant challenges with its implementation and an 
     inability to meet program goals. Clear expectations for the 
     future of the program, including how requested funding would 
     be spent and how the program aligns with the shifting 
     strategy on the ground in Syria, have yet to be provided. 
     Therefore, the agreement does not recommend funding for the 
     Syria Train and Equip Fund, but it allows the Secretary of 
     Defense to use funds from the Counterterrorism Partnerships 
     Fund for efforts to assist appropriately vetted elements of 
     the Syrian opposition, if the Secretary outlines a detailed 
     and clear plan for the use of such funds and provides such 
     justification to the congressional defense committees in a 
     reprogramming request.


 AUTHORIZATION TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ 
                             AND THE LEVANT

       The House included a general provision, Section 10001, 
     regarding an authorization to use military force pertaining 
     to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This 
     provision was included as a congressional finding stating 
     that Congress has a constitutional duty to debate and 
     determine whether or not to authorize the use of military 
     force against ISIL. The Senate included a similar provision, 
     Section 9017.


                       AZOV BATTALION IN UKRAINE

       The House included a general provision, Section 10009, 
     prohibiting arms, training, and other assistance to the Azov 
     Battalion

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     in Ukraine. This provision was included due to concerns 
     regarding the Azov Battalion commander's ties to extremism. 
     It is understood that established codified human rights 
     vetting requirements for beneficiaries of assistance from 
     both the Departments of State and Defense would prohibit 
     funding the Azov Battalion from either source if it violates 
     human rights. This language replaces the general provision 
     included in H.R. 2685.


                      OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL

       The mission of Operation Freedom's Sentinel is to cooperate 
     with allies and partners on the Resolute Support mission and 
     to continue counterterrorism operations against the remnants 
     of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. The President recently announced 
     that the current troop level of 9,800 will remain in 
     Afghanistan through most of 2016 instead of the budgeted end 
     strength of approximately 5,500 troops, thereby creating a 
     funding shortfall.
       The agreement provides an additional $1,277,915,000 in 
     Operation and Maintenance, Army; Military Personnel, Army; 
     and Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide for the Special 
     Operations Command to be used only for Operation Freedom's 
     Sentinel. The Office of Management and Budget did not submit 
     a formal budget amendment to Congress and informal 
     recommendations provided by the Under Secretary of Defense 
     (Comptroller) were provided too late to fully fund the 
     requirement within budget caps. Further, many of the 
     recommended funding offsets had already been applied to meet 
     the reduced funding levels legislated by the Bipartisan 
     Budget Agreement of 2015 or they were untenable, such as 
     reducing funding for Department of Defense schools. The 
     agreement provides sufficient funding to cover the higher 
     level of effort for the Army and Special Operations Command 
     for the first six months of fiscal year 2016. It also 
     provides additional transfer authority with the recognition 
     that the Secretary of Defense will expeditiously submit a 
     reprogramming action to the congressional defense committees 
     to provide funding for the remainder of the fiscal year.
       This funding is a congressional special interest item. The 
     Secretary of Defense is directed to provide a spending plan 
     by sub-activity group to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees not later than 15 days prior to any obligation of 
     funds. This funding may be implemented 15 days after 
     congressional notification unless an objection is received 
     from either the House or the Senate Appropriations Committee.

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:
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                              PROCUREMENT

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:
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                  NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT

       The agreement provides $1,000,000,000 for National Guard 
     and Reserve Equipment. Of that amount $330,000,000 is 
     designated for the Army National Guard, $330,000,000 for the 
     Air National Guard, $140,000,000 for the Army Reserve, 
     $140,000,000 for the Air Force Reserve, $50,000,000 for the 
     Navy Reserve, and $10,000,000 for the Marine Corps Reserve.
       This funding will allow the reserve components to procure 
     high priority equipment that may be used for combat and 
     domestic response missions. Current reserve component 
     equipping levels are among the highest in recent history and 
     the funding provided by the agreement will help ensure 
     component interoperability and sustained reserve component 
     modernization.
       The Secretary of Defense is directed to ensure that the 
     account be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and 
     reserve components with priority consideration given to the 
     following items: Acoustic Hailing Devices, Large Aircraft 
     Infrared Countermeasures, Advanced Targeting Pods, Security 
     and Support Mission Equipment Communications Packages for UH-
     60 Civil Support Communications, Electromagnetic In-flight 
     Propeller Balance System, Joint Threat Emitter Systems, Data 
     Links in Ground Vehicles, upgrades for First Responder 
     Tactical Radios, Training Systems and Simulators, Multi-
     Mission Wide Area Sensors, Wireless Mobile Mesh Network 
     Technologies, Personal protection radiation dosimeters, 
     Integrated Facial Protection components for standard issue 
     helmets, Laser Protective Eyewear, HMMWV Ambulances, Small 
     Arms Simulation Training Systems, Crashworthy Auxiliary Fuel 
     Systems, Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion, Semi-Permanent 
     Humidity Controlled Shelters, Counter Mortar Radar Systems, 
     Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars for F-16, Digital 
     Radar Warning Receivers for F-16 and C-130, and Engine 
     Upgrades for C-130 including Modular Blade Technology.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows: 

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                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

       The agreement provides $88,850,000 for Revolving and 
     Management Funds.

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN-HOUSE CARE.................................................                   65,149                   65,149
PRIVATE SECTOR CARE...........................................                  192,210                  192,210
CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT...................................                    9,460                    9,460
EDUCATION AND TRAINING........................................                    5,885                    5,885
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..........................                  272,704                  272,704
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         DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.................                  186,000                  186,000
    TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES......                  186,000                  186,000
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             JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATTACK THE NETWORK............................................                  219,550                  219,550
DEFEAT THE DEVICE.............................................                   77,600                   77,600
TRAIN THE FORCE...............................................                    7,850                    7,850
STAFF AND INFRASTRUCTURE......................................                  188,271                   44,464
    Transfer Staff and Infrastructure funding to OM,DW OCO/                                             -100,000
     GWOT.....................................................
    Program reduction.........................................                                           -43,807
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        TOTAL, JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND..                  493,271                  349,464
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                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The agreement on items addressed by either the House or the 
     Senate is as follows:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    FY 2016 Request             Final Bill
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.....................................                   10,262                   10,262
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL....................                   10,262                   10,262
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                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       The agreement for title IX incorporates general provisions 
     from the House and Senate versions of the bill which were not 
     amended. Those general provisions that were addressed in the 
     agreement are as follows:
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides for general transfer authority within title 
     IX. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides for the procurement of passenger motor 
     vehicles and heavy and light armored vehicles for use by 
     military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense 
     in the United States Central Command area. The Senate bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     related to the Commanders' Emergency Response Program. The 
     House bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides funds for the Office of Security Cooperation 
     in Iraq. The Senate bill contained a similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides security assistance to the Government of 
     Jordan. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of the Iraq Train and Equip Fund to 
     procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides assistance and sustainment to the military and 
     national security forces of Ukraine. The Senate bill 
     contained a similar provision.
       The agreement includes a new provision related to the 
     replacement of funds for items provided to the Government of 
     Ukraine. The House and Senate bills contained no similar 
     provisions.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of assistance and sustainment to the 
     military and national security forces of Ukraine funds to 
     procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides funds for reimbursement to the Government of 
     Pakistan contingent upon certification by the Secretary of 
     Defense, with concurrence from the Secretary of State, that 
     certain conditions have been met. The Senate bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       The agreement modifies a provision proposed by the House 
     which provides funds to the Department of Defense to improve 
     intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. 
     The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

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       The agreement retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     which prohibits the use of funds to transfer additional C-130 
     aircraft to Afghanistan until the Department of Defense 
     conducts a review of the country's medium airlift 
     requirements. The House bill contained no similar provision.


                              (RESCISSION)

       The agreement includes a new provision recommending 
     rescissions. The House and Senate bills contained no similar 
     provisions. The provision provides for the rescission of 
     $400,000,000 from the following program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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2015 Appropriations:
    Afghanistan Security Forces Fund:
        Program adjustment.....................             $400,000,000
 
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     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       The following statement to the House of Representatives and 
     the Senate is submitted in explanation of the agreed upon Act 
     making appropriations for energy and water development for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
     purposes.
       The language and allocations set forth in House Report 
     114--91 and Senate Report 114--54 carry the same emphasis as 
     the language included in this explanatory statement and 
     should be complied with unless specifically addressed to the 
     contrary herein. Report language included by the House that 
     is not changed by the report of the Senate or this 
     explanatory statement and Senate report language that is not 
     changed by this explanatory language is approved. This 
     explanatory statement, while repeating some report language 
     for emphasis, does not intend to negate the language referred 
     to above unless expressly provided herein. In cases where the 
     House or the Senate has directed the submission of a report, 
     such report is to be submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. House or Senate 
     reporting requirements with deadlines prior to or within 15 
     days of the enactment of this Act shall be submitted no later 
     than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. All other 
     reporting deadlines not changed by this explanatory statement 
     are to be met.
       Funds for the individual programs and activities within the 
     accounts in this Act are displayed in the detailed table at 
     the end of the explanatory statement for this Act. Funding 
     levels that are not displayed in the detailed table are 
     identified in this explanatory statement.
       In fiscal year 2016, for purposes of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99--
     177), the following information provides the definition of 
     the term ``program, project, or activity'' for departments 
     and agencies under the jurisdiction of the Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Act. The term ``program, project, 
     or activity'' shall include the most specific level of budget 
     items identified in the Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 and the explanatory statement 
     accompanying the Act.
       National Ocean Policy.--The agreement does not include 
     section 505 of the House bill regarding the National Ocean 
     Policy. No specific funding was provided in fiscal year 2015 
     and none was requested by any agencies funded in this Act in 
     fiscal year 2016 to implement the National Ocean Policy. 
     Consequently, no specific funds for National Ocean Policy 
     activities are included for any agency funded in this Act.

                   TITLE I--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

       The summary tables included in this title set forth the 
     dispositions with respect to the individual appropriations, 
     projects, and activities of the Corps of Engineers. 
     Additional items of the Act are discussed below.
       Concerns persist that the effort to update the Water 
     Resources Principles and Guidelines did not proceed 
     consistent with the language or intent of section 2031 of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 2007. No funds provided to 
     the Corps of Engineers shall be used to develop or implement 
     rules or guidance to support implementation of the final 
     Principles and Requirements for Federal Investments in Water 
     Resources released in March 2013 or the final Interagency 
     Guidelines released in December 2014. The Corps shall 
     continue to use the document dated March 10, 1983, and 
     entitled ``Economic and Environmental Principles and 
     Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources 
     Implementation Studies'' during the fiscal year period 
     covered by the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
     Act for 2016.
       Recent statutory changes regarding the Inland Waterways 
     Trust Fund (IWTF) have resulted in an increase to the size of 
     the capital improvement program that can be supported by the 
     IWTF. The agreement reflects congressional interest in 
     supporting this larger program. The Corps is directed to take 
     the preparatory steps necessary to ensure that new 
     construction projects can be initiated as soon as can be 
     supported under the larger capital program (i.e., as ongoing 
     projects approach completion).
       The agreement does not include Senate report direction 
     regarding program coordination and execution.
       Asian carp.--The Corps is directed to expedite authorized 
     actions related to addressing the threat Asian carp pose to 
     the Great Lakes basin, including the Brandon Road Study. 
     Given the promise Brandon Road Lock and Dam holds as a single 
     point to control upstream transfer of invasive species, 
     delays to this study would pose an unnecessary threat to the 
     Great Lakes. Upon completion of the study, the Corps is 
     directed to expeditiously pursue authorization of any 
     proposed modification to Brandon Road Lock and Dam through 
     the appropriate congressional committees.
       The Corps is further directed to establish formal emergency 
     procedures under the authorities provided under Section 1039 
     of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 
     (P.L. 113--121), including rapid response protocols, 
     monitoring, and other countermeasures, that are appropriate 
     to prevent Asian Carp from passing beyond the Brandon Road 
     Lock and Dam while still complying with the Lock's existing 
     authorized purposes and the River and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 
     U.S.C. 401 et seq.). These procedures shall be established in 
     coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and in 
     consultation with the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating 
     Committee.
       Economic Impact Study.--The Comptroller General is directed 
     to study the cumulative economic impact of all shallow draft 
     ports on the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, 
     and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The study shall include an 
     assessment of the following: current freight flows of barge 
     traffic on the middle and lower Mississippi River; how 
     industry stakeholders and experts describe the contribution 
     of inland ports to the local and national economy; how 
     factors such as the Panama Canal expansion are expected to 
     contribute to future trends in barge traffic on the middle 
     and lower Mississippi River; how dredging of the middle and 
     lower Mississippi River and its inland ports is funded; and 
     other options that are available to fund dredging in the 
     middle and lower Mississippi River.


                           ADDITIONAL FUNDING

       The fiscal year 2016 budget request significantly 
     underfunds the Civil Works program of the Corps of Engineers. 
     The agreement, however, includes funding in addition to the 
     budget request to ensure continued improvements to our 
     national economy, public safety, and environmental health 
     that result from water resources projects. This funding is 
     for additional work that either was not included in the 
     Administration's request or was inadequately budgeted. The 
     bill contains a provision requiring the Corps to allocate 
     funds in accordance with only the direction in this 
     agreement.
       The Corps again is directed to develop rating systems for 
     use in evaluating studies and projects for allocation of the 
     additional funding provided in this title. These evaluation 
     systems may be, but are not required to be, individualized 
     for each account, category, or subcategory. Each study and 
     project eligible for funding shall be evaluated under the 
     applicable ratings system. A study or project may not be 
     excluded from evaluation for being ``inconsistent with 
     Administration policy.'' The Corps retains complete control 
     over the methodology of these ratings systems. The executive 
     branch retains complete discretion over project-specific 
     allocation decisions within the additional funds provided, 
     subject to only the direction here and under the heading 
     ``Additional Funding'' or ``Additional Funding for Ongoing 
     Work'' within each of the Investigations, Construction, 
     Mississippi River and Tributaries, and Operation and 
     Maintenance accounts.
       The Administration is reminded that these funds are in 
     addition to its budget request, and Administration budget 
     metrics shall not be a reason to disqualify a study or 
     project from being funded. It is expected that all of the 
     additional funding provided will be allocated to specific 
     programs, projects, or activities. The focus of the 
     allocation process shall favor the obligation, rather than 
     expenditure, of funds for work in fiscal year 2016. With the 
     significant backlog of work in the Corps' inventory, there is 
     no reason for funds provided above the budget request to 
     remain unallocated.
       A project or study shall be eligible for additional funding 
     within the Investigations, Construction, and Mississippi 
     River and Tributaries accounts if: (1) it has received 
     funding, other than through a reprogramming, in at least one 
     of the previous three fiscal years; (2) it was previously 
     funded and could reach a significant milestone, complete a 
     discrete element of work, or produce significant outputs in 
     fiscal year 2016; or (3) as appropriate, it is selected as 
     one of the new starts allowed in accordance with this Act and 
     the additional direction provided below. None of the 
     additional funding in any account may be used for any item 
     where funding was specifically denied or for projects in the 
     Continuing Authorities Program. Funds shall be allocated 
     consistent with statutory cost share requirements.
       Funding associated with each category may be allocated to 
     any eligible study or project, as appropriate, within that 
     category; funding associated with each subcategory may be 
     allocated only to eligible studies or projects, as 
     appropriate, within that subcategory. The list of 
     subcategories is not meant to be exhaustive.
       Work plan.--Not later than 60 days after the enactment of 
     this Act, the Corps shall provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a work plan 
     including the following information: (1) a detailed 
     description of the ratings system(s) developed and used to 
     evaluate studies and projects; (2) delineation of how these 
     funds are to be allocated; (3) a summary of the work to be 
     accomplished with each allocation, including phase of work; 
     and (4) a list of all studies and projects that were 
     considered eligible for funding but did not receive funding, 
     including an explanation of whether the study or project 
     could have used funds in fiscal year 2016 and the specific 
     reasons each study or project was considered as being less 
     competitive for an allocation of funds.

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       New Starts.--The agreement includes the direction regarding 
     the definition of a new start included in the House report. 
     The agreement includes up to ten new study starts and six new 
     construction starts to be distributed across the three main 
     mission areas of the Corps. Of the new study starts, three 
     shall be for navigation studies, three shall be for flood and 
     storm damage reduction studies, one shall be for an 
     additional navigation or flood and storm damage reduction 
     study, and three shall be for environmental restoration 
     studies. Of the new construction starts, one shall be for a 
     navigation project, one shall be for a flood and storm damage 
     reduction project, three shall be for additional navigation 
     or flood and storm damage reduction projects, and one shall 
     be for an environmental restoration project. No funding shall 
     be used to initiate new studies, programs, projects, or 
     activities in the Mississippi River and Tributaries or 
     Operation and Maintenance accounts.
       The Corps is directed to propose a single group of new 
     starts as a part of the work plan. The Corps may not change 
     or substitute the new starts selected once the work plan has 
     been provided to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress. Each new start shall be funded from the 
     appropriate additional funding line item. Any project for 
     which the new start requirements are not met by the end of 
     fiscal year 2016, or by the earlier date as specified, shall 
     be treated as if the project had not been selected as a new 
     start; such a project shall be required to compete again for 
     new start funding in future years. Consideration of studies 
     and projects for selection as new starts shall not be limited 
     to only those proposed in the Administration's budget 
     request. As all new starts are to be chosen by the Corps, all 
     shall be considered of equal importance, and the expectation 
     is that future budget submissions will include appropriate 
     funding for all new starts selected. A new construction start 
     shall not be required for work undertaken to correct a design 
     deficiency on an existing federal project; it shall be 
     considered ongoing work.
       In addition to the priority factors used to allocate all 
     additional funding provided in the Investigations account, 
     the Corps should give careful consideration to the out-year 
     budget impacts of the studies selected and to whether there 
     appears to be an identifiable local sponsor that will be 
     ready and able to provide, in a timely manner, the necessary 
     cost share for the feasibility and preconstruction 
     engineering and design (PED) phases. No new start or new 
     investment decision shall be required when moving from 
     feasibility to PED.
       In addition to the priority factors used to allocate all 
     additional funding provided in the Construction account, the 
     Corps also shall consider the out-year budget impacts of the 
     selected new starts and the cost sharing sponsor's ability 
     and willingness to promptly provide the cash contribution (if 
     any), as well as required lands, easements, rights-of-way, 
     relocations, and disposal areas. When considering new 
     construction starts, only those that can execute a project 
     cost sharing agreement not later than August 31, 2016, shall 
     be chosen.
       To ensure that the new construction starts are affordable 
     and will not unduly delay completion of any ongoing projects, 
     the Secretary is required to submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a realistic out-
     year budget scenario prior to issuing a work allowance for a 
     new start. It is understood that specific budget decisions 
     are made on an annual basis and that this scenario is neither 
     a request for nor a guarantee of future funding for any 
     project. Nonetheless, this scenario shall include an estimate 
     of annual funding for each new start utilizing a realistic 
     funding scenario through completion of the project, as well 
     as the specific impacts of that estimated funding on the 
     ability of the Corps to make continued progress on each 
     previously funded construction project (including impacts to 
     the optimum timeline and funding requirements of the ongoing 
     projects) and on the ability to consider initiating new 
     projects in the future. The scenario shall assume a 
     Construction account funding level at the average of the past 
     three budget requests.


                             INVESTIGATIONS

       The agreement includes $121,000,000 for Investigations. The 
     agreement includes legislative language regarding parameters 
     for new study starts.
       The allocation for projects and activities within the 
     Investigations account is shown in the following table: 

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       Updated Capability.--The agreement adjusts some project-
     specific allocations downward from the budget request based 
     on updated information regarding the amount of work that 
     could be accomplished in fiscal year 2016.
       Mobile Harbor, Alabama, Limited Reevaluation Report.--The 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works is directed 
     to budget for this project at the rate indicated in Section 
     110 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2015. In future budget submissions, the 
     Secretary shall adhere to congressional direction included in 
     statute regarding this project.
       North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study Focus Areas.--The 
     agreement includes funding for the three focus areas as 
     separate and individual feasibility studies. The Corps is 
     directed to maintain this characterization (individual, 
     ongoing activities) when making future funding decisions for 
     study activities for these three focus areas, as well as the 
     other six focus areas identified in the Comprehensive Study.
       Additional Funding.--When allocating the additional funding 
     provided in this account, the Corps shall consider giving 
     priority to completing or accelerating ongoing studies or to 
     initiating new studies that will enhance the nation's 
     economic development, job growth, and international 
     competitiveness; are for projects located in areas that have 
     suffered recent natural disasters; or are for projects to 
     address legal requirements. While the additional funding is 
     shown in the feasibility column, the Corps shall use these 
     funds for additional work in both the feasibility and PED 
     phases. The agreement includes sufficient additional funding 
     to undertake a significant amount of feasibility and PED 
     work. The Administration is reminded that a project study is 
     not complete until the PED phase is complete.
       Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan.--In lieu of 
     Senate report direction for the Upper Mississippi River 
     Comprehensive Plan, the agreement encourages the Corps of 
     Engineers to provide, not later than 60 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, a comprehensive survey of the 
     authorization and funding requirements necessary for the 
     Corps to continue work on the Upper Mississippi River 
     Comprehensive Plan, including work on alternative scenarios 
     for the 500 year flood (included in the current plan, Plan 
     H). The Corps is encouraged to outline the perceived 
     challenges to, and recommendations for, working toward the 
     creation of an overall flood risk management plan for the 
     entire main stem of the Mississippi River as part of the 
     report.
       Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System.--
     Unfortunately, the bipartisan support for the Navigation and 
     Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), spanning almost a 
     decade, has not resulted in NESP's implementation. In fact, 
     the program has been idle since fiscal year 2011, when it 
     last received funding for ongoing PED activities. Recently, 
     the Administration signaled its intent to take the unusual 
     step of conducting a new economic analysis. While an update 
     of the benefits and costs of the program, similar to updates 
     for other projects, may be warranted, a complete reanalysis 
     is not. The program was recommended in a Chief's Report and 
     authorized in statute; the next appropriate step is to 
     complete PED. Consequently, the Corps is directed to provide 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress, not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
     Act, a report detailing the scope, schedule, and budget for 
     completing any update or reanalysis to be undertaken. 
     Additionally, the Corps shall provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress with monthly 
     briefings on the status of any update or reanalysis until 
     such work is completed.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The agreement includes $1,862,250,000 for Construction. The 
     agreement includes legislative language regarding parameters 
     for new construction starts.
       The allocation for projects and activities within the 
     Construction account is shown in the following table: 

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       Updated Capability.--The agreement adjusts some project-
     specific allocations downward from the budget request based 
     on updated information regarding the amount of work that 
     could be accomplished in fiscal year 2016.
       Additional Funding.--The agreement includes additional 
     funds for projects and activities to enhance the nation's 
     economic growth and international competitiveness. Of the 
     additional funds provided in this account, the Corps shall 
     allocate not less than $12,450,000 to projects with 
     riverfront development components. Of the additional funding 
     provided in this account for flood and storm damage reduction 
     and flood control, the Corps shall allocate not less than 
     $18,000,000 to additional nonstructural flood control 
     projects. Of the additional funds provided in this account 
     for other authorized project purposes and environmental 
     restoration or compliance, the Corps shall allocate not less 
     than $5,000,000 to authorized reimbursements for projects 
     with executed project cooperation agreements and that have 
     completed construction or where non-federal sponsors intend 
     to use the funds for additional water resources development 
     activities.
       When allocating the additional funding provided in this 
     account, the Corps shall consider giving priority to the 
     following:
       1. the benefits of the funded work to the national economy;
       2. extent to which the work will enhance national, 
     regional, or local economic development;
       3. number of jobs created directly by the funded activity;
       4. ability to obligate the funds allocated within the 
     fiscal year, including consideration of the ability of the 
     non-federal sponsor to provide any required cost share;
       5. ability to complete the project, separable element, or 
     project phase with the funds allocated;
       6. for flood and storm damage reduction projects (including 
     authorized nonstructural measures and periodic beach 
     renourishments),
       a. population, economic activity, or public infrastructure 
     at risk, as appropriate; and
       b. the severity of risk of flooding or the frequency with 
     which an area has experienced flooding;
       7. for navigation projects, the number of jobs or level of 
     economic activity to be supported by completion of the 
     project, separable element, or project phase;
       8. for projects cost shared with the Inland Waterways Trust 
     Fund (IWTF), the economic impact on the local, regional, and 
     national economy if the project is not funded, as well as 
     discrete elements of work that can be completed within the 
     funding provided in this line item;
       9. for other authorized project purposes and environmental 
     restoration or compliance projects, to include the beneficial 
     use of dredged material; and
       10. for environmental infrastructure, projects with the 
     greater economic impact, projects in rural communities, and 
     projects in counties or parishes with high poverty rates.
       The agreement provides funds making use of all estimated 
     annual revenues in the IWTF. The Corps shall allocate all 
     funds provided in the IWTF Revenues line item along with the 
     statutory cost share from funds provided in the Navigation 
     line item prior to allocating the remainder of funds in the 
     Navigation line item. Current fiscal year 2016 capability 
     estimates for all ongoing construction projects cost shared 
     with the IWTF total $171,200,000 above the budget request. 
     Any report prepared pursuant to section 2002(d) of the Water 
     Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014 will 
     need to be reviewed by the Congress prior to the Corps 
     incorporating any part of the report into funding decisions. 
     Therefore, when allocating the additional funding provided 
     for projects cost shared with the IWTF, the Corps shall 
     continue to use, as appropriate, the Inland Marine 
     Transportation System (IMTS) Capital Projects Business Model, 
     Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as the applicable 
     20-year plan.
       Aquatic Plant Control Program.--Of the funding provided for 
     the Aquatic Plant Control Program, $4,000,000 shall be for 
     nationwide research and development to address invasive 
     aquatic plants; within this funding, the Corps is encouraged 
     to support cost shared aquatic plant management programs. Of 
     the funding provided for the Aquatic Plant Control Program, 
     $4,000,000 shall be for watercraft inspection stations, as 
     authorized by section 1039 of the WRRDA.
       Continuing Authorities Program (CAP).--The agreement 
     includes a total of $29,500,000 for eight CAP sections. The 
     management of the program shall continue consistent with the 
     guidelines outlined in the explanatory statement accompanying 
     the fiscal year 2015 Act.


                   MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

       The agreement includes $345,000,000 for Mississippi River 
     and Tributaries.
       The allocation for projects and activities within the 
     Mississippi River and Tributaries account is shown in the 
     following table: 

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       Additional Funding for Ongoing Work.--When allocating the 
     additional funding provided in this account, the Corps shall 
     consider giving priority to completing or accelerating 
     ongoing work that will enhance the nation's economic 
     development, job growth, and international competitiveness, 
     or are for studies or projects located in areas that have 
     suffered recent natural disasters. While this funding is 
     shown under remaining items, the Corps shall use these funds 
     in investigations, construction, and operation and 
     maintenance, as applicable. Modernization of equipment for 
     river channel armoring and stabilization is an activity 
     eligible to compete for the additional funding provided in 
     this account. Of the additional funds provided in this 
     account for flood control, the Corps shall allocate not less 
     than $25,000,000 for additional flood control construction 
     projects. Of the additional funds provided in this account 
     for other authorized project purposes, the Corps shall 
     allocate not less than $3,000,000 for operation and 
     maintenance of facilities that are educational or to continue 
     land management of mitigation features. No funding is 
     required to be allocated for land surveying equipment.
       Mississippi River Commission.--No funding is provided for 
     this new line item. The Corps is directed to continue funding 
     the costs of the commission from within the funds provided 
     for activities within the Mississippi River and Tributaries 
     project.


                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

       The agreement includes $3,137,000,000 for Operation and 
     Maintenance.
       The allocation for projects and activities within the 
     Operation and Maintenance account is shown in the following 
     table: 

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       Updated Capability.--The agreement adjusts some project-
     specific allocations downward from the budget request based 
     on updated information regarding the amount of work that 
     could be accomplished in fiscal year 2016.
       Lowell Creek Tunnel, Alaska.--Currently, there are problems 
     with the existing Lowell Creek Tunnel. The Corps is 
     encouraged to include in future budget requests a study for 
     an alternative method of flood diversion for Lowell Canyon. 
     The Water Resources Development Act of 2007 transferred 
     responsibility for long-term maintenance and repair to the 
     Corps until a new alternative was built, or for 15 years, 
     whichever was earlier. The Corps has not progressed towards 
     developing an alternative, and the City of Seward cannot 
     afford the estimated $1,500,000 per year in operation and 
     maintenance costs of the tunnel.
       Additional Funding for Ongoing Work.--When allocating the 
     additional funding provided in this account, the Corps shall 
     consider giving priority to the following:
       1. ability to complete ongoing work maintaining authorized 
     depths and widths of harbors and shipping channels, including 
     where contaminated sediments are present;
       2. ability to address critical maintenance backlog;
       3. presence of the U.S. Coast Guard or other water safety 
     or police force presence;
       4. extent to which the work will enhance national, 
     regional, or local economic development, including domestic 
     manufacturing capacity;
       5. extent to which the work will promote job growth or 
     international competitiveness;
       6. number of jobs created directly by the funded activity;
       7. ability to obligate the funds allocated within the 
     fiscal year;
       8. ability to complete the project, separable element, 
     project phase, or useful increment of work within the funds 
     allocated;
       9. the risk of imminent failure or closure of the facility; 
     and
       10. for harbor maintenance activities,
       a. total tonnage handled;
       b. total exports;
       c. total imports;
       d. dollar value of cargo handled;
       e. energy infrastructure and national security needs 
     served;
       f. designation as strategic seaports;
       g. lack of alternative means of freight movement; and
       h. savings over alternative means of freight movement.
       Additional funding provided for donor ports and energy 
     transfer ports shall be allocated in accordance with section 
     2106 of the WRRDA. Of the funds made available for donor 
     ports, 50 percent of such funds shall be allocated equally 
     among eligible donor ports and 50 percent shall be allocated 
     based on each eligible donor port's percentage of the total 
     Harbor Maintenance Tax revenues generated at such ports.
       Monitoring of Completed Navigation Projects.--Of the 
     funding provided, $2,000,000 shall be for research described 
     in the Senate report under the heading ``Operations and 
     Maintenance--Fisheries.''
       Water Operations Technical Support.--Funding in addition to 
     the budget request is included for research into atmospheric 
     rivers first funded in fiscal year 2015.
       Emerging Harbor Projects.--The agreement includes funding 
     for individual projects defined as emerging harbor projects 
     in section 210(f)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act 
     (WRDA) of 1986 that exceeds the funding levels envisioned in 
     section 210(c)(3) and 210(d)(1)(B)(ii) of WRDA 1986.
       Great Lakes Navigation System.--The agreement includes 
     funding for individual projects within this System that 
     exceeds the funding level envisioned in section 
     210(d)(1)(B)(ii) of WRDA 1986.
       WRRDA Section 1039.--In lieu of Senate report direction, 
     the agreement includes funding in the Construction account.
       WRRDA Section 4001.--The Congress has made clear its intent 
     that the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basin 
     Commissions be supported, and the Corps is encouraged to 
     budget accordingly.
       Western Drought Contingency Plans.--The Corps of Engineers 
     carries out water control management activities for Corps of 
     Engineers and non-Corps of Engineers projects as required by 
     federal laws and directives. These activities are governed by 
     the establishment of water control plans. Many of these plans 
     and manuals were developed decades ago and are required to be 
     revised as necessary to conform to changing requirements. 
     Continuous examination of regulation schedules and possible 
     need for storage reallocation within existing authority and 
     constraints would be beneficial, with emphasis placed on 
     evaluating current or anticipated conditions that could 
     require deviation from normal release schedules as part of 
     drought contingency plans.
       Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress a report including the following 
     information for any western State under a gubernatorial 
     drought declaration during water year 2015: (1) a list of 
     Corps of Engineers and non-Corps of Engineers (section 7 of 
     the 1944 Flood Control Act) projects that have a Corps of 
     Engineers developed water control plan; (2) the year the 
     original water control manual was approved; (3) the year for 
     any subsequent revisions to the project's water control plan 
     and manual; (4) a list of projects where operational 
     deviations for drought contingency have been requested and 
     the status of the request; (5) how water conservation and 
     water quality improvements were addressed; (6) a list of 
     projects where permanent changes to storage allocations have 
     been requested and the status of the request.
       Dredged Material Disposal.--In lieu of direction included 
     in the House report, the agreement includes direction on 
     dredged material disposal policy in the Expenses account.
       Disposal of Dredged Material.--In lieu of direction 
     included in the Senate report, the agreement includes 
     legislative language regarding certain dredged material 
     activities.
       Monitoring Requirement.--The agreement does not include 
     Senate report direction regarding a monitoring requirement.


                           REGULATORY PROGRAM

       The agreement includes $200,000,000 for the Regulatory 
     Program.


            FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

       The agreement includes $112,000,000 for the Formerly 
     Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program.


                 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

       The agreement includes $28,000,000 for Flood Control and 
     Coastal Emergencies.


                                EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $179,000,000 for Expenses.
       Dredged Material Disposal.--The Corps of Engineers 
     Headquarters, in conjunction with the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, are responsible for 
     promulgating national policy. As directed in the House report 
     under Operation and Maintenance, the Corps and the Secretary 
     shall undertake a review of existing policies related to 
     dredged material disposal given changing circumstances. This 
     review is not intended to be a study, rather a review of 
     existing policy to determine if it continues to serve the 
     national interest.
       Public-Private Partnership Program.--There is strong 
     support in Congress for the public-private partnership (P3) 
     program authorized in section 5014 of WRRDA 2014. As part of 
     its Civil Works Transformation initiative, the Corps has been 
     discussing for several years the idea of public-private 
     partnerships as a project delivery tool to help sustain the 
     performance of existing infrastructure and construct new 
     infrastructure more quickly. Water resource projects are 
     different from more traditional P3 projects in key ways, 
     however, and these issues need to be addressed before a P3 
     program could be viable. The Corps is directed to submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act a 
     report detailing any work to date on developing public-
     private partnerships generally (including public-public-
     private partnerships or P4s) and on implementing section 5014 
     specifically (including a schedule for issuing implementation 
     guidance). The report also shall include a list of any P3 or 
     P4 demonstration projects being evaluated and a detailed 
     description of the goals, advances, and remaining challenges 
     for each such demonstration project. The Corps of Engineers 
     should demonstrate the value of projects that use a 
     Partnership model and should select at least one project 
     identified in the report required above as a new construction 
     start.
       In addition to the report required above, the Secretary is 
     directed to develop a policy on how proposals for public-
     private partnerships will be considered by the Corps and how 
     these partnerships will be incorporated into the budget 
     policy.


     OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR CIVIL WORKS

       The agreement includes $4,750,000 for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. The 
     agreement includes legislative language that restricts the 
     availability of funding until the Secretary submits a work 
     plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the additional 
     funding provided in each account (i.e., 95 percent of 
     additional funding provided in Investigations, 95 percent of 
     additional funding provided in Construction, etc.). This 
     restriction shall not affect the roles and responsibilities 
     established in previous fiscal years of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Corps 
     headquarters, the Corps field operating agencies, or any 
     other executive branch agency.
       Water Supply Storage.--The Water Resources Development Act 
     (WRDA) of 1986 changed the method of pricing water supply 
     storage at Corps of Engineers projects for only those 
     contracts signed after enactment. Pre-existing contracts 
     remained under the terms of the Water Supply Act of 1958, as 
     amended in 1961. The Secretary is directed to provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress not 
     later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act a 
     recommendation on whether the terms of the WRDA 1986 should 
     be extended to all water supply storage contracts. The 
     recommendation shall be accompanied by an assessment of a 
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     to water users and to the federal treasury.


             GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes a provision relating to 
     reprogramming.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding the allocation 
     of funds.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting the use of 
     funds to carry out any contract that commits funds beyond the 
     amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity.
       The agreement includes a provision concerning funding 
     transfers related to fish hatcheries.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting funds from 
     being used to develop or implement changes to certain 
     definitions for the purposes of the Clean Water Act during 
     fiscal year 2016.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding certain 
     dredged material disposal activities.
       The agreement includes a provision deauthorizing a project.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding acquisitions.
       The agreement includes a provision relating to section 
     5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 
     regarding Missouri River Recovery.
       In lieu of the House report, the agreement includes a 
     provision regarding section 404 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act.

                  TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project


                CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

       The agreement includes a total of $10,000,000 for the 
     Central Utah Project Completion Account, which includes 
     $7,650,000 for Central Utah Project construction, $1,000,000 
     for transfer to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
     Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation 
     Mitigation and Conservation Commission, and $1,350,000 for 
     necessary expenses of the Secretary of the Interior.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

       Reclamation is expected to execute its program in 
     accordance with congressional direction provided in this 
     agreement.


                      WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes $1,118,972,000 for Water and Related 
     Resources.
       The agreement for Water and Related Resources is shown in 
     the following table: 

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       Central Valley Project, Friant Division, San Joaquin River 
     Restoration.--The agreement does not include a separate 
     account for this item. Funding is included in the Water and 
     Related Resources account as a separate line item under the 
     Friant Division of the Central Valley Project.
       Safety of Dams Act of 1978.--The agreement does not include 
     Senate report language regarding the Safety of Dams Act of 
     1978.
       Additional Funding for Water and Related Resources Work.--
     The agreement includes funds in addition to the budget 
     request for Water and Related Resources studies, projects, 
     and activities. Priority in allocating these funds should be 
     given to advance and complete ongoing work, including 
     preconstruction activities and where environmental compliance 
     has been completed; improve water supply reliability; improve 
     water deliveries; enhance national, regional, or local 
     economic development; promote job growth; advance tribal and 
     nontribal water settlement studies and activities; or address 
     critical backlog maintenance and rehabilitation activities. 
     Funding provided under the heading ``Western Drought 
     Response'' may be allocated to any authorized purpose, but 
     shall be allocated to those activities that will have the 
     most direct, most immediate, and largest impact on extending 
     limited water supplies during current drought conditions. 
     Reclamation is encouraged to use all available authorities to 
     provide for additional water supplies through conservation, 
     minor changes to the operations of existing projects, 
     drilling emergency wells, or other means authorized under 
     current law. This additional funding may be used alone or in 
     combination with any other funding provided in a program, 
     project, or activity. Not later than 45 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, Reclamation shall provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     report delineating how these funds are to be distributed, in 
     which phase the work is to be accomplished, and an 
     explanation of the criteria and rankings used to justify each 
     allocation.
       Indian Water Rights Settlements.--The agreement includes 
     funds for these activities in the Water and Related Resources 
     account, instead of in a separate account as proposed in the 
     budget request. To maintain the visibility of these projects, 
     the agreement includes the four projects under the Regional 
     Programs heading with a subheading called Indian Water Rights 
     Settlements.
       WaterSMART Program.--The agreement recommends that grants 
     funded under the WaterSMART Program have a near-term impact 
     on water conservation and improved water management. 
     Reclamation is urged to prioritize funding for projects in 
     regions most stricken by drought.
       Rural Water.--Voluntary funding in excess of legally 
     required cost shares for rural water projects is acceptable, 
     but shall not be used by Reclamation as a criterion for 
     allocating additional funding provided in this agreement or 
     for budgeting in future years.
       Buried Metallic Water Pipe.--The agreement includes Senate 
     report direction on buried metallic water pipe.


                CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

       The agreement provides $49,528,000 for the Central Valley 
     Project Restoration Fund.


                    CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $37,000,000 for the California Bay-
     Delta Restoration Program.


                       POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement provides $59,500,000 for Policy and 
     Administration. The agreement includes $1,000,000 for 
     Reclamation to contract with one of the Department of 
     Energy's national laboratories with expertise in materials 
     and corrosion disciplines to develop performance data for 
     zinc-coated ductile iron pipe applications in highly- or 
     severely-corrosive soils. The laboratory shall then evaluate 
     and recommend, based on such performance data and any other 
     relevant data or information the laboratory may obtain--and 
     without the input, involvement, or oversight by the Bureau of 
     Reclamation--whether the material meets the corrosion 
     protection requirements in the Bureau of Reclamation's 
     Technical Memorandum 8140-CC-2004-1 ``Corrosion 
     Considerations for Buried Metallic Water Pipe''. Not later 
     than September 30, 2016, the laboratory shall report its 
     findings and recommendations directly to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress without prior 
     review by the Bureau of Reclamation. The laboratory shall 
     ensure all business-sensitive data is protected as part of 
     this evaluation.


                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

       The agreement includes a provision limiting the Bureau of 
     Reclamation to purchase not more than five passenger vehicles 
     for replacement only.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       The agreement includes a provision outlining the 
     circumstances under which the Bureau of Reclamation may 
     reprogram funds.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding the San Luis 
     Unit and Kesterson Reservoir in California.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding the 
     Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding the 
     Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.
       In lieu of the Senate report, the agreement includes a 
     provision regarding completion of certain feasibility 
     studies.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding an 
     authorization of appropriations under the Secure Water Act of 
     2009.
       The agreement includes a provision extending authorization 
     of the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act.

                    TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       The agreement provides $29,717,278,000 for the Department 
     of Energy to fund programs in its primary mission areas of 
     science, energy, environment, and national security.
       Technology Transfer.--The Office of Technology Transitions 
     is encouraged to treat the applied research offices equitably 
     when utilizing funds to assist the transfer of federally 
     funded research into the commercial sector. The Department is 
     directed to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress not later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act a report on the activities of the 
     Office of Technology Transitions and provide a table tracking 
     the usage of the Energy Technology Commercialization Fund to 
     specific technology transfer and partnership activities.
       Educational Activities.--The Department is prohibited from 
     funding fellowship and scholarship programs in fiscal year 
     2016 unless the programs were explicitly included in the 
     budget justification or funded within this agreement.
       Residential Furnaces.--The Department is urged to take into 
     account different climate zones and consider impacts to rural 
     communities in its continued talks with key stakeholders as 
     it amends energy conservation standards for residential 
     furnaces.
       Consolidated Emergency Operations Center.--The agreement 
     provides no funding for planning or construction of the 
     Consolidated Emergency Operations Center. The Department 
     shall assign responsibility for a Consolidated Emergency 
     Operations Center to the Office of the Undersecretary for 
     Management and Performance and is directed to submit proposed 
     funding requirements and any authorizations needed to move 
     forward with planning and construction of the Consolidated 
     Emergency Operations Center as part of its fiscal year 2017 
     budget request.

                       Reprogramming Requirements

       The agreement carries the Department's reprogramming 
     authority in statute to ensure that the Department carries 
     out its programs consistent with congressional direction. The 
     Department should, when possible, submit consolidated, 
     cumulative notifications to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress.
       Definition.--A reprogramming includes the reallocation of 
     funds from one program, project, or activity to another 
     within an appropriation. For construction projects, a 
     reprogramming constitutes the reallocation of funds from one 
     construction project to another project or a change of 
     $2,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, in the scope of 
     an approved project.

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                 Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $2,073,000,000 for Energy Efficiency 
     and Renewable Energy (EERE). The agreement includes a 
     provision that authorizes the transfer of up to $45,000,000 
     to the Defense Production Act Fund.
       The Department is encouraged to examine the feasibility of 
     implementing high throughput combinatorial experimentation 
     (HTCE), to advance materials and device development in 
     hydrogen and fuel cells, vehicle lightweighting, solar and 
     building technologies and other areas of the EERE office 
     portfolio that may benefit from acceleration or breadth of 
     exploration afforded by HTCE.
       The Department is directed to end the practice of taking a 
     small fraction of annual funding within EERE technology 
     offices to fund incubator programs.


                       SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION

       Vehicle Technologies.--Within available funds, the 
     agreement provides $20,000,000 for the SuperTruck II program 
     to further improve the efficiency of heavy-duty class 8 long- 
     and regional-haul vehicles. The Department is directed to 
     make up to four awards using the multi-year allocation 
     process that was used successfully by the SuperTruck I 
     program. Within available funds, the agreement provides 
     $10,000,000 for continued funding of section 131 of the 
     Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 for 
     transportation electrification. The agreement provides no 
     direction for funding to support competitive demonstrations 
     of energy storage using electric vehicle batteries. The 
     agreement provides $141,100,000 for Batteries and Electric 
     Drive Technology, of which $43,000,000 is for advanced 
     battery development and up to $7,000,000 is to continue 
     national laboratory performance testing and life cycle 
     diagnostic assessment activities that validate and verify 
     advanced battery performance. The agreement provides 
     $48,400,000 for Outreach, Deployment, and Analysis, of which 
     $34,000,000 is for Deployment and $2,500,000 is for Advanced 
     Vehicles Competitions to develop and execute the second of 
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     collegiate engineering competition, EcoCAR 3. The agreement 
     provides $22,500,000 for Fuel and Lubricant Technologies, of 
     which up to $5,000,000 is for research, development, and 
     demonstration supporting direct injection engines using 
     propane or liquefied petroleum gas.
       The agreement provides no direction for the topline funding 
     levels of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Community Partner 
     Projects, Vehicle and Systems Simulation and Testing, 
     Advanced Combustion Engines, and Materials Technology 
     subprograms.
       Bioenergy Technologies.--When issuing funding 
     opportunities, the Secretary is directed to include biopower 
     projects as eligible recipients for technology development 
     support.
       The agreement provides no direction for the topline funding 
     level of the Demonstration and Market Transformation 
     subprogram.


                            RENEWABLE ENERGY

       Solar Energy.--The agreement provides $48,400,000 for 
     Concentrating Solar Power and encourages the Department to 
     include within areas of research and development improved 
     design of solar collection, higher cooperating receivers, and 
     the integration of higher temperature power cycles. Within 
     available funds, the Department is directed to provide 
     funding opportunities that, as proposed in the budget 
     request, support U.S. equipment supply chain technology 
     efforts.
       The agreement provides no direction for the topline funding 
     levels of the Photovoltaic Research and Development, Systems 
     Integration, and Innovations in Manufacturing Competitiveness 
     subprograms or for the SUNPATH III program.
       Wind Energy.--The agreement provides $40,000,000 for the 
     Offshore Wind Advanced Technology Demonstration Project, 
     $4,500,000 for the research initiative focused on Eagle 
     Impact Mitigation Technologies, $1,000,000 for the Wind for 
     Schools program, and $7,400,000 to further substantiate the 
     design and economic value proposition of alternate project 
     designs for offshore wind power. The agreement provides no 
     direction for the topline funding level of the Mitigate 
     Market Barriers program.
       Geothermal Technologies.--The agreement provides 
     $35,000,000 for the Frontier Observatory for Research in 
     Geothermal Energy project. The agreement provides no 
     direction for the topline funding level of the Enhanced 
     Geothermal Systems subprogram.
       Water Power.--The Secretary is directed to establish a 
     separate Water Power Technologies Office within EERE and to 
     recruit from academia, industry, and the national 
     laboratories a manager to lead the efforts of this office. 
     The agreement provides $45,000,000 for marine and 
     hydrokinetic technologies (MHK) and $25,000,000 for 
     conventional hydropower. Within the funding provided for MHK, 
     not less than $22,000,000 is to support competitive private 
     sector-led research, development, and deployment of advanced 
     marine energy conversion systems and component technologies, 
     including wave and current (tidal, river, ocean), to increase 
     energy capture, reliability, and survivability for lower 
     costs, and not less than $5,000,000 is to continue 
     development and construction for an open water, fully 
     energetic, grid-connected wave energy test facility. The 
     agreement provides no funding for the incubator program or 
     the clean energy manufacturing initiative. Within the funding 
     provided for conventional hydropower, up to $3,900,000 is for 
     the purposes of Section 242 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     and not less than $5,000,000 shall support competitive 
     demonstrations to assess the commercial viability of new or 
     advanced pumped storage technologies.


                           ENERGY EFFICIENCY

       Advanced Manufacturing.--The agreement provides $70,000,000 
     for five Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and 
     $20,000,000 for the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, 
     with no direction regarding the use of additional funds to 
     support operations. The agreement provides no direction for 
     the topline funding levels of the Next Generation Research 
     and Development Projects, Industrial Technical Assistance, 
     and Advanced Manufacturing Research and Development 
     Facilities subprograms.
       Building Technologies.--The agreement provides up to 
     $10,000,000 to support a competitive funding opportunity for 
     proposals that would achieve deeper energy efficiency 
     improvements in small- and medium-sized commercial buildings; 
     $18,000,000 for transactive controls research and 
     development; and $24,000,000 for solid-state lighting 
     technology development. If the Secretary finds solid-state 
     lighting technology eligible for the Bright Tomorrow Lighting 
     Prize, specified under section 655 of the Energy Independence 
     and Security Act of 2007, $5,000,000 is included in addition 
     to funds for solid-state lighting research and development. 
     The agreement provides no direction for the topline funding 
     levels of the Commercial or Residential Buildings 
     Integration, Emerging Technologies, and Equipment and 
     Buildings Standards subprograms.

              Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 

       The agreement provides $206,000,000 for Electricity 
     Delivery and Energy Reliability.
       Within Smart Grid Research and Development, the agreement 
     provides $5,000,000 for development of advanced, secure, low-
     cost sensors that measure, analyze, predict, and control the 
     future grid during steady state and under extreme conditions. 
     Within Cyber Security for Energy Delivery Systems, the 
     agreement provides $5,000,000 to continue development of the 
     industry-scale electric grid test bed and not less than 
     $5,000,000 to develop cyber and cyber-physical solutions for 
     advanced control concepts for distribution and municipal 
     utility companies. The agreement includes language addressing 
     the Consolidated Emergency Operations Center, which will 
     contain the Energy Resilience and Operations Center, in an 
     earlier section.

                             Nuclear Energy

       The agreement provides $986,161,000 for Nuclear Energy 
     activities. The agreement includes no funding derived from 
     the Nuclear Waste Fund.
       Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies.--The agreement 
     provides $111,600,000 for Nuclear Energy Enabling 
     Technologies, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be for 
     knowledge and validation work, not less than $4,000,000 shall 
     be for integrated energy systems, and not less than 
     $2,000,000 shall be for nuclear cyber activities. Within 
     available funds, $17,000,000 is for Crosscutting Technology 
     Development; $27,200,000 is for Nuclear Energy Advanced 
     Modeling and Simulation, of which funding above the request 
     is for additional support for TREAT modeling and simulation 
     activities; $24,300,000 is for the second year of the second 
     five-year term of the Modeling and Simulation Energy 
     Innovation Hub; and $41,100,000 is for the National Science 
     User Facility, of which funding above the request is to 
     expand capabilities and collaborations, including up to 
     $2,000,000 to support high performance computing activities.
       SMR Licensing Technical Support Program.--The Department is 
     expected to provide assistance to the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission sufficient for timely resolution of technical and 
     regulatory matters to support the 2023 commercialization date 
     and early site permit activities of the second award. The 
     utility partner identified for a previous award may continue 
     with site permitting activities and combined construction and 
     operation license activities.
       Reactor Concepts Research and Development.--The agreement 
     provides $141,718,000 for Reactor Concepts Research and 
     Development. The Department is directed to focus funding for 
     Reactor Concepts Research and Development on technologies 
     that show clear potential to be safe, less waste producing, 
     more cost competitive, and more proliferation-resistant than 
     existing nuclear power technologies. The agreement provides 
     $40,000,000 for Light Water Reactor Sustainability. The 
     Secretary is directed to use funding in this activity to 
     continue research and development work on the technical basis 
     for subsequent license renewal. The Secretary is encouraged 
     to focus funding in this program on materials aging and 
     degradation, advanced instrumentation and control 
     technologies, and component aging modeling and simulation. 
     The Secretary shall also coordinate with industry to 
     determine other areas of high-priority research and 
     development in this area. Within available funds, $99,718,000 
     is for Advanced Reactor Concepts, of which $12,500,000 is for 
     the continued development of two performance-based advanced 
     reactor concepts, to include $7,500,000 for the industry-only 
     competition held in 2015 and $5,000,000 for the national 
     laboratories selected to work with the awardees. The 
     agreement does not include the House direction regarding 
     funding other activities at the requested levels within the 
     Reactor Concepts Research and Development account.
       Fuel Cycle Research and Development.--The agreement 
     provides $62,100,000 for the Advanced Fuels program to 
     continue implementation of accident tolerant fuels 
     development.
       The agreement provides $85,000,000 for Used Nuclear Fuel 
     Disposition, of which $62,500,000 is to continue generic 
     research and development activities on the behavior of spent 
     fuel in long-term storage, under transportation conditions, 
     and in various geologic media. The Department is directed to 
     support research and development of advanced sensors, online 
     monitoring, and other non-destructive evaluation and 
     examination technologies and to prioritize the ongoing study 
     of the performance of high burnup fuel in dry storage and the 
     potential for direct disposal of existing spent fuel dry 
     storage canister technologies. Within funds provided for 
     research and development activities, $6,000,000 shall be to 
     support activities to design and certify a rail car or rail 
     cars for use with licensed and anticipated transportation 
     casks and $12,000,000 shall be to support preparation 
     activities for testing of high burnup fuel and post-
     irradiation examination of spent fuel rods for the high 
     burnup demonstration project. The agreement includes funding 
     to continue Integrated Waste Management System activities 
     consistent with the budget request. The agreement does not 
     include House or Senate report direction regarding funds for 
     activities related to Department of Energy-managed and 
     commercial spent nuclear fuel and high level waste. Within 
     the amounts for Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition, the agreement 
     does not include defense funds.

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       Idaho Facilities Management.--The agreement provides 
     funding above the budget request for Idaho Facilities 
     Management, including an additional $10,000,000 for control 
     system modernization at the Advanced Test Reactor Critical 
     Facility and reactor equipment replacements and critical 
     spares items at the Advanced Test Reactor.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

       The agreement provides $632,000,000 for Fossil Energy 
     Research and Development.
       Coal Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Power Systems.--
     The agreement includes funding for the Department of Energy's 
     National Carbon Capture Center consistent with the budget 
     request. The Secretary has previously funded several 
     university-based CCS projects and is encouraged to build on 
     an established research base to support ongoing research and 
     implementation of CCS technologies. The Secretary is directed 
     to provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress, not later than 60 days after the enactment of 
     this Act, a report on the reallocation of base funding to 
     other ongoing Clean Coal Power Initiative demonstration 
     projects. The Department is directed to use funds from Coal 
     CCS and Power Systems for both coal and natural gas research 
     and development as it determines to be merited, as long as 
     such research does not occur at the expense of coal research 
     and development.
       The agreement provides $101,000,000 for Carbon Capture, of 
     which $250,000 is for an assessment of research and 
     development needs to aid in the development and 
     commercialization of direct air capture technologies that 
     capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources, such as the 
     atmosphere, on a significant scale. The agreement contains no 
     direction for post- and pre-combustion capture systems. The 
     agreement provides $106,000,000 for Carbon Storage, of which 
     $11,500,000 is for Advanced Storage Research and Development; 
     $10,000,000 is for Carbon Use and Reuse; $8,500,000 is for 
     Carbon Sequestration Science; and $66,000,000 is for Storage 
     Infrastructure. Within Cross Cutting Research, the agreement 
     provides $24,000,000 for Coal Utilization Science and 
     $20,500,000 for Plant Optimization Technologies. Within 
     National Energy Technology Laboratory Coal Research and 
     Development, the agreement provides $15,000,000 for the 
     Department to expand its external agency activities to 
     develop and test commercially viable advanced separation 
     technologies at proof-of-concept or pilot scale that can be 
     deployed near term for the extraction and recovery of rare 
     earth elements and minerals from U.S. coal and coal byproduct 
     sources having the highest potential for success. The 
     agreement does not include section 507 of the House bill 
     regarding the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The 
     Department has not requested funding to transform the 
     National Energy Technology Laboratory into a government-
     owned, contractor-operated facility. Consequently, the 
     agreement includes no funds to enable the transformation of 
     the lab.
       Natural Gas Technologies.--Rather than requesting 
     additional funds in fiscal year 2016 to continue methane 
     hydrates research, the Secretary elected to spend the 
     $15,000,000 provided in fiscal year 2015 more slowly, 
     contrary to the intent of Congress, and potentially delaying 
     important research activities for a year. The agreement 
     rejects the Secretary's approach, and provides, within 
     available funds, $19,800,000 for methane hydrates.
       The agreement provides $5,200,000 to continue the Risk 
     Based Data Management System (RBDMS) and supports including 
     water tracking in pre- and post-drilling applications where 
     required by States. The agreement also includes funds to 
     integrate FracFocus and RBDMS for improved public access to 
     State oil and gas related data, as well as for State 
     regulatory agencies to support electronic permitting for 
     operators, eForms for improved processing time for new 
     permits, operator training for the improved FracFocus 3.0, 
     and additional reports.
       The agreement provides $6,000,000 for Environmentally 
     Prudent Development and $7,000,000 for Emissions Mitigation 
     from Midstream Infrastructure. No direction is provided for 
     Emissions Quantification from Natural Gas Infrastructure.
       Unconventional Technologies.--The agreement provides 
     $20,321,000, of which up to $2,700,000 is for the Department 
     to conduct and conclude the second phase of a study on crude 
     by rail safety. In lieu of House direction, the Department is 
     directed to also focus on activities that improve the 
     economic viability, safety, and environmental responsibility 
     of offshore exploration and production from unconventional 
     natural gas and other petroleum resources, and of production 
     by small producers.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

       The agreement provides $17,500,000 for the operation of the 
     Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve 

       The agreement provides $212,000,000 for the Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve.

                  Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve 

       The agreement provides $7,600,000 for the Northeast Home 
     Heating Oil Reserve.

                   Energy Information Administration 

       The agreement provides $122,000,000 for the Energy 
     Information Administration.

                   Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

       The agreement provides $255,000,000 for Non-Defense 
     Environmental Cleanup.
       Small Sites.--The agreement provides $87,522,000. Within 
     this amount, $9,500,000 shall be for the Southwest 
     Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor, $17,000,000 shall be for 
     Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and $6,000,000 shall 
     be for Oak Ridge activities.

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

       The agreement provides $673,749,000 for activities funded 
     from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
     Decommissioning Fund. Within amounts for Oak Ridge, up to 
     $3,000,000 is available for the demolition of the K-1200 
     Complex.
       Reporting Requirement.--Because the requirements in the 
     fiscal year 2015 Act have not yet been met, the Department is 
     again directed to provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress, not later than 90 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, a report that describes the status of 
     the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
     Fund and provides an update of the cleanup progress since the 
     last report submitted to satisfy requirements of Section 1805 
     of the Atomic Energy Act. The report shall include a general 
     schedule of milestones and costs required to complete the 
     mission at each site within the current lifecycle cost 
     estimates. In addition, the report shall provide an updated 
     timeline and shall explain the cost and schedule assumptions 
     in the current lifecycle cost estimates for Paducah to 
     reflect the Department's assumption of responsibility for the 
     process buildings in fiscal year 2015.
       Uranium Transfers.--In lieu of direction in the House and 
     Senate reports on uranium transfers, the Department is 
     directed to make public all Secretarial determinations issued 
     pursuant to section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Privatization 
     Act and to make public all reports and analyses performed to 
     arrive at the determination not later than 30 days after a 
     determination has been made. The Department is further 
     directed to provide to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress, not later than 90 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, recommendations to minimize the impact 
     of uranium transfers on the domestic uranium mining, 
     conversion, and enrichment industries.

                                Science

       The agreement provides $5,350,200,000 for the Office of 
     Science. The agreement includes legislative language 
     restricting cash contributions to the ITER Organization and 
     directing a report from the Secretary of Energy on U.S. 
     participation in the ITER project. The agreement provides up 
     to $2,000,000, to be funded from across all Office of Science 
     programs, to support the Distinguished Scientist Program, as 
     authorized in section 5011 of Public Law 110--69.
       Advanced Scientific Computing Research.--Within available 
     funds, the agreement provides $157,894,000 for the exascale 
     initiative; $77,000,000 for the Argonne Leadership Computing 
     Facility; $104,317,000 for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing 
     Facility; $86,000,000 for the National Energy Research 
     Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National 
     Laboratory, including funding to upgrade the National Energy 
     Research Scientific Computing Center infrastructure with 
     power and cooling within the new Computational Research and 
     Theory building; $10,000,000 for the Computational Sciences 
     Graduate Fellowship program; and $38,000,000 for ESnet. The 
     agreement provides no direction for mathematical, 
     computational, and computer sciences research.
       Basic Energy Sciences (BES).--Since the February 2013 and 
     the July 2013 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 
     (BESAC) studies of BES facilities, the mix and status of 
     ongoing and prospective BES major facility upgrades and 
     construction projects have changed.Therefore the BESAC is 
     directed to update its assessment of the proposed upgrades to 
     x-ray scattering facilities (both free-electron laser-based 
     sources and ring-based sources) and to the Spallation Neutron 
     Source using the same criteria that were used in prior 
     studies--the ability of a proposed upgrade or construction 
     project to contribute to world leading science and the 
     readiness of the upgrade or construction project to proceed 
     to construction--and the same rating system. The assessment 
     shall include a prioritization of the next three to five 
     projects and be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress not later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act.
       In lieu of previous direction for materials science and 
     engineering research, the agreement provides $15,000,000 for 
     the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; 
     $12,000,000 for exascale systems; and $24,137,000 for the 
     fourth year of the Batteries and Energy Storage Innovation 
     Hub.
       In lieu of previous direction for chemical sciences, 
     geosciences, and biosciences, the agreement provides 
     $15,000,000 for the Fuels from Sunlight Innovation Hub.
       In lieu of previous direction for scientific user 
     facilities, the agreement provides $966,849,000, of which 
     $865,832,000 is for facilities operations and $35,500,000 is 
     for major

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     items of equipment, including $20,000,000 for the Advanced 
     Photon Source Upgrade project and $15,500,000 for NSLS-II 
     experimental tools. Within available funds for facilities 
     operations, the agreement provides $264,990,000 for high-flux 
     neutron sources, including $10,000,000 to accelerate the 
     process to critical decision-1 for the Second Target Station 
     at the Spallation Neutron Source; and $482,079,000 for light 
     sources, including $110,000,000 for the first full year of 
     operations for NSLS-II and $5,000,000 for research and 
     development for the Advanced Light Source upgrade.
       In future budget requests, the Office of Science is 
     directed to work with the Office of Nuclear Energy to 
     demonstrate a commitment to operations and maintenance of 
     nuclear facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that 
     supports multiple critical missions. The agreement provides 
     $3,000,000 for a competitive solicitation for universities to 
     perform fundamental research toward the development of a new 
     generation of nanostructured catalysts that can be used to 
     synthesize fertilizer and ammonia without any secondary 
     greenhouse gases.
       Biological and Environmental Research (BER).--The following 
     is the only direction provided for BER. The agreement 
     provides $75,000,000 for the fourth year of the second five-
     year term of the three BioEnergy Research Centers. The 
     Department is urged to give priority to optimizing the 
     operation of BER user facilities.
       Fusion Energy Sciences.--The agreement continues the new 
     budget structure for fusion energy sciences and provides 
     funding accordingly.
       The agreement provides $214,755,000 for burning plasma 
     science foundations; $41,021,000 for burning plasma science 
     long pulse; and $67,224,000 for discovery plasma science, 
     including $2,750,000 for high energy density science and 
     discovery plasma science opportunities at NDCX-II in support 
     of the mission of Fusion Energy Sciences.
       The agreement provides not less than $71,000,000 for the 
     National Spherical Torus Experiment, not less than 
     $80,000,000 for DIII-D, and not less than $18,000,000 for 
     Alcator C-Mod.
       The agreement includes funding for the in-kind 
     contributions and related support activities of ITER. In 
     addition to the reporting language included in the bill, the 
     Department shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress not later than February 15, 2016, 
     and again on August 15, 2016, a report on the status of the 
     ITER project and the implementation of the Director General's 
     Action Plan, including new budget projections, project 
     schedule, cost overruns, delays, organizational structure 
     changes, manufacturing deliveries, assembly, and 
     installation.
       High Energy Physics.--The agreement provides $26,000,000 
     for the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) project 
     construction line. The agreement provides no funding for LBNF 
     within Other Project Costs. It is expected that increased 
     funding for LBNF will come from other Fermi National 
     Laboratory funding within the High Energy Physics account. 
     Within available funds, $10,300,000 is provided for DESI, 
     $10,500,000 is provided for LUX ZEPLIN, and $40,800,000 is 
     provided for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Camera. The 
     agreement provides no further funding direction within the 
     High Energy Physics account.
       Nuclear Physics.--Within available funds, the Department is 
     encouraged to fund optimal operations for the Relativistic 
     Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The 
     agreement provides $100,000,000 for the Facility for Rare 
     Isotope Beams. No further direction is provided for the 
     Nuclear Physics account.
       Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists.--The 
     agreement does not include previous Senate direction for the 
     Computational Sciences Graduate Fellowship program.

               Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

       The agreement provides $291,000,000 for the Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency--Energy.

         TITLE 17--INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $42,000,000 for administrative 
     expenses for the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan 
     Guarantee Program. This amount is offset by estimated 
     revenues of $25,000,000, resulting in a net appropriation of 
     $17,000,000.
       The Department is directed to continue to provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     quarterly reports on the status of the Cape Wind conditional 
     commitment, including an update on ongoing litigation and the 
     risks this litigation poses to the success of the project.

        Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

       The agreement provides $6,000,000 for the Advanced 
     Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program.

                      Departmental Administration

       The agreement provides $130,971,000 for Departmental 
     Administration.
       Small Refinery Exemption.--Under section 211(o)(9)(B) of 
     the Clean Air Act, a small refinery may petition the 
     Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator for an 
     exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on the basis 
     that the refinery experiences a disproportionate economic 
     hardship under the RFS. When evaluating a petition, the 
     Administrator consults with the Secretary of Energy to 
     determine whether disproportionate economic hardship exists. 
     According to the Department's March 2011 Small Refinery 
     Exemption Study, disproportionate economic hardship must 
     encompass two broad components: a high cost of compliance 
     relative to the industry average disproportionate impacts and 
     an effect sufficient to cause a significant impairment of the 
     refinery operations viability.
       If the Secretary finds that either of these two components 
     exists, the Secretary is directed to recommend to the EPA 
     Administrator a 50 percent waiver of RFS requirements for the 
     petitioner. The Secretary is also directed to seek small 
     refinery comment before making changes to its scoring metrics 
     for small refinery petitions for RFS waivers and to notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     prior to making any final changes to scoring metrics.
       The conference report accompanying the Energy and Water 
     Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, 
     addressed similar issues and directed the Secretary to redo 
     an earlier study done to evaluate whether the RFS program 
     imposes a disproportionate economic hardship on small 
     refineries. In calling for the Secretary to redo the study, 
     the conference report cited the lack of small refinery input 
     into the earlier study, concerns about regional RFS 
     compliance cost disparities, small refinery dependence on the 
     purchase of renewable fuel credits (RINs), and increasing RIN 
     costs. Since then, the dramatic rise in RIN prices has 
     amplified RFS compliance and competitive disparities, 
     especially where unique regional factors exist, including 
     high diesel demand, no export access, and limited biodiesel 
     infrastructure and production. In response to recent 
     petitions, the Secretary determined that the RFS program 
     would impose a disproportionate economic and structural 
     impact on several small refineries. Despite this 
     determination, the Secretary did not recommend, and EPA did 
     not provide, any RFS relief because it determined the 
     refineries were profitable enough to afford the cost of RFS 
     compliance without substantially impacting their viability. 
     The Secretary is reminded that the RFS program may impose a 
     disproportionate economic hardship on a small refinery even 
     if the refinery makes enough profit to cover the cost of 
     complying with the program. Small refinery profitability does 
     not justify a disproportionate regulatory burden where 
     Congress has explicitly given EPA authority, in consultation 
     with the Secretary, to reduce or eliminate this burden.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       The agreement provides $46,424,000 for the Office of the 
     Inspector General.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement provides $12,526,512,000 for the National 
     Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). In lieu of direction 
     in the Senate report, the agreement includes language 
     addressing the Consolidated Emergency Operations Center, 
     which will contain the Energy Resilience and Operations 
     Center, in an earlier section.
       Budget Structure Changes.--The agreement provides funding 
     for Weapons Activities consistent with the budget structure 
     in the House report. The NNSA is specifically prohibited from 
     requesting any further changes to the budget structure 
     provided in this Act unless the NNSA has obtained agreement 
     in advance from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.
       Laboratory Directed Research and Development.--In light of 
     the report of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of 
     the National Energy Laboratories, the Secretary is directed 
     to provide a report on the impact of burdening Laboratory 
     Directed Research and Development and provide recommendations 
     on legislative changes to address the Commission's findings.

                           Weapons Activities

       The agreement provides $8,846,948,000 for Weapons 
     Activities.
       Life Extension Programs and Major Alterations.--The NNSA is 
     directed to clearly account for all costs of any major multi-
     year stockpile refurbishment activity with a total cost 
     greater than $1,000,000,000 and shall ensure a formal and 
     comprehensive acquisition management plan is in place to 
     manage such efforts. All reporting and other requirements 
     required by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress for ``Life Extension Programs'' shall also apply 
     to any major multi-year stockpile refurbishment activity with 
     a total cost greater than $1,000,000,000.
       Stockpile Production.--The NNSA is directed to conduct an 
     assessment of the feasibility and costs of work leveling 
     strategies that would reduce the impact of performing 
     simultaneous major refurbishments in the 2020 to 2025 
     timeframe and to provide a report on its findings to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress

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     not later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act. The 
     report shall include a description of costs to accelerate 
     dismantlements prior to 2020 and to extend production of the 
     W88 Alt 370 by two years.
       W80-4 Life Extension Program.--Not later than September 15, 
     2016, the NNSA shall provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on the 
     independent analysis of the alternatives selected by the NNSA 
     for the W80-4 Life Extension Program as directed in the House 
     report.
       Strategic Materials.--The agreement provides $250,040,000 
     for Strategic Materials Sustainment to consolidate funding 
     for activities needed to manage the NNSA's inventory of 
     strategic materials, as directed in the House report. This 
     amount includes funding for planning and other activities the 
     NNSA determines are necessary to support the sustainment of 
     strategic materials. The agreement does not include 
     restrictions in the Senate report regarding Domestic Uranium 
     Enrichment.
       Advanced Radiography.--The agreement provides $45,700,000. 
     The agreement does not include restrictions in the House 
     report on the use of funds for new radiography capabilities 
     at U1a. The NNSA is directed to provide an estimate of the 
     cost to develop new radiography capabilities at U1a and 
     detail the costs of any Major Items of Equipment in its 
     budget request.
       Inertial Confinement Fusion and High Yield.--The agreement 
     provides $511,050,000. Within this amount, $329,000,000 shall 
     be for the National Ignition Facility, $68,000,000 shall be 
     for OMEGA, and $7,000,000 shall be for the Naval Research 
     Laboratory.
       Infrastructure and Operations.--Within funds for 
     Infrastructure and Operations, the agreement provides 
     $7,800,000 for site surveillance, $3,000,000 for long-term 
     stewardship, and $28,000,000 for Bannister Road Disposition. 
     Not later than March 31, 2016, the Secretary shall provide to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     report that describes the proposed schedule and funding plan 
     for completing the transfer of the Bannister Road Complex.
       Maintenance and Repair of Facilities.--The agreement 
     provides $277,000,000. Within this amount, not less than 
     $25,000,000 shall be to address high-risk excess facilities.
       Construction.--In lieu of House direction regarding 
     separate project funding for project engineering and design, 
     the NNSA shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress an updated project data sheet that 
     details the total project cost, schedule, and planned funding 
     profile for that project prior to the expenditure of any 
     project funds for activities beyond those needed for project 
     engineering and design.
       NNSA Albuquerque Complex.--The agreement includes 
     $8,000,000 for project engineering and design of a new 
     project to replace the aging NNSA Albuquerque Complex. In 
     addition, up to $2,500,000 of the amount provided within 
     Recapitalization may be used to complete the conceptual 
     design for the Albuquerque Complex project.
       Uranium Processing Facility.--The agreement includes 
     $430,000,000. In lieu of direction in the House report, the 
     NNSA is directed to submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the results of the 
     Department's Independent Cost Review of the UPF project and a 
     multi-year funding profile that details the NNSA's plans by 
     subproject with its fiscal year 2017 budget request.
       Defense Nuclear Security.--The agreement includes 
     $682,891,000. Within this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for a 
     Security Improvements Program that will address the backlog 
     of security projects, as directed in the House report. Not 
     later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the NNSA 
     shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress a funding plan for the Security 
     Improvements Program by project.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

       The agreement provides $1,940,302,000 for Defense Nuclear 
     Nonproliferation. The agreement does not include direction in 
     the House report regarding the use of prior-year balances to 
     offset the costs of removing materials from high-income 
     nations. In addition, the agreement does not include 
     direction in the Senate report regarding funding for a 
     Uranium Science Institute or for a low-enriched uranium fuel 
     system for naval cores within Defense Nuclear 
     Nonproliferation.
       Material Management and Minimization.--Within amounts 
     provided for Nuclear Material Removal, the agreement includes 
     $1,000,000 for international plutonium disposition activities 
     that were requested within Material Disposition. The 
     agreement provides $86,584,000 for Material Disposition. 
     Within that amount, the Department may use up to $5,000,000 
     to advance planning, to resolve regulatory and other issues, 
     to complete conceptual design activities for the dilute and 
     dispose alternative to the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication 
     Facility, and to develop and submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report that 
     includes an evaluation of program risks and a lifecycle cost 
     estimate and schedule for the alternative. The agreement 
     prohibits funds from being used to dilute plutonium that 
     could otherwise be used for MOX feedstock or used to meet 
     U.S. commitments under the Plutonium Management Disposition 
     Agreement. The Department shall ensure any proposed solution 
     will continue to meet current transuranic waste disposal 
     commitments.
       Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, Savannah River.--The 
     agreement provides $340,000,000. Funds shall be available 
     only for construction and for project support activities. The 
     agreement does not include direction in the House and Senate 
     reports regarding additional studies of MOX alternatives.
       Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).--The NNSA has not provided a 
     schedule for the development of domestic supplies of the 
     medical isotope Mo-99 that would meet public health needs. 
     Further, the NNSA's efforts to develop a domestic source of 
     Mo-99 from other than high-enriched uranium should include, 
     but not be limited to, low-enriched uranium and natural 
     molybdenum. The NNSA is directed to fund eligible projects up 
     to the full portion of the cost-share amount authorized by 
     the American Medical Isotopes Production Act and submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress by January 31, 2016, on ways it plans to assure the 
     deployment of two or more domestic sources of Mo-99 into 
     commercial distribution by January 1, 2019, or sooner.

                             Naval Reactors

       The agreement provides $1,375,496,000 for Naval Reactors. 
     The agreement does not provide an increase in the number of 
     Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) for Naval Reactors and restricts 
     manning to 238 FTEs.
       Naval Reactors Development.--The agreement provides 
     $446,896,000. Within these funds, the agreement provides 
     $77,200,000 for Advanced Test Reactor Operations to 
     accelerate safety-related infrastructure improvements and 
     $5,000,000 to start a technical program to develop and 
     qualify a low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel system for naval 
     reactor cores. In lieu of direction in the House and Senate 
     reports, Naval Reactors is directed to provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, not 
     later than March 31, 2016, a report that describes the key 
     goals and milestones, timeline, and annual budget 
     requirements to develop a LEU fuel system for naval reactor 
     cores.
       Engineroom Team Training Facility, Kesselring.--The 
     agreement provides $3,100,000. The cost of equipment needed 
     for training shall be provided by the Department of the Navy 
     as planned.

                     Federal Salaries And Expenses


                    (including rescission of funds)

       The agreement provides $383,666,000 for the federal 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the NNSA 
     Administrator. Within this amount, not less than $2,000,000 
     is for the Office of Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation, 
     not less than $972,000 is for improved financial systems 
     integration, and not more than $9,863,000 is for Corporate 
     Project Management. The agreement includes a rescission of 
     $19,900,000 in prior-year balances from the NNSA Albuquerque 
     Complex.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                     Defense Environmental Cleanup

       The agreement provides $5,289,742,000 for Defense 
     Environmental Cleanup. Within these funds, the Department is 
     directed to fund hazardous waste worker training at 
     $10,000,000.
       Transfers of Facilities.--The Office of Environmental 
     Management shall not accept ownership or responsibility for 
     cleanup of any National Nuclear Security Administration 
     facilities or sites without funding specifically designated 
     for that purpose. The Department is directed to identify all 
     requests for transfers of facilities or projects from other 
     DOE offices in its budget request justifications in future 
     years.
       Richland.--Not later than 90 days after the enactment of 
     this Act, the Department shall provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on its 
     five-year plan for the River Corridor closure project that 
     explains any deviations from previously made agreements, 
     instead of plans for the entire Hanford Site as directed in 
     the House report.
       Office of River Protection.--The agreement does not defer 
     any planned activities proposed in the budget request as 
     directed in the House report.
       Oak Ridge Reservation.--Within funds for Nuclear Facility 
     D&D, the agreement includes $5,000,000 to support compliance 
     and design life extension of Waste Treatment Facilities at 
     Oak Ridge National Laboratory and $7,000,000 to support 
     planning and preparation for a new landfill for the Oak Ridge 
     Reservation.
       Savannah River Site.--Within funds for Site Risk 
     Management, the agreement includes $3,000,000 to support the 
     disposition of spent fuel from the High Flux Isotope Reactor.
       Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.--The agreement provides 
     $299,978,000, of which $148,368,000 shall be for Operations 
     and Maintenance and $82,000,000 shall be for Recovery 
     Activities.
       Program Direction.--The agreement provides $281,951,000, of 
     which not more than $14,443,000 shall be for the Working 
     Capital Fund. The Office of Environmental Management is 
     directed to pay the remaining share of its Working Capital 
     Fund costs from non-program direction activities as in 
     previous years to ensure the fair allocation of the costs of 
     administrative services.

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       Safeguards and Security.--The agreement provides 
     $236,633,000. The Office of Environmental Management is 
     directed to utilize the full flexibility provided within the 
     Safeguards and Security reprogramming control point and, if 
     necessary, exercise the use of its internal reprogramming 
     authority to ensure adequate security at its cleanup sites.

                        Other Defense Activities

       The agreement provides $776,425,000 for Other Defense 
     Activities. Within funds for Specialized Security Activities, 
     the agreement includes $2,000,000 for dynamic threat 
     assessments and not less than $8,000,000 for uranium 
     sciences.
       Environment, Health, Safety and Security.--The agreement 
     provides $118,763,000. Within this amount, not less than 
     $3,000,000 is provided for the Insider Threat Program, not 
     less than $5,762,000 is provided for Security Operational 
     Support, not less than $7,445,000 is provided for Security 
     Investigations, and not less than $30,990,000 is provided for 
     Headquarters Security Operations.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

       The agreement provides no appropriation for the Bonneville 
     Power Administration, which derives its funding from revenues 
     deposited into the Bonneville Power Administration Fund.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

       The agreement provides a net appropriation of $0 for the 
     Southeastern Power Administration.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

       The agreement provides a net appropriation of $11,400,000 
     for the Southwestern Power Administration.

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

       The agreement provides a net appropriation of $93,372,000 
     for the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Not later 
     than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, WAPA shall 
     provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress a report with a detailed accounting of its 
     allocation of the budget authority provided in this Act, 
     categorized by region (including Headquarters), and including 
     the number of contractors and FTEs funded during this fiscal 
     year.

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

       The agreement provides a net appropriation of $228,000 for 
     the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund. The 
     agreement includes legislative language authorizing the 
     acceptance and use of contributed funds in fiscal year 2016 
     for operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
     replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at the 
     Falcon and Amistad Dams.

       Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Salaries and Expenses

       The agreement provides $319,800,000 for the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission (FERC). Revenues for FERC are set to an 
     amount equal to the budget authority, resulting in a net 
     appropriation of $0.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


             (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting the use of 
     funds provided in this title to initiate requests for 
     proposals, other solicitations, or arrangements for new 
     programs or activities that have not yet been approved and 
     funded by the Congress; requires notification or a report for 
     certain funding actions; prohibits funds to be used for 
     certain multi-year ``Energy Programs'' activities without 
     notification; and prohibits the obligation or expenditure of 
     funds provided in this title through a reprogramming of funds 
     except in certain circumstances.
       The agreement includes a provision relating to unexpended 
     balances.
       The agreement includes a provision authorizing intelligence 
     activities of the Department of Energy for purposes of 
     section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting the use of 
     funds in this title for capital construction of high hazard 
     nuclear facilities, unless certain independent oversight is 
     conducted.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting the use of 
     funds provided in this title to approve critical decision-2 
     or critical decision-3 for certain construction projects, 
     unless a separate independent cost estimate has been 
     developed for that critical decision.
       The agreement includes a provision permanently prohibiting 
     the Office of Science from entering into multi-year funding 
     agreements with a value below a specific threshold.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting funds in the 
     Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation account for certain 
     activities and assistance in the Russian Federation.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding management of 
     the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding reprogramming 
     authority for the Domestic Uranium Enrichment program.
       The agreement includes a provision rescinding certain 
     prior-year funds.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding funds 
     appropriated to Federally Funded Research and Development 
     Centers sponsored by the Department of Energy.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting funds to 
     implement or enforce higher efficiency light bulb standards.
       The agreement includes a provision regarding Fossil Energy 
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                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

       The agreement provides $146,000,000 for the Appalachian 
     Regional Commission (ARC). To diversify and enhance regional 
     business development, $10,000,000 is provided to continue the 
     program of high-speed broadband deployment in distressed 
     counties within the Central Appalachian region that have been 
     most negatively impacted by the downturn in the coal 
     industry. This funding shall be in addition to the 30 percent 
     directed to distressed counties.
       Within available funds, $16,000,000 is recommended for the 
     workforce development program in Southern Appalachia focused 
     primarily on the automotive supplier sector and the aviation 
     sector in South Central Appalachia, with up to $13,500,000 of 
     that amount to be available for work in Southern 
     Appalachia.The funds shall be distributed according to ARC's 
     Distressed Counties Formula, which includes land area, 
     population estimates, and the number of distressed counties.
       Within available funds, $50,000,000 is provided for the 
     POWER Plus Plan.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $29,150,000 for the Defense Nuclear 
     Facilities Safety Board. The agreement does not include 
     additional funding for an evaluation of radioactive liquid 
     waste infrastructure and includes no reporting requirement as 
     in the House report.

                        Delta Regional Authority


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $25,000,000 for the Delta Regional 
     Authority. Within available funds, not less than $10,000,000 
     shall be used for flood control, basic infrastructure 
     development, and transportation improvements and shall be in 
     addition to the State formula funding allocations. The 
     Federal co-chairman, in consultation with State Governors, 
     shall distribute funding to States and public and nonprofit 
     entities for projects that will benefit rural communities 
     with the greatest infrastructure needs.

                           Denali Commission

       The agreement provides $11,000,000 for the Denali 
     Commission.

                  Northern Border Regional Commission

       The agreement provides $7,500,000 for the Northern Border 
     Regional Commission.

                 Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

       The agreement provides $250,000 for the Southeast Crescent 
     Regional Commission.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $990,000,000 for Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission (NRC) salaries and expenses. This amount is offset 
     by estimated revenues of $872,864,000, resulting in a net 
     appropriation of $117,136,000. The Commission's mission is to 
     ensure the safety and security of the nation's use of nuclear 
     power and nuclear materials and protect the workers and 
     public who use and benefit from these materials and 
     facilities. Within the changes to the Commission's staffing 
     and budget proposed by Project Aim, the safety and security 
     of the reactor fleet must remain at the forefront. The 
     Commission is expected to explain such staffing and budgeting 
     changes within the context of protecting public health and 
     ensuring the safety of facilities over the long term.
       The agreement includes four new control points to provide 
     additional transparency to the Commission's budget execution 
     process: Nuclear Reactor Safety; Integrated University 
     Program; Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety; and 
     Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste. Section 402 provides new 
     reprogramming authority to the Commission between the 
     accounts, subject to prior congressional approval, with a 
     provision made for emergency circumstances. This 
     reprogramming authority supersedes the Commission's existing 
     guidance on internal reprogrammings.
       The agreement includes the following direction in lieu of 
     all direction included in the House and Senate reports:
       Nuclear Reactor Safety.--The agreement includes 
     $760,021,000 for Nuclear Reactor Safety, including not more 
     than $258,319,000 for corporate support. This account 
     includes the Commission's Operating Reactors and New Reactors 
     business lines. The agreement provides $30,119,000 less than 
     the budget request in order to accelerate the ``right-
     sizing'' proposed by the Project Aim report. Within available 
     funds, the Commission shall continue to address and resolve 
     safety significant issues and ensure that the operating 
     reactor licensing backlog is eliminated by the NRC goal of 
     fiscal year 2017. The bill fully funds licensing activities 
     associated with awards made under the Department of Energy's 
     Small Modular Reactor Licensing Technical Support program. 
     The Commission is directed to report any transfer of more 
     than $500,000 across business lines, as identified in the 
     budget request to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress, as soon as practicable but not later than 
     two weeks after the transfer is made.
       Integrated University Program.--The agreement includes 
     $15,000,000 for the Integrated University Program. Not less 
     than $5,000,000 of this amount is to be used for grants to 
     support research projects that do not align with programmatic 
     missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 
     nuclear science and engineering.
       Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety.--The agreement includes 
     $172,018,000 for Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety, 
     including not more than $58,360,000 for corporate support. 
     Included within this control point are the Fuel Facilities, 
     Nuclear Material Users, and Spent Fuel Storage and 
     Transportation business lines.
       Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste.--The agreement 
     includes $42,961,000 for Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste, 
     including not more than $14,557,000 for corporate support.
       Rulemaking.--The authority to compel and bind private 
     entities and individuals to certain actions is a significant 
     authority under the law. In light of this, the Commission 
     itself shall decide whether to initiate rulemaking or the 
     development of regulatory analyses to advance new regulatory 
     requirements in all cases involving the commitment of 
     resources. The Commission's decisions regarding whether to 
     initiate rulemaking should be informed, in each instance, by 
     a rulemaking plan that allows the Commission to assess the 
     existing regulatory framework, assess the cumulative effects 
     of regulation, and ensure that the benefits of the rulemaking 
     outweigh the costs. In light of those goals, rulemaking shall 
     be informed by a rulemaking plan that includes at a minimum 
     the following components: the regulatory issue; the existing 
     regulatory framework; an explanation of why rulemaking is the 
     preferred solution to include a review of the options and 
     alternatives; and a description of the rulemaking that 
     includes the scope, preliminary backfit analysis, an 
     estimated schedule, a preliminary recommendation on priority, 
     and an estimate of resources.
       The Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a plan for 
     instituting this approach not later than March 1, 2016. The 
     plan shall include a discussion of the roles of the Advisory 
     Committee on Reactor Safeguards and the Committee to Review 
     Generic Requirements. The Commission may exempt rulemakings 
     that are routine in nature or do not raise a question of 
     policy from the requirement of a rulemaking plan, and shall 
     provide, as part of its report, a clear description of how 
     those exemptions will be determined. The report shall also 
     include a description of how the Commission will annually 
     review the prioritization of all rulemaking as part of the 
     budget process.
       The Commission is further directed to provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, not 
     later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a report 
     that includes a general description and status of each 
     proposed rule that is currently pending before the 
     Commission, including the date on which the proposed rule was 
     docketed. The Commission shall list all rulemaking activities 
     planned, to include their priority and schedule, in the 
     annual budget request and the semi-annual report to Congress 
     on licensing and regulatory activities.
       Reporting.--To monitor the Commission's progress against 
     its licensing goals and right-sizing commitments, a report 
     shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress by March 1, 2016, and quarterly 
     thereafter for fiscal year 2016 that includes:
        the on-board strength of full-time equivalent 
     employees, including any identified areas of critical skill 
     shortages and targeted hiring strategies against these 
     shortage areas;
        the actions taken to right-size the NRC in 
     accordance with the recommendations of the Project Aim 
     report, to include rebaselining assumptions and projection of 
     FTEs and required budget authority;
        the progress to eliminate the backlog of pending 
     licensing actions in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 
     by 2017; and
        the progress to complete the licensing reviews of 
     pending reactor license renewal applications (power and 
     research reactors), combined license applications, early site 
     permit applications, design certification applications, and 
     uranium recovery applications (initial and renewal) against 
     currently projected schedules.
       Project Aim.--The NRC must be able to effectively and 
     efficiently forecast its future workforce and resource needs 
     and adapt its workforce and resource allocations accordingly 
     so that the agency has the right number of staff with the 
     right skills at the right time in the context of ensuring the 
     safety and security of nuclear power facilities and nuclear 
     materials. Although Project Aim intends to move the agency in 
     the right direction, the Committees are not satisfied with 
     the NRC's explanation of the basis for those projections nor 
     with its plan for execution. Accordingly, not later than one 
     year after the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
     shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress on the following issues: (1) how did NRC 
     determine its workload forecast and to what extent was NRC's 
     process for developing its workload forecast consistent with 
     best practices; (2) how does NRC's current workforce and 
     resource allocation compare with its forecasts; (3) what are 
     the challenges NRC faces in adapting its current workforce 
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     what actions has NRC taken to address those challenges; (4) 
     what actions has NRC taken or does it plan to take to 
     implement the recommendations of the Project Aim report; and 
     (5) to what extent are NRC's actions and plans consistent 
     with best practices for agency transformation. The 
     Comptroller General may address any additional questions as 
     appropriate to ensure adequate coverage of the issues related 
     to NRC's Project Aim and related efforts.
       Budget Justification.--The NRC shall continue to include a 
     breakout and explanation of the Commission's salaries and 
     expenses in its annual budget request. The Commission may 
     change the composition of the funds through a reprogramming. 
     The Commission shall provide previous fiscal year data at the 
     enacted level and identify separately, and by control point, 
     any carryover balances that were obligated. The Commission 
     shall carry over unobligated balances at the minimum amount 
     necessary for efficient mission execution and ensure that any 
     rule or other requirement for collection of revenue or fees 
     is calculated accordingly.
       The NRC's budget presentation lacks transparency and some 
     key information needed for the Committees on Appropriations. 
     Improvements in NRC's budget allocation and presentation 
     process are needed and can lead to better budget 
     justifications to the Congress. Therefore, the Comptroller 
     General is directed to also examine key issues related to 
     NRC's budget allocation process and strategy for undertaking 
     its work: (1) what information does NRC use in its budget 
     formulation process and what are the implications of the 
     process; (2) to what extent are the NRC's budget 
     justification materials presented so that agency priorities 
     are clear and the proposed use of funds transparent; and (3) 
     what changes could be made to improve the NRC's budget 
     presentation.
       Subsequent License Renewal.--The Commission's development 
     of the necessary detailed regulatory guidance to address 
     anticipated applications for subsequent license renewal of 
     nuclear power reactors, the earliest of which may be 
     submitted in 2018, is proceeding at a disappointingly slow 
     rate. The Commission affirmed the adequacy of its current 
     regulations for this task nearly two years ago. In light of 
     larger uncertainties regarding planning for the electricity 
     generating portfolio of this nation, the need for the 
     Commission to finish and publish the requisite regulatory 
     guidance documents is more urgent than ever. The Commission 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress by March 15, 2016, a plan and timetable 
     for completing the remaining activities necessary to accept, 
     docket, and support the review of the first application for 
     subsequent license review.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The agreement includes $12,136,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This 
     amount is graphic by revenues of $10,060,000, for a net 
     appropriation of $2,076,000.
       The agreement includes $958,000 to provide Inspector 
     General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
     Board.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $3,600,000 for the Nuclear Waste 
     Technical Review Board.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

       The agreement includes a provision instructing the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission on responding to congressional requests 
     for information.
       The agreement includes a provision relating to 
     reprogramming.
       The agreement includes a provision relating to authorities 
     provided within division A of section 101(g) of Public Law 
     105-277.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The agreement includes a provision relating to lobbying 
     restrictions.
       The agreement includes a provision relating to transfer 
     authority. No additional transfer authority is implied or 
     conveyed by this provision. For the purposes of this 
     provision, the term ``transfer'' shall mean the shifting of 
     all or part of the budget authority in one account to 
     another. In addition to transfers provided in this Act or 
     other appropriations Acts, and existing authorities, such as 
     the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), by which one part of the 
     United States Government may provide goods or services to 
     another part, the Act allows transfers using Section 4705 of 
     the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2745) and 15 U.S.C. 
     638 regarding SBIR/STTR.
       The agreement includes a provision prohibiting funds to be 
     used in contravention of the executive order entitled 
     ``Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in 
     Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations.'' 

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 DIVISION E--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2016

       Language included in House Report 114-194 or Senate Report 
     114-97 that is not changed by this explanatory statement is 
     approved. This explanatory statement, while repeating some 
     report language for emphasis, is not intended to negate the 
     language referenced in the House and Senate Committee reports 
     unless expressly provided herein.
       Reports.--Where the House or Senate has directed submission 
     of a report, that report is to be submitted to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Agencies funded by 
     this Act that currently provide separate copies of periodic 
     reports and correspondence to the chairs and ranking members 
     of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and 
     Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government 
     are directed to use a single cover letter jointly addressed 
     to the chairs and ranking members of the Committees and 
     Subcommittees of both the House and the Senate. To the 
     greatest extent feasible, agencies should include in the 
     cover letter a reference or hyperlink to facilitate 
     electronic access to the report and provide the documents by 
     electronic mail delivery. These measures will help reduce 
     costs, conserve paper, expedite agency processing, and ensure 
     that consistent information is conveyed concurrently to the 
     majority and minority committee offices of both chambers of 
     Congress.
       Budget Submissions.--The budget justification materials 
     shall also incorporate a separate table briefly describing 
     the top management challenges for fiscal year 2016 as 
     identified by the agency inspector general, along with an 
     explanation of how the fiscal year 2017 budget request 
     addresses each such management challenge.
       Contracts and Awards.--Agencies funded by this Act should 
     require that all contracts within their purview that provide 
     award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 
     specifying the terms of cost, schedule, and performance. 
     Agencies funded by this Act should not pay awards or 
     incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 
     judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance 
     that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $222,500,000 for departmental offices 
     salaries and expenses. Within the amount provided under this 
     heading, up to $22,200,000 is available until September 30, 
     2017, for the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit; 
     information technology modernization; the audit, oversight, 
     and administration of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
     and the development and implementation of programs within the 
     Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance 
     Policy. The type of technical assistance that Treasury's 
     Departmental Offices may provide to Puerto Rico includes the 
     following: economic forecasting, budgeting, cash management, 
     and spending controls, information technology upgrades, 
     multi-year fiscal planning, revenue and expenditure 
     projections, improving tax collections, and grant management.
       Cloud Computing.--Transitioning to commercial cloud 
     computing services offers significant savings and more 
     agility to federal agencies. In fiscal year 2015, the 
     Department was directed to provide a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and Senate on current and 
     planned cloud computing usage by bureau and office. The 
     Department shall provide a follow-up report, including an 
     update on the use of commercial cloud computing services, 
     current plans for the expansion of cloud computing to 
     leverage the utility-based model, the security benefits of 
     transitioning Federal Information Security Modernization Act 
     (FISMA) moderate systems and data to cloud computing, any 
     factors delaying or inhibiting the expansion of cloud 
     computing usage, and the cost savings achieved in fiscal year 
     2016 by the utilization of commercial cloud computing 
     services by November 30, 2016.


             OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $117,000,000 for the Office of Terrorism 
     and Financial Intelligence, of which no more than $27,100,000 
     is for administrative expenses and $5,000,000 is available 
     until September 30, 2017.
       Economic Sanctions and Divestments.--The Department of the 
     Treasury will fully implement sanctions and divestment 
     measures applicable to the proliferation of weapons of mass 
     destruction, terrorism, transnational organized crime, the 
     Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Russia, Belarus, North 
     Korea, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and designated 
     rebel groups operating in and around the Democratic Republic 
     of Congo. The Department will promptly notify the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and Senate of any resource 
     constraints that adversely impact the implementation of these 
     sanctions programs.
       General Licenses.--In lieu of the report on enforcement of 
     general licenses as required by the House report, the Office 
     of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is directed to 
     provide a briefing to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and Senate on the enforcement of general licenses.
       Mistaken Identity.--In lieu of the House report language on 
     mistaken identity, the agreement adopts the following 
     language:
       In the course of sanctions enforcement, financial 
     institutions may generate false positives. Innocent persons 
     may find their bank accounts blocked or their application for 
     credit denied because they share the same name as someone on 
     the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List 
     (SDN). The Office of Foreign Assets Control shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
     Senate not less than 180 days after enactment of this Act 
     about its efforts to address the effects on individuals and 
     entities whose name is a partial or complete match to an 
     entry on the SDN List, including outreach initiatives with 
     industry.


        DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $5,000,000 for the Department-Wide 
     Systems and Capital Investments Programs.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $35,416,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General.


           TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $167,275,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 
     (TIGTA).


    SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $40,671,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled 
     Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP).
       As TARP investments continue to wind down, SIGTARP is 
     expected, within its audits and investigations, to focus its 
     efforts on ongoing TARP housing programs and enforcement 
     against TARP financial participants who directly waste, 
     steal, or abuse TARP funds.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill includes $112,979,000 for salaries and expenses 
     for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund


                              (RESCISSION)

       The bill includes a rescission of $700,000,000 of the 
     unobligated balances in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

                      Bureau of the Fiscal Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $363,850,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, and provides $165,000 to be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse 
     Fiscal Service personnel for financial management of the 
     fund. Within the amount provided in the bill, $19,800,000 is 
     available until September 30, 2018, for DATA Act 
     implementation.

                Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $106,439,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Within this 
     amount, $5,000,000 is provided for costs associated with 
     accelerating the processing of label and formula 
     applications.

                           United States Mint


               UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

       The bill specifies that not more than $20,000,000 in new 
     liabilities and obligations may be incurred during fiscal 
     year 2016 for circulating coinage and protective service 
     capital investments of the U.S. Mint.

   Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account

       The bill provides $233,523,000 for the Community 
     Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund program. 
     Within this amount, not less than $153,423,000 is for 
     financial and technical assistance grants; not less than 
     $15,500,000 is for technical assistance and other purposes 
     for Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native 
     communities; not less than $22,000,000 is for the Healthy 
     Food Financing Initiative; not less than $19,000,000 is for 
     the Bank Enterprise Award program; and up to $23,600,000 is 
     for administrative expenses. The bill limits the total loan 
     principal for the Bond Guarantee program to $750,000,000.
       CDFI Data Enhancement.--The CDFI Fund is directed to 
     enhance the quality and completeness of the data it tracks in 
     order to improve program transparency and impact analysis, 
     consistent with all directives accompanying Senate Report 
     114-97.
       Non-Metropolitan and Rural Areas.--The Treasury Department 
     is directed to take into consideration the unique conditions, 
     challenges, and scale of non-metropolitan and rural areas 
     when designing and administering programs to address economic 
     revitalization and community development. In

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     addition, CDFI funding should be used to support projects 
     that serve populations living in persistent poverty counties 
     as required by Public Law 112-74.

                        Internal Revenue Service

       In lieu of the deadline in the Senate report of within 60 
     days of enactment for a user fee spending plan, the agreement 
     directs the IRS to submit a user fee spending plan 30 days 
     prior to obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate.


                           Taxpayer Services

       The bill provides $2,156,554,000 for Internal Revenue 
     Service (IRS) Taxpayer Services. Within the overall amount, 
     not less than $12,000,000 is for low-income taxpayer clinic 
     grants, not less than $6,500,000 is for the Tax Counseling 
     for the Elderly program, and not less than $206,000,000 is 
     provided for operating expenses of the IRS Taxpayer Advocate 
     Service, of which not less than $5,000,000 is for identity 
     theft casework.
       In addition, within the overall amount provided, not less 
     than $15,000,000, available until September 30, 2017, is 
     included for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 
     matching grants program.
       The requirement in the House report for the Federal Trade 
     Commission to review a report on identity theft is not 
     adopted.


                              ENFORCEMENT

       The bill provides $4,860,000,000 for Enforcement.
       The Senate report language on addressing fraud and filing 
     errors in refundable credit programs is not adopted.


                           OPERATIONS SUPPORT

       The bill provides $3,638,446,000 for Operations Support.
       Official Time.--In lieu of the House report language on 
     official time, the agreement adopts the following language:
       Not later than 90 days from the enactment of this Act, the 
     IRS Official Time Program Unit shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the 
     total number of bargaining unit employees, the number of 
     bargaining unit employees who use official time, the number 
     of hours of official time, the number of official time hours 
     used per bargaining unit employee, the number of employees, 
     if any, that use official time 100 percent of the time, and 
     official time wage costs for fiscal years 2011-2015, 
     including the year-over-year percentage change and a 
     description of how the Official Time Program Unit monitors 
     official time for compliance with the bargaining agreement on 
     behalf of labor and management.
       Information Technology Reports.--In lieu of the House 
     report language on information technology reports, the 
     agreement adopts the Senate report language on information 
     technology reports.


                     BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

       The bill provides $290,000,000 for Business Systems 
     Modernization.
       Information Technology Reports.--In lieu of the House 
     report language on information technology reports, the 
     agreement adopts the Senate report language on information 
     technology reports.


          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following provisions:
       Section 101 provides transfer authority.
       Section 102 requires the IRS to maintain an employee 
     training program on topics such as taxpayers' rights.
       Section 103 requires the IRS to safeguard taxpayer 
     information and to protect taxpayers against identity theft.
       Section 104 permits funding for 1-800 help line services 
     for taxpayers and directs the Commissioner to make improving 
     phone service a priority and to enhance response times.
       Section 105 prohibits funds for videos unless reviewed in 
     advance by the IRS' Video Editorial Board for cost, topic, 
     tone, and purpose.
       Section 106 requires the IRS to issue notices to employers 
     of any address change request and to give special 
     consideration to offers in compromise for taxpayers who have 
     been victims of payroll tax preparer fraud.
       Section 107 prohibits the use of funds by the IRS to target 
     United States citizens for exercising any right guaranteed 
     under the First Amendment to the Constitution.
       Section 108 prohibits the use of funds by the IRS to target 
     groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 
     beliefs.
       Section 109 requires the IRS to comply with procedures and 
     policies on conference spending in accordance with IRS 
     policies issued as a result of Treasury Inspector General for 
     Tax Administration recommendations.
       Section 110 prohibits funds for giving bonuses to employees 
     or hiring former employees without considering conduct and 
     compliance with Federal tax law.
       Section 111 prohibits the IRS from using funds made 
     available by this Act to contravene a provision of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to the confidentiality 
     and disclosure of returns and return information.
       Section 112 prohibits funds for pre-populated returns.
       Section 113 provides $290,000,000 to be used solely for 
     measurable improvements in the customer service 
     representative level of service rate, to improve the 
     identification and prevention of refund fraud and identity 
     theft, and to enhance cybersecurity to safeguard taxpayer 
     data. None of the funds are to implement the Affordable Care 
     Act and the Commissioner is required to submit a spend plan.

         Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following provisions:
       Section 114 allows Treasury to use funds for certain 
     specified expenses.
       Section 115 allows for the transfer of up to 2 percent of 
     funds among various Treasury bureaus and offices.
       Section 116 allows for the transfer of up to 2 percent from 
     the IRS accounts to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration.
       Section 117 prohibits funding to redesign the $1 note.
       Section 118 allows for the transfer of funds from the 
     Bureau of Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses to the Debt 
     Collection Fund conditional on future reimbursement.
       Section 119 prohibits funds to build a United States Mint 
     museum without the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate and the authorizing 
     committees of jurisdiction.
       Section 120 prohibits funding for consolidating the 
     functions of the United States Mint and the Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing without the approval of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and Senate and the authorizing 
     committees of jurisdiction.
       Section 121 specifies that funds for Treasury intelligence 
     activities are deemed to be specifically authorized until 
     enactment of the fiscal year 2016 intelligence authorization 
     act.
       Section 122 permits the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to 
     use up to $5,000 from the Industrial Revolving Fund for 
     reception and representation expenses.
       Section 123 requires the Secretary to submit a Capital 
     Investment Plan.
       Section 124 requires the Office of Financial Research and 
     Office of Financial Stability to submit quarterly reports.
       Section 125 requires a Franchise Fund report.
       Section 126 requires the Department to submit a report on 
     economic warfare and financial terrorism.
       Section 127 prohibits the Department from finalizing any 
     regulation related to the standards used to determine the 
     tax-exempt status of a 501(c)(4) organization.

 TITLE II--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

                            The White House


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $55,000,000 for the salaries and expenses 
     of the White House.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The bill provides $12,723,000 for the Executive Residence 
     at the White House.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

       The bill provides $750,000 for repair, alteration and 
     improvement of the Executive Residence at the White House.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The bill provides $4,195,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Council of Economic Advisers.

        National Security Council and Homeland Security Council


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $12,800,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council.

                        Office of Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $96,116,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of Administration. The bill includes not to exceed 
     $7,994,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     information technology modernization.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $95,000,000 for the salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
       Unobligated Balances Report.--OMB is directed to report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     within 45 days of the end of each fiscal quarter on available 
     balances at the start of the fiscal year, current year 
     obligations, and resulting unobligated balances for each 
     discretionary account within the following agencies: the 
     Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the 
     President, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal 
     Trade Commission, the General Services Administration, the 
     National Archives and Records Administration, the Securities 
     and Exchange Commission, and the Small Business 
     Administration.
       Personnel and Obligations Report.--In lieu of House report 
     language regarding reports on personnel and obligations, OMB 
     is directed to provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate with quarterly reports on personnel and 
     obligations, including: on-board staffing levels by office, 
     estimated staffing levels by office for the remainder of the 
     fiscal year, total obligations

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     incurred to date, estimated total obligations for the 
     remainder of the fiscal year, and a narrative description of 
     current hiring initiatives and any other issues that affect 
     OMB's ability to add additional staff as intended.
       Budget Submission.--OMB is directed to consult with each 
     standing committee in the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate on the number of printed and electronic copies of the 
     President's fiscal year 2017 budget request and related 
     budget volumes needed by each committee, and to provide the 
     necessary volumes at the time the President submits the 
     budget request to Congress.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $20,047,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).


                     FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

             HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $250,000,000 for the High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program.


                  OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $109,810,000 for Other Federal Drug 
     Control Programs. The agreement allocates funds among 
     specific programs as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Drug-Free Communities Program........................         95,000,000
    (Training........................................         2,000,000)
Drug court training and technical assistance.........          2,000,000
Anti-Doping activities...............................          9,500,000
World Anti-Doping Agency (U.S. membership dues)......          2,060,000
Discretionary Grants as authorized by P.L. 109-469,            1,250,000
 section 1105........................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          Unanticipated Needs

       The bill provides $800,000 for Unanticipated Needs.

              Information Technology Oversight and Reform


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $30,000,000 for information technology 
     oversight and reform activities. With this amount the U.S. 
     Digital Service (USDS) is directed to collaborate with 
     Federal agencies to deliver information technology (IT) 
     improvements, including those agencies funded in this bill. 
     USDS is directed to provide a quarterly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     describing the status of current USDS teams and projects 
     including the top 10 high priority programs, a list of USDS 
     accomplishments, and agency project proposals. In particular, 
     USDS is directed to collaborate with the Treasury and the 
     Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Information Officers to 
     develop one major online product for IRS.gov to improve 
     taxpayer services using the Digital Services Playbook and 
     provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate describing its 
     progress.
       IT Savings Reports.--As required by the Federal Information 
     Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and OMB Memorandum 
     M-15-14: Management and Oversight of Federal Information 
     Technology, Federal agencies are required to report each 
     quarter on cost savings and cost avoidance achieved as a 
     result of their IT reform strategies. Each quarter, OMB shall 
     aggregate the agency data, post it on the publicly available 
     website known as the ``IT Dashboard'', and provide a summary 
     of the agency reports. In lieu of a quarterly report, OMB 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     and Senate no later than 45 days after the end of each 
     quarter that the data are available, and provide a web link 
     to the aggregated agency data and summary.

                  Special Assistance to the President


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $4,228,000 for salaries and expenses to 
     enable the Vice President to provide special assistance to 
     the President.

                Official Residence of the Vice President


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $299,000 for operating expenses for the 
     official residence of the Vice President.

Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
                     Appropriated to the President


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following Administrative Provisions 
     under this title:
       Section 201 provides transfer authority among various 
     Executive Office of the President accounts.
       Section 202 requires the Office of Management and Budget 
     (OMB) to report on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank 
     Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 
     111-203).
       Section 203 requires the Director of the OMB to include a 
     statement of budgetary impact with any Executive Order issued 
     during fiscal year 2016 and for Presidential memoranda 
     estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
     $100,000,000.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $75,838,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Supreme Court. In addition, the bill provides mandatory 
     costs as authorized by current law for the salaries of the 
     chief justice and associate justices of the court.


                    CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

       The bill provides $9,964,000 for the care of the Supreme 
     Court building and grounds.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $30,872,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 
     In addition, the bill provides mandatory costs as authorized 
     by current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges 
     of the court.

               United States Court of International Trade


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $18,160,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the United States Court of International Trade. In addition, 
     the bill provides mandatory costs as authorized by current 
     law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the 
     court.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $4,918,969,000 for salaries and expenses 
     of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
     Services. In addition, the bill provides mandatory costs as 
     authorized by current law for the salaries of circuit and 
     district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
     of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
     judges retired from office or from regular active service. 
     The bill provides the Judiciary with its most current 
     estimate of costs for this account. The bill also provides 
     $6,050,000 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.


                           DEFENDER SERVICES

       The bill provides $1,004,949,000 for Defender Services. The 
     bill provides the Judiciary with its most current estimate of 
     costs for this account. The bill includes a $1 increase to 
     the hourly non-capital panel attorney rate above the COLA-
     adjusted level.


                    FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

       The bill provides $44,199,000 for Fees of Jurors and 
     Commissioners. The bill provides the Judiciary a current 
     services funding level for this account sufficient to fund 
     all juror costs for fiscal year 2016.


                             COURT SECURITY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $538,196,000 for Court Security. The bill 
     provides the Judiciary with its most current estimate of 
     costs for this account.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $85,665,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

                        Federal Judicial Center


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $27,719,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Federal Judicial Center.

                  United States Sentencing Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $17,570,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the United States Sentencing Commission.

                Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following administrative provisions:
       Section 301 makes funds appropriated for salaries and 
     expenses available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Section 302 provides transfer authority among Judiciary 
     appropriations.
       Section 303 permits not more than $11,000 to be used for 
     official reception and representation expenses of the 
     Judicial Conference.
       Section 304 extends through fiscal year 2016 the delegation 
     of authority to the Judiciary for contracts for repairs of 
     less than $100,000.
       Section 305 continues a pilot program where the United 
     States Marshals Service provides perimeter security services 
     at selected courthouses.
       Section 306 extends temporary judgeships in the eastern 
     district of Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, the central district 
     of California, the northern district of Alabama, the southern 
     district of Florida, New Mexico, the western district of 
     North Carolina, and the eastern district of Texas.
       Section 307 allows a U.S. probation officer who has been 
     appointed in one district to provide supervision services to 
     another district with the consent of both courts.

                     TITLE IV--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                             Federal Funds


              FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

       The bill provides $40,000,000 for District of Columbia 
     resident tuition support.

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   FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE 
                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       The bill provides $13,000,000 for emergency planning and 
     security costs in the District of Columbia.


           FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

       The bill provides $274,401,000 for the District of Columbia 
     Courts. Within the amount provided, $14,192,000 is for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals; $123,638,000 is for 
     the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; $73,981,000 
     is for the District of Columbia Court System; and $62,590,000 
     in multi-year funds is for capital improvements for District 
     of Columbia court facilities.


  FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

       The bill provides $49,890,000 for Defender Services in 
     District of Columbia Courts.


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

       The bill provides $244,763,000 to the Court Services and 
     Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia. 
     Within the amount provided, $182,406,000 is for Community 
     Supervision and Sex Offender Registration and $62,357,000 is 
     for the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of 
     Columbia.
       The recommendation includes $3,159,000 in multi-year funds 
     for costs associated with the expiration of facility leases.


  FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

       The bill provides $40,889,000 for the District of Columbia 
     Public Defender Service.


 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

       The bill provides $14,000,000 for the District of Columbia 
     Water and Sewer Authority.


      FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL

       The bill provides $1,900,000 for the Criminal Justice 
     Coordinating Council.


                FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

       The bill provides $565,000 for Judicial Commissions. Within 
     the amount provided, $295,000 is for the Commission on 
     Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, and $270,000 is for the 
     Judicial Nomination Commission.


                 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

       The bill provides $45,000,000 for school improvement in the 
     District of Columbia, in accordance with the provisions of 
     the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR Act). 
     Of that amount, $3,200,000 is for administrative expenses and 
     evaluation costs.


      FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD

       The bill provides $435,000 for the Major General David F. 
     Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention 
     and College Access Program.


         FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS

       The bill provides $5,000,000 for the purpose of HIV/AIDS 
     testing and treatment.

                       District of Columbia Funds

       The bill provides authority for the District of Columbia to 
     spend its local funds in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2016 
     Budget Request Act of 2015.

                     TITLE V--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Administrative Conference of the United States


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $3,100,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, for the Administrative Conference of the 
     United States.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill includes $125,000,000 for the Consumer Product 
     Safety Commission (CPSC). Within the amount provided, 
     $1,000,000 is for test burden reduction.
       Recreational Off-highway Vehicles.-- In lieu of House 
     report language regarding Recreational Off-highway Vehicles 
     (ROVs), the bill includes section 629 prohibiting the use of 
     Federal funds in fiscal year 2016 for the adoption or 
     implementation of the proposed rule on ROVs until a study by 
     the National Academy of Sciences is completed.
       Voluntary Recalls and Public Disclosure.--The bill does not 
     adopt House report language regarding voluntary recalls and 
     public disclosures of information.

                     Election Assistance Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $9,600,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Election Assistance Commission (EAC). This includes 
     $1,500,000 to be transferred to the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology (NIST).

                   Federal Communications Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $339,844,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In addition, the 
     bill provides $44,168,497 for moving expenses. The bill 
     provides that $384,012,497 be derived from offsetting 
     collections, resulting in no net appropriation.
       Video Relay Service.--There is concern about reports that 
     providers of video relay service to the deaf and hard of 
     hearing may be unable to continue to provide the service due 
     to decreasing compensation rates from the FCC's 
     Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) program. The FCC's 
     recent efforts to halt the scheduled reduction in 
     compensation rates while determining a new long-term approach 
     are appreciated. The FCC should continue to assess this issue 
     to determine the compensation rates that will reimburse 
     providers for their costs while ensuring a high quality of 
     service. The FCC is directed to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate on this topic, as 
     specified in the House report language.
       The Senate language directing the Commission to identify 
     changes to items after approval by the Commission is not 
     adopted.


      ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

       The bill includes the following administrative provisions 
     for the Federal Communications Commission:
       Section 501 extends an exemption for the Universal Service 
     Fund.
       Section 502 prohibits the FCC from changing rules governing 
     the Universal Service Fund regarding single connection or 
     primary line restrictions.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The bill provides a transfer of $34,568,000 to fund the 
     Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation. The OIG's appropriations are derived 
     from the Deposit Insurance Fund and the Federal Savings and 
     Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) Resolution Fund.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $76,119,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Federal Election Commission.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $26,200,000 for the Federal Labor 
     Relations Authority.

                        Federal Trade Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $306,900,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Federal Trade Commission. This appropriation is partially 
     offset by premerger filing and Telemarketing Sales Rule fees 
     estimated at $124,000,000 and $14,000,000, respectively.

                    General Services Administration

       Activities Report.--GSA is directed to submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     within 120 days of enactment of this Act regarding how it 
     ensures an appropriate level of minority, women, and veteran 
     owned firm participation in its facilities and procurement 
     activities.
       GAO Reports.--The agreement does not adopt Senate report 
     language requiring Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
     reports ``GAO Report on the National Capital Region Rental 
     Rates'' and ``GAO Report on the National Capital Region Per 
     Diem''.


                        REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

                 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides resources from the General Services 
     Administration (GSA) Federal Buildings Fund totaling 
     $10,196,124,000.
       Construction and Acquisition.--The bill provides 
     $1,607,738,000 for construction and acquisition:
         $341,000,000 for the Department of Homeland 
     Security consolidation at St. Elizabeths;
         $105,600,000 for the Alexandria Bay, New York, 
     United States Land Port of Entry;
         $85,645,000 for the Columbus, New Mexico, United 
     States Land Port of Entry;
         $947,760,000 for courthouse projects on the 
     Federal Judiciary Courthouse Project Priorities plan as 
     approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States on 
     September 17, 2015;
         $52,733,000 for new construction and acquisition 
     of facilities on GSA;'s FY2015-2019 Five-Year Capital 
     Investment Plan that are joint U.S. Courthouses and federal 
     buildings, including U.S. Post Offices, in Greenville, 
     Mississippi and Rutland, Vermont;
         $75,000,000 for construction management and 
     oversight activities, and other project support costs, for a 
     fully consolidated Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     headquarters.
       Repairs and Alterations.--The bill provides $735,331,000 
     for repairs and alterations. Funds are provided in the 
     amounts indicated:


 
 
 
Major Repairs and Alterations........................       $310,331,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations........................       $300,000,000
Fire and Life Safety Program.........................        $20,000,000
Judiciary Capital Security Program...................        $20,000,000
Energy and Water Retrofit and Conservation Measures..        $10,000,000
Consolidation Activities.............................        $75,000,000
 


       For Major Repairs and Alterations, GSA is directed to 
     submit a spending plan, by project, as specified in Section 
     516 of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and Senate (Committees) and to provide notification to 
     the Committees, within 15 days prior to any changes in the 
     use of these funds.
       Rental of Space.--The bill provides $5,579,055,000 for 
     rental of space.
       Building Operations.--The bill provides $2,274,000,000 for 
     building operations. Within

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     this amount, $1,137,000,000 is for building services and 
     $1,137,000,000 is for salaries and expenses. Up to five 
     percent of the funds may be transferred between these 
     activities upon the advance notification to Committees.


                           GENERAL ACTIVITIES

                         GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

       The bill provides $58,000,000 for General Services 
     Administration (GSA) Government-wide policy activities.


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $58,560,000 for operating expenses. 
     Within the amount provided under this heading, the bill 
     provides $25,979,000 for Real and Personal Property 
     Management and Disposal, $23,397,000 for the Office of the 
     Administrator, and $9,184,000 for the Civilian Board of 
     Contract Appeals. Up to five percent of the funds for the 
     Office of the Administrator may be transferred to Real and 
     Personal Property Management and Disposal upon the advance 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     and Senate.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The bill provides $65,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General (OIG).


           ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

       The bill provides $3,277,000 for allowances and office 
     staff for former Presidents.


                  PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $13,278,000 for pre-election presidential 
     transition.


                     FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $55,894,000 for deposit into the Federal 
     Citizen Services Fund (the Fund) and authorizes use of 
     appropriations, revenues and collections in the Fund in an 
     aggregate amount not to exceed $90,000,000. Any deviation 
     from the spending plan required for Electronic Government 
     projects shall require a notification within 30 days to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.


       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following provisions:
       Section 510 specifies that funds are available for hire of 
     motor vehicles.
       Section 511 authorizes transfers within the Federal 
     Buildings Fund, with advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Section 512 requires transmittal of a fiscal year 2017 
     request for courthouse construction that meets design guide 
     standards, reflects the priorities in the Judicial 
     Conference's 5-year construction plan, and includes a 
     standardized courtroom utilization study.
       Section 513 specifies that funds in this Act may not be 
     used to increase the amount of occupiable space or provide 
     services such as cleaning or security for any agency that 
     does not pay the rental charges assessed by GSA.
       Section 514 permits GSA to pay certain construction-related 
     claims against the Federal Government from savings achieved 
     in other projects.
       Section 515 requires that the delineated area of 
     procurement for leased space match the approved prospectus, 
     unless the Administrator provides an explanatory statement to 
     the appropriate congressional committees.
       Section 516 requires a spending plan for certain accounts 
     and programs.
       Section 517 requires the General Services Administration 
     (GSA), in consultation with the Administrative Office of the 
     United States Courts, to submit a spending plan and 
     description for each project to be undertaken to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate no later 
     than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The 
     spending plan should: (1) reflect the project priorities as 
     determined by the Judicial Conference of the United States; 
     and (2) include GSA's most updated cost estimates for each 
     project.
       Section 518 requires a spending plan for joint U.S. 
     courthouses and federal buildings, including U.S. post 
     offices.

                 Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $1,000,000 for payment to the Harry S 
     Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $46,835,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, for salaries and expenses of the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board. Within the amount provided, 
     $44,490,000 is a direct appropriation and $2,345,000 is a 
     transfer from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
     Fund to adjudicate retirement appeals.

            Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation


            MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $1,995,000 for payment to the Morris K. 
     Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, of which $200,000 
     shall be transferred to the Department of the Interior Office 
     of Inspector General to conduct audits and investigations.


                 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

       The bill provides $3,400,000 for payment to the 
     Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund.

              National Archives And Records Administration


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The bill provides $372,393,000 for the operating expenses 
     of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The bill provides $4,180,000 for NARA's Office of Inspector 
     General.


                        REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

       The bill provides $7,500,000 for repairs and restoration.


 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION GRANTS PROGRAM

       The bill provides $5,000,000 for the National Historical 
     Publications and Records Commission grants program.

                  National Credit Union Administration


               COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

       The bill provides $2,000,000 for the Community Development 
     Revolving Loan Fund.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $15,742,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of Government Ethics.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

       The bill provides $245,238,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Within the amount 
     provided, $120,688,000 is a direct appropriation and 
     $124,550,000 is a transfer from OPM trust funds.
       This bill provides $21,000,000 for OPM to improve its IT 
     security and infrastructure. OPM is directed to provide 
     quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate outlining its progress on its 
     infrastructure improvement project to increase network 
     security and migrate legacy systems. Prior to obligating the 
     $21,000,000 for IT security improvements, OPM is directed to 
     consult with the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. 
     Digital Service, and the Department of Homeland Security 
     regarding the proposed use of funds and the modernization 
     project.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

       The bill provides $26,844,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of Inspector General. Within the amount provided, 
     $4,365,000 is a direct appropriation and $22,479,000 is a 
     transfer from OPM trust funds.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill includes $24,119,000 for the salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of Special Counsel.

                      Postal Regulatory Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $15,200,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Postal Regulatory Commission.

              Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $21,297,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $1,605,000,000 for the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission (SEC). The bill provides $68,223,000 for 
     the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, and stipulates 
     that $1,605,000,000 be derived from offsetting collections 
     resulting in no net appropriation. The bill provides that the 
     SEC Office of Inspector General shall receive no less than 
     $11,315,971.
       Dodd-Frank.--The Division of Economic and Risk Analysis 
     (DERA) is directed to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate, the Committee on 
     Financial Services in the House and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs in the Senate, within 18 months of 
     enactment of this Act, on the combined impacts that the Dodd-
     Frank Act--especially Section 619--and other financial 
     regulations, such as Basel III, have had on: (1) access to 
     capital for consumers, investors, and businesses, and (2) 
     market liquidity, to include U.S. Treasury markets and 
     corporate debt. DERA shall provide an update to the 
     Committees on their work no later than August 1, 2016.
       Spending Plan.--The SEC is directed to submit, within 60 
     days of enactment, a detailed spending plan for the 
     allocation of appropriated funds displayed by discrete 
     program, project, and activity, including staffing 
     projections, specifying both FTEs and contractors, and 
     planned investments in information technology. The SEC is 
     also directed to submit, within 60 days of enactment, a 
     detailed spending plan for the allocation of expenditures 
     from the Reserve Fund.

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                        Selective Service System


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $22,703,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Selective Service System.

                     Small Business Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The bill provides $268,000,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the Small Business Administration (SBA).


                  ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

       The bill provides $231,100,000 for SBA Entrepreneurial 
     Development Programs. The SBA shall not reduce these amounts 
     and shall not merge any of the entrepreneurial development 
     programs without the advance written approval from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Project                               ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
7(j) Technical Assistance Program (Contracting                     2,800
 Assistance).........................................
Entrepreneurship Education...........................             10,000
Growth Accelerators..................................              1,000
HUBZone Program......................................              3,000
Microloan Technical Assistance.......................             25,000
National Women's Business Council....................              1,500
Native American Outreach.............................              2,000
PRIME Technical Assistance...........................              5,000
Regional Innovation Clusters.........................              6,000
SCORE................................................             10,500
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)............            117,000
State Trade & Export Promotion (STEP)................             18,000
Veterans Outreach....................................             12,300
Women's Business Centers (WBC).......................             17,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Entrepreneurial Development Programs......            231,100
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Veterans Outreach Programs.--The SBA is directed to report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     within 30 days of enactment of this Act on how the SBA 
     intends to use the funds provided in fiscal year 2016 to 
     continue providing training and consultation services to 
     veterans, veteran small business owners, service-disabled 
     veteran small business owners, and reservists.
       Growth Accelerators.--The bill provide $1,000,000 for the 
     growth accelerator program in order to foster entrepreneurial 
     ecosystems outside of traditional startup hubs with a focus 
     on small and mid-sized metropolitan areas. The SBA is 
     directed to require $4 of matching funds for every $1 awarded 
     under the growth accelerator program, and to report within 60 
     days of enactment of this Act to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate on the use of fiscal 
     year 2015 funds, including performance metrics to assess the 
     success of the program.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The bill provides $19,900,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General of the Small Business Administration.


                           OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

       The bill provides $9,120,000 for the Office of Advocacy.


                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $156,064,000 for the Business Loans 
     Program Account. Of the amount provided, $3,338,172 is for 
     the cost of direct loans in the microloan program, and 
     $152,725,828 is for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs which may be transferred 
     to and merged with Salaries and Expenses. The bill provides a 
     $26,500,000,000 cap for SBA 7(a) loans.
       7(a) Program.--For the past two years, Congress has 
     increased the SBA 7(a) loan cap outside of the regular fiscal 
     year Appropriations bills due to higher than projected demand 
     for loans. The bill provides $26.5 billion in 7(a) authority 
     for fiscal year 2016. The SBA is expected to better and more 
     actively manage the 7(a) program within the cap provided by 
     Congress. P.L. 114-38 requires quarterly reporting for three 
     years and SBA is expected to meet all of the reporting 
     requirements to Congress in the manner outlined in statute. 
     In addition, the SBA is directed to report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and Senate, the House 
     Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship, no later than April 1, 2016, 
     on SBA's plan for future instances where loan demand may 
     exceed program authority. The report shall include: 1) a 
     review of at least four administrative actions available to 
     the SBA and which actions, or combination of actions, are 
     preferable; 2) a list of standard operating procedures the 
     SBA can use when the program is close to exceeding authority; 
     and 3) a study of how the SBA could have applied these 
     actions to the 7(a) program in fiscal year 2015.
       Fee Waiver for Veterans.--Although both the House and 
     Senate bills included language waiving 7(a) loan fees for 
     veterans and their spouses, P.L. 114-38, signed into law on 
     July 28, 2015, permanently waives the 7(a) loan guarantee 
     fees for veterans and their spouses. SBA is encouraged to 
     continue to work with veterans throughout all SBA's programs 
     to support and encourage veteran-owned small businesses.


                     DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes $186,858,000 for the administrative costs 
     of the Disaster Loans Program Account.


        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following administrative provisions 
     for the Small Business Administration:
       Section 520 concerns transfer authority and availability of 
     funds.
       Section 521 authorizes the SBA to carry out section 1122 of 
     Public Law 111-240 and also increases the cap on multiple 
     Small Business Investment Company funds under common control 
     from $225 million to $350 million. Both are in effect for 
     fiscal year 2016 and thereafter. Economic development is the 
     pillar of 504 loans. The SBA is directed to ensure 
     development companies are investing in economic development. 
     As such, the alternate job retention goal authority was 
     eliminated, though regular job creation and job retention 
     goals are preserved, and refinance loans per development 
     company are capped so that they focus on expanding small 
     firms and economic development.

                      United States Postal Service


                   PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

       The bill provides $55,075,000 for payment to the Postal 
     Service Fund.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $248,600,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General.

                        United States Tax Court

                         Salaries and Expenses

       The bill provides $51,300,000 for salaries and expenses of 
     the United States Tax Court.

     TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

       The bill includes the following provisions:
       Section 601 prohibits paying expenses or otherwise 
     compensating non-Federal parties in regulatory or 
     adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Section 602 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal 
     year and transfers of funds unless expressly so provided 
     herein.
       Section 603 limits consulting service expenditures to 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record, with exceptions.
       Section 604 prohibits funds from being transferred to any 
     department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
     without express authority provided in this or any other 
     appropriations Act.
       Section 605 prohibits the use of funds to engage in 
     activities that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 
     of the 1930 Tariff Act.
       Section 606 prohibits funds from being expended unless the 
     recipient agrees to comply with the Buy American Act.
       Section 607 prohibits funding to a person or entity 
     convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
       Section 608 provides reprogramming authority and requires 
     agencies to submit financial plans to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Section 609 provides that not to exceed 50 percent of 
     unobligated balances from salaries and expenses may remain 
     available for certain purposes.
       Section 610 prohibits funds for the Executive Office of the 
     President to request either a Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     background investigation, except with the express consent of 
     the individual involved in an investigation or in 
     extraordinary circumstances involving national security, or 
     an Internal Revenue Service determination with respect to 
     section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       Section 611 provides that cost accounting standards not 
     apply to a contract under the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program.
       Section 612 permits the Office of Personnel Management to 
     accept funds related to nonforeign area cost-of-living 
     allowances.
       Section 613 prohibits the expenditure of funds for 
     abortions under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
     Program.
       Section 614 provides an exemption from section 613 if the 
     life of the mother is in danger or the pregnancy is a result 
     of an act of rape or incest.
       Section 615 waives certain restrictions on the purchase of 
     non-domestic articles, materials, and supplies for 
     information technology acquired by the Federal Government.
       Section 616 prohibits the acceptance by any regulatory 
     agency or commission funded by this Act, or by their officers 
     or employees, of payment or reimbursement for travel, 
     subsistence, or related expenses from any person or entity, 
     or their representative, that engages in activities regulated 
     by such agency or commission.
       Section 617 permits the Securities and Exchange Commission 
     and Commodity Futures Trading Commission to fund a joint 
     advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues, 
     notwithstanding section 708 of this Act.
       Section 618 requires agencies covered by this Act with 
     independent leasing authority to consult with the General 
     Services Administration before seeking new office space or 
     making alterations to existing office space.
       Section 619 provides funding for several appropriated 
     mandatory accounts. These are accounts where authorizing 
     language requires the payment of funds. The budget request 
     assumes the following estimated cost for the programs 
     addressed in this provision:

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     $450,000 for Compensation of the President including $50,000 
     for expenses, $143,600,000 for the Judicial Retirement Funds 
     (Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, Judicial Survivors' 
     Annuities Fund, and the United States Court of Federal Claims 
     Judges' Retirement Fund), $11,806,000,000 for the Government 
     Payment for Annuitants, Employee Health Benefits, $55,000,000 
     for the Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life 
     Insurance, and $8,975,000,000 for the Payment to the Civil 
     Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
       Section 620 provides authority for the Public Company 
     Accounting Oversight Board to obligate funds for a 
     scholarship program.
       Section 621 prohibits funds for the Federal Trade 
     Commission to complete the draft report on food marketed to 
     children unless certain requirements are met.
       Section 622 prohibits funds for certain positions.
       Section 623 prevents conflicts of interest by prohibiting 
     contractor security clearance-related background 
     investigators from undertaking final Federal reviews of their 
     own work.
       Section 624 provides authority for Chief Information 
     Officers over information technology spending.
       Section 625 prohibits funds from being used in 
     contravention of the Federal Records Act.
       Section 626 rescinds $25,000,000 from the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by the Dodd-
     Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
       Section 627 prohibits agencies from requiring Internet 
     Service Providers (ISPs) to disclose electronic 
     communications information in a manner that violates the 
     Fourth Amendment.
       Section 628 prohibits implementation for 10 years of a rule 
     adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on March 31, 
     2014 (FCC 14-28) related to joint sales agreements.
       Section 629 prohibits funds from being used in fiscal year 
     2016 to finalize or implement the proposed rule on 
     recreational off-highway vehicles until a study is completed 
     by the National Academy of Sciences.
       Section 630 provides $2,266,085 from the Election 
     Assistance Commission's (EAC) unobligated balances to record 
     a disbursement.
       Section 631 prohibits any modification of Universal Service 
     Fund rules related to Mobility Fund Phase II.
       Section 632 requires the Office of Personnel Management to 
     offer 10 years of credit monitoring and identity protection 
     to individuals affected by the data breaches.
       Section 633 extends the Internet Tax Freedom Act through 
     October 1, 2016.
       Section 634 requires Federal banking agencies to conduct a 
     study of the appropriate capital requirements for mortgage 
     servicing assets for banking institutions.
       Section 635 provides an additional $7,000,000 for the 
     National Archives and Records Administration for the repair, 
     alteration, and improvement of an additional leased facility 
     to provide adequate storage for holdings of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.

             TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following provisions:
       Section 701 requires all agencies to have a written policy 
     for ensuring a drug-free workplace.
       Section 702 sets specific limits on the cost of passenger 
     vehicles with exceptions for police, protective, heavy duty, 
     electric hybrid and clean fuels vehicles.
       Section 703 makes appropriations available for quarters and 
     cost-of-living allowances.
       Section 704 prohibits the use of appropriated funds to 
     compensate officers or employees of the Federal Government in 
     the continental United States unless they are citizens of the 
     United States or qualify under other specified exceptions.
       Section 705 ensures that appropriations made available to 
     any department or agency for space, services and rental 
     charges shall also be available for payment to the General 
     Services Administration.
       Section 706 allows the use of receipts from the sale of 
     materials for acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
     environmental management programs and other Federal employee 
     programs as appropriate.
       Section 707 allows funds for administrative expenses of 
     government corporations and certain agencies to also be 
     available for rent in the District of Columbia, services 
     under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and the objects specified under this 
     head.
       Section 708 prohibits funds for interagency financing of 
     boards (with exception), commissions, councils, committees or 
     similar groups to receive multi-agency funding without prior 
     statutory approval.
       Section 709 precludes funds for regulations which have been 
     disapproved by joint resolution.
       Section 710 limits the amount of funds that can be used for 
     redecoration of offices under certain circumstances to 
     $5,000, unless advance notice is transmitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Section 711 allows for interagency funding of national 
     security and emergency preparedness telecommunications 
     initiatives.
       Section 712 requires agencies to certify that a Schedule C 
     appointment was not created solely or primarily to detail the 
     employee to the White House.
       Section 713 prohibits the salary payment of any employee 
     who prohibits, threatens, prevents or otherwise penalizes 
     another employee from communicating with Congress.
       Section 714 prohibits Federal employee training not 
     directly related to the performance of official duties.
       Section 715 prohibits executive branch agencies from using 
     funds for propaganda or publicity purposes in support or 
     defeat of legislative initiatives.
       Section 716 prohibits any Federal agency from disclosing an 
     employee's home address to any labor organization, absent 
     employee authorization or court order.
       Section 717 prohibits funds to be used to provide non-
     public information such as mailing, electronic mailing, or 
     telephone lists to any person or organization outside the 
     government without the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Section 718 prohibits the use of funds for propaganda and 
     publicity purposes not authorized by Congress.
       Section 719 directs agency employees to use official time 
     in an honest effort to perform official duties.
       Section 720 authorizes the use of funds to finance an 
     appropriate share of the Federal Accounting Standards 
     Advisory Board administrative costs.
       Section 721 authorizes the transfer of funds to the General 
     Services Administration to finance an appropriate share of 
     various government-wide boards and councils and for Federal 
     Government Priority Goals under certain conditions.
       Section 722 permits breastfeeding in a Federal building or 
     on Federal property if the woman and child are authorized to 
     be there.
       Section 723 permits interagency funding of the National 
     Science and Technology Council and requires the Office of 
     Management and Budget to provide a report to the House and 
     Senate on the budget and resources of the National Science 
     and Technology Council.
       Section 724 requires that the Federal forms that are used 
     in distributing Federal funds to a State must indicate the 
     agency providing the funds, the Federal Domestic Assistance 
     Number, and the amount provided.
       Section 725 prohibits Federal agencies from monitoring 
     individuals' internet use.
       Section 726 requires health plans participating in the 
     Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to provide 
     contraceptive coverage and provides exemptions to certain 
     religious plans.
       Section 727 recognizes the United States is committed to 
     ensuring the health of the Olympic, Pan American and 
     Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
     antidoping in sport activities.
       Section 728 allows funds for official travel to be used by 
     departments and agencies, if consistent with OMB and Budget 
     Circular A-126, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
     ownership pilot program.
       Section 729 prohibits funds for implementation of the 
     Office of Personnel Management regulations limiting detailees 
     to the Legislative Branch or implementing limitations on the 
     Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program.
       Section 730 restricts the use of funds for Federal law 
     enforcement training facilities with an exception for the 
     Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
       Section 731 prohibits executive branch agencies from 
     creating prepackaged news stories that are broadcast or 
     distributed in the United States unless the story includes a 
     clear notification within the text or audio of that news 
     story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded 
     by that executive branch agency.
       Section 732 prohibits funds from being used in 
     contravention of the Privacy Act or associated regulations.
       Section 733 prohibits funds in this or any other Act to be 
     used for Federal contracts with inverted domestic 
     corporations, unless the contract preceded this Act or the 
     Secretary grants a waiver in the interest of national 
     security.
       Section 734 requires agencies to pay a fee to the Office of 
     Personnel Management for processing retirements of employees 
     who separate under Voluntary Early Retirement Authority or 
     who receive Voluntary Separation Incentive payments.
       Section 735 prohibits funds to require any entity 
     submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 
     political contributions.
       Section 736 prohibits funds for the painting of a portrait 
     of an employee of the Federal government including the 
     President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head 
     of an executive branch agency, or the head of an office of 
     the legislative branch.
       Section 737 limits the pay increases of certain prevailing 
     rate employees.
       Section 738 eliminates automatic statutory pay increases 
     for the Vice President, political appointees paid under the 
     executive schedule, ambassadors who are not career members of 
     the Foreign Service, politically appointed (noncareer) Senior 
     Executive Service employees, and any other senior political 
     appointee paid at or above level IV of the executive 
     schedule.
       Section 739 requires reports to Inspectors General 
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       Section 740 prohibits the use of funds to increase, 
     eliminate, or reduce a program or project unless such change 
     is made pursuant to reprogramming or transfer provisions.
       Section 741 prohibits agencies from using funds to 
     implement regulations changing the competitive areas under 
     reductions-in-force for Federal employees.
       Section 742 prohibits funds to begin or announce a study or 
     public-private competition regarding conversion to contractor 
     performance pursuant to OMB Circular A-76.
       Section 743 ensures that contractors are not prevented from 
     reporting waste, fraud, or abuse by signing confidentiality 
     agreements that would prohibit such disclosure.
       Section 744 prohibits the expenditure of funds for the 
     implementation of certain nondisclosure agreements unless 
     certain provisions are included in the agreements.
       Section 745 prohibits funds to any corporation with certain 
     unpaid Federal tax liabilities unless an agency has 
     considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and 
     made a determination that further action is not necessary to 
     protect the interests of the Government.
       Section 746 prohibits funds to any corporation that was 
     convicted of a felony criminal violation within the preceding 
     24 months unless an agency has considered suspension or 
     debarment of the corporation and made a determination that 
     further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
     the Government.
       Section 747 amends Group Hospitalization and Medical 
     Services' Congressional charter.
       Section 748 requires the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection to notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
     House, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs of the Senate of requests for a transfer of funds 
     from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as 
     well as post any such notifications on the Bureau's website.
       Budget Briefing.--Given the need for transparency and 
     accountability in the Federal budgeting process, and that the 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's budget is funded 
     independently of the annual appropriations spending bills, 
     the Bureau is directed to provide an informal, nonpublic full 
     briefing at least annually before the relevant subcommittee 
     of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     on the Bureau's finances and expenditures. All other 
     directive report language regarding the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection is not adopted.
       Section 749 authorizes the President to award the Medal of 
     Honor to Major Charles S. Kettles of the United States Army 
     for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.
       Section 750 prohibits funds for implementing Executive 
     Order 13690 with certain exceptions. On January 30, 2015, the 
     President issued Executive Order 13690 establishing a new 
     Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and amending Executive 
     Order 11988 (Floodplain Management). The Committees have 
     heard numerous concerns about the new standard from many 
     potentially affected stakeholders. These concerns include the 
     process by which the standard was developed, the lack of 
     clarity as to which specific programs and activities will be 
     affected, and the uncertainty related to how each agency will 
     implement the new standard. Further, the Committees remain 
     frustrated with the quality of the responses from the 
     executive branch on this issue. Therefore, the agreement 
     includes language to clarify which specific programs will be 
     affected and to reduce the uncertainty related to how each 
     agency will implement the new standard. The Committees 
     continue to encourage the executive branch to demonstrate to 
     the Committees that stakeholder concerns have been addressed.
       Section 751 declares references to ``this Act'' contained 
     in any title other than title IV or VIII shall not apply to 
     such titles IV or VIII.

          TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes the following general provisions for the 
     District of Columbia:
       Section 801 allows the use of local funds for making 
     refunds or paying judgments against the District of Columbia 
     government.
       Section 802 prohibits the use of Federal funds for 
     publicity or propaganda designed to support or defeat 
     legislation before Congress or any State legislature.
       Section 803 establishes reprogramming procedures for 
     Federal funds.
       Section 804 prohibits the use of Federal funds for the 
     salaries and expenses of a shadow U.S. Senator or U.S. 
     Representative.
       Section 805 places restrictions on the use of District of 
     Columbia government vehicles.
       Section 806 prohibits the use of Federal funds for a 
     petition or civil action which seeks to require voting rights 
     for the District of Columbia in Congress.
       Section 807 prohibits the use of Federal funds in this Act 
     to distribute, for the purpose of preventing the spread of 
     blood borne pathogens, sterile needles or syringes in any 
     location that has been determined by local public health 
     officials or local law enforcement authorities to be 
     inappropriate for such distribution.
       Section 808 concerns a ``conscience clause'' on legislation 
     that pertains to contraceptive coverage by health insurance 
     plans.
       Section 809 prohibits Federal funds to enact or carry out 
     any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or reduce penalties 
     associated with the possession, use or distribution of any 
     schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act or 
     any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. In addition, section 
     809 prohibits Federal and local funds to enact any law, rule, 
     or regulation to legalize or reduce penalties associated with 
     the possession, use or distribution of any schedule I 
     substance under the Controlled Substances Act or any 
     tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.
       Section 810 prohibits the use of funds for abortion except 
     in the cases of rape or incest or if necessary to save the 
     life of the mother.
       Section 811 requires the CFO to submit a revised operating 
     budget no later than 30 calendar days after the enactment of 
     this Act for agencies the CFO certifies as requiring a 
     reallocation in order to address unanticipated program needs.
       Section 812 requires the CFO to submit a revised operating 
     budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools, no later 
     than 30 calendar days after the enactment of this Act, that 
     aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment.
       Section 813 allows for transfers of local funds between 
     operating funds and capital and enterprise funds.
       Section 814 prohibits the obligation of Federal funds 
     beyond the current fiscal year and transfers of funds unless 
     expressly provided herein.
       Section 815 provides that not to exceed 50 percent of 
     unobligated balances from Federal appropriations for salaries 
     and expenses may remain available for certain purposes. This 
     provision will apply to the District of Columbia Courts, the 
     Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and the 
     District of Columbia Public Defender Service.
       Section 816 appropriates local funds during fiscal year 
     2017 if there is an absence of a continuing resolution or 
     regular appropriation for the District of Columbia. Funds are 
     provided under the same authorities and conditions and in the 
     same manner and extent as provided for fiscal year 2016.
       Section 817 establishes additional requirements for schools 
     participating in the Opportunity Scholarship Program funded 
     in the agreement.
       Section 818 reduces the income threshold for the District 
     of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program to $750,000 for 
     2016-2017, and adjusts for inflation thereafter.
       Section 819 specifies that references to ``this Act'' in 
     this title or title IV are treated as referring only to the 
     provisions of this title and title IV.
       This division may be cited as ``Financial Services and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 2016.''

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  DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       Funding provided in this Act not only sustains existing 
     programs that protect the nation from all manner of threats, 
     it ensures the ability of the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS) to address evolving challenges like those witnessed in 
     recent events around the world. To that end, additional 
     resources have been identified to improve preparedness at the 
     state and local levels, to prevent and respond to terrorist 
     attacks, and to hire, train, and equip DHS frontline forces 
     protecting the homeland.
       The following is an explanation of the effects of Division 
     F, which makes appropriations for DHS for fiscal year 2016. 
     Unless otherwise noted, references to the House and Senate 
     reports are to House Report 114-215 and Senate Report 114-68, 
     respectively. The language and allocations contained in the 
     House and Senate reports warrant full compliance and carry 
     the same weight as language included in this explanatory 
     statement, unless specifically addressed to the contrary in 
     the bill or this explanatory statement. While repeating some 
     language from the House or Senate report for emphasis, this 
     explanatory statement does not intend to negate the language 
     referred to above unless expressly provided herein. When this 
     explanatory statement refers to the Committees or the 
     Committees on Appropriations, this reference is to the House 
     Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the 
     Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of 
     Homeland Security. It is assumed that any cost of living 
     adjustment for federal employees directed by the President 
     for fiscal year 2016 will be funded from within the amounts 
     provided in this Act.
       This explanatory statement refers to certain laws and 
     organizations as follows: the Implementing Recommendations of 
     the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110-53, is 
     referenced as the 9/11 Act; the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, is 
     referenced as the Stafford Act; the Department of Homeland 
     Security is referenced as DHS or the Department; the 
     Government Accountability Office is referenced as GAO; and 
     the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
     Security is referenced as OIG. In addition, ``full-time 
     equivalents'' are referred to as FTE; ``full-time positions'' 
     are referred to as FTP; ``Information Technology'' is 
     referred to as IT; the DHS ``Working Capital Fund'' is 
     referred to as WCF; ``program, project, and activity'' is 
     referred to as PPA; and any reference to ``the Secretary'' 
     should be interpreted to mean the Secretary of the Department 
     of Homeland Security.


                          Classified Programs

       Recommended adjustments to classified programs are 
     addressed in a classified annex to this explanatory 
     statement.

            TITLE I--DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

       A total of $137,466,000 is provided for the Office of the 
     Secretary and Executive Management (OSEM), including not more 
     than $45,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses. The House report directive to cap expenses for the 
     Office of Policy's Visa Waiver Program is no longer required.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Immediate Office of the Secretary.............................               $8,932,000               $8,922,000
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary......................                1,758,000                1,748,000
Office of the Chief of Staff..................................                2,716,000                2,696,000
Executive Secretary...........................................                5,640,000                5,601,000
Office of Policy..............................................               39,339,000               39,077,000
Office of Public Affairs......................................                5,510,000                5,472,000
Office of Legislative Affairs.................................                5,405,000                5,363,000
Office of Partnership and Engagement..........................               10,025,000               13,074,000
Office of General Counsel.....................................               19,625,000               19,472,000
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties...................               20,954,000               21,800,000
Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman................                6,312,000                6,272,000
Privacy Officer...............................................                8,031,000                7,969,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management...             $134,247,000             $137,466,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Immediate Office of the Secretary Excessive Use of Administrative Leave

       In October 2014, GAO issued report GAO-15-79, which 
     highlighted federal agencies' excessive use of paid 
     administrative leave related to personnel matters such as 
     discipline, fitness for duty, and security clearances. 
     Following that report, DHS released statistics showing 109 
     employees had been on paid administrative leave for more than 
     one year during the period of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
     Since the report, DHS issued a new policy to address the 
     problem, including requiring reporting and executive approval 
     at certain thresholds. The Department shall update the 
     Committees monthly on its statistics regarding the use of 
     paid administrative leave for all periods beyond one month. 
     DHS is expected to ensure that due process required by law is 
     provided to all employees, including timely investigation and 
     resolution of allegations and issues.


                       Joint Requirements Council

       With regard to direction in the House and Senate reports, 
     the Department shall provide quarterly briefings, beginning 
     not later than January 30, 2016, on results achieved through 
     the Joint Requirements Council (JRC) to improve and leverage 
     joint requirements across DHS components.


          Integrated Product Teams and Technology Assessments

       The Department lacks a mechanism for capturing and 
     understanding research and development (R&D) activities 
     conducted across DHS, as well as coordinating R&D to reflect 
     departmental priorities. As part of the Unity of Effort 
     initiative and in order to address the above concerns, DHS is 
     establishing Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to assist the 
     Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) with requirements 
     gathering, validation, and alignment of budgetary resources. 
     IPTs, comprised of personnel from across DHS, will be tasked 
     with identifying and prioritizing technological capability 
     gaps and coordinating departmental R&D to close those gaps. 
     The overall IPT effort will be led by the Under Secretary for 
     S&T, but individual IPTs will be led by senior 
     representatives from the operational components, and will 
     have representation from the JRC Portfolio Teams and S&T.
       S&T will also play a critical role in helping DHS-wide 
     acquisition programs by conducting independent technical 
     assessments of acquisitions, including participation in 
     developmental test and evaluation activities, to ensure DHS 
     acquisitions effectively fill identified capability gaps. S&T 
     is directed to brief the Committees not later than January 
     15, 2016, on the results of the first IPTs and technology 
     assessments.


                Southern Border and Approaches Campaign

       The Southern Border and Approaches Campaign is the first 
     concerted effort at DHS to leverage the Department's assets 
     and capabilities in a unified manner to achieve specific 
     goals through the creation of Joint Task Forces (JTFs). At 
     the same time, the campaign is still in its nascent phase, 
     and has yet to document significant results from the JTFs. 
     The Department shall brief the Committees quarterly on 
     campaign metrics, the activities of the JTFs, and the cost, 
     including personnel, of operating them.


                          Wildlife Trafficking

       Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary is directed to update the report required 
     by Senate Report 113-198 regarding DHS activities related to 
     wildlife trafficking and the illegal natural resources trade.


                       Universal Complaint System

       In lieu of the Senate reporting requirement, DHS is 
     reminded of the fiscal year 2015 reporting requirement on a 
     universal complaint system and shall brief the Committees 
     expeditiously on this overdue report.


                   Support of State Police Crime Labs

       The Department of Homeland Security's enforcement, 
     investigation, and security agencies lead many of the federal 
     government's counter-narcotics and law enforcement efforts. 
     The collective work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the 
     Coast Guard, and the United States Secret Service includes 
     investigations and operations in communities large and small 
     across our nation. As a result, the Department often works 
     closely with and shares capabilities among state, local, 
     tribal, and foreign law enforcement agencies, including state 
     police crime labs. These labs provide the Department with a 
     number of critical capabilities, including fingerprint, drug, 
     and cell phone analysis. Likewise, agencies of the Department 
     provide many of the same services to state, local, tribal, 
     and foreign law enforcement agencies.
       Coordination among federal and state law enforcement 
     agencies not only ensures efficient use of resources, it also 
     improves public safety outcomes. To that end, the Department 
     should continue to work with state crime labs where 
     available, particularly in areas not served by DHS labs or 
     other similar federal facilities. The Department should also 
     continue to provide whatever assistance

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     appropriate to state police crime labs to ensure federal 
     requirements do not burden state resources. Moreover, for 
     areas where the Department frequently relies on state crime 
     labs, additional support may be appropriate to prevent the 
     accumulation of backlogs that can slow federal and state 
     investigations. DHS shall report annually on its use of and 
     partnerships with state crime labs, including the funds 
     associated with such partnerships, and should fully reimburse 
     state crime labs it uses.


         Responding to Emergent Threats from Violent Extremism

       A general provision in title V of this Act provides 
     $50,000,000 for emergent threats from violent extremism and 
     from complex, coordinated terrorist attacks, and allows the 
     Secretary to transfer such funds between appropriations after 
     notifying the Committees 15 days in advance. Within these 
     funds, not more than $10,000,000 is for a countering violent 
     extremism (CVE) initiative to help states and local 
     communities prepare for, prevent, and respond to emergent 
     threats from violent extremism; not less than $39,000,000 is 
     for an initiative to help states and local governments 
     prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex, coordinated 
     terrorist attacks with the potential for mass casualties and 
     infrastructure damage; and not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
     for expanding or enhancing the Joint Counterterrorism 
     Awareness Workshop Series, which brings together federal, 
     state, and local governments, and the private sector to help 
     regions improve their counterterrorism preparedness posture, 
     including the ability to address the threat of complex 
     terrorist attacks.
       All funds under the CVE initiative shall be provided on a 
     competitive basis directly to states, local governments, 
     tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, or institutions 
     of higher education. Eligible activities for the CVE 
     initiative shall include, but not be limited to, planning, 
     developing, implementing, or expanding educational outreach, 
     community engagement, social service programs, training, and 
     exercises, as well as other activities as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate. Existing programs should be utilized 
     wherever practical. Eligible activities for the initiative 
     related to complex coordinated terrorist attacks shall 
     include, but not be limited to, planning, training and 
     exercises to support plans, and other activities the 
     Secretary determines appropriate, consistent with this 
     statement.
       Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Department shall brief the Committees on plans for 
     execution of the initiatives, to include timelines, goals, 
     metrics, and how the Whole of Community will be included.


                            Office of Policy

                            Political Travel

       The House directive to report on travel by political 
     employees is no longer required.


                         Immigration Statistics

       The Office of Policy is directed to continue developing and 
     overseeing the implementation of a plan to collect, analyze, 
     and report appropriate data on the Department's immigration 
     enforcement activities. The plan should include steps to 
     ensure the completeness and accuracy of data on the full 
     scope of immigration enforcement activities, from encounter 
     to final disposition, including the use of prosecutorial 
     discretion. All data necessary to support a better picture of 
     this lifecycle and the Department's effectiveness in 
     enforcing immigration laws shall be considered and 
     prioritized, including appropriate data collected by the 
     Executive Office for Immigration Review at the Department of 
     Justice and the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the 
     Department of Health and Human Services. The plan should 
     result in a consistent set of outcome-based metrics related 
     to immigration enforcement, beyond only apprehensions and 
     removals, which can be regularly and publicly released. Not 
     later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Office of Policy, with all the relevant components, is 
     directed to brief the Committees on this plan and a schedule 
     for implementation. The Department is also directed to brief 
     the Committees quarterly on progress in implementing the 
     plan.


                        Border Security Metrics

       The Office of Policy is directed to coordinate with 
     relevant components to finalize metrics that inform an 
     outcome-based approach to border security performance 
     management and domain awareness. These metrics shall 
     contribute to more analytically-sound decision making across 
     the Department, including decisions on resource allocations 
     and mission management; measuring the flow and level of 
     illegal entry of people and goods, delineated by threat 
     level; and utilizing all situational awareness capabilities 
     to form a measured operational picture. Specific metrics 
     shall include but not be limited to those detailed in the 
     House report, as well as survey and historical data, and be 
     assessed against operations and strategic requirements for 
     improving border and pathway awareness. DHS shall brief the 
     Committees on this initiative not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.


                                REAL ID

       As stated in the Senate report, the Department should 
     continue efforts to implement the REAL ID program, and to use 
     the law's extension provision, which gives the Secretary 
     discretion to grant states additional time to meet the 
     required minimum standards if the state provides adequate 
     justification for noncompliance and plans for implementing 
     unmet requirements. States should have the opportunity to 
     consider and debate methods of compliance consistent with 
     their individual values and traditions, without sanction.


                  Office of Partnership and Engagement

       A total of $13,074,000 is provided for the Office of 
     Partnership and Engagement, which includes an increase of 
     $3,108,000 for the Office for Community Partnerships (OCP). 
     OCP, created to support the mission of countering violent 
     extremism and to build community partnerships necessary to 
     support CVE efforts, is directed to provide a detailed 
     description of department-wide CVE programs and initiatives 
     not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, as detailed in the House report.

              Office of the Under Secretary for Management

       A total of $196,810,000 is provided for the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Management (USM). Of this amount, $2,000 
     is for official reception and representation expenses, and 
     $7,778,000 is for the Human Resources Information Technology 
     program. The bill includes $215,679,000 for the Department's 
     headquarters consolidation at St. Elizabeths, including funds 
     for reconfiguring space in the Munro Building to accommodate 
     other DHS components. As directed in the bill, DHS is to 
     submit a plan of expenditure for these funds to the 
     Committees not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
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Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Management........               $3,411,000               $3,393,000
Office of the Chief Security Officer..........................               66,538,000               69,120,000
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer.......................               58,989,000               60,630,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal..............................................              128,938,000              133,143,000
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer:
    Salaries and Expenses.....................................               24,390,000               24,198,000
    Human Resources Information Technology....................                9,578,000                7,778,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal..............................................               33,968,000               31,976,000
Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer:
    Salaries and Expenses.....................................               27,350,000               27,235,000
    Nebraska Avenue Complex...................................                2,931,000                4,456,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal..............................................               30,281,000               31,691,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Office of the Under Secretary for                       $193,187,000             $196,810,000
             Management.......................................
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                Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report

       As directed by the Senate, the Comprehensive Acquisition 
     Status Report (CASR) shall be submitted with justification 
     documents accompanying the President's budget proposal for 
     fiscal year 2017, and shall meet the requirements delineated 
     in House Report 112-331. In accordance with the House report, 
     programs shall be displayed by appropriation and PPA. 
     Guidance in the House report requiring the USM, who also 
     serves as the DHS Chief Acquisition Officer, to brief the 
     Committees on Level 1, 2, and 3 programs is modified to 
     require briefings on only Level 1, Level 2, and special 
     interest projects within 30 days of delivery of the CASR. 
     Component Acquisition Executives are directed to brief the 
     Committees on Level 3 projects within 30 days of delivery of 
     the CASR.


          Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management

       In lieu of direction in the House report, the Executive 
     Director of the Office of Program Accountability and Risk 
     Management (PARM) shall brief the Committees on every major 
     acquisition program by component on a quarterly basis, 
     beginning not later than April 15, 2016.

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                      Interoperable Communications

       For years, the Department has known of serious gaps in its 
     interoperable communications capabilities as a result of OIG 
     reports in November 2012 and May 2015, as well as its own 
     internal assessments and direction from Congress. However, 
     DHS has made little progress in addressing those concerns, 
     allowing proposed changes to policies, plans, and governance 
     to languish in bureaucratic review processes. Therefore, the 
     USM is directed to brief the Committees within 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act on the plan and timeline to 
     remedy the operational communications shortfalls with 
     existing communications capabilities. The briefing shall also 
     specifically address how the Department will manage joint 
     communications requirements and procurements to ensure 
     interoperability across the components is sustained.


                         Weapons and Ammunition

       The Department shall adhere to statutory weapons and 
     ammunition reporting requirements made permanent in Public 
     Laws 113-76 and 114-4.


                    Personnel and Hiring Challenges

       The Department continues to struggle to achieve hiring 
     targets and manage attrition, particularly for law 
     enforcement positions. Consistent with direction in both the 
     House and Senate reports, the USM shall complete an analysis 
     of the root causes for DHS's lengthy hiring processes, and 
     utilize its results to develop a corrective action plan to 
     reduce the number of days it takes to hire personnel at each 
     component. Concurrent with this effort, each DHS component, 
     in coordination with the USM, shall develop hiring metrics. 
     In lieu of reporting requirements in the House report, the 
     USM shall provide an update on the corrective action plan and 
     initial hiring metrics to the Committees beginning on January 
     15, 2016, and provide updated metrics on a monthly basis 
     thereafter until further notice. This requirement is in 
     addition to quarterly execution data discussed under the 
     heading of Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). 
     Further, as directed in the House report, the Chief Financial 
     Officer (CFO) shall conduct a department-wide force structure 
     analysis to inform component-level staffing and budget 
     requirements not later than the fiscal year 2019 budget 
     request.


                  Office of the Chief Security Officer

       A total of $69,120,000 is provided for the Office of the 
     Chief Security Officer. The amount includes an increase of 
     $2,000,000 for Continuous Evaluation, which monitors an 
     individual's continued eligibility to access classified 
     information or to hold a sensitive position, and $4,456,000 
     to address security enhancements at the Nebraska Avenue 
     Complex. In lieu of funds included in the House and Senate 
     bills for security at the St. Elizabeths campus, $3,376,000 
     is moved to the Headquarters Consolidation appropriation in 
     title V for mission support related to security services 
     performed by the Federal Protective Service.


                Office of the Chief Procurement Officer

       A total of $60,630,000 is made available for the Office of 
     the Chief Procurement Officer, including an increase of 
     $2,000,000 for critical personnel needed by PARM.


               Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer

       A total of $31,976,000 is provided for the Office of the 
     Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO). Of the funds provided, 
     $2,500,000 is for the CyberSkills Initiative, and $2,500,000 
     is to increase assistance to DHS components in managing and 
     improving their hiring processes, including not more than 
     $350,000 for the DHS Leader Development Program.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       A total of $56,420,000 is provided for OCFO, of which 
     $3,000,000 shall be used to improve financial management 
     processes and cost estimation capabilities. A general 
     provision included in title V of this Act appropriates 
     $52,977,000 for Financial Systems Modernization (FSM) 
     activities, enabling the Secretary to allocate resources 
     across the Department according to the FSM program execution 
     plan. By not later than the fiscal year 2018 budget 
     submission, OCFO is directed to deploy across the Department 
     a cost estimating tool that enables each component to 
     accurately calculate the costs of its employees.


                    Common Appropriations Structure

       Currently, DHS receives funding through nearly 70 
     appropriations organized into more than 100 PPAs. The 
     Department has asserted that its Unity of Effort initiative 
     could be strengthened with a more congruent budget structure 
     based on common appropriations categories across components 
     and a reduced overall number of appropriations and PPAs. A 
     general provision proposed in the House bill authorizing DHS 
     to submit the fiscal year 2017 budget request using a common 
     appropriations account structure is included but modified in 
     title V of this Act.
       Pursuant to this general provision and in lieu of direction 
     in the House report requiring a Financial Management 
     Regulation, OCFO is directed to enhance the existing 
     Financial Management Policy Manual to reflect the new 
     appropriations structure, and to strengthen department-wide 
     rules for and oversight of financial management policies, 
     procedures, internal controls, financial systems, and 
     activities necessary to develop budget requests and prepare 
     for audits. Although a thorough and complete update to the 
     manual will take time, OCFO is encouraged to complete the 
     effort by February 2017, so that the fiscal year 2019 budget 
     process is shaped by its rules and its improved planning, 
     programming, budgeting, and execution processes. In addition, 
     OCFO is strongly encouraged to establish a professional 
     development program for DHS-wide financial management and 
     budget formulation staff. Such a program should provide 
     training on financial management policies and processes as 
     well as support the Department in maintaining capable budget 
     analysts and financial managers. OCFO shall provide periodic 
     progress updates on both of these efforts at the request of 
     the Committees.


                 Annual Budget Justification Materials

       DHS materials and exhibits that justify the President's 
     budget request are woefully inadequate and undermine the 
     ability of the Committees to conduct routine analysis and 
     oversight of the cost drivers and assumptions underlying the 
     budget request. For fiscal year 2017 and future budget 
     submissions, the CFO shall present budget justification 
     material in a format that adheres to the directives in the 
     Senate report. Justification tables shall compare prior year 
     actual appropriations and obligations, estimates of current 
     year appropriations and obligations, and the projected budget 
     year appropriations and obligations for all PPAs, 
     subprograms, and FTE, as directed in the House report. 
     Justification material for investment items shall be 
     presented in the format directed in the House report.
       Any significant new activity that has not been explicitly 
     justified to Congress or for which funds have not been 
     provided in appropriations Acts requires the submission of a 
     reprogramming or transfer request during a fiscal year.


                       Component Obligation Plans

       Obligation plans from each DHS component shall be provided 
     to the Committees within 45 days of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, with updates provided not later than 30 days after 
     the end of each quarter. The CFO shall develop a template for 
     these plans that utilizes comparisons of actual prior year 
     obligations with actual current year-to-date and planned 
     current year obligations by PPA. Using this format, the data 
     in the plans shall include: 1) below-threshold 
     reprogrammings, above-threshold reprogrammings, transfers, 
     and any proposed allocation of undistributed appropriations 
     made available in title V of this Act; 2) carryover from the 
     prior year and planned carryover into future years; 3) the 
     actual number of FTE compared to enacted levels by month or 
     pay period along with end of year projections; 4) the actual 
     amount obligated for FTE compared to enacted levels by month 
     or pay period along with end of year projections; 5) the 
     actual number of FTP compared to budget assumptions by month 
     or pay period, along with end of year projections; 6) a 
     summary chart by PPA showing hiring and payroll projections 
     for the fiscal year, to include both numbers of FTE and 
     associated salary and benefit amounts, as well as planned 
     contract conversions, hiring surges, or other factors that 
     may contribute to uncertainty and lead to revised estimates; 
     and 7) program schedules and major milestones for all major 
     expenditures, including specific technologies and contract 
     service support.
       For multi-year appropriations, the template shall also 
     include the status of each appropriation by source year, 
     including anticipated unobligated balances at the close of 
     the fiscal year and the planned obligation of carryover in 
     future years, by quarter, until all funds are obligated. 
     Although this requirement is intended to cover all components 
     and accounts in a standard manner, the Coast Guard, CBP, and 
     other components may have additional requirements related to 
     investment activities as specified by component in this 
     statement. For fiscal year 2017 and future years, obligation 
     plans should be connected to the budget justification 
     materials, indicating all changes from requested amounts to 
     enacted appropriations to actual obligations.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       A total of $309,976,000 is provided for the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer (OCIO), of which $200,019,000 is 
     available until September 30, 2017.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salaries and Expenses.........................................             $105,307,000             $109,957,000
Information Technology Services...............................              106,270,000               91,000,000
Infrastructure and Security Activities........................               54,087,000               54,087,000

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Homeland Secure Data Network..................................               54,932,000               54,932,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of the Chief Information Officer............             $320,596,000             $309,976,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       In lieu of House and Senate report language, up to 
     $10,000,000 of the amount for Salaries and Expenses may be 
     used for Digital Services. The amount provided for 
     Information Technology Services shall be used to support 
     requested initiatives, including the DHS Data Framework, 
     Single Sign-on, security initiatives, the Federal Risk and 
     Authorization Management Program, the Trusted Tester Program, 
     and the Infrastructure Transformation Program.


                       DHS Cybersecurity Posture

       A general provision in title V of this Act provides 
     $100,000,000 to safeguard and enhance DHS IT systems and 
     improve cybersecurity capabilities. This funding is in 
     addition to base funding made available to the CIO and the 
     components, and is intended to help the Department more 
     quickly address known vulnerabilities and technology gaps 
     through enhancements to the DHS network and perimeter 
     security, better access controls, stronger authentication, 
     equipment upgrades, data loss and theft prevention, and 
     incident response and assessments, among other cybersecurity 
     priorities. Given the Department's role through the National 
     Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) for protection of 
     the ``.gov'' environment, DHS must lead government agencies 
     in protecting its own data and systems. Therefore, the CIO 
     shall utilize a risk-based approach, using threat 
     intelligence, to optimize the Department's cybersecurity 
     investments and operations. The CIO shall brief the 
     Committees not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act on cybersecurity spending across the Department, 
     the obligation plan associated with this appropriation, and 
     the metrics by which the Department's progress in improving 
     its cybersecurity posture will be measured.

                        Analysis and Operations

       A total of $264,714,000 is provided for Analysis and 
     Operations, of which $111,021,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2017. The funds provided reflect the 
     realignment of $135,000 to the Office for Community 
     Partnerships under OSEM. Other funding details are included 
     within the classified annex to this explanatory statement.

                      Office of Inspector General

       A total of $161,488,000 is provided for the OIG, including 
     $137,488,000 in direct appropriations and $24,000,000 
     transferred from the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) for audits and 
     investigations related to the DRF. Recognizing that the OIG 
     has failed to hire the enacted workforce level over the past 
     few years, the increase provided in this Act above the fiscal 
     year 2015 appropriation level is sufficient to support a 
     robust and capable workforce and provide resources for the 
     requested initiatives outlined in the fiscal year 2016 
     request.


                                Big Data

       The Department, led by the CIO, is developing a strategy 
     for big data to help guide the efforts components have 
     undertaken to more effectively utilize data in support of 
     analytic activities and decision-making. The OIG is directed 
     to review the strategy, inventory component investments in 
     this area, develop recommendations to ensure these 
     investments are coordinated and effective, and update the 
     Committees on its findings not later than 270 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.


                        Protective Mission Panel

       Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     OIG is directed to conduct a review of the status of the 
     Secret Service's response to the United States Secret Service 
     Protective Mission Panel recommendations, including but not 
     limited to: concurrence with Panel recommendations and 
     subsequent action or implementation; non-concurrence with 
     Panel recommendations and the associated rationale; and any 
     related organizational changes executed after the Panel 
     released its findings.

          TITLE II--SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       A total of $8,628,902,000 is provided for Salaries and 
     Expenses. For the last several years, CBP has failed to hire 
     to the enacted workforce level, resulting in tens of millions 
     of dollars appropriated for personnel compensation and 
     benefits being diverted to unbudgeted activities. Therefore, 
     the President's budget request is decreased by $298,969,000 
     to fund a realistic and achievable number of FTE. Of the 
     total, $30,000,000 is made available as two-year funds to 
     provide the flexibility necessary to improve retention and 
     hiring of law enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents. 
     Further, $30,000,000 carried over from fiscal year 2015 
     should be used for the same activities.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headquarters, Management, and Administration:
    Commissioner..............................................              $30,950,000              $30,139,000
    Chief Counsel.............................................               49,786,000               48,239,000
    Congressional Affairs.....................................                2,978,000                2,444,000
    Internal Affairs..........................................              170,024,000              165,223,000
    Public Affairs............................................               14,464,000               14,644,000
    Training and Development..................................               80,466,000               73,939,000
    Technology, Innovation, and Acquisition...................               29,658,000               24,933,000
    Intelligence/Investigative Liaison........................               78,402,000               72,038,000
    Administration............................................              420,238,000              381,369,000
    Rent......................................................              629,046,000              629,046,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Headquarters, Management, and Administration            1,506,012,000            1,442,014,000
Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation:
    Inspections, Trade, and Travel Facilitation at Ports of               3,077,568,000            2,981,606,000
     Entry....................................................
    Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection (trust fund)............                3,274,000                3,274,000
    International Cargo Screening.............................               69,851,000               59,709,000
    Other International Programs..............................               24,935,000               25,087,000
    Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)......               41,420,000               36,593,000
    Trusted Traveler Programs.................................                5,811,000                5,811,000
    Inspection and Detection Technology Investments...........              209,273,000              209,273,000
    National Targeting Center.................................               79,514,000               75,890,000
    Training..................................................               48,714,000               38,258,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Border Security Inspections and Trade                   3,560,360,000            3,435,501,000
         Facilitation.........................................
Border Security and Control between Ports of Entry:
    Border Security and Control...............................            3,921,393,000            3,696,450,000
    UAC Contingency Fund......................................               79,000,000                    - - -
    Training..................................................               57,505,000               54,937,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Border Security and Control between POEs....            4,057,898,000            3,751,387,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Salaries and Expenses......................           $9,124,270,000           $8,628,902,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

              Headquarters, Management, and Administration

       A total of $1,442,014,000 is provided for Headquarters, 
     Management, and Administration. In addition to reductions for 
     a realistic hiring profile and prior year carryover that 
     remains available, a reduction of $17,455,000 is due to 
     unused separation pay, and an increase of $5,000,000 is 
     included for the Office of Administration to accelerate the 
     hiring process. To address personnel shortfalls and hiring, 
     CBP shall work with the Department to complete a root cause 
     analysis and develop a corrective action plan, consistent 
     with direction under title I of this statement. With respect 
     to CBP, this plan shall identify and utilize incentives, 
     working with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to 
     improve retention and recruitment in locations along the 
     northern and southern borders that are challenging to staff, 
     as well as incentivize personnel to choose those locations. 
     Moreover, CBP is directed to increase its efforts to recruit 
     veterans, and to work with the Department of Defense (DoD) 
     and OPM to facilitate the onboarding of veterans as they 
     leave military service.

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       In addition to the briefing and metrics requirements 
     outlined in title I of this statement, CBP shall brief the 
     Committees on actions taken and progress made in reducing 
     hiring timelines and provide staffing numbers, including 
     gains and losses by pay period, as detailed in the House and 
     Senate reports, not later than five days after the end of 
     each fiscal quarter. Additionally, CBP shall brief the 
     Committees, not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, on the Border Patrol staffing 
     allocation model and how it is utilized to inform resource 
     allocation decisions at the headquarters and sector levels. 
     CBP shall continue to work on outcome-based border metrics, 
     as directed in title I of this statement.
       As specified in the House report, CBP is expected to ensure 
     that ports of entry (POEs) and short-term custody facilities 
     holding unaccompanied alien children have appropriately 
     trained staff, and follow all legal requirements and policy 
     directives for conveying information to unaccompanied alien 
     children regarding their legal rights. Also as described in 
     the House report, CBP is directed to provide a briefing to 
     the Committees on its policies related to compliance with the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (Public 
     Law 110-457) and regarding the Juvenile Referral Process. The 
     briefing should specifically address the status of CBP's 
     response to the recommendations in GAO-15-421.
       CBP and the USM are directed to review the CBP acquisition 
     process, procedures, and organizational structure and brief 
     the Committees on the findings not later than 120 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       CBP is also directed to brief the Committees, within 90 
     days of the date of enactment of this Act, on a plan to 
     address staffing needs identified by the Agriculture Resource 
     Allocation Model.
       Within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act, CBP 
     is directed to brief the Committees on its efforts to work 
     with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board; other 
     federal, state, and local stakeholders; and the Government of 
     Mexico on efforts to control carrizo cane and other invasive 
     species along the Rio Grande River that impede CBP's border 
     security mission. The briefing shall include a description of 
     related resource requirements and any efforts pertaining to 
     the approval of new biological control agents.
       As directed in both the House and Senate reports, CBP shall 
     improve its automated measurement and public posting of wait 
     times at land border crossings, and also incorporate trade 
     facilitation measures into its public-facing performance 
     metrics. CBP shall brief the Committees quarterly on these 
     efforts until an automated wait time solution benefitting 
     both travelers and commercial traffic is fully deployed.
       As directed in both the House and Senate reports, CBP is 
     expected to continue to improve land border integration by 
     procuring and implementing the latest, most effective 
     technologies available to monitor vehicles crossing our 
     borders.
       CBP must ensure that appropriate precautions and processes 
     are in place to prevent smuggling and ensure officer safety 
     at the new West Rail Bypass International Bridge between 
     Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Within 90 days 
     of the date of enactment of this Act, CBP shall brief the 
     Committees on its screening and inspection procedures at the 
     West Rail facility; data related to the seizure of contraband 
     and human smuggling; a plan to improve security, 
     effectiveness, and efficiency of inspections; and officer 
     safety measures, including appropriate lighting along railcar 
     inspection areas.
       Counter-network operations activities are funded at the 
     request level, although some of the information system 
     improvements included in the request have been subsequently 
     funded through a July 2015 reprogramming of funds approved by 
     the Committees. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, CBP is directed to brief the Committees on its 
     implementation of the counter-network strategy, a revised 
     plan for the use of the funding provided, and its 
     collaboration with ICE in these efforts. As CBP continues to 
     hire, it is directed to move open positions previously 
     dedicated to current targeting activities to positions 
     dedicated to counter-network operations, as appropriate.
       CBP is directed to ensure that independent Capabilities Gap 
     Analysis Processes and staffing requirement modeling carried 
     out by individual CBP components are coordinated and 
     leveraged in a manner that will benefit both the agency's and 
     the Department's analyses of border security and performance 
     management, as detailed in title I of this statement.
       A provision from the Senate bill is not included related to 
     Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA) payments. 
     However, the issue remains a concern because CBP continues to 
     disburse the majority of proceeds from antidumping claims in 
     the form of interest to the Treasury, rather than making 
     payments to injured domestic producers, as prescribed in the 
     CDSOA. CBP shall work to issue the rulemaking changes 
     outlined in the Senate report and brief the Committees on its 
     progress every 60 days until the rulemaking is completed. In 
     addition, CBP shall make available to the Committees and the 
     public a reasonably detailed inventory, including 
     disposition, of single-entry customs bonds received by CBP as 
     security on entries subject to any antidumping duty orders on 
     imports of honey, fresh garlic, crawfish tail meat, and 
     certain preserved mushrooms from October 1, 1998, through 
     September 30, 2007. The inventory shall include details on 
     each bond for which summary materials were previously 
     provided to Congress, including the date of the bond, the 
     orders against which the bonds were posted, and whether it is 
     in litigation, pending collection, or not collectible.
       According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, 
     heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled between 2011 and 2013, 
     and continue to climb. Although no single entity or solution 
     can fully address this complex problem, CBP is instrumental 
     in stopping the flow of heroin from transnational criminal 
     organizations before it crosses our borders. CBP is also 
     playing a role in more directly protecting the public from 
     drug overdoses through a pilot program at seven POEs through 
     which naloxone--a medication that can reverse the effects of 
     heroin overdose and help restore breathing--is administered 
     to individuals presenting themselves for entry at POEs who 
     have symptoms of a heroin overdose. Many lives have been 
     saved by local law enforcement agencies carrying and 
     administering this important medication, and CBP is 
     encouraged to continue this pilot program and, based on the 
     results, to consider expanding it to other POEs.
       CBP is directed to provide quarterly briefings for its 
     major acquisitions using the same format and providing the 
     same level of information required for Coast Guard major 
     acquisitions, as described in the House and Senate reports. 
     The briefings shall be provided concurrently with the 
     briefings on obligation plans directed in title I of this 
     statement.


           Border Security Inspections and Trade Facilitation

       A total of $3,435,501,000 is provided for Border Security 
     Inspections and Trade Facilitation. In addition to reductions 
     for a realistic hiring profile and prior year carryover that 
     remains available, this amount reflects a reduction of 
     $10,000,000 for unjustified program growth and a reduction 
     reflecting CBP's full access to Colombia Free Trade Agreement 
     fee revenue, as authorized by a general provision in title V 
     of this Act.
       The bill provides $19,445,000 for the Electronic Visa 
     Information Update System, a reduction of $6,200,000 below 
     the request. This reduction is equivalent to the amount made 
     available for this system through a reprogramming of funds 
     approved by the Committees in July 2015.
       An additional $86,462,000 is provided for recapitalization 
     of Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) equipment, as requested. 
     CBP is expected to use contracts negotiated by the General 
     Services Administration (GSA) when possible to accelerate 
     procurements of NII equipment. CBP shall submit to the 
     Committees, with the fiscal year 2017 budget request, a 
     multi-year investment and management plan for inspection and 
     detection technology that: (1) inventories such equipment by 
     location, type, age, and date of deployment; (2) outlines 
     existing equipment acquisition plans by type, number, 
     schedule, and total cost of operations and maintenance; and 
     (3) forecasts a recapitalization plan supported by a current 
     acquisition program baseline (APB). The APB shall: (a) align 
     the acquisition of each technology to mission requirements; 
     (b) define the life-cycle costs for each technology; (c) 
     detail an equipment decommissioning schedule; and (d) compare 
     actual versus planned obligations. A version of the multi-
     year investment and management plan shall be made available 
     to the public at the same time.
       The Senate report contained guidance on efforts to improve 
     trade enforcement related to single transaction bonds and 
     collection processes, as well as on timely posting of 
     information pertaining to antidumping and countervailing 
     duties. The Senate report also directed CBP, in coordination 
     with other federal agencies, to advance methods to better 
     investigate foreign imports suspected of evading or 
     circumventing antidumping and countervailing duty orders 
     including, but not limited to, lightweight thermal paper and 
     seafood. CBP shall adhere to these directives.
       In addition to the direction provided in the Senate report, 
     CBP is urged to levy penalties, as appropriate, for 
     previously documented violations of the Jones Act; establish 
     specific timeframes for internal review and actions; continue 
     working with the Offshore Marine Service Association to 
     investigate potential violations; and dedicate adequate 
     resources to vigorously enforce the Jones Acton the Outer 
     Continental Shelf.


           Border Security and Control between Ports of Entry

       A total of $3,751,387,000 is provided for Border Security 
     and Control between POEs. Base resources dedicated to caring 
     for and transporting unaccompanied alien children have 
     increased and should be sufficient to

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     meet anticipated needs. Should there be a surge during fiscal 
     year 2016 requiring resources beyond those necessary for the 
     family units and the 58,000 unaccompanied alien children 
     assumed in the base budget request and provided in this Act, 
     CBP shall notify the Committees and seek a reprogramming or 
     transfer of funds to address that need.
       Per direction in the House report, CBP shall ensure that 
     its holding facilities are in full compliance with the 
     Department's Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to 
     Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities; include 
     funding estimates for such compliance activities in the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget justification; report to the 
     Committees regarding the death of any individual in CBP 
     custody or following CBP use of force; and report annually on 
     investigations related to such deaths. Also as described in 
     the House report, CBP shall brief the Committees, within 60 
     days of the date of enactment of this Act, on its search and 
     rescue efforts during the prior fiscal year and, within 30 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, on the use of 
     roving patrol stops and tactical and permanent checkpoints 
     for immigration enforcement near the border. Lastly, the 
     Department is expected to repatriate removable individuals in 
     a manner that ensures their safety, as detailed in the House 
     report.


                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

       A total of $829,460,000 is provided for Automation 
     Modernization, including $10,000,000 for revenue 
     modernization enhancements. For the last several years, CBP 
     has failed to hire to the enacted workforce level, resulting 
     in tens of millions of dollars appropriated for personnel 
     compensation and benefits being diverted to unbudgeted 
     activities. Therefore, the President's budget request is 
     decreased by $33,799,000 to fund a realistic and achievable 
     number of FTE. CBP is expected to continue to dedicate 
     current base resources, including carryover funding, to 
     efforts to eliminate the need for cash transactions at POEs 
     by 2020.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Information Technology........................................             $399,027,000             $363,728,000
Automated Targeting Systems...................................              122,669,000              122,669,000
Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data                   153,736,000              151,184,000
 System (ITDS)................................................
Current Operations Protection and Processing Support (COPPS)..              191,879,000              191,879,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................             $867,311,000             $829,460,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

       A total of $447,461,000 is provided for Border Security 
     Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology (BSFIT). The amount 
     includes an additional $19,000,000 for Development and 
     Deployment for one additional Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) 
     location; $25,000,000 for necessary repairs to border fencing 
     and border roads; $10,000,000 for additional maritime radars; 
     and $20,000,000 for relocatable tower surveillance systems. 
     CBP plans to fully fund one additional IFT and fully fund the 
     cost for continued DoD-repurposed aerostat coverage in the 
     Rio Grande Valley and areas of Arizona during fiscal year 
     2016 using prior year unobligated funds, reducing the need 
     for the House bill's proposed increases for these activities. 
     In lieu of the weekly notifications required in the House 
     report, CBP shall provide monthly notifications to the 
     Committees on procurement actions related to all BSFIT 
     technology investments until all initial contract awards have 
     been completed.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operations and Maintenance....................................             $273,931,000             $273,931,000
Development and Deployment....................................               99,530,000              173,530,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................             $373,461,000             $447,461,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                               DoD Reuse

       As directed in the Senate report, CBP shall continue to 
     analyze the application of unused DoD equipment to its border 
     security mission and deploy available equipment to the extent 
     practicable.


                       AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

       A total of $802,298,000 is provided for Air and Marine 
     Operations. The President's budget request for Salaries and 
     Expenses is decreased by $5,824,000 to fund a realistic and 
     achievable number of FTE.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salaries and Expenses.........................................             $306,253,000             $300,429,000
Operations and Maintenance....................................              395,169,000              409,969,000
Procurement...................................................               46,000,000               91,900,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................             $747,422,000             $802,298,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The amount provided for the Operations and Maintenance PPA 
     is increased by $1,800,000 for enhancements to the Air and 
     Marine Operations Center (AMOC) and for continuity of 
     operations requirements; $2,000,000 for Vehicle and Dismount 
     Exploitation Radar operations; $2,500,000 for P-3 aircraft 
     maintenance; $4,500,000 for patrol aircraft mission upgrades; 
     and $4,000,000 for unmanned aerial system (UAS) ground 
     control stations and power systems. In addition, the 
     Procurement PPA is increased by $10,300,000 for aircraft 
     sensors; $11,000,000 for a replacement UAS; $5,000,000 for 
     mission systems software and computers; $8,000,000 for UAS 
     radars; $2,300,000 for fixed-wing and rotary-wing radars; 
     $6,000,000 for AMOC building upgrades; and $5,600,000 for 
     improved communications capabilities. As requested, 
     $44,000,000 is provided for procurement of two Multirole-
     Enforcement Aircraft.


                      Effective Use of Air Assets

       Congress has consistently supported air and marine 
     operations essential to border security, and has routinely 
     appropriated above the requested amount for procurement and 
     operation of airframes, sensors, and cameras. These assets 
     are critical to enhancing situational awareness and 
     communications capabilities necessary to transmit data 
     collected for both strategic planning and operational 
     response. Making the most efficient use of these resources, 
     however, requires more than relating resource hours to 
     interdictions, which has historically been used as a measure 
     for success.
       The Office of Air and Marine (OAM) reports that it is 
     working to develop agency-wide performance measures to more 
     optimally integrate air assets and sensors in a way that 
     improves both operational and strategic awareness. This 
     process must be based on identifying relevant key measures to 
     inform future acquisition decisions and operational tasking 
     and must be determined in coordination with the JTFs and 
     OAM's customers. Such measures should include, at a minimum: 
     operational cost per resource hour; resource hours per 
     mission type; and resource availability rate. These key 
     measures identify performance gaps and help leaders steer 
     resource hours to meet the agency's targeted performance 
     outcomes.
       Once relevant performance measures are found to be valid 
     and reliable, OAM must effectively measure its resource 
     performance, compare this performance to baseline targets, 
     and then explain how resources were managed to satisfy 
     mission needs, including minimizing fuel costs and maximizing 
     mission availability. These measurements should inform 
     strategic planning at OAM, and the resulting plan shall be 
     briefed to the Committees within 90 days of the date of 
     enactment of this Act.


                               UAS Pilots

       The bill provides the additional funding requested for UAS 
     pilots, crew, and training. Within 60 days of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, CBP shall provide the Committees a 
     report on UAS pilots and training requirements, as detailed 
     in the Senate report.


                 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

       A total of $340,128,000 is provided for Construction and 
     Facilities Management. For the last several years, CBP has 
     failed to hire to the enacted workforce level, resulting in 
     tens of millions of dollars appropriated for personnel 
     compensation and benefits being diverted to unbudgeted 
     activities. Therefore, the President's budget request for 
     Program Oversight and Management is decreased by

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     $1,415,000 to fund a realistic and achievable number of FTE.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities Construction and Sustainment.......................             $255,378,000             $255,378,000
Program Oversight and Management..............................               86,165,000               84,750,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................             $341,543,000             $340,128,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       A total of $5,779,041,000 is provided for Salaries and 
     Expenses. For the last several years, ICE has failed to 
     manage attrition and new hiring to meet its targeted 
     workforce level, resulting in tens of millions of dollars 
     appropriated for personnel compensation and benefits being 
     diverted to unbudgeted activities elsewhere in the 
     Department. Based on updated estimates from ICE, this 
     agreement appropriates funding for a realistic and achievable 
     number of FTE. Of the total amount provided, $100,000,000 is 
     withheld pending a mid-year review of the agency's hiring 
     progress. ICE is directed to brief the Committees on its 
     obligation plans, as specified under title I of this 
     statement.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headquarters Management and Administration:
    Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Services, and Other               $195,950,000             $190,880,000
     Costs....................................................
    Headquarters Managed IT Investment........................              146,046,000              148,957,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Headquarters Management and Administration..              341,996,000              339,837,000
Legal Proceedings.............................................              248,096,000              239,894,000
Investigations:
    Domestic Investigations...................................            1,766,654,000            1,761,829,000
    International Investigations:
        International Operations..............................              107,931,000              107,210,000
        Visa Security Program.................................               30,749,000               32,561,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, International Investigations............              138,640,000              139,771,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Investigations..........................            1,905,334,000            1,901,600,000
Intelligence..................................................               80,041,000               79,768,000
Enforcement and Removal Operations:
    Custody Operations........................................            2,406,744,000            2,316,744,000
    Fugitive Operations.......................................              129,438,000              156,572,000
    Criminal Alien Program....................................              320,267,000              317,177,000
    Alternatives to Detention.................................              122,481,000              114,275,000
    Transportation and Removal Program........................              324,152,000              313,174,000
    UAC Contingency Fund......................................                8,000,000                    - - -
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Enforcement and Removal Operations..........            3,311,082,000            3,217,942,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Salaries and Expenses......................           $5,886,549,000           $5,779,041,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Immigration Enforcement Data

       ICE's inability to provide basic, accurate data on 
     immigration enforcement, including the number of aliens 
     released from custody, is unacceptable. As directed in title 
     I of this statement, the Office of Policy shall develop and 
     implement a plan that results in the complete and accurate 
     collection and reporting of immigration enforcement data from 
     encounter through final disposition and including data on the 
     use of prosecutorial discretion. ICE is directed to improve 
     its collection of data and coordination with the Office of 
     Immigration Statistics in support of this requirement.
       As ICE has not requested resources to improve its systems, 
     despite its inability to meet reporting requirements, the 
     bill includes an additional $3,000,000 for ICE to 
     operationalize data architecture improvements, including 
     those recommended as a result of the Immigration Enterprise 
     Data Management review. Per the Senate report, ICE shall 
     brief the Committees quarterly on its progress and publish 
     non-law enforcement sensitive statistics on its website.


                           Legal Proceedings

       A total of $239,894,000 is provided for Legal Proceedings, 
     including funds to hire additional attorneys in field 
     offices. The Department is directed to allocate these new 
     attorneys to field offices in a manner that will expedite the 
     immigration court docket, and to brief the Committees on the 
     methodology used to allocate the new staff within 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.


                        Domestic Investigations

       A total of $1,761,829,000 is provided for Domestic 
     Investigations to support investigations in high-priority 
     mission areas, to include: human trafficking and smuggling; 
     child exploitation, including the Child Exploitation Unit at 
     the Cyber Crime Center and Operation Angel Watch; commercial 
     fraud and intellectual property rights enforcement; 
     proliferation; gangs; cybercrimes; and terrorism. ICE is 
     directed to maintain its relationship with the National 
     Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in regard 
     to its ongoing support for investigations and other 
     activities to counter child exploitation.
       Of the total amount provided, $10,000,000 is for expanding 
     overstay enforcement investigations and investigative 
     support. ICE is expected to target such investigations on 
     individuals who pose a risk to the community, and shall brief 
     the Committees on the proposed use of these funds within 60 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act.
       In addition, not less than $10,000,000 is for expanding 
     investigations into severe forms of human trafficking and 
     against suspected human traffickers, and $5,000,000 is for 
     expanding investigations against child exploitation. Finally, 
     $1,000,000 in dedicated program funding and 1 permanent FTE 
     are provided for the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 
     (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps program. ICE is directed to train 
     at least two classes of veterans during fiscal year 2016 
     through the HERO program to support child exploitation 
     investigations, and to continue efforts to hire HERO 
     graduates or to help place them with other federal, state, or 
     local agencies with related missions.


                      International Investigations

       A total of $139,771,000 is provided for International 
     Investigations. Within the total, an additional $2,000,000 is 
     provided to annualize the costs of the previously funded 
     expansion of the Visa Security Program. ICE is directed to 
     use the risk-based methodologies and enforcement metrics 
     outlined in the Senate report to continue to plan and budget 
     for Visa Security Program expansion to at least two high-
     threat locations per year in future budget requests.


                       War Crimes Investigations

       Of the amount provided for Salaries and Expenses, not less 
     than $5,300,000 is for ICE's investigative and legal efforts 
     to combat crimes against humanity, human rights abuses, and 
     war crimes.


                              Intelligence

       A total of $79,768,000 is provided for Intelligence. Within 
     the total, not less than $5,000,000 is included to enhance 
     investigations of human smuggling and trafficking.


                   Enforcement and Removal Operations

       A total of $3,217,942,000 is provided for Enforcement and 
     Removal Operations. Base resources dedicated to caring for 
     and transporting unaccompanied alien children and family 
     units should be sufficient to meet anticipated needs. Should 
     there be a surge during fiscal year 2016 requiring resources 
     beyond those necessary for the family units and the 58,000 
     unaccompanied alien children included in the base budget 
     request and provided in this agreement, ICE shall notify the 
     Committees and seek a reprogramming or transfer of funds to 
     address that need.


                           Custody Operations

       A total of $2,316,744,000 is provided for Custody 
     Operations, including funding necessary to maintain the 
     requested number of detention beds. ICE is directed to brief 
     the Committees semi-annually on savings realized as a result 
     of the multi-year funding provided in this and prior 
     appropriations Acts.
       ICE is expected to strengthen its engagement with local law 
     enforcement officials to detain criminal aliens prior to 
     their release from local law enforcement custody. To further 
     that effort, the bill includes a proviso

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     withholding $5,000,000 from obligation until the Director of 
     ICE briefs the Committees on the details of ICE's outreach 
     through the Priority Enforcement Program and the level of 
     participation in the Program. ICE should particularly focus 
     on criminal aliens: (1) engaged in or suspected of terrorism 
     or espionage, or who otherwise pose a danger to national 
     security; (2) convicted of an offense for which an element 
     was active participation in a criminal street gang, as 
     defined in section 521(a) of title 18, United States Code, or 
     aliens not younger than 16 years of age who intentionally 
     participated in an organized criminal gang to further the 
     illegal activity of that gang; or (3) convicted of an 
     aggravated felony, as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) at the 
     time of conviction, and detain them in accordance with the 
     law and due process until they can be removed.


                          Fugitive Operations

       A total of $156,572,000 is provided for Fugitive 
     Operations, of which $10,000,000 is for new Mobile Criminal 
     Alien Teams (MCAT) that will target individuals who pose a 
     threat to the community, as described in the Senate report. 
     ICE shall include information on the MCAT program in future 
     obligation plan briefings.


                         Criminal Alien Program

       A total of $317,177,000 is provided for the Criminal Alien 
     Program, including full funding to support all 287(g) 
     memoranda of agreement and $34,500,000 for resources and 
     full-time law enforcement personnel at the Law Enforcement 
     Support Center.


                       Alternatives to Detention

       A total of $114,275,000 is provided for the Alternatives to 
     Detention (ATD) program. This funding, when coupled with 
     $12,393,000 the agency used to forward fund ATD contracts 
     with fiscal year 2015 funds, fully addresses the 
     Administration's plan for 53,000 average daily participants 
     in ATD in 2016.


                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

       A total of $53,000,000 is provided for Automation 
     Modernization. ICE shall brief the Committees on the progress 
     of the Consolidated ICE Financial Solution, as described in 
     the Senate report, and shall brief the Committees on tactical 
     communications, as described in the House report.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Automation Modernization......................................              $73,500,000                    - - -
Consolidated ICE Financial Solution...........................                    - - -               $5,000,000
TECS Modernization............................................                    - - -               21,500,000
IT Refresh....................................................                    - - -                4,000,000
Tactical Communications.......................................                    - - -               18,500,000
ICE Operational Data Store....................................                    - - -                4,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Automation Modernization...........................              $73,500,000              $53,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Transportation Security Administration


                           AVIATION SECURITY

       A total of $5,719,437,000 is provided for Aviation 
     Security. In addition to this discretionary appropriation for 
     Aviation Security, a mandatory appropriation totaling 
     $250,000,000 is available through the Aviation Security 
     Capital Fund and $2,130,000,000 from aviation security fees 
     are credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, 
     as authorized. For several years, TSA has been reducing 
     funding for FTE as it further leverages various expedited 
     screening programs. Unfortunately, some of those programs did 
     not provide a commensurate security gain and were 
     consequently scaled back in the wake of multiple OIG reports 
     and troublesome findings from covert testing. TSA has also 
     struggled in recent years to hire to enacted levels outside 
     the screener workforce. While the overall level for Aviation 
     Security is above the President's budget request, the bill 
     includes targeted reductions totaling $16,296,000 to reflect 
     this reality.
       The table below fully funds TSA's needs to enhance aviation 
     security, including revised FTE requirements, support for 
     additional training and revised standard operating 
     procedures, and additional funding to explore technology 
     solutions and resolution measures at the checkpoint.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Screening Partnership Program.................................            $166,928,000             $166,928,000
Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits................           2,872,070,000            2,973,839,000
Screener Training and Other...................................             226,551,000              239,025,000
Checkpoint Support............................................              97,265,000              111,201,000
EDS Procurement/Installation..................................              83,380,000               82,168,000
Screening Technology Maintenance..............................             280,509,000              280,509,000
Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement.....................             349,013,000              337,345,000
Airport Management and Support................................             596,233,000              597,899,000
Federal Flight Deck Officer and Flight Crew Training..........              20,095,000               20,758,000
Air Cargo.....................................................             105,978,000              104,689,000
Federal Air Marshals..........................................             816,745,000              805,076,000
Aviation Security Capital Fund (Mandatory)....................            (250,000,000)            (250,000,000)
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Aviation Security..................................          $5,614,767,000           $5,719,437,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Tiger Team Recommendations

       In June 2015, information was leaked concerning the 
     classified results of covert testing conducted by the OIG at 
     TSA checkpoints. While this specific report was focused on 
     checkpoint security, it was the latest in a string of reports 
     calling into question the agency's capabilities and 
     effectiveness related to the use of risk assessment rules, 
     known traveler programs, checked baggage screening, access 
     controls, and workforce vetting. The findings not only 
     renewed concerns regarding TSA's screening procedures and 
     equipment, but also underscored the need for a comprehensive 
     assessment of the way TSA performs its aviation security 
     mission.
       The covert testing identified a number of deficiencies in 
     checkpoint security centered on personnel, processes, and 
     technology. In response, the Department developed and began 
     implementation of a 10-point plan to address these findings. 
     To date, this has included briefing test results to TSA's 
     Federal Security Directors, retraining the screener 
     workforce, and reassessing the policies and procedures that 
     guide that workforce. Checkpoint technology is also being 
     reexamined not only to study additional solutions and 
     resolution measures, but to understand how technology 
     efficacy may change from the controlled laboratory to the 
     stressful environment of an airport checkpoint.
       Given the actions taken by DHS to date and the 
     acknowledgement by the IG that TSA has begun the process of 
     critical self-evaluation, the bill provides funding requested 
     by the Department to address certain gaps, including:
       --The retention of 602 FTE to staff checkpoints. These 
     personnel will support the increased workload resulting from 
     changes made to TSA screening procedures in response to the 
     covert testing, and help to keep airport wait times short. 
     The President's budget proposed to eliminate these FTE.
       --The centralized and consistent training of a professional 
     workforce through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
     (FLETC). The Administrator has stated that a consistently 
     trained core curriculum conducted at a centralized location 
     is critical to a high-performing workforce.
       --Platform modifications, IT testing and validation, and 
     initial operating costs in support of the TSA PreCheck 
     Application Expansion initiative whereby TSA will leverage 
     private sector expertise to grow the population of travelers 
     enrolled in special vetting programs.
       --Exploration of new technologies and resolution methods 
     that may fill gaps identified by the covert testing, as well 
     as make improvements to existing technology and associated 
     processes and procedures to better utilize what is currently 
     available.
       TSA is to provide quarterly Tiger Team updates to the 
     Committees, beginning not later than 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act. In addition, as a part of the 
     fiscal year 2016 obligation plan directed in title I of this 
     statement, TSA shall include specific details on the 
     increased funding provided to address the covert testing 
     results.


             Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits

       A total of $2,973,839,000 is provided for Screener 
     Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits. This amount supports 
     the 42,525 FTE requirement identified by TSA to address OIG 
     findings on aviation security vulnerabilities while 
     maintaining reasonable wait times.

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                      Screener Training and Other

       A total of $239,025,000 is provided for Screener Training 
     and Other. Within the total, an additional $12,500,000 above 
     the request is included to begin implementation of improved, 
     standardized training for Transportation Security Officers, 
     developed in response to the OIG covert testing findings.


                           Checkpoint Support

       A total of $111,201,000 is provided for Checkpoint Support. 
     Within the total is an increase of $15,000,000 for technology 
     initiatives to improve detection capabilities and enhance 
     passenger screening processes.


       Reimbursement Claims for In-Line Baggage Screening Systems

       As described in the House and Senate reports, TSA is 
     directed to develop a process to review and validate 
     reimbursement claims from airports for in-line baggage 
     screening systems installed prior to 2008, and to submit a 
     plan, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, for reimbursement of validated claims.


               Aviation Regulation and Other Enforcement

       A total of $337,345,000 is provided for Aviation Regulation 
     and Other Enforcement, including sufficient funds to enable 
     TSA to continue to certify, train, and equip the additional 
     canine teams funded in fiscal year 2015.


          Federal Flight Deck Officer and Flight Crew Training

       A total of $20,758,000 is provided for the Federal Flight 
     Deck Officer (FFDO) and Flight Crew Training Program. Within 
     the total is an increase of $1,700,000 to expand FLETC 
     training capacity for FFDOs, as recommended by the House.


                      Federal Air Marshal Service

       A total of $805,076,000 is provided for the Federal Air 
     Marshal Service (FAMS). While the threats to aviation 
     security have evolved since 9/11, it is unclear whether FAMS 
     has adapted to appropriately address these emerging threats. 
     TSA should conduct an analysis of FAMS staffing needs and 
     resource requirements in light of evolving threats and TSA's 
     risk mitigation strategy to ensure the funds requested for 
     FAMS match the need.


                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

       A total of $110,798,000 is provided for Surface 
     Transportation Security. Within the total is a reduction of 
     $13,030,000 below the President's budget request to reflect a 
     realistic and achievable number of FTE.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Staffing and Operations.......................................              $28,510,000              $28,148,000
Surface Inspectors and VIPR...................................               95,318,000               82,650,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Surface Transportation Security....................             $123,828,000             $110,798,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

       A total of $236,693,000 is provided for Intelligence and 
     Vetting. While the overall level for Intelligence and Vetting 
     is above the President's budget request, the bill includes 
     targeted reductions within that amount totaling $10,345,000 
     to reflect a realistic and achievable number of FTE.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Direct Appropriations:
    Intelligence..............................................              $51,977,000              $52,003,000
    Secure Flight.............................................              105,637,000              105,651,000
    Other Vetting Programs....................................               70,084,000               79,039,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Direct Appropriations.......................              227,698,000              236,693,000
Fee Collections:
    TWIC Fee..................................................               82,267,000               82,267,000
    Hazardous Material Fee....................................               21,083,000               21,083,000
    General Aviation at DCA Fee...............................                  400,000                  400,000
    Commercial Aviation and Airport Fee.......................                6,500,000                6,500,000
    Other Security Threat Assessments Fee.....................                   50,000                   50,000
    Air Cargo/Certified Cargo Screening Program Fee...........                3,500,000                3,500,000
    TSA Pre-Check Application Program Fee.....................               80,153,000               80,153,000
    Alien Flight School Fees..................................                5,200,000                5,200,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Fee Collections.............................              199,153,000              199,153,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Intelligence and Vetting...................             $426,851,000             $435,846,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Intelligence

       A total of $52,003,000 is provided for Intelligence, 
     including an increase of $1,140,000 to accelerate TSA's plans 
     to increase intelligence sharing with the field organization 
     by expanding the Field Intelligence Officer program.


                         Other Vetting Programs

       A total of $79,039,000 is provided for Other Vetting 
     Programs, including an increase of $11,700,000 for the TSA 
     PreCheck Application Expansion initiative to broaden 
     enrollment opportunities and increase the population of 
     passengers enrolled in special vetting programs. As a part of 
     the fiscal year 2016 obligation plan directed in title I of 
     this statement, TSA shall include specific details on the use 
     of this increase for TSA PreCheck expansion activities.
       As described in the House report and in lieu of language in 
     the Senate bill, TSA is directed to provide semiannual 
     updates on its expedited passenger screening efforts, 
     including a strategy to increase the population of passengers 
     enrolled in special vetting programs and the associated 
     resource implications.
       Due to the continued delays in the Technology 
     Infrastructure Modernization (TIM) program and projected 
     personnel under execution, Other Vetting Programs is reduced 
     by an additional $500,000 below the President's budget 
     request. As directed in the House and Senate reports, TSA 
     shall brief the Committees on TIM not later than 15 days 
     after its review by the DHS Acquisition Review Board.


                    TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

       A total of $924,015,000 is provided for Transportation 
     Security Support. Within the total is a reduction of 
     $7,464,000 below the President's budget request to reflect a 
     realistic and achievable number of FTE.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headquarters Administration...................................             $276,930,000             $273,259,000
Information Technology........................................              452,385,000              449,160,000
Human Capital Services........................................              202,164,000              201,596,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Transportation Security Support............             $931,479,000             $924,015,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             Covert Testing

       As directed in the Senate report, TSA shall provide 
     quarterly briefings on covert testing activities.

                              Coast Guard


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       A total of $7,061,490,000 is provided for Operating 
     Expenses, including $500,002,000 for defense activities, of 
     which $160,002,000 is designated for overseas contingency 
     operations (OCO) and the global war on terrorism (GWOT). 
     Funds provided in support of OCO/GWOT under this heading may 
     be allocated without regard to section 503 in title V of this 
     Act. Pending submission of the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) 
     with the President's fiscal year 2017 budget, the agreement 
     withholds from obligation $85,000,000 of the appropriation. 
     Not more than $23,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Military Pay and Allowances...................................           $3,466,088,000           $3,488,617,000
Civilian Pay and Benefits.....................................              799,816,000              792,229,000
Training and Recruiting.......................................              205,825,000              206,498,000
Operating Funds and Unit Level Maintenance....................            1,010,317,000            1,027,780,000
Centrally Managed Accounts....................................              329,684,000              329,906,000
Intermediate and Depot Level Maintenance......................            1,009,773,000            1,056,458,000
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.......                    - - -              160,002,000
Tricare (leg. proposal).......................................                1,000,000                    - - -
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Operating Expenses.................................           $6,822,503,000           $7,061,490,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism Funding

       Funding for Coast Guard OCO/GWOT activities is provided 
     directly through the Operating Expenses appropriation instead 
     of through a DoD account. The Coast Guard is directed to 
     brief the Committees not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act on any changes expected in the funding 
     requirement for OCO/GWOT activities during fiscal year 2016. 
     Further, the Coast Guard is directed to include details of 
     its current and future support to Central Command in the 
     classified annex of the fiscal year 2017 budget request.


                         Operational Readiness

       The fiscal year 2016 budget request insufficiently 
     addressed, once again, the critical needs of the Coast Guard. 
     The final agreement provides funding above the request to 
     improve readiness and meet operational needs. The 
     appropriated amount includes the following increases to the 
     budget request: $41,795,000 to reduce the backlog in critical 
     depot level maintenance; $8,406,000 to restore operational 
     hours; $14,000,000 to restore unjustified cuts to military 
     special pays and bonuses; $2,200,000 to restore a ``Bravo-0'' 
     response capability; and $899,000 to ensure proper personnel 
     levels at Aids to Navigation sites. The Coast Guard, as part 
     of the fiscal year 2016 obligation plan directed in title I 
     of this statement, shall provide the Committees an 
     expenditure plan for these funds.


                             Air Facilities

       Within the total amount, $12,172,000 is provided to meet 
     the obligations specified in section 225 of the Howard Coble 
     Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 
     throughout fiscal year 2016.


                          Bering Sea Coverage

       Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Commandant is required to submit to Congress a 
     report on the plans of the Coast Guard to ensure at least one 
     mission-capable cutter maintains a presence in the Bering Sea 
     and Arctic Region at all times during the 10-year period 
     beginning on the date of such submittal, as described in the 
     Senate report.


                              Small Boats

       Within the total for Operating Expenses, $20,458,000 is 
     provided for the procurement of small response boats in 
     fiscal year 2016, an increase of $7,100,000 above the amount 
     requested. The bill also includes long-standing language to 
     allow funds from the Operating Expenses appropriation to be 
     used for the limited purchase or lease of small boats for 
     contingent and emergent requirements and end-of-service-life 
     replacements.
       Unlike funding for major procurements requested through the 
     Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements (AC&I) 
     appropriation, the Coast Guard's annual request for the 
     Operating Expenses appropriation includes minimal information 
     about the budget for small boat activities. In order to gain 
     more clarity on these matters, the Coast Guard shall provide 
     a briefing to the Committees not later than 30 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act detailing planned small boat 
     purchases, leases, repairs, and service life replacements for 
     fiscal year 2016. For fiscal year 2017, such information 
     shall be included in the congressional budget justification 
     material.


                            Coast Guard Yard

       The Coast Guard Yard located at Curtis Bay, Maryland, has 
     been a vital part of the Coast Guard's readiness and 
     infrastructure for more than 100 years and is recognized as a 
     critical component of the Coast Guard's core logistics 
     capability that directly supports fleet readiness. Sufficient 
     industrial work should be assigned to the Yard to maintain 
     this capability.


                ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

       A total of $13,221,000 is provided for Environmental 
     Compliance and Restoration.


                            RESERVE TRAINING

       A total of $110,614,000 is provided for Reserve Training.


              ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

       A total of $1,945,169,000 is provided for AC&I, a 
     significant increase above the request that reflects the 
     pressing need for recapitalization of the Coast Guard's shore 
     infrastructure and its fleets of aircraft and vessels. 
     Although the Coast Guard continues to communicate publicly 
     that its fleets are in desperate need of recapitalization, 
     and many vessels are decades beyond their expected service 
     life, the budget request failed to adequately address that 
     requirement. The Department and the Administration are 
     expected to provide more realistic AC&I budget requests in 
     the future.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessels:
    Survey and Design--Vessel and Boats.......................               $9,000,000              $15,000,000
    In-Service Vessel Sustainment.............................               68,000,000               68,000,000
    National Security Cutter..................................               91,400,000              743,400,000
    Offshore Patrol Cutter....................................               18,500,000               89,000,000
    Fast Response Cutter......................................              340,000,000              340,000,000
    Cutter Boats..............................................                3,000,000                3,000,000
    Polar Ice Breaking Vessel.................................                4,000,000                6,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Vessels.....................................              533,900,000            1,264,400,000
Aircraft:
    HC-144 Conversion/Sustainment.............................                3,000,000                3,000,000
    HC-27J Conversion/Sustainment.............................              102,000,000              102,000,000
    HC-130J Acquisition/Conversion/Sustainment................               55,000,000              150,000,000
    HH-65 Conversion/Sustainment..............................               40,000,000               40,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Aircraft....................................              200,000,000              295,000,000
Other Acquisition Programs:
    Program Oversight and Management..........................               20,000,000               20,000,000
    C4ISR.....................................................               36,600,000               36,600,000
    CG--Logistics Information Management System...............                8,500,000                8,500,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Other Acquisition Programs..................               65,100,000               65,100,000
Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation:
    Major Construction: Housing; ATON; and Survey & Design....               41,900,000              124,600,000
    Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure..................               54,500,000               52,000,000
    Minor Shore...............................................                5,000,000                5,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Shore Facilities and Aids to Navigation.....              101,400,000              181,600,000
    Military Housing..........................................                    - - -               21,000,000
    Direct Personnel Costs....................................              116,869,000              118,069,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements           $1,017,269,000           $1,945,169,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Survey and Design

       As detailed in the Senate report, an additional $6,000,000 
     is included above the request for survey and design work 
     associated with reactivation of the Polar Sea.


                        National Security Cutter

       A total of $743,400,000 is provided for the National 
     Security Cutter (NSC) program. The total includes 
     $640,000,000 for award and

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     production costs associated with a ninth National Security 
     Cutter, notwithstanding future costs for post-delivery 
     activities. In addition, $12,000,000 is included for the 
     necessary top-side engineering design work to support the 
     deployment of small UAS equipment on NSCs.


                         Offshore Patrol Cutter

       A total of $89,000,000 is provided for the Offshore Patrol 
     Cutter (OPC) program. Within that amount, $70,500,000 is 
     included to exercise the option for Detail Design and 
     commence Phase II of the OPC acquisition.


                          Fast Response Cutter

       A total of $340,000,000 is provided for the Fast Response 
     Cutter program. This amount is for the acquisition of six 
     cutters.


                            Polar Icebreaker

       The growth of global commerce, scientific research, 
     tourism, and other activity in the Arctic region requires a 
     multi-mission icebreaker to sustain a U.S. presence, maintain 
     domain awareness, and furnish critical search and rescue 
     capabilities. Unfortunately, the Coast Guard's current fleet 
     of heavy icebreakers is not adequate to meet this expanding 
     mission. Although the Administration has now proposed 
     accelerating the acquisition of the first replacement heavy 
     icebreaker, the funding proposed for the Coast Guard's 
     icebreaker program in fiscal year 2016 inadequately supports 
     this plan. In addition, the Capital Investment Plan, which 
     informs Congress about planned future asset acquisitions, 
     projected funding levels, and program timelines, is devoid of 
     any useful detail. In order for the Coast Guard to address 
     this requirement in the coming year and preclude falling 
     further behind, an additional $3,200,000 above the request is 
     provided to accelerate the acquisition of the next 
     icebreaker.


                          Full Funding Policy

       The Administration policy requiring the Coast Guard to 
     attain appropriations for the total acquisition cost for a 
     vessel, including long lead time materials, production costs, 
     and post-production costs, before a production contract can 
     be awarded has the potential to create shipbuilding 
     inefficiencies, force delays in the obligation of production 
     funds, and require post-production funds far in advance of 
     when they will be used. The Administration is expected to 
     give the Coast Guard the flexibility to acquire vessels, 
     including the OPC, in the most efficient manner within the 
     guidelines of strict governance measures.


                            HC-130J Aircraft

       An additional $95,000,000 above the request is provided for 
     one fully missionized HC-130J aircraft.


                               Rescue 21

       Within the total for AC&I, not more than $1,500,000 is 
     available under Program Oversight Management for the 
     management of Rescue 21, the Coast Guard's advanced command, 
     control, and direction-finding communications system, which 
     locates mariners in distress and saves lives and property at 
     sea and on navigable rivers. This funding may be used for 
     project oversight and management, travel, activities 
     associated with the transition from acquisition to 
     operations, activities associated with program closeout, and 
     other activities related to the management of the program. 
     Details on the planned and actual use of this funding, 
     including amounts obligated, shall be included in the Coast 
     Guard's quarterly acquisition briefings.


                            Shore Facilities

       Within the AC&I total, $181,600,000 is for construction of 
     shore facilities, including $31,000,000 for the relocation of 
     aviation facilities and $26,000,000 for activities at the 
     Coast Guard Yard associated with demolition of the floating 
     dry-dock Oakridge and construction of additional ship 
     capacity at the Yard. The Coast Guard, as a part of the 
     fiscal year 2016 obligation plan directed in title I of this 
     statement, shall provide the Committees an expenditure plan 
     for these funds.


                            Military Housing

       A total of $21,000,000 is provided for the 
     recapitalization, improvement, and acquisition of housing to 
     support military families. The Coast Guard, as a part of the 
     fiscal year 2016 obligation plan directed in title I of this 
     statement, shall provide to the Committees an expenditure 
     plan for these funds.


              RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

       A total of $18,019,000 is provided for Research, 
     Development, Test, and Evaluation.


                              RETIRED PAY

       A total of $1,604,000,000 is provided for Retired Pay. The 
     Coast Guard's Retired Pay appropriation is a mandatory budget 
     activity.

                      United States Secret Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       A total of $1,854,526,000 is provided for Salaries and 
     Expenses. For the last several years, the Secret Service has 
     failed to hire to the enacted workforce level, resulting in 
     tens of millions of dollars appropriated for personnel 
     compensation and benefits being diverted to unbudgeted 
     activities. Therefore, based on updated estimates from the 
     Secret Service, the agreement realigns funds among PPAs to 
     fund FTE in the appropriate PPAs and decreases the 
     President's budget request by $49,394,000 to fund a realistic 
     and achievable number of FTE. Increases above the request are 
     included for the following: $4,500,000 for operational 
     training; $15,300,000 for classified programs; $4,000,000 for 
     the increased requirement for overtime due to the under 
     execution in hiring personnel; $3,000,000 for reassignment 
     costs; $12,000,000 for electronic crimes special agent 
     training program; and $1,600,000 for electronic security 
     clearance needs.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Protection:
    Protection of Persons and Facilities......................           $1,009,246,000             $911,480,000
    Protective Intelligence Activities........................               72,806,000               70,967,000
    National Special Security Event Fund......................                4,500,000                4,500,000
    Presidential Candidate Nominee Protection.................              203,687,000              203,687,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Protection..................................            1,290,239,000            1,190,634,000
Investigations:
    Domestic Field Operations.................................              291,139,000              336,911,000
    International Field Office Administration, Operations and                34,168,000               31,378,000
     Training.................................................
    Support for Missing and Exploited Children................                    - - -                8,366,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Investigations..............................              325,307,000              376,655,000
    Headquarters, Management and Administration...............              194,640,000              231,706,000
    Rowley Training Center....................................               56,170,000               54,474,000
    Information Integration and Technology Transformation.....                1,057,000                1,057,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Total, Salaries and Expenses......................           $1,867,453,000           $1,854,526,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    National Special Security Events

       As requested, $4,500,000 is provided to defray costs 
     specific to Secret Service execution of its statutory 
     responsibilities to direct the planning and coordination of 
     National Special Security Events (NSSE). A general provision 
     is included in title V of the Act prohibiting the use of 
     funds to reimburse any federal department or agency for its 
     participation in an NSSE. As described in the House report, 
     the Secret Service is directed to provide periodic updates on 
     NSSE planned for fiscal year 2016 prior to and following each 
     event.


       Strategic Human Capital Plan and Workforce Staffing Model

       In lieu of direction in the House and Senate reports, the 
     Secret Service shall provide relevant hiring, attrition, and 
     force structure analysis figures as required in title I of 
     this statement.


        Implementation of the Protective Mission Panel Findings

  The bill provides $84,500,000 for enhancements associated with 
findings of the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel, 
including $4,400,000 for the Uniformed Division retention bonus and not 
less than $8,200,000, available for two years, for the Crown fence 
replacement. Given this large increase in funding, as well as the 
complexity and critical nature of these enhancements, the Secret 
Service is directed to report on the use of these funds in its 
quarterly obligation plans as directed in title I of this statement.


     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

       A total of $79,019,000 is provided for Acquisition, 
     Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses, including 
     $24,282,000 for facilities and $43,737,000 for investments in 
     Information Integration and Technology Transformation 
     programs. A total of $11,000,000 is provided for the next 
     generation limousine.


                               Facilities

       Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secret Service shall provide to the Committees a 
     revised master

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     plan for the James J. Rowley Training Center, as described in 
     the Senate report, and a capital infrastructure investment 
     plan for fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2020, as 
     described in the House report. Unobligated prior year funding 
     is available to defray the costs of deferred maintenance.


                     White House Training Facility

       A total of $750,000 is provided to complete a feasibility 
     study and design plan for the proposed White House Training 
     Facility. Future funding will be considered after completion 
     of a full cost estimate by the agency and an independent cost 
     estimate to be completed by the DHS CFO or a third party.

      TITLE III--PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

              National Protection and Programs Directorate


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

       A total of $62,132,000 is provided for Management and 
     Administration of the National Protection and Programs 
     Directorate (NPPD), which includes funding for current hiring 
     projections. NPPD is directed to target new hiring to 
     activities that support its core mission and provide hiring 
     updates and obligation plans as outlined in title I of this 
     statement. The total does not include $4,000,000 for support 
     of the DHS OCHCO CyberSkills Support Initiative as described 
     in the Senate report, as this requirement is addressed in 
     title I of this statement.


           INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY

       A total of $1,291,000,000 is provided for Infrastructure 
     Protection and Information Security (IPIS), which includes 
     funding for current hiring projections.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infrastructure Protection:
    Infrastructure Analysis and Planning......................              $75,969,000              $75,010,000
    Sector Management and Governance..........................               71,311,000               70,848,000
    Regional Field Operations.................................               52,755,000               49,151,000
    Infrastructure Security Compliance........................               94,877,000               78,400,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Infrastructure Protection...................              294,912,000              273,409,000
Cybersecurity and Communications:
    Cybersecurity:
        Cybersecurity Coordination............................                4,318,000                4,434,000
        US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)                       98,642,000               94,485,000
         Operations...........................................
        Federal Network Security..............................              131,202,000              136,055,000
        Network Security Deployment...........................              479,760,000              475,822,000
        Global Cybersecurity Management.......................               20,321,000               26,702,000
        Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness               77,584,000               74,229,000
        Business Operations...................................                6,516,000                7,022,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Cybersecurity...........................              818,343,000              818,749,000
    Communications:
        Office of Emergency Communications....................               33,025,000               34,205,000
        Priority Telecommunications Services..................               63,649,000               63,095,000
        Next Generation Networks..............................               80,102,000               80,384,000
        Programs to Study and Enhance Telecommunications......               10,418,000               10,334,000
        Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs...........               11,240,000               10,824,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Communications..........................              198,434,000              198,842,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Cybersecurity and Communications................            1,016,777,000            1,017,591,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
Total, Infrastructure Protection and Information Security.....           $1,311,689,000           $1,291,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Infrastructure Protection

       A total of $273,409,000 is provided for Infrastructure 
     Protection. No funding is provided for the requested climate 
     change assessments.
       Of the total provided, $75,010,000 is for Infrastructure 
     Analysis and Planning (IAP), which includes $18,650,000 for 
     the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center 
     (NISAC) and is available for two years. The $5,657,000 
     provided above the request for NISAC is for research on high-
     risk infrastructure vulnerabilities.
       As described in the Senate report, $1,500,000 is provided 
     above the request for the Office of Infrastructure Protection 
     and the Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Analysis to 
     develop and submit a three-year strategic plan to guide 
     vulnerability assessments, analytic assessments, and the 
     Regional Resiliency Assessment Program. The plan will guide 
     this suite of programs with a focus on comprehensive 
     assessments of critical lifeline infrastructure dependencies 
     and interdependencies, assisting FEMA in risk assessments 
     that support grant allocation decisions, and enhancing state 
     and local preparedness and resiliency. Included shall be a 
     set of performance metrics against which effectiveness can be 
     measured and reported to Congress on an annual basis.
       Of the total provided, $70,848,000 is for Sector Management 
     and Governance, including $2,000,000 to define agency needs, 
     identify requirements for community-level critical 
     infrastructure protection and resiliency, and rapidly 
     develop, test, and transition to use technologies that 
     address needs and requirements. An additional $4,219,000 
     above the request is provided to expedite development of the 
     IP Gateway, a comprehensive critical infrastructure 
     information database.
       Of the total provided, $49,151,000 is for Regional Field 
     Operations, including full funding for the National 
     Infrastructure Coordinating Center.
       Of the total provided, $78,400,000 is for Infrastructure 
     Security Compliance. Due to continued delays in implementing 
     the final rule on ammonium nitrate, no funds are included for 
     implementation but $4,500,000 is provided to allow NPPD to 
     employ additional measures to secure ammonium nitrate and 
     other IED precursors while continuing the rulemaking process.


                             Cybersecurity

       A total of $818,749,000 is provided for Cybersecurity of 
     which $94,485,000 is for US-CERT operations. Within the total 
     amount provided for Cybersecurity are increases above the 
     request of: $3,705,000 for improvements to reporting under 
     the Federal Information Security Management Act; $3,460,000 
     to support the deployment of cyber-engineers to agency 
     locations to assist in securing high-value IT systems; and 
     $534,000 for Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency 
     Response Team workforce development.
       Of the total provided, $136,055,000 is for Federal Network 
     Security, of which $98,509,000 is for Continuous Diagnostics 
     and Mitigation, as requested.
       Network Security Deployment is funded at $475,822,000. NPPD 
     is directed to brief the Committees within 30 days of the 
     date of enactment of this Act on its plans to address the 
     recommendations in GAO's comprehensive review of the National 
     Cybersecurity Protection System (GAO-16-43SU).
       A total of $26,702,000 is provided for Global Cybersecurity 
     Management, of which $1,679,000 is to fund the software 
     assurance program and $15,810,000 is for cybersecurity 
     education.


                Notification of Cybersecurity Incidents

       As stated in the Senate report, NPPD must improve the 
     process by which it notifies the Committees of cyber-
     incidents. NPPD shall develop a systematic process, in 
     coordination with other potentially impacted departments and 
     agencies, to notify the Committees of major cybersecurity 
     incidents, including any event involving another federal 
     agency.


                 Cybersecurity Information Coordination

       Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     NPPD is directed to brief the Committees on efforts to 
     include metrics in the National Cybersecurity and 
     Communications Integration Center's (NCCIC) programs, as 
     directed in the Senate report. As part of its fiscal year 
     2016 obligation plan and fiscal year 2017 budget 
     justification, NPPD shall provide the actual funding levels 
     for each PPA for all NCCIC activities.


                 State and Local Cybersecurity Support

       The fiscal year 2016 request proposed to reduce funding for 
     the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-
     ISAC). Although the proposed reduction was premised on an 
     expectation that MS-ISAC's customers would begin sharing 
     costs of services they receive, the budget request provided 
     almost no information to justify the proposed reduction. An 
     additional $500,000 is made available in the Critical 
     Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness PPA to help 
     ensure the continuation of current levels of state and local 
     cybersecurity services and information sharing.As part of its 
     fiscal year 2016 obligation plan, NPPD shall report the 
     actual funding level for MS-ISAC including a detailed 
     justification for that amount. NPPD should also ensure that 
     budget materials clearly justify the amount being proposed to

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     support MS-ISAC. NPPD is expected to coordinate with MS-ISAC 
     and its customers on the rationale and timeline for 
     establishing the cost-sharing plan.


                  Cybersecurity Strategy and Planning

       As detailed in the Senate report, NPPD is directed to brief 
     the Committees upon the release of the National Cybersecurity 
     Review and to utilize the review in developing a strategic 
     plan on how best to work with state and local leaders on 
     cybersecurity. The strategic plan should address how federal, 
     state, and local partners work together, as well as include 
     an assessment of the role of other stakeholders such as the 
     National Guard. In addition, NPPD shall brief the Committees 
     within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the 
     timeline for updating the National Cyber Incident Response 
     Plan. The briefing shall include a plan for engaging with 
     state and local governments and private sector stakeholders 
     in the development of the framework. In developing both the 
     strategic plan and the update to the National Cyber Incident 
     Response Plan, NPPD should consider the role of the MS-ISAC 
     with regard to outreach to and engagement with state and 
     local governments.


                             Communications

       A total of $198,842,000 is provided for Communications. Of 
     the total provided, $34,205,000 is for the Office of 
     Emergency Communications (OEC), of which $2,000,000 is to 
     establish a demonstration project to aid in developing the 
     National Emergency Communications Plan. The demonstration 
     project shall leverage existing technologies and engage non-
     medical professionals to help establish or sustain statewide 
     medical communications systems and utilize existing 
     infrastructures to improve the delivery of rural medical 
     care. OEC shall submit a plan for establishing this 
     demonstration project to the Committees within 90 days of the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       In addition, $80,384,000 is provided for Next Generation 
     Networks, including $26,668,000 to implement priority Voice 
     over Internet Protocol communication capability.


                       FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

       A total of $1,443,449,000 is made available for the Federal 
     Protective Service (FPS), as requested. This funding is 
     generated by collections of security fees from federal 
     agencies based on security services provided by FPS. A 
     provision is included requiring that a strategic human 
     capital plan be submitted with the President's fiscal year 
     2017 budget proposal.


                OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

       A total of $282,473,000 is provided for the Office of 
     Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), of which not less than 
     $65,800,000 is for Increment 1 of the successor system to the 
     IDENT automated biometric identification system. This funding 
     is provided with the understanding that current estimates for 
     follow-on increments include $52,800,000 for Increment 2, 
     $40,000,000 for Increment 3, and $46,700,000 for Increment 4. 
     OBIM is directed to find cost savings wherever possible and 
     brief the Committees on any anticipated cost changes.
       The Department has again been entertaining proposals to 
     transfer OBIM out of NPPD. Discussion of such proposals, 
     which would require authorization to implement, should not be 
     allowed to detract from OBIM's focus on carrying out its 
     important departmental mission.

                        Office of Health Affairs

       A total of $125,369,000 is provided for the Office of 
     Health Affairs (OHA). Of the total amount, $82,078,000 is for 
     BioWatch; $10,500,000 is for the National Biosurveillance 
     Integration Center; $824,000 is for the Chemical Defense 
     Program; $4,957,000 is for Planning and Coordination; and 
     $27,010,000 is for Salaries and Expenses.


                       Biosurveillance Activities

       Of the total provided, $1,000,000 is for replacement and 
     recapitalization of current BioWatch equipment. OHA is 
     directed to brief the Committees not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act on its response to the 
     recent GAO report (GAO-16-99) on the BioWatch program, which 
     found that DHS lacks reliable information about the current 
     system's technical capabilities to detect a biological 
     attack.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       A total of $960,754,000 is provided for Salaries and 
     Expenses. Within the total, not less than: $2,000,000 is for 
     the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; $2,470,515 is 
     for the National Hurricane Program; $8,500,000 is for the 
     National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; and $9,100,000 
     is for the National Dam Safety Program. In lieu of direction 
     provided in the House and Senate reports, new obligation plan 
     and budget justification requirements are outlined in title I 
     of this statement.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Budget Request             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative and Regional Offices...........................            $243,323,000             $236,802,000
Office of National Capital Region Coordination................              (3,422,000)              (3,422,000)
Preparedness and Protection...................................             190,928,000              189,581,000
Response......................................................             168,466,000              174,124,000
Urban Search and Rescue Response System.......................             (27,513,000)             (35,180,000)
Recovery......................................................              51,472,000               49,763,000
Mitigation....................................................              25,753,000               27,957,000
Mission Support...............................................             168,437,000              181,610,000
Centrally Managed Accounts....................................             100,917,000              100,917,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Salaries and Expenses..............................            $949,296,000             $960,754,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             DRS Budgeting

       The House report directs FEMA to implement reforms to 
     budgeting for Disaster Readiness Support (DRS). In lieu of 
     the direction that the reforms be implemented in the fiscal 
     year 2017 budget proposal, FEMA shall incorporate as many of 
     the outlined reforms as possible within the fiscal year 2017 
     budget proposal and fully implement the reforms with the 
     submission of the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal. Further, 
     FEMA is directed to present future budget proposals and 
     obligation reports, as applicable, in the following PPA and 
     sub-activity structure for the DRS:
       PPA: Cadre Operational Readiness and Deployability
        Disaster Employee Staffing
        Disaster Training
        Disaster Employee Equipping
       PPA: Readiness Support Contracts, Supplies Readiness 
     Support Contracts and Interagency Agreements Stockpiling 
     (supplies, commodities and temporary housing units)
       PPA: Information Technology Support (non-enterprise 
     disaster IT systems)
       PPA: Working Capital Fund (activities directly related to 
     declared disasters)


          Information Technology Modernization and Resiliency

       The bill provides $6,200,000 for the Financial Management 
     System to expedite implementation; $10,000,000 for the Grants 
     Management Modernization Strategy; $5,917,000 for the IT 
     Resiliency Review; and $17,000,000 to expedite cybersecurity 
     measures such as network access control, switches and 
     routers, installation of equipment, and IT personnel to 
     address critical emergent needs identified by FEMA. All 
     projects shall be completed in consultation with the DHS CIO. 
     Furthermore, details on modernization, security, and 
     resiliency projects shall be reported to the Committees 
     consistent with the obligation guidance in title I, and FEMA 
     shall continue to provide updates on the IT Resiliency 
     Review, as directed in the Senate report.


               Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center

       Of the total provided for Salaries and Expenses, 
     $27,500,000 is for capital improvements to the Mount Weather 
     Emergency Operations Center. In lieu of direction in the 
     House report, FEMA shall address the use of these and any 
     other funds available for Mount Weather Emergency Operations 
     Center capital projects when FEMA briefs the Committees on 
     its obligation plans as directed in title I of this 
     statement.


                 Capital Infrastructure Investment Plan

       As directed in the House report, FEMA shall provide a 
     capital infrastructure investment plan for fiscal year 2016 
     through fiscal year 2020.


                         Ensuring Rail Security

       As outlined in the Senate report, NPPD and FEMA shall brief 
     the Committees on the management of crude oil movements, 
     including those actions being taken to address gaps in 
     capabilities at the state and local levels (including through 
     grant awards), any unmet needs in coordinating with other 
     departments and agencies, and the unique needs of first 
     responders.


                        STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

       A total of $1,500,000,000 is provided for State and Local 
     Programs, to be distributed by PPA as follows:

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                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
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State Homeland Security Grant Program.........................                    - - -             $467,000,000
    Operation Stonegarden.....................................                    - - -             (55,000,000)

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Urban Area Security Initiative................................                    - - -              600,000,000
    Nonprofit Security Grants.................................                    - - -             (20,000,000)
Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad                            - - -              100,000,000
 Security Assistance..........................................
    Amtrak Security...........................................                    - - -             (10,000,000)
    Over-the-Road Bus Security................................                    - - -              (3,000,000)
Port Security Grants..........................................                    - - -              100,000,000
Education, Training, and Exercises............................             $168,224,000              233,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Emergency Management Institute............................             (19,523,000)             (20,569,000)
    Center for Domestic Preparedness..........................             (62,860,000)             (64,991,000)
    National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.................             (42,000,000)             (98,000,000)
    National Exercise Program.................................             (25,841,000)             (19,919,000)
    Continuing Training.......................................             (18,000,000)             (29,521,000)
National Preparedness Grant Program...........................            1,043,200,000                    - - -
First Responder Assistance Program:
    Emergency Management Performance Grants \1\...............              350,000,000                    - - -
    Fire Grants \1\...........................................              335,000,000                    - - -
    Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)               335,000,000                    - - -
     Act Grants \1\...........................................
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Total, State and Local Programs.......................           $2,231,424,000           $1,500,000,000
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\1\ Funds for these programs are appropriated in separate accounts.

       Provisions are included specifying timeframes for grant 
     awards, limiting grantee administrative costs to five percent 
     of the total amount of each grant, permitting the 
     construction of communication towers under certain 
     conditions, requiring reports from grantees as necessary, and 
     permitting the use of certain funds for security buffer zones 
     at FEMA facilities.
       In addition to the items included in the House and Senate 
     reports related to uses of grant funding, FEMA is encouraged 
     to consider applications which will enhance physical security 
     at large venues and for early warning systems, such as for 
     severe weather, earthquakes, and siren alerts. FEMA is 
     directed to review eligible grant activities, in conjunction 
     with the Department of Justice and its grant programs, to 
     determine how emergent and cross-cutting national security 
     challenges, such as the heroin epidemic, international 
     smuggling, and public health threats, can be better addressed 
     at state and local levels.
       Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     and after consultation with stakeholders, FEMA shall brief 
     the Committees on the feasibility of expanding eligibility 
     for non-profit security grants, based on risk, to 
     organizations located outside of urban areas receiving Urban 
     Area Security Initiative (UASI) grants.


                     Urban Area Security Initiative

       Consistent with the 9/11 Act, FEMA shall conduct risk 
     assessments for the 100 most populous metropolitan 
     statistical areas prior to making UASI grant awards. Because 
     most of the cumulative national terrorism risk to urban areas 
     is focused on a relatively small number of cities, it is 
     expected that UASI funding will be limited to urban areas 
     representing up to 85 percent of such risk and that resources 
     will continue to be allocated in proportion to risk.


                   Education, Training, and Exercises

       A total of $233,000,000 is provided for Education, 
     Training, and Exercises. Within the total, $29,521,000 is for 
     Continuing Training, including $3,500,000 for rural first 
     responder training, not less than $2,000,000 for hazardous 
     materials training, and $18,000,000 for the Center for 
     Homeland Defense and Security.


                     FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

       A total of $690,000,000 is provided for Firefighter 
     Assistance Grants, including $345,000,000 in grants for 
     firefighter equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, 
     training and other resources, and $345,000,000 for 
     firefighter staffing grants.


                EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

       A total of $350,000,000 is provided for Emergency 
     Management Performance Grants.


              RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

       Statutory language is included providing for the receipt 
     and expenditure of fees collected, as authorized by Public 
     Law 105-276.


                   UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

       A total of $44,000,000 is provided for the United States 
     Fire Administration.


                          DISASTER RELIEF FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       A total of $7,374,693,000 is provided for the Disaster 
     Relief Fund (DRF), of which $6,712,953,000 is designated as 
     being for disaster relief for major disasters pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985. A provision is included 
     transferring $24,000,000 to the OIG for audits and 
     investigations related to all disasters.
       A general provision is included in title V of this Act 
     rescinding amounts provided for non-major disaster response 
     in prior years due to the significant balances carried over 
     from fiscal year 2015 and amounts recovered from previous 
     disasters during project closeouts. The remaining balances, 
     combined with the amount appropriated in this bill, fully 
     fund all known requirements, to include recovery from 
     Hurricane Sandy, the Colorado wildfires, the Oklahoma 
     tornadoes, the South Carolina flooding, and other previous 
     disasters, as well as estimated costs of response and relief 
     efforts for future disasters.
       As directed in title I of this statement, FEMA shall 
     include with the fiscal year 2017 budget justification 
     materials a detailed justification for all categories funded 
     with base discretionary funding, including a detailed 
     obligation plan for the DRS program. Additionally, as 
     directed in title I, FEMA shall provide briefings on the 
     obligation of DRS funding.
       As directed in the House report, FEMA shall continue the 
     practice of posting Preliminary Disaster Assessments, Public 
     Assistance Grants, and mission assignments to the Agency's 
     website in the same manner as directed in Public Law 114-4.
       As noted in the explanatory statement accompanying Public 
     Law 114-4, FEMA shall continue to implement the appeals 
     process for improper payments efficiently and pay diligent 
     attention to overpayments made due to FEMA's error. If the 
     improper payment cannot be forgiven, FEMA shall work with 
     individuals based on ability to make the repayment.


             FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

       A total of $190,000,000 is provided for Flood Hazard 
     Mapping and Risk Analysis. With an additional $155,899,000 
     available for flood mapping activities through the National 
     Flood Insurance Fund, FEMA's fiscal year 2016 resources for 
     flood plain mapping total $345,899,000. This amount will 
     enable FEMA to make significant progress toward its goal of 
     maintaining 80 percent of its mapping inventory as maps with 
     new, validated, or updated engineering. As directed in the 
     Senate report, FEMA shall ensure mapping updates are done in 
     coordination with ongoing state and local flood mitigation 
     efforts.


                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

       A total of $181,198,000 is provided for the National Flood 
     Insurance Fund, for which administrative costs shall not 
     exceed four percent.


                  NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

       A total of $100,000,000 is provided for the National 
     Predisaster Mitigation Fund, to remain available until 
     expended. FEMA is directed to brief the Committees on the 
     plan for award and distribution prior to execution of the 
     funds, ensure projects meet the national need, and focus on 
     actual hazards and not causation.


                       EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

       A total of $120,000,000 is provided for the Emergency Food 
     and Shelter Program (EFSP), of which administrative costs 
     shall not exceed 3.5 percent. A provision authorizing the 
     FEMA Administrator to transfer the funding and administrative 
     responsibility for EFSP to the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development (HUD) is not included. While the proposal 
     to transfer EFSP to HUD has merits, any proposal to transfer 
     the program in a future budget request must be directly 
     proposed as part of the HUD budget. Further, in order to 
     ensure a successful transition, any future transfer proposal 
     should be premised on outreach to appropriate stakeholders, 
     including congressional committees of jurisdiction. It is 
     expected that FEMA and HUD will include a comprehensive 
     outreach strategy, as well as a full transition plan, as part 
     of any such proposal in the future.

        TITLE IV--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES

           United States Citizenship and Immigration Services


                                E-Verify

       A total of $119,671,000 is provided in discretionary 
     appropriations for E-Verify.


             Official Reception and Representation Expenses

       No more than $10,000 of the fees collected shall be used 
     for official reception and representation expenses.


                            GAO USCIS Review

       In Senate Report 113-198, GAO was directed to perform a 
     review of fraud in the asylum

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     process. Not later than 60 days after GAO issues the report, 
     the Department is directed to brief the Committees on actions 
     taken to implement each of GAO's recommendations. The 
     Department shall provide progress updates every 60 days 
     thereafter until all of the recommendations have been 
     implemented for all types of benefits. In addition, GAO is 
     directed to perform a similarly scoped review of fraud in the 
     refugee screening process.


                             E-Verify Usage

       As directed in the Senate report, USCIS is to include on 
     its website, in both graphic and downloadable formats, E-
     Verify usage statistics, including basic analytics functions, 
     not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.


                             Advance Parole

       As directed in the Senate report, USCIS is to report not 
     later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
     the use of advance parole.


                               Fee Study

       As directed in the Senate report, USCIS is to report not 
     later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
     the results of its fee study.


                     Change of Address Notification

       Under 8 U.S.C. 1305, most non-United States citizens 
     lawfully present in the United States must report to USCIS, 
     as a condition of stay, a change of address within 10 days of 
     moving within the United States or its territories. USCIS is 
     directed to brief the Committees within 120 days of the date 
     of enactment of this Act on compliance with this address 
     change notification requirement, including: how the 
     requirement is communicated to the affected population; how 
     many change of address notifications have been submitted each 
     of the last three fiscal years broken down by visa categories 
     or status; what actions USCIS or other agencies take in 
     validating or making use of the address change submissions; 
     and the number of non-United States citizens since fiscal 
     year 2012 who have been penalized for failing to update their 
     address.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       A total of $217,485,000 is provided for Salaries and 
     Expenses. The amount available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, $7,180, reflects historic 
     expenditures for this purpose. FLETC is directed to brief the 
     Committees quarterly on a plan for the obligation of funds, 
     as specified under title I of this statement. Within the 
     funds provided for Law Enforcement Training, $1,303,000 shall 
     be for the FLETC Accreditation Board, of which $300,000 may 
     be distributed to federal law enforcement agencies for 
     expenses incurred participating in training and 
     accreditation.
       Because the fiscal year 2015 DHS Appropriations Act did not 
     fund a proposed 2,000 new CBP officers, the bill includes a 
     reduction to the fiscal year 2016 request of $26,406,000 
     associated with the training of those officers. However, an 
     increase of $4,750,000 is included to fund an additional 38 
     FTE for other training requirements.
       FLETC shall conduct a review of its workforce benefits, per 
     direction in the House report, and make any appropriate 
     legislative recommendations to the Committees, the House 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Senate 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


     ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

       A total of $27,553,000 is provided for Acquisitions, 
     Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses.

                         Science and Technology


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

       A total of $131,531,000 is provided for Management and 
     Administration.


           RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

       A total of $655,407,000 is provided for Research, 
     Development, Acquisition, and Operations.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Research, Development, and Innovation.........................             $434,850,000             $434,850,000
Acquisition and Operations Support............................               47,102,000               47,102,000
Laboratory Facilities.........................................              133,921,000              133,731,000
University Programs...........................................               31,000,000               39,724,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations.             $646,873,000             $655,407,000
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                   Domestic Nuclear Detection Office


                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

       A total of $38,109,000 is provided for Management and 
     Administration.


                 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

       A total of $196,000,000 is provided for Research, 
     Development, and Operations.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Systems Engineering and Architecture..........................              $17,000,000              $17,000,000
Systems Development...........................................               22,000,000               22,000,000
Transformational Research and Development.....................               68,000,000               68,000,000
Assessments...................................................               38,000,000               38,000,000
Operations Support............................................               31,000,000               31,000,000
National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center...................               20,000,000               20,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Research, Development, and Operations..............             $196,000,000             $196,000,000
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                          Systems Acquisition

       The bill provides a total of $113,011,000 for Systems 
     Acquisition.
       The amount provided for this appropriation by PPA is as 
     follows:

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                                                                    Budget Estimate             Final Bill
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Radiological and Nuclear Detection Equipment Acquisition......             $101,011,000              $91,011,000
Securing the Cities...........................................               22,000,000               22,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total, Systems Acquisition................................             $123,011,000             $113,011,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Radiological and Nuclear Detection Equipment Acquisition

       A total of $91,011,000 is provided for the Radiological and 
     Nuclear Detection Equipment Acquisition, including 
     $37,539,000 for the Radiation Portal Monitor Program as 
     requested.
       TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
       Section 501. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that no part of any appropriation shall remain 
     available for obligation beyond the current year unless 
     expressly provided.
       Section 502. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
     may be merged with new appropriation accounts and used for 
     the same purpose, subject to reprogramming guidelines.
       Section 503. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified that requires 15-day advance 
     notification for the reprogramming and transfer of funds; 
     limits authority to reprogram funds within an appropriations 
     account; and provides authority to transfer up to five 
     percent out of appropriations accounts. In order to give the 
     Department flexibility in addressing emerging threats and 
     challenges, language from prior years limiting the amount of 
     funds that could be transferred into an appropriation is not 
     included.
       For purposes of reprogramming notifications, ``program, 
     project, or activity'' is defined as an amount identified in 
     the detailed funding table located at the end of this 
     statement or an amount directed for a specific purpose in 
     this statement. Also for purposes of reprogramming 
     notifications, the creation of a new program, project, or 
     activity is defined as any significant new activity that has 
     not been explicitly justified to the Congress in budget 
     justification material and for which funds have not been 
     appropriated by the Congress. For further guidance when 
     determining which movements of

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     funds are subject to section 503, the Department is reminded 
     to follow GAO's definition of ``program, project, or 
     activity'' as detailed in GAO's A Glossary of Terms Used in 
     the Federal Budget Process. Within 30 days of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Department shall submit to the 
     Committees a table delineating PPAs subject to section 503 
     notification requirements, as defined in this paragraph.
       These reprogramming guidelines shall be complied with by 
     all agencies funded by this Act. The Department shall submit 
     reprogramming requests on a timely basis and provide complete 
     explanations of the reallocations proposed, including 
     detailed justifications of the increases and offsets, and any 
     specific impact the proposed changes will have on the budget 
     request for the following fiscal year and future-year 
     appropriations requirements. Each request submitted to the 
     Committees should include a detailed table showing the 
     proposed revisions at the account, program, project, and 
     activity level to the funding and staffing (full-time 
     equivalent position) levels for the current fiscal year and 
     to the levels requested in the President's budget for the 
     following fiscal year.
       The Department shall manage its programs, projects, and 
     activities within the levels appropriated. The Department 
     should only submit reprogramming or transfer requests in the 
     case of an unforeseeable emergency or situation that could 
     not have been predicted when formulating the budget request 
     for the current fiscal year. When the Department submits a 
     reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees and does 
     not receive identical responses from the House and Senate, it 
     is the responsibility of the Department to reconcile the 
     House and Senate differences before proceeding and, if 
     reconciliation is not possible, to consider the reprogramming 
     or transfer request not approved.
       Unless an initial notification has already been provided, 
     the Department is not to submit a reprogramming or transfer 
     request after June 30 except in extraordinary circumstances 
     that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the 
     protection of property. If a reprogramming or transfer is 
     needed after June 30, the submittal should contain sufficient 
     documentation as to why it meets this statutory exception.
       Section 504. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified that prohibits funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available to the Department to make payment 
     to the Working Capital Fund (WCF), except for activities and 
     amounts allowed in the President's fiscal year 2016 budget 
     request. Funds provided to the WCF are available until 
     expended. The Department can only charge components for 
     direct usage of the WCF and these funds may be used only for 
     the purposes consistent with the contributing component. Any 
     funds paid in advance or reimbursed must reflect the full 
     cost of each service. The Department shall submit a 
     notification for the addition or removal of any activity to 
     the fund and shall submit quarterly execution reports with 
     activity level detail. A new proviso is included requiring 
     the Department to identify the source of funds by PPA.
       Section 505. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated 
     balances remaining at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 
     appropriations made for salaries and expenses shall remain 
     available through fiscal year 2017 subject to section 503 
     reprogramming guidelines.
       Section 506. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that funds for intelligence activities are 
     deemed to be specifically authorized during fiscal year 2016 
     until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
     activities for fiscal year 2016.
       Section 507. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued requiring notification of the Committees three 
     days before grant allocations, grant awards, contract awards, 
     other transactional agreements, letters of intent, a task or 
     delivery order on a multiple contract award totaling 
     $1,000,000 or more, a task or delivery order greater than 
     $10,000,000 from multi-year funds, or sole-source grant 
     awards, are announced by the Department, including contracts 
     covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The Department 
     is required to brief the Committees five full business days 
     prior to announcing the intention to make a grant under State 
     and Local Programs. Notification shall include a description 
     of the project or projects to be funded, including city, 
     county, and state.
       Section 508. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified that no agency shall purchase, 
     construct, or lease additional facilities for Federal law 
     enforcement training without advance notification to the 
     Committees.
       Section 509. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that none of the funds may be used for any 
     construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for 
     which a prospectus, if required under chapter 33 of title 40, 
     United States Code, has not been approved.
       Section 510. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified that includes and consolidates by 
     reference prior year statutory provisions related to 
     contracting officer's technical representative training; 
     sensitive security information; and the use of funds in 
     conformance with section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 
     1992. A modified provision is included to permanently 
     discontinue certain prior reporting requirements.
       Section 511. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that none of the funds may be used in 
     contravention of the Buy American Act.
       Section 512. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued regarding the oath of allegiance required by 
     section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
       Section 513. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified requiring the Chief Financial 
     Officer to submit monthly budget execution and staffing 
     reports within 30 days after the close of each month.
       Section 514. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued directing that any funds appropriated or 
     transferred to TSA's Aviation Security, Administration, and 
     Transportation Security Support appropriations in fiscal 
     years 2004 and 2005 that are recovered or deobligated shall 
     be available only for procurement and installation of 
     explosives detection systems, air cargo, baggage, and 
     checkpoint screening systems, subject to notification. Semi-
     annual reports must be submitted identifying any funds that 
     are recovered or deobligated.
       Section 515. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified regarding competitive sourcing for 
     USCIS.
       Section 516. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued for fiscal year 2016 requiring that any funds 
     appropriated to the Coast Guard's 110-123 foot patrol boat 
     conversion that are recovered, collected, or otherwise 
     received as a result of negotiation, mediation, or litigation 
     shall be available until expended for the Fast Response 
     Cutter program.
       Section 517. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued classifying the functions of the instructor 
     staff at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as 
     inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 
     Activities Inventory Reform Act.
       Section 518. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified regarding grants or contracts 
     awarded by any means other than full and open competition. 
     The Inspector General is required to review departmental 
     contracts awarded noncompetitively and report on the results 
     to the Committees.
       Section 519. A provision proposed by the House is continued 
     that prohibits funding pertaining to the Principal Federal 
     Official during a Stafford Act declared disaster or 
     emergency, with certain exceptions. The Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Section 520. A provision proposed by the House is continued 
     that precludes DHS from using funds in this Act to carry out 
     reorganization authority. This prohibition is not intended to 
     prevent the Department from carrying out routine or small 
     reallocations of personnel or functions within components, 
     subject to section 503 of this Act. This language prevents 
     large-scale reorganization of the Department, which should be 
     acted on legislatively by the relevant congressional 
     committees of jurisdiction. While the Department has 
     developed plans for a large-scale reorganization of NPPD, 
     such reorganization has not yet been authorized by Congress 
     and would be precluded by this language. The Department may 
     propose minor changes under section 503 of this Act to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 521. A new provision is included that prohibits the 
     creation of a proposed Office of Chemical, Biological, 
     Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Defense without 
     explicit authorization by Congress, and facilitates funding 
     realignments related to the creation of the office if so 
     authorized.
       Section 522. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that prohibits funding to grant an immigration 
     benefit to any individual unless the results of the 
     background checks required in statute, to be completed prior 
     to the grant of the benefit, have been received by DHS.
       Section 523. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued extending other transactional authority for DHS 
     through fiscal year 2016.
       Section 524. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued requiring the Secretary to link all contracts 
     that provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes.
       Section 525. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified regarding waivers of the Jones Act.
       Section 526. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified related to prescription drugs.
       Section 527. A provision proposed by the Senate is 
     continued prohibiting funds from being used to reduce the 
     Coast Guard's Operations Systems Center mission or its 
     government-employed or contract staff. The House proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Section 528. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued requiring the Secretary, in conjunction with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, to notify the Committees of any 
     proposed transfers from the Department of Treasury Forfeiture 
     Fund to any agency

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     within DHS. No funds may be obligated until the Committees 
     approve the proposed transfers.
       Section 529. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting funds for planning, testing, 
     piloting, or developing a national identification card.
       Section 530. A provision proposed by the Senate is 
     continued prohibiting funds to be used to conduct or 
     implement the results of a competition under Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76 with respect to the Coast 
     Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. The House 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Section 531. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued directing that any official required by this Act 
     to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
     may not delegate any such authority unless expressly 
     authorized to do so in this Act.
       Section 532. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting the use of funds for the transfer or 
     release of individuals detained at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into or within the United 
     States.
       Section 533. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting funds in this Act to be used for 
     first-class travel.
       Section 534. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting funds to be used to employ illegal 
     workers as described in Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act.
       Section 535. A provision proposed by the Senate is 
     continued prohibiting the Secretary from reducing operations 
     within the Coast Guard's Civil Engineering Program except as 
     specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date 
     of enactment of this Act. The House proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Section 536. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act to pay for award or incentive fees for 
     contractors with below satisfactory performance or 
     performance that fails to meet the basic requirements of the 
     contract.
       Section 537. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that requires any new processes developed to 
     screen aviation passengers and crews for transportation or 
     national security to consider privacy and civil liberties, 
     consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
       Section 538. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified that permits the allocation of 
     USCIS fees for an immigrant integration grants program. The 
     grants shall be used to provide services to individuals who 
     have been lawfully admitted into the U.S. for permanent 
     residence.
       Section 539. A provision proposed by the House and the 
     Senate is included and modified providing a total of 
     $215,679,000 for the DHS headquarters consolidation at St. 
     Elizabeths and for related mission support activities, of 
     which $3,376,000 is additional funding for security services. 
     As specified in the bill, DHS shall submit an expenditure 
     plan detailing the allocation of these funds.
       Section 540. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for DHS to enter into a federal 
     contract unless the contract meets requirements of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or 
     chapter 137 of title 10 U.S.C., and the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation, unless the contract is otherwise authorized by 
     statute without regard to this section.
       Section 541. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is included and modified providing $52,977,000 for financial 
     systems modernization activities, which the Secretary may 
     transfer between appropriations for the same purpose after 
     notifying the Committees 15 days in advance. Funding is 
     available for two years.
       Section 542. A new provision is included providing 
     $100,000,000 for cybersecurity to safeguard and enhance DHS 
     systems and capabilities, which the Secretary may transfer 
     between appropriations for the same purpose after notifying 
     the Committees 15 days in advance.
       Section 543. A new provision is included providing 
     $50,000,000 for emergent threats from violent extremism and 
     from complex coordinated terrorist attacks, which the 
     Secretary may transfer between appropriations for the same 
     purpose after notifying the Committees 15 days in advance.
       Section 544. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified providing flexibility to the 
     Department in responding to an immigration emergency, subject 
     to notification.
       Section 545. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued stating that the Secretary shall ensure 
     enforcement of all immigration laws.
       Section 546. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued requiring DHS computer systems to block 
     electronic access to pornography, except for law enforcement 
     purposes.
       Section 547. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued regarding the transfer of firearms by Federal 
     law enforcement personnel.
       Section 548. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting any funds from this or any other Act 
     to be used for creation of the National Preparedness Grant 
     Program or any successor grant programs unless explicitly 
     authorized by Congress.
       Section 549. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting funds for the position of Public 
     Advocate or a successor position within ICE.
       Section 550. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified amending Public Law 113-76 
     regarding reimbursable public-private partnerships and 
     donation authority related to CBP port of entry operations.
       Section 551. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified regarding funding restrictions and 
     reporting requirements related to conferences occurring 
     outside of the United States.
       Section 552. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that prohibits funds made available by this Act 
     to reimburse any federal department or agency for its 
     participation in a NSSE.
       Section 553. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued and modified requiring certification to Congress 
     for new air preclearance operations.
       Section 554. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued prohibiting any funds from this or any other Act 
     to be used to require airport operators to provide airport-
     financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile 
     area of any airport at which TSA provided such monitoring as 
     of December 1, 2013.
       Section 555. A provision proposed by the House is continued 
     pertaining to the temporary reemployment of administrative 
     law judges for arbitration dispute resolution. The Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Section 556. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued that clarifies that fees collected pursuant to 
     the Colombia Free Trade Agreement are available until 
     expended.
       Section 557. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued requiring a notification, including 
     justification materials, prior to implementing any structural 
     pay reform that affects more than 100 FTE positions or costs 
     more than $5,000,000.
       Section 558. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is continued directing the Department to post on a public 
     website reports required by the Committees on Appropriations 
     unless public posting compromises homeland or national 
     security or contains proprietary information.
       Section 559. A provision proposed by the Senate is 
     continued that prohibits the collection of new land border 
     fees or the study of the imposition of such fees. The House 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Section 560. A provision proposed by the House is continued 
     and modified that allows the costs of providing humanitarian 
     relief to unaccompanied alien children and to alien adults 
     and their minor children to be an eligible use for certain 
     Homeland Security grants. The Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Section 561. A provision proposed by the House is included 
     and modified directing that all DHS acquisition programs meet 
     established acquisition documentation requirements. The 
     Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Section 562. A provision proposed by the Senate is 
     continued prohibiting the use of funds for personnel who 
     prepare or submit appropriations language that assumes 
     revenue not enacted into law at the time of the budget 
     submission. The House proposed no similar provision.
       Section 563. A provision proposed by the House is included 
     and modified to allow the DHS fiscal year 2017 budget request 
     and accompanying justification material to be submitted in a 
     common appropriation structure. The Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Section 564. A provision proposed by the Senate is included 
     related to the Arms Trade Treaty. The House proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Section 565. A provision proposed by the House is included 
     amending 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A), related to H-2B visas. The 
     Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Section 566. A new provision is included that allows CBP 
     access to certain reimbursements for preclearance activities.
       Section 567. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is included and modified rescinding unobligated balances from 
     specified programs.
       Section 568. A provision is included rescinding unobligated 
     balances made available to the Department when it was created 
     in 2003.
       Section 569. A new provision is included rescinding lapsed 
     balances made available pursuant to section 505 of this Act.
       Section 570. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is included and modified rescinding specified funds from the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund.
       Section 571. A provision proposed by the House and Senate 
     is included and modified rescinding unobligated balances from 
     FEMA DRF.
       Section 572. A new provision is included extending the 
     authorization of USCIS' E-Verify Program until September 30, 
     2016.

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       Section 573. A new provision is included extending the non-
     minister religious worker immigrant authorization until 
     September 30, 2016.
       Section 574. A new provision is included extending until 
     September 30, 2016, the authority to waive the two-year home-
     country physical presence requirement for foreign doctors 
     with expiring J-1 visas who apply to remain in the United 
     States and commit to working in medically underserved areas.
       Section 575. A new provision is included extending the 
     Regional Center program within the ``EB-5'' immigrant 
     investor program authorization until September 30, 2016.

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   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       The following statement is an explanation of the effects of 
     Division G, which makes appropriations for the Department of 
     the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the 
     Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and related 
     agencies for fiscal year 2016. Report language contained in 
     House Report 114-170 and Senate Report 114-70 providing 
     specific guidance to agencies regarding the administration of 
     appropriated funds and any corresponding reporting 
     requirements carries the same emphasis as the language 
     included in this explanatory statement and should be complied 
     with unless specifically addressed to the contrary herein. 
     This explanatory statement, while repeating some language for 
     emphasis, is not intended to negate the language referred to 
     above unless expressly provided herein.
       In cases where the House report, Senate report, or this 
     explanatory statement directs the submission of a report, 
     such report is to be submitted to both the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations. Where this explanatory 
     statement refers to the Committees or the Committees on 
     Appropriations, unless otherwise noted, this reference is to 
     the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
     Agencies and the Senate Subcommittee on Interior, 
     Environment, and Related Agencies.
       The Committees direct each department and agency funded in 
     this Act to follow the directions set forth in this Act and 
     the accompanying statement, and not reallocate resources or 
     reorganize activities except as provided herein or otherwise 
     approved by the Committees through the reprogramming process 
     as described in this explanatory statement. This explanatory 
     statement addresses only those agencies and accounts for 
     which there is a need for greater explanation than provided 
     in the Act itself. Funding levels for appropriations by 
     account, program, and activity, with comparisons to the 
     fiscal year 2015 enacted level and the fiscal year 2016 
     budget request, can be found in the table at the end of this 
     division.
       Unless expressly stated otherwise, any reference to ``this 
     Act'' or ``at the end of this statement'' shall be treated as 
     referring only to the provisions of this division.
       Drought, Forests and Wildfires.--Severe and prolonged 
     drought can increase the rate at which trees die and 
     devastating wildfires occur. In light of the number of dead 
     and downed trees on public lands in the West, the Forest 
     Service, National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management 
     are directed to work with State and local governments in 
     drought-stricken regions to facilitate the prompt removal of 
     dead and downed trees on these lands and to prioritize 
     funding to reduce the threat of devastating wildfire threats 
     to communities, drinking water supplies, utilities, and 
     groves of ancient trees.
       Making Litigation Costs Transparent.--The Department of the 
     Interior, EPA, and the Forest Service are directed to provide 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and to 
     make publicly available no later than 60 days after enactment 
     of this Act, detailed Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) fee 
     information as specified in the Consolidated and Further 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
       State Wildlife Data.--The Department of the Interior and 
     the Forest Service are expected to prioritize continued 
     coordination with other Federal agencies and State fish and 
     wildlife agencies to recognize and fully utilize State fish 
     and wildlife data and analyses as a primary source to inform 
     land use, planning, and related natural resource decisions. 
     Federal agencies should not unnecessarily duplicate raw data, 
     and when appropriate, should evaluate existing analysis of 
     data prepared by the States, and reciprocally share data with 
     State wildlife managers, to ensure that the most complete 
     data set is available for decision support systems.
       Land Grants, Acequias and Community Ditches.--The 
     Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture are urged to 
     recognize the traditional use of State-recognized community 
     land grants, acequias, and community ditches in the American 
     Southwest during the land use planning process.
       Multi-Agency Transparency.--In order to increase 
     transparency, the Department of the Interior, Forest Service, 
     and Environmental Protection Agency are encouraged to 
     disclose costs associated with analyses required by the 
     National Environmental Policy Act.
       Greater Sage-Grouse.--The agreement provides a total of 
     $63,250,000 for sage-grouse conservation, including 
     $60,000,000 for the Bureau of Land Management and $3,250,000 
     for the Fish and Wildlife Service. The agencies are directed 
     to focus this funding toward on-the-ground conservation 
     measures to improve and preserve sage-grouse habitat and the 
     sagebrush ecosystem. The Bureau is reminded of the concerns 
     outlined in the House and Senate reports as Congress 
     continues to hear complaints about the effect of the sage-
     grouse land use plan amendments, which are not limited to 
     activities within Bureau controlled sage-grouse habitat. In 
     order for the sage-grouse, communities, and States to thrive, 
     all partners must work in good faith. As such, the Bureau and 
     the Forest Service are directed to closely work with each of 
     the 11 States and the affected communities to address the 
     issues unique to each State and seek to collaboratively 
     resolve all issues. The Bureau is directed to provide 
     guidance to its State offices and partners on how it will 
     update sage-grouse habitat maps, adopt new scientific 
     information, as appropriate, and engage State, local, 
     nongovernmental, and private partners.
       Land and Water Conservation Fund.--The agreement includes 
     $450,000,000 derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund for programs consistent with chapter 2003 of title 54 of 
     the United States Code, as identified in the table below. 
     This one-time increase of $143,859,000 above the fiscal year 
     2015 enacted level is intended for worthy projects at the 
     local, State, and Federal levels. The Department of the 
     Interior and the Forest Service are directed to include a 
     table in future budget requests, separating State and local 
     programs from Federal land acquisition, as displayed below.

 
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                                                                     Budget Request
                                           FY 2015 Enacted          (Discretionary)             This Bill
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Land and Water Conservation Fund.....             $306,141,000             $400,000,000             $450,000,000
    State and Local Programs.........               87,503,000              112,147,000              160,800,000
        National Park Service State                 48,117,000               53,161,000              110,000,000
         Assistance..................
        Coop. Endangered Species                    27,400,000               50,000,000               30,800,000
         Conservation Fund...........
        American Battlefield                         8,986,000                8,986,000               10,000,000
         Protection Act..............
        Highlands Conservation Act...                3,000,000                        0               10,000,000
    Forest Legacy Program............               53,000,000               61,000,000               62,347,000
    Federal Land Acquisition.........              165,638,000              226,853,000              226,853,000
        Forest Service...............               47,500,000               63,000,000               63,435,000
        Fish and Wildlife Service....               44,535,000               58,500,000               58,500,000
        National Park Service........               41,857,000               55,353,000               53,670,000
        Bureau of Land Management....               19,746,000               38,000,000               38,630,000
        Department of the Interior                  12,000,000               12,000,000               12,618,000
         Valuation Services..........
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       Federal projects are funded in priority order by agency 
     according to the budget request, with amounts adjusted 
     downward as necessary due to updated project information and 
     support. Many of the requested projects lacked sufficient 
     information for the Committees to determine with a high 
     degree of confidence that funds appropriated could be 
     obligated in this fiscal year. Ideally, requested projects 
     should have: identified properties, willing sellers, updated 
     appraisals or market information, and the support of Federal, 
     State, and local officials. Agencies should include the 
     feasibility of phasing projects as well as a description of 
     which parcels are being considered for conservation easements 
     or fee simple acquisition in any supplemental information 
     sent to the Committees. The agencies are also urged to 
     increase the transparency of the project selection and 
     prioritization processes in annual budget requests, 
     particularly in regard to collaborative landscape projects.
       The Department of the Interior did not consult the 
     Committees on a decision to reprogram $995,000 from one 
     project to acquire a property in another project identified 
     in the fiscal year 2016 budget request. Therefore, the 
     agreement includes a new reprogramming limitation of not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 or 10 percent from any project, whichever 
     amount is less, as detailed under the Reprogramming 
     Guidelines heading later in this statement.
       The Committees believe increasing access to public lands 
     for hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities is 
     important. This agreement includes new funding for these 
     activities for the National Park Service and Fish and 
     Wildlife Service while increasing funds for the Bureau of 
     Land Management and Forest Service. The Committees expect the 
     agencies to report within 30 days of enactment of this Act on 
     how this funding will be spent, and the agencies should 
     include a description and explanation of the use of funds in 
     future budget requests. The agencies are also directed to 
     include in future budget requests a description and 
     explanation on the use of funds within their inholdings line 
     items.

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       Paper Reduction Efforts.--The Committees urge each agency 
     funded by this Act to work with the Office of Management and 
     Budget (OMB) to reduce printing and reproduction costs and 
     direct each agency to report to the Committees within 60 days 
     of enactment of this Act on what steps have been taken to 
     achieve this goal. The report should specifically identify 
     how much money each agency expects to save by implementing 
     these measures.
       Public Access.--The Department of the Interior and the 
     Forest Service are directed to notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations in advance of any proposed 
     project specifically intending to close an area to 
     recreational shooting, hunting, or fishing on a non-emergency 
     basis of more than 30 days.
       National Ocean Policy.--The President's budget submission 
     for fiscal year 2017 shall identify by agency and account all 
     funding and associated actions proposed for the 
     implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning and 
     ecosystem-based management components of the National Ocean 
     Policy developed under Executive Order 13547.

                        REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

       The following are the procedures governing reprogramming 
     actions for programs and activities funded in the Department 
     of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act. The Committees remind the agencies funded 
     in this Act that these reprogramming guidelines are in 
     effect, and must be complied with, until such time as the 
     Committees modify them through bill or report language.
       Definitions.--``Reprogramming,'' as defined in these 
     procedures, includes the reallocation of funds from one 
     budget activity, budget line-item, or program area, to 
     another within any appropriation funded in this Act. In cases 
     where either the House or Senate Committee report displays an 
     allocation of an appropriation below that level, that more 
     detailed level shall be the basis for reprogramming.
       For construction, land acquisition, and forest legacy 
     accounts, a reprogramming constitutes the reallocation of 
     funds, including unobligated balances, from one construction, 
     land acquisition, or forest legacy project to another such 
     project.
       A reprogramming shall also consist of any significant 
     departure from the program described in the agency's budget 
     justifications. This includes proposed reorganizations, 
     especially those of significant national or regional 
     importance, even without a change in funding. Any change to 
     the organization table presented in the budget justification 
     shall be subject to this requirement.
       General Guidelines for Reprogramming.--
       (a) A reprogramming should be made only when an unforeseen 
     situation arises, and then only if postponement of the 
     project or the activity until the next appropriation year 
     would result in actual loss or damage.
       (b) Any project or activity, which may be deferred through 
     reprogramming, shall not later be accomplished by means of 
     further reprogramming, but instead, funds should again be 
     sought for the deferred project or activity through the 
     regular appropriations process.
       (c) Except under the most urgent situations, reprogramming 
     should not be employed to initiate new programs or increase 
     allocations specifically denied or limited by Congress, or to 
     decrease allocations specifically increased by the Congress.
       (d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval shall be 
     considered approved 30 calendar days after receipt if the 
     Committees have posed no objection. However, agencies will be 
     expected to extend the approval deadline if specifically 
     requested by either Committee.
       Criteria and Exceptions.--A reprogramming must be submitted 
     to the Committees in writing prior to implementation if it 
     exceeds $1,000,000 annually or results in an increase or 
     decrease of more than 10 percent annually in affected 
     programs or projects, whichever amount is less, with the 
     following exceptions:
       (a) With regard to the tribal priority allocations of the 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, 
     there is no restriction on reprogrammings among these 
     programs. However, the Bureaus shall report on all 
     reprogrammings made during a given fiscal year no later than 
     60 days after the end of the fiscal year.
       (b) With regard to the EPA, the Committees do not require 
     reprogramming requests associated with the States and Tribes 
     Partnership Grants, or up to a cumulative total of 
     $30,000,000 from carryover balances among the individual 
     program areas delineated in the Environmental Programs and 
     Management account. No funds, however, shall be reallocated 
     from individual Geographic Programs.
       Assessments.--``Assessment'' as defined in these procedures 
     shall refer to any charges, reserves, or holdbacks applied to 
     a budget activity or budget line item for costs associated 
     with general agency administrative costs, overhead costs, 
     working capital expenses, or contingencies.
       (a) No assessment shall be levied against any program, 
     budget activity, subactivity, budget line item, or project 
     funded by the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act unless such assessment and the basis 
     therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations in 
     the budget justifications and are subsequently approved by 
     the Committees. The explanation for any assessment in the 
     budget justification shall show the amount of the assessment, 
     the activities assessed, and the purpose of the funds.
       (b) Proposed changes to estimated assessments, as such 
     estimates were presented in annual budget justifications, 
     shall be submitted through the reprogramming process and 
     shall be subject to the same dollar and reporting criteria as 
     any other reprogramming.
       (c) The Committees direct that each agency or bureau which 
     utilizes assessments shall submit an annual report to the 
     Committees which provides details on the use of all funds 
     assessed from any other budget activity, line item, 
     subactivity, or project.
       (d) In no case shall contingency funds or assessments be 
     used to finance projects and activities disapproved or 
     limited by Congress, or to finance programs or activities 
     that could be foreseen and included in the normal budget 
     review process.
       (e) New programs requested in the budget should not be 
     initiated before enactment of the bill without notification 
     to, and the approval of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
     This restriction applies to all such actions regardless of 
     whether a formal reprogramming of funds is required to begin 
     the program.
       Quarterly Reports.--All reprogrammings between budget 
     activities, budget line-items, program areas, or the more 
     detailed activity levels shown in this agreement, including 
     those below the monetary thresholds established above, shall 
     be reported to the Committees within 60 days of the end of 
     each quarter and shall include cumulative totals for each 
     budget activity, budget line item, or construction, land 
     acquisition, or forest legacy project.
       Land Acquisitions, Easements, and Forest Legacy.--Lands 
     shall not be acquired for more than the approved appraised 
     value (as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646), 
     unless such acquisitions are submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations for approval in compliance with these 
     procedures.
       Land Exchanges.--Land exchanges, wherein the estimated 
     value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is greater than 
     $1,000,000, shall not be consummated until the Committees 
     have had a 30-day period in which to examine the proposed 
     exchange. In addition, the Committees shall be provided 
     advance notification of exchanges valued between $500,000 and 
     $1,000,000.
       Budget Structure.--The budget activity or line item 
     structure for any agency appropriation account shall not be 
     altered without advance approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                       BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

       The agreement provides $1,072,675,000 for Management of 
     Lands and Resources. In addition to the funding allocation 
     table at the end of this explanatory statement, the agreement 
     includes the following instructions:
       Wild Horses and Burros.--The Bureau is encouraged to 
     continue to implement the reforms recommended by the 2013 
     National Academy of Sciences' report, reduce the number of 
     horses and burros in long-term holding, appropriately manage 
     herds affected by drought, and address the effects of herds 
     on rangeland, riparian areas, and sage-grouse habitat.
       Rangeland Management.--The Bureau is directed, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, to make vacant grazing 
     allotments available to a holder of a grazing permit or lease 
     when lands covered by the holder of the permit or lease are 
     unusable because of drought or wildfire. The Bureau also is 
     directed to follow the directive herein for the Forest 
     Service regarding bighorn sheep conservation.
       Recreation Management.--The Bureau is encouraged to 
     continue its collaborative efforts with non-Federal partners 
     to teach outdoor ethics and stewardship to staff and 
     visitors.
       Law Enforcement.--The Bureau is encouraged to focus on 
     visitor safety and archaeological resource protection and 
     work with the Department of Justice and the Department of 
     Homeland Security on other matters of Federal law not unique 
     to Bureau lands or property. Within the funds provided, the 
     Bureau is expected to increase its efforts regarding illegal 
     marijuana cultivation on public lands.
       Cooperative Efforts in Alaska.--The Bureau, as the largest 
     Federal landowner in the State of Alaska's Arctic region, is 
     directed to work cooperatively with local stakeholders to 
     enhance economic opportunities for the people who live and 
     work in the region. The Bureau also is reminded of the 
     directions contained in the Senate report regarding Placer 
     Mining Reclamation Activities, contaminated Alaska Native 
     lands in need of remediation, and cooperation with the Alaska 
     State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and other 
     stakeholders on measurement of production in the National 
     Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The bill provides $38,630,000 for Land Acquisition. The 
     amounts recommended by this bill compared with the budget 
     estimates by activity and project are shown in the table 
     below, listed in priority order pursuant to the budget 
     request for fiscal year 2016. Further instructions are 
     contained under the Land and Water Conservation Fund heading 
     in the front of this explanatory statement.

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               State                       Project--Unit             Budget Request             This Bill
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CO................................  Upper Rio Grande--Blanca                 $6,346,000               $6,346,000
                                     Wetlands ACEC/SRMA.
NM................................  Upper Rio Grande--Rio                     2,900,000                2,900,000
                                     Grande del Norte National
                                     Monument.
WY................................  North Platte River SRMA...                1,310,000                1,310,000
OR................................  Sandy River ACEC/Oregon                     750,000                  750,000
                                     National Historic Trail.
ID................................  High Divide--Lewis and                      740,000                  740,000
                                     Clark National Historic
                                     Trail.
ID................................  High Divide--Sands Desert                 3,500,000                3,500,000
                                     Habitat Management Area/
                                     Teton River.
ID................................  High Divide--Thousand                       250,000                  250,000
                                     Springs ACEC.
ID................................  High Divide--Oregon NHT/                  1,315,000                1,315,000
                                     Craters of the Moon NP.
CA................................  Panoche-Coalinga ACEC.....                  900,000                  900,000
CA................................  Carrizo Plain National                      300,000                  300,000
                                     Monument.
VA................................  Rivers of the Chesapeake--                2,400,000                2,400,000
                                     Meadowood SRMA.
MD................................  Rivers of the Chesapeake--                  191,000                  191,000
                                     Nanjemoy NRMA.
OR................................  Cascade-Siskiyou National                 2,600,000                  230,000
                                     Monument.
NM................................  National Trails System--                  2,300,000                2,300,000
                                     Continental Divide
                                     National Scenic Trail.
CA................................  California Wilderness.....                  482,000                  482,000
OR................................  North Umpqua National Wild                2,000,000                2,000,000
                                     and Scenic River.
UT................................  Colorado Riverway SRMA....                1,100,000                1,100,000
                                    Additional Project                        1,000,000                        0
                                     Requests.
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                      Subtotal, Line Item                    30,384,000               27,014,000
                                     Projects.
                                    Recreational Access.......                4,000,000                8,000,000
                                    Emergencies, Hardships,                   1,616,000                1,616,000
                                     and Inholdings.
                                    Acquisition Management....                2,000,000                2,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                      Total, BLM Land                        38,000,000               38,630,000
                                     Acquisition.
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                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

       The agreement provides $107,734,000 for Oregon and 
     California Grant Lands, to be distributed as displayed in the 
     funding allocation table at the end of this explanatory 
     statement.


                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

       The agreement provides $10,000,000 to be derived from 
     public lands receipts and Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act 
     lands grazing receipts.


               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

       The agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 
     estimated to be $31,050,000 for Service Charges, Deposits, 
     and Forfeitures.


                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

       The agreement provides an indefinite appropriation 
     estimated to be $24,000,000 for Miscellaneous Trust Funds.


                UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

       The bill provides $1,238,771,000 for Resource Management. 
     In addition to the funding allocation table at the end of 
     this explanatory statement, the agreement includes the 
     following instructions and changes to the fiscal year 2015 
     enacted levels:
       Reprogrammings.--The agreement does not include exceptions 
     to the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House 
     report. The Service is directed to comply with the 
     reprogramming guidelines contained in the front of this 
     explanatory statement.
       Ecological Services.--The agreement includes the proposed 
     new budget structure as modified in the House report. The 
     Committees will monitor the budget structure and make changes 
     in future years, if necessary, to ensure a continued high 
     level of transparency. The Service must improve its ability 
     to account for budget estimates and expenditures to implement 
     specific laws by more closely aligning the presentation of 
     authorizing statutes and budget subactivities in annual 
     budget submissions, and by including crosscut tables where 
     necessary, such as for implementation of the Endangered 
     Species Act. The Service is further directed to display in 
     annual budget submissions an estimate of requested 
     appropriations and prior year expenditures for listings 
     versus delistings.
       Listing.--The agreement includes legislative caps on 
     processing petitions, listing international species, and 
     designating critical habitat, as requested.
       The agreement does not contain the directive in Senate 
     Report 114-70 requiring advance notice when endangered 
     species settlement agreements are finalized. In its place, 
     the Service is directed to provide the Committees a report 
     detailing: (1) the feasibility of providing notice to the 
     Governor of each State where a species exists when the 
     Service enters into multi-species settlement negotiations; 
     (2) the feasibility of providing notice to the Governor of 
     each state where a species exists at least 30 days prior to 
     finalizing a settlement agreement; and (3) the feasibility of 
     providing public notice when the Service enters into multi-
     species settlement negotiations so that other impacted 
     stakeholders may take part in those negotiations.
       Planning and Consultation.--The agreement includes 
     $81,094,000 for General Program Activities. The request to 
     handle the Service's increased permitting workload in the 
     Gulf as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is 
     funded at $1,000,000.
       Conservation and Restoration.--The agreement includes 
     $3,250,000 for the sagebrush steppe ecosystem, which shall be 
     used for working with States and private landowners to 
     implement science-based, flexible approaches to conserve the 
     sage-grouse.
       Recovery.--The agreement includes $1,373,000 for 
     Cooperative Recovery; $1,659,000 as requested for ecosystem 
     restoration of the Bay Delta; $1,000,000 to continue the 
     wolf-livestock demonstration program as authorized by Public 
     Law 111-11; $2,000,000 to reduce the backlog of delistings 
     and downlistings; and $500,000 for multi-partner recovery 
     actions. The Service is directed to prioritize the recovery 
     of the California condor and northern aplomado falcon and 
     provide the necessary funding to enable the longstanding 
     public-private partnerships to continue to support the wild 
     populations through captive propagation, releases, and 
     management, as the Service and the States work to address the 
     continued environmental threats to these species.
       Within available resources, the Service is urged to develop 
     recovery plans for all listed species as required by law; to 
     include in each recovery plan measurable goals that the 
     Service, the States, and their partners can strive for; and 
     to report to the Congress on any species for which the 
     Secretary finds that a recovery plan will not promote the 
     conservation of the species, including the justification for 
     such finding. The Service is urged to complete all status 
     reviews within the five-year period required by law, and, for 
     any determination on the basis of such review whether a 
     species should be delisted, downlisted, or uplisted, 
     promulgate an associated regulation prior to initiating the 
     next status review for such species. The Service is directed 
     to submit annually with its budget request a complete list of 
     all species with completed 5-year reviews recommending a 
     change in listing status upon which the Service has not 
     acted.
       National Wildlife Refuge System.--The agreement includes 
     $2,500,000 for urban wildlife conservation. It also includes 
     $2,092,000 for volunteer partnerships, an increase of 
     $500,000 over the fiscal year 2015 enacted level, for costs 
     related to ensuring that volunteers maintain a robust 
     presence at wildlife refuges. No funds are provided for land 
     protection planning. The agreement includes the requested 
     increases for maintenance support and deferred maintenance.
       The Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service are 
     expected to enter into a long-term memorandum of 
     understanding, as contemplated in the Senate report, within 
     90 days of enactment of this Act, to continue the research 
     activities conducted by the Forest Service on the Sharkey 
     Restoration Research and Demonstration Site. The Committees 
     understand the agencies are working toward that goal and the 
     agencies are expected to ensure that not less than 950 acres 
     of the total parcel acreage is available for research and not 
     considered appropriate for future land swaps or exchanges.
       Migratory Bird Management.--The agreement includes 
     $1,000,000 for aviation management in order to address 
     critical safety issues, and $250,000 to address bird-
     livestock conflicts.
       Law Enforcement.--The agreement includes program increases 
     of $4,000,000 as requested to combat wildlife trafficking, 
     and $4,000,000 as requested for direct interdiction of 
     illegal commercial exploitation by organized criminal 
     elements, as authorized by the Lacey Act and other statutes.
       The Fish and Wildlife Service is directed to conduct an 
     analysis to determine whether it is appropriate to include 
     Echinoderms in the exemption to clearance requirements for 
     import and export of fishery products. The Service should 
     provide the analysis to the Committees on Appropriations 
     within 180

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     days of enactment of the Act. Additionally, the Service 
     should provide reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     a semiannual basis during fiscal years 2016 and 2017 that 
     detail for each processor of echinoderms, the time and date 
     an inspection request is made and the corresponding time and 
     date that the Service conducts the inspection. The Service is 
     expected to complete the inspections promptly so that product 
     spoilage does not occur.
       International Affairs.--As the Service works to finalize 
     the rule published on July 29, 2015, the Service is 
     encouraged to consider all feedback received during the 
     public comment period, and to consider a final rule that 
     includes a de minimis exemption, consideration for antiques 
     and museums, and allowances for sport hunters.
       Fish and Aquatic Conservation.--The agreement provides 
     $53,418,000 for National Fish Hatchery System Operations, 
     including not less than $400,000 for the Aquatic Animal Drug 
     Approval Partnership, as requested. None of the funds may be 
     used to terminate operations or to close any facility of the 
     National Fish Hatchery System. None of the production 
     programs listed in the March, 2013, National Fish Hatchery 
     System Strategic Hatchery and Workforce Planning Report may 
     be reduced or terminated without advance, informal 
     consultation with affected States and Indian tribes.
       The agreement includes the directive in the Senate report 
     related to the continued operation of mitigation hatcheries. 
     The agreement requires that future budget requests ensure 
     Federal partners have committed to sufficiently reimbursing 
     the Service for mitigation hatcheries before the Service 
     proposes to eliminate funding for mitigation hatcheries.
       The agreement includes $19,920,000 as requested for 
     maintenance. The Service is encouraged to re-evaluate its 
     allocation methodology so that increases are fairly directed 
     to facilities with the most severe health and safety 
     deficiencies across the National Fish Hatchery System as a 
     whole, rather than by region.
       The agreement includes $13,248,000 for the National Fish 
     Passage Program. The Service is directed to determine whether 
     unintentional barriers to fish passage are being installed 
     faster than this program is removing them, and to determine 
     whether program funding is more effective if focused on 
     prevention instead of restoration.
       The agreement includes $3,000,000 for work related to 
     implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and 
     related settlement agreements, equal to the fiscal year 2015 
     enacted level; and $7,900,000 to control invasive Asian carp, 
     as requested. An additional $1,000,000 is provided above the 
     fiscal year 2015 enacted level for the implementation of 
     State and inter-State invasive species plans.
       Cooperative Landscape Conservation.--The agreement includes 
     $700,000 for Gulf Coast ecosystem restoration, as requested.
       Science Support.--The agreement includes $2,500,000 for 
     white-nose syndrome research.
       General Operations.--The agreement includes the proposed 
     reductions for Service-wide bill paying; the proposed 
     transfer of the tribal liaison office, which is funded at 
     $1,803,000; and a partial increase for annual maintenance of 
     the National Conservation Training Center.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The bill provides $23,687,000 for Construction. The 
     detailed allocation of funding by activity is included in the 
     table at the end of this statement. The Service is expected 
     to follow the construction project priority list included in 
     the President's fiscal year 2016 budget request, and as shown 
     in the table below.

 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Refuge, Hatchery, or
                State                         Other Unit             Budget Request             This Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         National Wildlife Refuge System
 
IL...................................  Crab Orchard NWR.......                 $962,000                 $962,000
CA...................................  San Pablo Bay NWR......                1,125,000                1,125,000
NM...................................  Valle de Oro NWR.......                3,458,000                3,458,000
OR...................................  Julia Butler Hansen                      842,000                  842,000
                                        Refuge.
                                       Other previously                               0                3,000,000
                                        authorized refuge
                                        projects.
 
                                          National Fish Hatchery System
 
OR...................................  Warm Springs NFH.......                  736,000                  736,000
GA...................................  Warm Springs NFH.......                1,800,000                1,800,000
KY...................................  Wolf Creek NFH.........                1,168,000                1,168,000
SD...................................  Gavins Point NFH.......                  600,000                  600,000
OK...................................  Tishomingo NFH.........                   60,000                   60,000
AZ...................................  Williams Creek NFH.....                  138,000                  138,000
 
                                                      Other
 
OR...................................  Clark R. Bavin National                  450,000                  450,000
                                        Fish and Wildlife
                                        Forensics Lab.
N/A..................................  Service Wide Seismic                     215,000                  215,000
                                        Safety.
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                       Total, Line Item                      11,554,000               14,554,000
                                        Construction.
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                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The bill provides $68,500,000 for Land Acquisition. The 
     amounts recommended by this bill compared with the budget 
     estimates by activity are shown in the table below, listed in 
     priority order pursuant to the budget request for fiscal year 
     2016. Further instructions are contained under the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund heading in the front of this 
     explanatory statement.

 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                State                       Project--Unit            Budget Request             This Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HI...................................  Island Forests at Risk--              $8,589,000               $8,589,000
                                        Hakalau Forest NWR.
ND/SD................................  Dakota Grassland                       6,500,000                6,500,000
                                        Conservation Area.
CO/NM................................  Upper Rio Grande--                     1,000,000                1,000,000
                                        Sangre de Cristo
                                        Conservation Area.
ND/SD................................  Dakota Tallgrass                       3,000,000                3,000,000
                                        Prairie WMA.
ID...................................  High Divide--Camas                       280,000                  280,000
                                        National Wildlife
                                        Refuge.
MT...................................  High Divide--Red Rocks                 1,000,000                1,000,000
                                        Lake National Wildlife
                                        Refuge.
FL...................................  Everglades Headwaters                  2,091,000                2,091,000
                                        Conservation Area.
VA...................................  Rivers of the                          1,600,000                1,600,000
                                        Chesapeake--Rappahanno
                                        ck NWR.
MD...................................  Rivers of the                          1,511,000                1,511,000
                                        Chesapeake--Blackwater
                                        NWR.
FL...................................  Everglades Headwaters                  2,500,000                2,500,000
                                        Conservation Area.
ID...................................  National Trails System--               2,500,000                2,500,000
                                        Gray's Lake NWR.
MN/IA................................  Northern Tallgrass                       500,000                  500,000
                                        Prairie NWR.
Multi................................  Silvio O. Conte NFWR...                2,000,000                2,000,000
Multi................................  Bear River Watershed                   2,000,000                2,000,000
                                        Conservation Area.
KS...................................  Flint Hills                              840,000                  840,000
                                        Conservation Area.
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                       Subtotal, Line Item                   35,911,000               35,911,000
                                        Projects.
                                       Recreational Access....                2,500,000                2,500,000
                                       Emergencies, Hardships,                5,351,000                5,351,000
                                        and Inholdings.
                                       Exchanges..............                1,500,000                1,500,000
                                       Acquisition Management.               12,773,000               12,773,000
                                       Land Protection                          465,000                  465,000
                                        Planning.
                                       Highlands Conservation                         0               10,000,000
                                        Act Grants.
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                       Total, FWS Land                       58,500,000               68,500,000
                                        Acquisition.
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            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

       The bill provides $53,495,000 for the Cooperative 
     Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of which $22,695,000 is 
     to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species 
     Conservation Fund, and $30,800,000 is to be derived from the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund. The detailed allocation of 
     funding by activity is included in the table at the end of 
     this statement.

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                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

       The bill provides $13,228,000 for payments to counties 
     authorized by the National Wildlife Refuge Fund.


               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

       The bill provides $35,145,000 for the North American 
     Wetlands Conservation Fund.


              NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND

       The bill provides $3,910,000 for the Neotropical Migratory 
     Bird Conservation Fund.


                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

       The bill provides $11,061,000 for the Multinational Species 
     Conservation Fund. The detailed allocation of funding by 
     activity is included in the table at the end of this 
     statement.


                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

       The bill provides $60,571,000 for State and Tribal Wildlife 
     Grants. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is 
     included in the table at the end of this statement.

                         National Park Service


                 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

       The agreement provides $2,369,596,000 for the Operation of 
     the National Park System. The detailed allocation of funding 
     by program area and activity is included in the table at the 
     end of this division.
       Operation of the National Park System.--The agreement 
     provides $93,823,000 in new discretionary funding within the 
     Operation of the National Park System (ONPS) account to 
     support the Centennial Initiative and related efforts. 
     Specifically, the agreement includes $16,000,000 in new funds 
     within the Park Support line item to support the Centennial, 
     which fully funds the budget request to support new areas and 
     critical responsibilities across the System including, but 
     not limited to, operations at sites associated with the Civil 
     Rights Movement; Flight 93 National Memorial; and the 
     Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Funds are also 
     provided to support new park units including the Pullman and 
     Honouliuli units as well as critical operating needs as 
     described in further detail below. An additional $1,500,000 
     is provided to complete landscape restoration projects at 
     newly established park units. The agreement also includes 
     $8,000,000 as requested to restore seasonal ranger staff and 
     enhance education and interpretive services; $6,000,000 as 
     requested to support the Service's Civil Rights initiative; 
     and $2,000,000 as requested to support increased volunteer 
     capacity through partner organizations. Lastly, the agreement 
     provides new discretionary funding to address deferred 
     maintenance needs including a $17,500,000 increase for repair 
     and rehabilitation projects and a $17,500,000 increase to 
     address cyclic maintenance needs. These funds are 
     supplemented by $15,000,000 provided within the Centennial 
     Challenge matching grant program account dedicated to funding 
     joint public-private investments in parks. The final 
     allocation of funds supporting the Centennial Initiative, 
     including the detailed allocation of new areas and critical 
     responsibilities funding described above, shall be provided 
     to the Committees as part of the Service's annual operating 
     plan for the ONPS account not later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act. Such plan shall be subject to the 
     reprogramming guidelines contained in this explanatory 
     statement.
       Marijuana Eradication.--Within the amounts provided, the 
     Committees expect the Service to continue its marijuana 
     eradication programs at no less than the fiscal year 2015 
     enacted level.
       Quagga and Zebra Mussel Control.--The Committees remain 
     concerned about the spread of quagga and zebra mussels in the 
     West and, consistent with fiscal year 2015, have provided 
     $2,000,000 for continued containment, prevention, and 
     enforcement efforts. Further, the Committees direct the 
     Service to provide, not later than 90 days after enactment of 
     this Act, a progress report on steps taken in recent years to 
     address this pervasive threat to western watersheds.
       National Capital Area Performing Arts Program.--Within the 
     amounts provided, the Service is directed to maintain funding 
     for the National Capital Area Performing Arts Program, 
     including the summer concert series staged on the U.S. 
     Capitol grounds, at the fiscal year 2015 enacted level.
       White-Nose Syndrome in Bats.--The Committees provide funds 
     as requested to support monitoring and surveillance 
     activities associated with white-nose syndrome in bats.
       Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.--The 
     Service is directed to undertake a study for the development 
     of a permanent headquarters and visitor use facility at the 
     Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in close 
     proximity to the existing temporary headquarters and the 
     river.
       Eastern Legacy Study (Lewis and Clark Trail Study).--The 
     Eastern Legacy Study, authorized to determine the feasibility 
     of extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, is 
     now two years overdue. The Committees direct the Service to 
     complete the study expeditiously.
       Ste. Genevieve Special Resource Study.--The Committees urge 
     the Service to complete in a timely fashion the Ste. 
     Genevieve Special Resource Study which has been ongoing since 
     2010.
       Ozark National Scenic Riverways.--The Service is directed 
     to work collaboratively with affected parties to ensure that 
     implementation of the General Management Plan for the Ozark 
     National Scenic Riverways addresses the concerns of affected 
     stakeholders including, but not limited, to local communities 
     and businesses.
       National Mall and Memorial Parks Concessions.--The 
     Committees reiterate their direction from the Consolidated 
     and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, that the 
     Service provide the report on National Mall and Memorial 
     Parks Concessions to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
     Act.
       Sewall-Belmont House and Museum.--Within funds provided for 
     new areas and critical responsibilities, the Service is 
     directed to implement the recommendations of the Service's 
     reconnaissance study on the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum. 
     The Committees are pleased that the study affirmed the House 
     is suitable for inclusion in the national park system, and 
     expects the Service to use funds provided to assume 
     additional management responsibilities until a long-term 
     management solution for the House is reached.
       Valles Caldera National Preserve.--The recommendation 
     supports the requested transfer of the Valles Caldera 
     National Preserve to the Service to reflect its status as a 
     new park unit. The Committees direct the Service to use funds 
     for new areas and critical responsibilities to maintain 
     funding for the Preserve at no less than the fiscal year 2015 
     program operating level.
       Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park.--The 
     recommendation also supports funding for the Blackstone River 
     Valley National Historical Park as requested with the 
     expectation that the Service will continue to make funds 
     available to the local coordinating entity to maintain 
     staffing and capacity to assist in management of the park, as 
     authorized in Public Law 113-291. The Committees expect 
     future budget requests to provide funding for operating and 
     partnership needs.
       Yosemite National Park.--The Committees direct the Service 
     to work with its concessioners at Yosemite National Park to 
     ensure there is no interruption to visitor and recreational 
     services as the park implements the Merced River Plan.
       Park Partnerships.--In recent years, the Committees have 
     expressed support for ongoing public-private partnerships and 
     strongly encouraged the Service to expand their use. The 
     Committees encourage the Service to find ways to further 
     engage partners to facilitate the accomplishment of park 
     projects consistent with the applicable laws and regulations 
     that govern use of Federal appropriations.
       Roosevelt-Campobello International Park Commission.--
     Funding for Roosevelt-Campobello International Park 
     Commission (The Commission) on the Maine-Canada border is 
     jointly and equally supported by the U.S. and Canadian 
     governments pursuant to the 1964 Agreement between the two 
     nations, which was recognized and codified by Congress in 
     1964 (Public Law 88-363). While the Administration has a 
     responsibility to consider priorities within overall budget 
     constraints and submit an annual budget request to Congress, 
     the Committees are concerned with recent requests for the 
     Park from the Service. Congress observed in 1986 the 
     following: ``The managers agree that hereafter the Service 
     should use its internal reprogramming authority so that there 
     will be no diminution of the amount provided for the 
     Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission, unless 
     reduced by the House or Senate in a report accompanying the 
     appropriations bill.'' (CR-H10497, October 15, 1986). 
     Therefore, the Committees direct that the budget request 
     prepared by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park 
     Commission shall be submitted by the Administration directly 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations without 
     any changes. The Administration, in its National Park Service 
     budget justification, may comment on the Commission's budget 
     request and make such additions and subtractions that it may 
     propose. However, the amounts requested by the National Park 
     Service shall be consistent with its obligations under 
     international agreements. The Committees will consider the 
     proposal from the Commission and the Administration will 
     allocate the overall appropriation as specified in the report 
     accompanying the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act.
       Sales of Bottled Water at Park Units.--The Committees are 
     aware of concerns raised about Director's Policy Memorandum 
     11-03 relating to disposable plastic water bottle recycling 
     and reduction, which provided park units the option to 
     eliminate the sale of bottled water on a park-by-park basis. 
     The Committees understand that 19 parks have eliminated the 
     sale of disposable water bottles as a result of this policy 
     and direct the Service to provide, not later than 60 days 
     after enactment of this Act, a report that details the data 
     the Service reviewed and the justification for making the 
     determination to ban bottled water at each affected park 
     unit.

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                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

       The agreement provides $62,632,000 for National Recreation 
     and Preservation with the following specific directives:
       Chesapeake Gateways and Trails Program.--As requested, the 
     agreement includes $2,014,000 for the Chesapeake Gateways and 
     Trails Program.
       Heritage Partnership Program.--The agreement provides 
     $19,821,000 for the Heritage Partnership Program. In order to 
     provide stable funding sources for all areas, the agreement 
     provides funding for longstanding areas at fiscal year 2015 
     funding levels; provides a total of $300,000 to national 
     heritage areas with recently approved management plans, known 
     as tier 2 areas; and provides $150,000 to each tier 1 area 
     that has been authorized and is still in the process of 
     having its management plan approved. The Committees direct 
     the Service to submit a plan that provides alternatives to 
     implement proposed funding allocation changes in future 
     fiscal years that minimize impacts on existing heritage 
     areas.


                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

       The agreement provides $65,410,000 for the Historic 
     Preservation Fund. Within this amount, $46,925,000 is 
     provided for grants to States and $9,985,000 is provided to 
     tribes, consistent with the request. The recommendation also 
     includes $8,500,000 for competitive grants of which $500,000 
     is for grants to underserved communities and $8,000,000 is 
     for competitive grants to document, interpret, and preserve 
     historical sites associated with the Civil Rights Movement. 
     Prior to execution of these funds, the Service shall submit a 
     spend plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     and Senate.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The agreement provides $192,937,000 for Construction with 
     the following specific directive:
       Line Item Construction.--The agreement provides 
     $116,276,000 for line item construction projects in the 
     fiscal year 2016 budget request and as shown in the table 
     below. Requests for reprogramming will be considered pursuant 
     to the guidelines in the front of this explanatory statement.

 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             State                         Park Unit                 Budget Request             This Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FL............................  Dry Tortugas National Park....               $6,618,000               $6,618,000
NY............................  Gateway National Recreation                   5,594,000                5,594,000
                                 Area.
OH............................  Perry's Victory and                           8,561,000                8,561,000
                                 International Peace Memorial.
NY............................  Vanderbilt Mansion National                   5,275,000                5,275,000
                                 Historic Site.
WY............................  Yellowstone National Park.....                8,668,000                8,668,000
PR............................  San Juan National Historic                    1,947,000                1,947,000
                                 Site.
DC............................  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal                     4,235,000                4,235,000
                                 National Historical Park.
MT............................  Glacier National Park.........                7,156,000                7,156,000
CA............................  Golden Gate National                          9,954,000                9,954,000
                                 Recreation Area.
CA............................  Yosemite National Park........                4,886,000                4,886,000
AK............................  Katmai National Park and                      2,235,000                2,235,000
                                 Preserve.
WY............................  Grand Teton National Park.....               13,948,000               13,948,000
DC............................  National Mall and Memorial                   11,183,000               11,183,000
                                 Parks.
CA............................  Yosemite National Park........                1,720,000                1,720,000
MS............................  Vicksburg National Military                   1,502,000                1,502,000
                                 Park.
CO............................  Mesa Verde National Park......                2,456,000                2,456,000
NM............................  Bandelier National Monument...                5,138,000                5,138,000
NC............................  Cape Hatteras National                        6,824,000                6,824,000
                                 Seashore.
AR............................  Buffalo National River........                1,697,000                1,697,000
CO............................  Curecanti National Recreation                 1,958,000                1,958,000
                                 Area.
AL............................  Horseshoe Bend National                       1,105,000                1,105,000
                                 Military Park.
AK............................  Denali National Park and                      3,616,000                3,616,000
                                 Preserve.
                                Additional Project Requests...               37,068,000                        0
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                Total, Line Item Construction.              153,344,000              116,276,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       The agreement includes a rescission of $28,000,000 in 
     annual contract authority. This authority has not been used 
     in recent years and there are no plans to use this authority 
     in fiscal year 2016.


                 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

       The bill provides $173,670,000 for Land Acquisition and 
     State Assistance. The amounts recommended by this bill 
     compared with the budget estimates by activity are shown in 
     the table below, listed in priority order pursuant to the 
     budget request for fiscal year 2016. Further instructions are 
     contained under the Land and Water Conservation Fund heading 
     in the front of this explanatory statement.
       The Committees understand that P.L. 91-660, as amended, 
     contains authority that would allow for the exchange of 
     National Park Service lands for State owned uplands at Cat 
     Island within the Gulf Islands National Seashore, and 
     encourage the Service and State to continue this exchange 
     effort.

 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             State                       Project--Unit               Budget Request             This Bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HI............................  Island Forests at Risk--Hawaii               $6,000,000               $6,000,000
                                 Volcanoes NP.
TN............................  Obed Wild and Scenic River....                1,204,000                1,204,000
NY............................  Saratoga National Historical                    740,000                  740,000
                                 Park.
AL............................  Little River Canyon National                    625,000                  625,000
                                 Preserve.
CO............................  Upper Rio Grande--Great Sand                  6,852,000                6,852,000
                                 Dunes NP.
WA............................  Ebey's Landing National                       1,450,000                1,450,000
                                 Historical Reserve.
AK............................  Lake Clark National Park and                    943,000                  943,000
                                 Preserve.
FL............................  Timucuan Ecological and                         110,000                  110,000
                                 Historic Preserve.
MT............................  High Divide--Big Hole National                  300,000                  300,000
                                 Battlefield.
GA............................  Chattahoochee River National                  2,123,000                2,123,000
                                 Recreation Area.
FL............................  Fort Caroline National                          324,000                  324,000
                                 Monument.
WI............................  Saint Croix National Scenic                     223,000                  223,000
                                 Riverway.
Multi.........................  Rivers of the Chesapeake--                    2,237,000                2,237,000
                                 Captain John Smith NHT.
NM............................  Pecos National Historical Park                  386,000                  386,000
AZ............................  Saguaro National Park.........                1,348,000                1,348,000
MD............................  Piscataway Park...............                  571,000                  571,000
PA............................  Gettysburg National Military                    285,000                  285,000
                                 Park.
WA............................  Olympic National Park.........                1,581,000                1,581,000
WV............................  Gauley River National                         2,617,000                2,617,000
                                 Recreation Area.
NY............................  Saratoga National Historical                    749,000                  749,000
                                 Park.
ME............................  Acadia National Park..........                2,467,000                2,467,000
                                Additional Project Requests...                1,685,000                        0
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                                Subtotal, Line Item Projects..               34,818,000               33,135,000
                                American Battlefield                          8,986,000               10,000,000
                                 Protection Program.
                                Emergencies, Hardships,                       3,928,000                3,928,000
                                 Relocations and Deficiencies.
                                Acquisition Management........                9,679,000                9,679,000
                                Inholdings, Donations and                     4,928,000                4,928,000
                                 Exchanges.
                                Recreational Access...........                2,000,000                2,000,000
                                                               =================================================
                                Total, NPS Land Acquisition...               64,339,000               63,670,000
Assistance to States:
                                State conservation grants                    45,000,000               94,839,000
                                 (formula).
                                State conservation grants                     5,000,000               12,000,000
                                 (competitive).
                                Administrative expenses.......                3,161,000                3,161,000
                                                               =================================================
                                Total, Assistance to States...               53,161,000              110,000,000
                                Total, NPS Land Acquisition                 117,500,000              173,670,000
                                 and State Assistance.
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                          CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

       The agreement provides $15,000,000 for the Centennial 
     Challenge matching grant program, a key component of the 
     Service's Centennial Initiative. The program provides 
     dedicated Federal funding to leverage partnerships for 
     signature projects and programs for the national park system, 
     including critical infrastructure investments. The amount 
     provided for the Centennial Challenge is intended to 
     complement funding for core operations provided in the 
     Operation of the National Park System account to enhance the 
     visitor experience and to protect cultural and natural 
     resources at national park system units in anticipation of 
     the Service's Centennial celebration. A one-to-one matching 
     requirement is required for projects to qualify for these 
     funds. The Service is urged to give preference to projects 
     that demonstrate additional leveraging capacity from its 
     partners.


                    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

                 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

       The agreement provides $1,062,000,000 for Surveys, 
     Investigations, and Research of the U.S. Geological Survey 
     (USGS). In addition to the funding allocation table at the 
     end of this explanatory statement, the agreement includes the 
     following instructions:
       Ecosystems.--The bill provides $158,041,000, which includes 
     an increase of $500,000 to address white-nose syndrome in 
     bats and $500,000 for new and emerging species research. The 
     Committees want to ensure that the Survey is taking a 
     balanced approach towards its program areas and direct the 
     Survey to report to the Committees within 180 days of 
     enactment of this Act on what new studies and projects over 
     $1,000,000 have been initiated within the last three fiscal 
     years under the various program areas. The Committees also 
     encourage the Survey to work with the Department to include a 
     cross cut for high priority species and critical landscapes 
     under the ecosystem mission in future budget submissions.
       Climate and Land Use Change.--The bill provides 
     $139,975,000, which includes an increase of $4,300,000 for 
     Landsat science activities for Landsat 9 and no funding for 
     the free flying thermal infrared instrument. The Survey is 
     expected to focus on drought impacts and adaptive management 
     with the funding provided within this activity.
       Energy, Minerals, and Environmental Health.--The bill 
     provides $94,511,000, which includes the requested increase 
     of $2,440,000 for the critical minerals program. The proposed 
     decrease of $2,000,000 for mapping activities is rejected and 
     the Committees expect the Survey to continue with geologic 
     mapping activities in areas of the country where high quality 
     mineral and energy resources remain unmapped at a useable 
     scale.
       Natural Hazards.--Funding for the Natural Hazards program 
     includes $60,503,000 for earthquake hazards, of which 
     $8,200,000 is provided to transition the earthquake early 
     warning demonstration project into an operational capability 
     for the West Coast. The Survey is directed to conduct a cost-
     benefit analysis and spending plan for the adoption of any 
     remaining seismic stations, including any stations in final 
     deployment, if included as part of the Survey's Advanced 
     National Seismic System for research. The bill also provides 
     $26,121,000 for volcano hazards, including an additional 
     $1,000,000, for repairing and upgrading current systems with 
     a focus on high-threat volcanoes. The Volcano Hazard Program 
     is expected to continue to work on the deferred network 
     maintenance of volcano hazard monitoring stations that are 
     currently inoperable.
       Water Resources.--The bill provides $213,052,000 for Water 
     Resources under a new requested budget structure. From within 
     this new structure, the activities associated with the 
     Cooperative Water Program will receive $57,710,000, equal to 
     the fiscal year 2015 enacted level. Further, the bill 
     provides $42,226,000 for Water Availability and Use Science 
     programs, including an increase of $301,000 for drought 
     forecasting activities and $2,000,000 for groundwater 
     resource studies to assess transboundary aquifers as 
     authorized by Public Law 109-488 and regions within the 
     Mississippi River Alluvial Plain which are experiencing 
     variability in groundwater systems; $71,535,000 for 
     Groundwater and Streamflow Information programs including 
     increases of $1,000,000 for the groundwater network and 
     $928,000 for streamgages; $92,791,000 for National Water 
     Quality Programs; and $6,500,000 for the Water Resources 
     Research Institutes.
       Core Science Systems.--The bill provides $111,550,000, 
     which includes a $3,000,000 increase for 3D Elevation: 
     National Enhancement, and the requested increase of 
     $1,322,000 to fund the Alaska mapping program.


                   BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

                        OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

       The bill provides $170,857,000 for Ocean Energy Management 
     to be partially offset with the collection of rental receipts 
     and cost recovery fees totaling $96,622,000, for a net 
     discretionary appropriation of $74,235,000. The request did 
     not include any funds for coastal marine spatial planning and 
     accordingly the bill provides no funds for such activities. 
     The agreement includes the following additional guidance:
       Renewable Energy.--The Bureau should continue to work with 
     the Department of Energy to identify and permit a national 
     offshore wind test site that incorporates new technology 
     related to the structural material of transitional depth and 
     floating wind turbines. The Bureau is also expected to 
     continue working with coastal States and other stakeholders 
     to study new wind energy areas, including those in shallow, 
     transitional, and deep (over 200 feet) waters.
       Bill language.--The agreement does not continue the 
     provision authorizing minimum rates of basic pay that was 
     included in both the Senate and House bills. The Office of 
     Personnel Management has approved special salary rate tables 
     covering employees eligible under the provision and therefore 
     it is no longer necessary.


             BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

             OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

       The bill provides $189,772,000 for Offshore Safety and 
     Environmental Enforcement to be partially offset with the 
     collection of rental receipts, cost recovery fees and 
     inspection fees totaling $116,207,000 for a net discretionary 
     appropriation of $73,565,000. While the Committees realigned 
     general support service costs consistent with the budget 
     request, concerns remain with respect to further budget 
     consolidations. The Bureau should continue to provide greater 
     clarity in its Congressional Justification for mission 
     specific program areas within the budget line for Operations, 
     Safety, and Regulation.


                           OIL SPILL RESEARCH

       The bill provides $14,899,000 for Oil Spill Research.


          OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

                       REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

       The bill provides $123,253,000 for Regulation and 
     Technology. Within this amount, the bill funds regulatory 
     grants at $68,590,000, equal to the fiscal year 2015 enacted 
     level. The Committees find that the budget proposal to reduce 
     regulatory grants would undermine the State-based regulatory 
     system. It is imperative that States continue to operate 
     protective regulatory programs as delegation of authority to 
     the States is the cornerstone of the surface mining 
     regulatory program. Further, the agreement does not provide 
     funds to expand and enhance Federal oversight activities of 
     State programs.
       Stream Buffer Zone Rule.--The Committees are concerned 
     about the work at OSMRE on the Stream Buffer Zone rule and 
     note that more than half of the States who agreed to work as 
     participating agencies have withdrawn from the process. The 
     Committees are concerned that OSMRE is not working with 
     important State partners in an effective manner and believe 
     that OSMRE should reengage State partners in a meaningful 
     manner before finalizing the Stream Buffer Zone rule. To 
     achieve the best outcome possible, OSMRE is directed to 
     provide the States with all technical reports, data, 
     analyses, comments received, and drafts relative to the 
     environmental reviews, draft and final environmental impact 
     statements, and meet with any State with primacy during such 
     process at the request of the State.


                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

       The bill provides $117,303,000 for the Abandoned Mine 
     Reclamation Fund. Of the funds provided, $27,303,000 shall be 
     derived from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and 
     $90,000,000 shall be derived from the General Fund. The 
     agreement provides $90,000,000 for grants to States for the 
     reclamation of abandoned mine lands in conjunction with 
     economic and community development and reuse goals. Such 
     grants shall be distributed to States in accordance with the 
     goals, intent and direction provided under this heading in 
     House Report 114-170.


        BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $2,267,924,000 for Operation of Indian 
     Programs. Fixed costs and transfers are included along with 
     additional details in the funding allocation table at the end 
     of this explanatory statement. The agreement includes the 
     following instructions and program changes to the fiscal year 
     2015 enacted level:
       Contract Support.--The agreement moves Contract Support and 
     the Indian Self-Determination Fund to a new account, as 
     described in further detail below.
       Social Services.--The agreement includes a $4,000,000 
     program increase in Social Services for implementation of the 
     Tiwahe initiative.
       Trust.--Natural Resources Management.--The agreement 
     provides $191,846,000 for Trust--Natural Resources 
     Management. Program increases include $2,000,000 for rights 
     protection implementation; and $4,000,000 for forestry 
     projects, of which $2,000,000 is for forest thinning, and 
     $2,000,000 is for fire recovery.
       Bureau of Indian Education.--The agreement provides 
     $852,367,000 for the Bureau of Indian Education. Program 
     increases include $10,881,000 to fully fund estimated tribal 
     grant support costs; $7,000,000 for facilities

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     operations; $7,000,000 for facilities maintenance; $500,000 
     to restore juvenile detention education program grants; 
     $2,550,000 for education program management; and $2,000,000 
     for information technology. Tribal Education Departments 
     (TEDs) are fully funded at $2,000,000 as requested.
       Johnson O'Malley assistance grants are funded at 
     $14,778,000. The Committees remain concerned about the 
     accuracy of student counts. The Bureau is directed to consult 
     with tribes and Congress before proposing any changes in the 
     distribution of future funds or in the frequency or method of 
     future counts.
       Education program enhancements are funded at the fiscal 
     year 2015 enacted level. The Bureau should consider 
     transferring this line item to education program management 
     in the fiscal year 2017 budget request to more accurately 
     account for personnel.
       Within the funding provided for the Early Child and Family 
     Development Program, the Bureau shall not reduce funding for 
     currently operating Family and Child Education programs. The 
     Bureau is directed to publish its report on the 2013-14 
     school year internal review of early child and family 
     development programs in order to improve program direction 
     and transparency.
       The agreement continues bill language providing the 
     Secretary with the authority to approve satellite locations 
     of existing BIE schools consistent with the guidance 
     contained in the explanatory statement accompanying the 
     Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
       Post-Secondary Program forward funding is increased by 
     $5,100,000 to forward fund tribal technical colleges. This 
     one-time increase provides a transition to forward funding, 
     consistent with funding practices for most other tribal 
     colleges. The Bureau is encouraged to include a proposal in 
     the fiscal year 2017 budget request to transition the 
     remaining tribal colleges and universities to forward 
     funding.
       The Committees remain concerned about recent Government 
     Accountability Office (GAO) reports detailing problems within 
     the K-12 Indian education system at the Department of the 
     Interior, in particular as they pertain to organizational 
     structure, accountability, finance, health and safety, and 
     ultimately student performance. As the Department takes steps 
     to reform the system, the Secretary is reminded that future 
     support from Congress will continue to be based in large part 
     upon successful implementation of GAO report recommendations. 
     In particular, consistent with GAO report 13-774, the 
     Secretary is urged to reorganize Indian Affairs so that 
     control and accountability of the BIE system is consolidated 
     within the BIE, to present such reorganization proposal in 
     the fiscal year 2017 budget request, and to submit to the 
     Committees a corresponding updated workforce plan. Consistent 
     with GAO testimonies 15-389T, 15-539T, 15-597T, and any 
     subsequent reports, the Secretary is urged to personally 
     oversee immediate actions necessary to ensure the continued 
     health and safety of students and employees at BIE schools 
     and facilities.
       Public Safety and Justice.--The agreement provides 
     $377,423,000 for public safety and justice. Program increases 
     include $3,000,000 for criminal investigations and police 
     services. The Committees encourage BIA to continue to look 
     for opportunities to improve public safety resources, 
     especially child foster care services, on Spirit Lake 
     Reservation. Other program increases include $3,000,000 in 
     law enforcement special initiatives and $5,000,000 for tribal 
     courts for the Tiwahe initiative; $11,000,000 for the Office 
     of Tribal Justice Support, of which $1,000,000 is to help 
     implement the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
     2013, and of which $10,000,000 is to work with Indian tribes 
     and tribal organizations to assess needs, consider options, 
     and design, develop, and pilot tribal court systems for 
     tribal communities including those communities subject to 
     full or partial State jurisdiction under Public Law 83-280.
       Community and Economic Development.--The agreement includes 
     $4,500,000 for the Indian Energy Service Center, as 
     requested. Energy development holds much promise for Indian 
     communities and it is the Committees' expectation that the 
     new center will reduce much of the bureaucracy so that tribes 
     may begin energy development without delay.
       Tribal Recognition.--The Committees acknowledge concerns 
     expressed by certain tribes, States, and bipartisan members 
     of Congress regarding effects of recent changes in tribal 
     recognition policy on standards that have been applied to new 
     applicants since 1978. Federal acknowledgement of a tribe 
     impacts the Federal budget, other tribes, State and local 
     jurisdictions, and individual rights. The Committees expect 
     the Administration to maintain rigorous recognition standards 
     while implementing a more transparent, efficient, and 
     workable process.


                         CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

       The agreement includes new language establishing an 
     indefinite appropriation for contract support costs estimated 
     to be $277,000,000, which is an increase of $26,000,000 above 
     the fiscal year 2015 level. The budget request proposed to 
     fund these costs within the ``Operation of Indian Programs''' 
     account through Contract Support and the Indian Self-
     Determination Fund budget lines. Under the new budget 
     structure, the full amount tribes are entitled to will be 
     paid and other programs will not be reduced in cases where 
     the agency may have underestimated these payments when 
     submitting its budget. Additional funds may be provided by 
     the agency if its budget estimate proves to be lower than 
     necessary to meet the legal obligation to pay the full amount 
     due to tribes, but this account is solely for the purposes of 
     paying contract support costs and no transfers from this 
     account are permitted for other purposes. Similar to the 
     President's request for calculating contract support costs, 
     this provision also applies to new and expanded Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements funded 
     through the Indian Self-Determination Fund activity.


                              CONSTRUCTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $193,973,000 for Construction. In 
     addition to the funding allocation table at the end of this 
     explanatory statement, the agreement includes the following 
     instructions:
       Education.--This appropriation completes the 2004 
     replacement school construction list and provides $8,000,000 
     towards planning and design of schools on the next list, as 
     requested. The Committees encourage the Administration to 
     continue to work with tribal leaders in a transparent manner 
     to complete the next list in time for fiscal year 2017 budget 
     consideration.
       This appropriation also restores the replacement facilities 
     construction line item, as requested. Serious health and 
     safety hazards exist at BIE facilities across the country, 
     including the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School of the Leech Lake Band 
     of Ojibwe. The Secretary is directed to develop a 
     comprehensive plan to work with tribes to repair and replace 
     all substandard educational facilities, especially facilities 
     being used for purposes other than those for which they were 
     built.
       Combined, these appropriations begin to restore the 
     education construction budget which has declined 
     significantly in recent years. Regardless of whether tribes 
     choose to exercise their self-determination rights to run 
     schools in the BIE system, the Federal government retains 
     ownership of the schools and the responsibility to ensure 
     that the schools are properly maintained, repaired, improved, 
     and ultimately replaced at the end of their lifespan, 
     according to best practices across education systems 
     nationwide. That is why the Committees are concerned about 
     the current approach to construction, which focuses on a 
     subset of schools in the worst condition and requires those 
     schools to submit applications and compete for the funding. 
     Going forward, the Committees believe that the Bureau should 
     conduct comprehensive, long-term facilities planning and 
     expect the Bureau to model its efforts on the process used by 
     the Department of Defense (DOD) to produce its 2009 report to 
     Congress on modernizing and improving all DOD schools.
       The Committees strongly support efforts to identify 
     innovative alternative financing options to accelerate the 
     pace of repair and replacement for the Bureau of Indian 
     Education schools, including the use of bonding authority. 
     The Committees urge the Department to explore, in 
     consultation with the Department of the Treasury, the best 
     available approach to meet repayment obligations and to fund 
     the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of Bureau of 
     Indian Education schools.
       The agreement includes a one-time funding amount of 
     $5,000,000 above the President's request for BIE facilities 
     and improvement repair projects that can be completed 
     promptly and to address the backlog of critical deferred 
     maintenance projects.


INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

       The bill provides $49,475,000 for Indian Land and Water 
     Claims Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians. The 
     Committees appreciate the importance of settling the numerous 
     land and water settlements, and direct the Department to 
     submit a spending plan to the Committees within 90 days of 
     enactment of this Act for how it plans to allocate the funds 
     provided by this bill for the specific settlements.


                 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The bill provides $7,748,000 for the Indian Guaranteed Loan 
     Program Account.

                          Departmental Offices


                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                        DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

       The agreement provides $721,769,000 for Departmental 
     Offices, Office of the Secretary, Departmental Operations. 
     The detailed allocation of funding by program area and 
     activity is included in the table at the end of the 
     statement. The agreement provides $12,618,000 for the Office 
     of Valuation Services.
       Increases above the fiscal year 2015 enacted level include 
     $1,288,000 to support the Office of Natural Resources Revenue 
     (ONRR) Onshore Production Verification pilot and $2,600,000 
     as requested for ONRR to help with certain Trust 
     responsibilities for the Osage

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     Nation consistent with the services ONRR already provides to 
     every other tribe. The agreement also includes $452,000,000 
     to fully fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program 
     for fiscal year 2016. The agreement does not provide 
     requested funds for the Coastal Resilience Fund.
       The Secretary is reminded that Congress supports the use of 
     Federal land for energy corridors where appropriate, and that 
     nothing in P.L. 113-135 limits or otherwise alters the 
     Secretary's authority to issue and administer right-of-way 
     grants or right-of-use authorizations for transmission lines 
     within the Section 368 West-Wide Energy Corridor 39-231 on 
     the Federal land described in P.L. 113-135.
       Experienced Services Program.--The agreement does not 
     include language authorizing the establishment of the 
     Department of the Interior Experienced Services Program as 
     proposed by the Senate. While the Committees support the 
     Department's goal of utilizing the skills of older workers to 
     help it accomplish its mission, the Committees urge the 
     Department to work closely with the authorizing committees of 
     jurisdiction in the House and Senate to achieve this goal 
     within the context of reauthorizing the Older Americans Act.
       National Monument Designations.--The Department is directed 
     to collaboratively work with interested parties, including 
     Congress, States, local communities, tribal governments, and 
     others, before making national monument designations.
       Royalty Rate Study.--The Committees request a Government 
     Accountability Office (GAO) study of the relationship between 
     increasing royalty rates on oil, gas, and coal production on 
     Federal lands and the relative competitiveness of Federal 
     lands for exploration and production versus State and private 
     lands, as well as any resulting effect on the Federal 
     treasury. GAO shall report the results to the Committees no 
     later than one year after enactment of this Act.


                            INSULAR AFFAIRS

                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

       The agreement provides $86,976,000 for Assistance to 
     Territories. In addition to the funding allocation table at 
     the end of this explanatory statement, the agreement includes 
     the following instructions:
       The agreement recognizes that the Office of Insular 
     Affairs' most impactful spending is through the Technical 
     Assistance Program to fund projects to improve drinking 
     water, sanitation, health, safety, and economic opportunity 
     and sustainability. The agreement directs these funds to be 
     awarded accordingly and does not provide funding for new 
     initiatives proposed in the budget request. Additionally, the 
     Office of Insular Affairs is directed to continue to award 
     non-competitive technical assistance funds to support 
     investments in civic education programs for Insular Area 
     students.


                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

       The agreement provides $3,318,000 for Compact of Free 
     Association. The detailed allocation of funding is included 
     in the table at the end of this explanatory statement.


                        OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $65,800,000 for the Office of the 
     Solicitor. The detailed allocation of funding is included in 
     the table at the end of this explanatory statement.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $50,047,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General. The detailed allocation of funding is 
     included in the table at the end of this explanatory 
     statement.


           OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $139,029,000 for the Office of the 
     Special Trustee for American Indians. The detailed allocation 
     of funding by activity is included in the table at the end of 
     this explanatory statement.


                        DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $816,745,000 for Department of the 
     Interior Wildland Fire Management, which is $11,966,000 above 
     the fiscal year 2015 enacted level. Of the funds provided, 
     $291,673,000 is for suppression operations, which combined 
     with $177,000,000 in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 
     Fund, provides a total of $468,673,000 for Department of the 
     Interior fire suppression activities. This amount exceeds the 
     ten-year average for suppression by $85,000,000 to provide 
     additional resources, as requested, based upon up-to-date 
     forecasting models. The detailed allocation of funding for 
     these accounts is included in the table at the end of this 
     explanatory statement.
       Hazardous Fuels Management.--The agreement provides 
     $170,000,000 for hazardous fuels management activities, which 
     is $6,000,000 above the fiscal year 2015 enacted level.


                FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $177,000,000 for the FLAME Wildfire 
     Suppression Reserve Fund.


                    CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

       The agreement provides $10,010,000 for the Central 
     Hazardous Materials Fund.


           NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

       The agreement provides $7,767,000 for the Natural Resource 
     Damage Assessment Fund. The detailed allocation of funding by 
     activity is included in the table at the end of this 
     explanatory statement.


                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

       The agreement provides $67,100,000 for the Department of 
     the Interior, Working Capital Fund. The increase above the 
     fiscal year 2015 enacted level is to improve cybersecurity 
     throughout the Department and its bureaus.


             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes various legislative provisions 
     affecting the Department in Title I of the bill, ``General 
     Provisions, Department of the Interior.'' The provisions are:
       Section 101 provides Secretarial authority for the intra-
     bureau transfer of program funds for expenditures in cases of 
     emergencies when all other emergency funds are exhausted.
       Section 102 provides for the Department-wide expenditure or 
     transfer of funds by the Secretary in the event of actual or 
     potential emergencies including forest fires, range fires, 
     earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, storms, oil spills, 
     grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks, and surface mine 
     reclamation emergencies.
       Section 103 provides for the use of appropriated funds by 
     the Secretary for contracts, rental cars and aircraft, 
     telephone expenses, and other certain services.
       Section 104 provides for the transfer of funds from the 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and 
     Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.
       Section 105 permits the redistribution of tribal priority 
     allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding 
     inequities.
       Section 106 authorizes the acquisition of lands for the 
     purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support 
     visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands.
       Section 107 continues Outer Continental Shelf inspection 
     fees to be collected by the Secretary of the Interior.
       Section 108 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
     continue the reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
     Management, Regulation, and Enforcement in conformance with 
     Committee reprogramming guidelines.
       Section 109 provides the Secretary of the Interior with 
     authority to enter into multi-year cooperative agreements 
     with non-profit organizations for long-term care of wild 
     horses and burros.
       Section 110 addresses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 
     responsibilities for mass marking of salmonid stocks.
       Section 111 modifies a provision addressing Bureau of Land 
     Management actions regarding grazing on public lands.
       Section 112 continues a provision prohibiting funds to 
     implement, administer, or enforce Secretarial Order 3310 
     issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010.
       Section 113 extends a provision allowing the Bureau of 
     Indian Education authority to rent or lease land and 
     facilities and retain the receipts.
       Section 114 addresses the National Park Service's ability 
     to implement the Volunteers in Parks program in anticipation 
     of increased volunteer activity related to the Service's 
     Centennial in 2016.
       Section 115 allows the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau 
     of Indian Education to more efficiently and effectively 
     perform reimbursable work.
       Section 116 addresses National Heritage Areas.
       Section 117 addresses the issuance of rules for sage-
     grouse.
       Section 118 continues a provision providing the Secretary 
     of the Interior certain onshore pay authority.
       Section 119 extends authorization for certain payments to 
     the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2016.
       Section 120 allows certain funds to be used for waterfowl 
     conservation.
       Section 121 continues a provision which directs the 
     Secretary of the Interior to make certain certifications with 
     respect to existing rights of way. The section also retains a 
     provision limiting funding for a proposal to approve 
     specified rights-of-way on the Mojave National Preserve or 
     lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of 
     Land Management.

               TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

       The bill provides $8,139,887,000 for the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (EPA).
       Congressional Budget Justification.--The Agency is directed 
     to continue to include the information requested in House 
     Report 112-331 and any proposals to change State allocation 
     formulas that affect the distribution of appropriated funds 
     in future budget justifications.
       Reprogramming.--The Agency is held to the reprogramming 
     limitation of $1,000,000 and should continue to follow the 
     reprogramming directives as provided in the front of

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     this explanatory statement. Further, the Agency may not use 
     any amount of deobligated funds to initiate a new program, 
     office, or initiative, without the prior approval of the 
     Committees.
       Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Agency is 
     directed to submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations its annual operating plan for fiscal year 
     2016, which shall detail how the Agency plans to allocate 
     funds at the program project level.


                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

       The bill provides $734,648,000 for Science and Technology 
     programs and transfers $18,850,000 from the Hazardous 
     Substance Superfund account to this account. The bill 
     provides the following specific funding levels and direction:
       Homeland Security.--The agreement includes $37,122,000 and 
     the Agency shall allocate funds to programs under this 
     heading consistent with fiscal year 2015 levels.
       Indoor Air and Radiation.--The agreement includes 
     $5,997,000 and the proposed elimination of radon activities 
     has been rejected.
       Research: National Priorities.--The bill provides 
     $4,100,000 which shall be used for extramural research 
     grants, independent of the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) 
     grant program, to fund high-priority water quality and 
     availability research by not-for-profit organizations who 
     often partner with the Agency. Because these grants are 
     independent of the STAR grant program, the Agency should 
     strive to award grants in as large an amount as is possible 
     to achieve the most scientifically significant research. 
     Funds shall be awarded competitively with priority given to 
     partners proposing research of national scope and who provide 
     a 25 percent match. The Agency is directed to allocate funds 
     to grantees within 180 days of enactment of this Act. 
     Further, the bill provides $3,000,000 as directed in House 
     Report 114-170. In addition, the bill provides $7,000,000 for 
     certification and compliance activities related to vehicle 
     and engine emissions, of which the Agency is directed to 
     provide at least $5,000,000 in extramural resources.
       Research: Safe and Sustainable Water Resources.--The 
     agreement includes $107,434,000 and the Agency shall follow 
     the direction under this heading in Senate Report 114-70.
       Additional Guidance.--The agreement includes the following 
     additional guidance:
       Validation of Scientifically Significant Studies.--The 
     Agency shall follow the direction under this heading in 
     Senate Report 114-70.


                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

       The bill provides $2,613,679,000 for Environmental Programs 
     and Management and includes the following specific funding 
     levels and direction:
       Clean Air and Climate.--The Agency shall allocate funds 
     consistent with fiscal year 2015.
       Environmental Protection: National Priorities.--The bill 
     provides $12,700,000 for a competitive grant program to 
     provide technical assistance for improved water quality or 
     safe drinking water to rural and urban communities or 
     individual private well owners. The Agency is directed to 
     provide $11,000,000 for grants to qualified not-for-profit 
     organizations, on a national or multi-State regional basis, 
     for the sole purpose of providing on-site training and 
     technical assistance for water systems in rural or urban 
     communities. The Agency is also directed to provide 
     $1,700,000 for grants to qualified not-for-profit 
     organizations for technical assistance for individual private 
     well owners, with priority given to organizations that 
     currently provide technical and educational assistance to 
     individual private well owners. The Agency shall require each 
     grantee to provide a minimum 10 percent match, including in-
     kind contributions. The Agency is directed to allocate funds 
     to grantees within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
       Geographic Programs.--The bill provides $427,737,000, as 
     distributed in the table at the end of this division, and 
     includes the following direction:
       Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).--The bill 
     provides $300,000,000 and the Agency shall continue to follow 
     the direction as provided in House Report 112-589.
       Chesapeake Bay.--The bill provides $73,000,000 and the 
     Agency shall allocate funds consistent with the direction 
     under this heading in Senate Report 114-70.
       Indoor Air and Radiation.--The agreement includes 
     $27,637,000. The Agency shall follow the rulemaking direction 
     under this heading in Senate Report 114-70. The proposed 
     elimination of the radon program has been rejected and the 
     Agency shall allocate funds consistent with fiscal year 2015.
       Toxics Risk Review and Prevention.--The agreement includes 
     $92,521,000 and the Agency shall maintain funding for the 
     Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and for the 
     endocrine disruptor program at not less than the fiscal year 
     2015 level.
       Water: Ecosystems.--The agreement includes $47,788,000 and 
     the Agency shall allocate funds consistent with fiscal year 
     2015. In addition, the Committees direct EPA to use the funds 
     provided to accelerate the processing of mining permits with 
     the Corps of Engineers. Further, the Committees direct EPA, 
     in consultation with the Corps of Engineers, to continue to 
     report monthly on the number of Section 404 permits under 
     EPA's review, consistent with the direction under this 
     heading in House Report 114-170. Additionally, the Agency is 
     directed to provide $600,000 to each National Estuary Program 
     (NEP) funded under Section 320 of the Clean Water Act.
       Water: Human Health Protection.--The agreement includes 
     $98,507,000. The proposed elimination of the beach program 
     has been rejected and funding is maintained at the fiscal 
     year 2015 level.
       Water Quality Protection.--The agreement includes 
     $210,417,000 and the Agency shall allocate funds consistent 
     with fiscal year 2015.
       Additional Guidance.--The agreement includes the following 
     additional guidance:
       Combined Sewer Overflows.--The agreement includes bill 
     language related to sewage discharges into the Great Lakes 
     and no further directives. The Committees urge the Agency to 
     expeditiously complete the study required by P.L. 113-235.
       Conflicts of Interest.--The Agency has not yet resolved 
     long-standing questions regarding conflicts of interest that 
     have spanned multiple Administrations. For fiscal year 2016, 
     the Administrator shall develop a policy statement on science 
     quality and integrity that shall be adhered to by the Science 
     Advisory Board (SAB) and all Board members. Such policy 
     statement shall be consistent with the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act, the Ethics in Government Act, and all other 
     applicable Federal laws and regulations. EPA's policy 
     statement should include goals on increasing membership from 
     States and tribes who are often underrepresented, as noted in 
     the May 2014 National Academy of Sciences review of EPA's 
     IRIS program. Should the Administrator decide that financial-
     related metrics are appropriate to identify conflicts-of-
     interest or bias, then EPA's policy shall also include an 
     evaluation of potential bias based on a variety of factors 
     including receipt of former and current Federal grants or 
     public statements or positions as well as other appropriate 
     safeguards to ensure balance amongst SAB and other advisory 
     board experts. In addition, the policy statement shall 
     include direction on the treatment of public comments and 
     responses to such comments.
       When complete, the Committees direct EPA to submit the 
     draft policy statement to the U.S. Government Accountability 
     Office (GAO) for review of the updated conflict of interest 
     policy, policy for committee composition and balance, and 
     eligibility requirements for service on the SAB that will 
     ensure fairness and objectivity. GAO shall determine if the 
     updated policies meet the intent of the directives above and, 
     if so, shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that 
     EPA's conflict of interest policies offer a balanced 
     framework. The Agency is directed to submit these required 
     documents to GAO for review no later than 90 days from the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       Gold King Mine.--The Committees are concerned about the 
     impacts following the Gold King Mine Spill on August 5, 2015 
     and believe long-term monitoring efforts are an important 
     need following this event. Further, the Committees are 
     concerned that EPA's monitoring plan does not have the full 
     support from impacted States and tribes. Therefore, EPA is 
     directed to coordinate with impacted States and tribes on 
     development of a robust, long-term plan for independent 
     monitoring. With existing funds, the Agency is directed to 
     continue to seek ways to provide States and tribes with 
     support for their contribution to monitoring efforts.


            HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM FUND

       The bill provides $3,674,000 for the Hazardous Waste 
     Electronic Manifest System Fund. The Committees continue to 
     support the expeditious development of a system that would 
     allow for the electronic tracking of hazardous waste 
     shipments pursuant to P.L. 112-195. As anticipated costs 
     continue to exceed authorized levels, the Committees direct 
     EPA to work with appropriate Committees to extend the 
     authorization for appropriations beyond fiscal year 2015 and 
     provide estimates of costs to operate the system once built.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The bill provides $41,489,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The bill provides $42,317,000 for Buildings and Facilities.


                     HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The bill provides $1,088,769,000 for the Hazardous 
     Substance Superfund account and includes bill language to 
     transfer $9,939,000 to the Office of Inspector General 
     account and $18,850,000 to the Science and Technology 
     account. The bill provides the following additional 
     direction:
       Superfund Cleanup.--The Committees understand the funding 
     is insufficient to eliminate the backlog of unfunded new 
     starts but the Committees expect the Agency will use funds 
     provided to initiate remediation at highly contaminated, 
     orphan sites and support remedial pipeline activities that 
     are critical prior to construction.
       Financial Assurance.--Prior to proposing any rule pursuant 
     to section 108(b) of the

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     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9608(b)), the Administrator 
     is directed to collect and analyze information from the 
     commercial insurance and financial industries regarding the 
     use and availability of necessary instruments (including 
     surety bonds, letters of credit and insurance) for meeting 
     any new financial responsibility requirements and to make 
     that analysis available to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and to the general public on the Agency 
     website 90 days prior to a proposed rulemaking. In addition, 
     the analysis shall include the Agency's plan to avoid 
     requiring financial assurances that are duplicative of those 
     already required by other Federal agencies.
       Lead at Superfund Sites.--The agreement includes the 
     directive in the House and Senate Reports that the Agency 
     contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a 
     study of lead at Superfund sites. The agreement narrows the 
     scope of the study to Superfund sites within, adjacent or 
     proximal to the nation's largest lead mining districts. The 
     Agency's authority shall not be impacted during the pendency 
     of the study.


          LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM

       The bill provides $91,941,000 for the Leaking Underground 
     Storage Tank Trust Fund Program.


                       INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

       The bill provides $18,209,000 for Inland Oil Spill 
     Programs.


                   STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

       The bill provides $3,518,161,000 for the State and Tribal 
     Assistance Grants (STAG) program and includes the following 
     specific funding levels and direction:
       Diesel Emissions Reductions Grants (DERA).--The bill 
     provides $50,000,000 for DERA grants. The Agency shall 
     continue to make at least 70 percent of DERA grants available 
     to improve air quality in non-attainment areas. The 
     Committees encourage EPA to provide a third report to 
     Congress prior to January 1, 2016, that includes the analysis 
     requested in Public Law 111-364.
       Targeted Airshed Grants.--The bill provides $20,000,000 for 
     targeted airshed grants to reduce air pollution in non-
     attainment areas. These grants shall be distributed on a 
     competitive basis to non-attainment areas that EPA determines 
     are ranked as the top five most polluted areas relative to 
     annual ozone or particulate matter 2.5 standards as well as 
     the top five areas based on the 24-hour particulate matter 
     2.5 standard where the design values exceed the 35 
     g/m3 standard. To determine these areas, the Agency 
     shall use the most recent design values calculated from 
     validated air quality data. The Committees note that these 
     funds are available for emission reduction activities deemed 
     necessary for compliance with national ambient air quality 
     standards and included in a State Implementation Plan 
     submitted to EPA. Not later than the end of fiscal year 2016, 
     EPA should provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that includes a table showing how fiscal year 
     2015 and 2016 funds were allocated. The table should also 
     include grant recipients and metrics for anticipated or 
     actual results.
       Categorical Grants.--The bill provides $1,081,041,000 for 
     Categorical Grants and funding levels are specified in the 
     table at the end of this division. The Agency shall allocate 
     radon grants in fiscal year 2016 following the direction in 
     House Report 114-170. The amount also includes $228,219,000 
     for the State and Local Air Quality Management grant program, 
     and the Agency is directed to allocate funds following the 
     direction for this program in Senate Report 114-70.
       Multipurpose Grants to States and Tribes.--The bill 
     provides $21,000,000 for grants to States and tribes to 
     assist with the implementation of environmental programs. 
     Funds allow States and tribes to have the flexibility to 
     direct resources for the implementation of high priority 
     activities, including the processing of permits, which 
     complement programs under established environmental statutes. 
     EPA is directed to allocate these funds by formula to States 
     and tribes no later than 180 days from the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       Use of Iron and Steel.--The bill includes language in Title 
     IV General Provisions that stipulates requirements for the 
     use of iron and steel in State Revolving Fund projects. The 
     agreement includes only the following guidance. The 
     Committees acknowledge that EPA may issue a waiver of said 
     requirements for de minimis amounts of iron and steel 
     building materials. The Committees emphasize that any coating 
     processes that are applied to the external surface of iron 
     and steel components that otherwise qualify under the 
     procurement preference shall not render such products 
     ineligible for the procurement preference regardless of where 
     the coating processes occur, provided that final assembly of 
     the products occurs in the United States.


       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

             (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

       The bill includes language that addresses the collection 
     and expenditure of pesticide fees, allows cooperative 
     agreements to tribes, allows transfer of funds for the Great 
     Lakes Restoration Initiative, and authorizes amounts for one-
     time facility repairs.
       Cybersecurity.--The bill provides $27,000,000 to be used to 
     meet Federal requirements for cybersecurity implementation.
       Rescission.--The bill rescinds $40,000,000 of unobligated 
     balances from the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account. 
     The Agency is directed to rescind $8,000,000 in unobligated 
     balances from prior year administrative set asides and 
     $32,000,000 shall be derived from new obligational authority 
     provided in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants 
     appropriation account. The Agency shall calculate the 
     requisite percent reduction necessary to rescind $32,000,000 
     of new obligational authority and apply it across program 
     areas by formula. Thirty days prior to executing the 
     rescission, the Agency shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount of 
     rescission by program project.
       Restrictions on Certain Communications.--The agreement does 
     not include revised language contained in Section 401 of the 
     Senate bill regarding the use of appropriations by agencies 
     for publicity or propaganda in support or opposition to 
     proposed regulations or administrative actions. On December 
     14, 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
     concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 
     association with its Waters of the United States rulemaking, 
     violated existing prohibitions against publicity or 
     propaganda and grassroots lobbying contained in prior 
     appropriations acts. Because EPA expended funds in violation 
     of these prohibitions, the GAO further concluded that EPA 
     violated the Antideficiency Act. In addition to the reporting 
     requirements that are required as a result of this 
     Antideficiency Act violation, EPA is directed to coordinate 
     with the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that GAO's 
     findings are disseminated to communications offices 
     throughout the government.

                      TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             FOREST SERVICE

       Forest Service Directives.--The Forest Service is reminded 
     of the importance of the directives included in House Report 
     114-170 and Senate Report 114-70 not addressed herein, as 
     well as the new directives in this statement, including the 
     Front Matter.


                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

       The agreement provides $291,000,000 for Forest and 
     Rangeland Research. This includes $75,000,000 for Forest 
     Inventory and Analysis (FIA), which is sufficient to expand 
     FIA to interior Alaska.
       The Service is directed to continue to prioritize research 
     on white-nose syndrome in bats. The Service also is directed 
     to provide a report, such as is prepared each year by the 
     Agricultural Research Service, to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations in conjunction with the 
     transmission of the fiscal year 2017 budget request, that 
     describes its research program in detail. The report should 
     include information on each research laboratory, including 
     their relationship to the research stations, their goals and 
     purpose, the funding provided for each of the previous five 
     fiscal years, the funding proposed to be provided in fiscal 
     year 2017, the allocation of funding between research and 
     administrative costs, the allocation of funding and projects 
     between in-house and extramural research, the number of 
     scientists and support staff, and major accomplishments. The 
     report also should include similar information for each 
     research station.


                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

       The agreement provides $237,023,000 for State and Private 
     Forestry. The following directions are also provided:
       Forest Legacy.--The bill provides $62,347,000 for the 
     Forest Legacy program. This includes $6,400,000 for program 
     administration and $55,947,000 for projects. The Service 
     should fund projects in priority order according to the 
     competitively selected national priority list submitted by 
     the Forest Service as part of its fiscal year 2016 budget 
     request.


                         NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $1,509,364,000 for the National 
     Forest System. The following directions are also provided:
       Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR).--The agreement 
     continues the IRR pilot in Regions 1, 3, and 4. As previously 
     noted in the House and Senate reports, there remains concern 
     about the lack of tangible accomplishments produced by IRR 
     projects to date, and as such, the agreement rejects the 
     proposal to expand IRR to the entire Forest Service. Absent 
     tangible accomplishments, an expansion of the IRR program is 
     unlikely to be accepted in the future.
       Rangeland Management.--The Service is directed, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, to make vacant grazing 
     allotments available to a holder of a grazing permit or lease 
     when lands covered by the holder of the permit or lease are 
     unusable because of drought or wildfire.
       Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness.--The agreement 
     provides $261,719,000 for recreation, heritage and 
     wilderness.

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       Vegetation and Watershed Management.--The agreement 
     provides $184,716,000 for vegetation and watershed management 
     activities, of which no less than $5,400,000 is to implement 
     authorities granted by section 8204 of the Agricultural Act 
     of 2014.
       Law Enforcement Operations.--The Service is expected to 
     increase its efforts regarding illegal marijuana cultivation 
     on public lands within the funds provided.
       Bighorn Sheep Conservation.--In order to ensure the Nation 
     does not lose its domestic sheep industry or bighorn sheep 
     conservation legacy, the Service and the Bureau of Land 
     Management shall implement a variety of solutions, including 
     the following directives: The agencies are directed to 
     complete risk of contact analyses using appropriate data 
     sources, such as from the Western Association of Fish and 
     Wildlife Agencies, and to share the findings with the public. 
     The Service is expected to engage the Agricultural Research 
     Service to ensure the best scientific understanding of where 
     disease transmission occurs and the degree of that risk and 
     to assist the Forest Service with identifying all allotments 
     that are suitable for sheep grazing. The Service and Bureau 
     of Land Management also are directed to identify and 
     implement actions to resolve issues on allotments with a high 
     risk of disease transmission, including, if agreeable to the 
     directly affected stakeholders, the relocation of domestic 
     sheep to allotments with a low risk, pending any site-
     specific environmental analysis. Together, the agencies are 
     encouraged to convene a meeting of stakeholders interested in 
     collaborating on strategies and solutions to address the risk 
     of disease transmission and to report to the Committees on 
     implementation of these directives within 60 days of 
     enactment of this Act.
       The Service is reminded of the guidance provided in Senate 
     Report 114-70 regarding the Mark Twain National Forest, the 
     Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund, and the 
     Tongass National Forest young growth inventory and other 
     Region 10 activities.


                  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $364,164,000 for Capital Improvement 
     and Maintenance programs offset by a $16,000,000 scoring 
     credit related to the road and trail fund.


                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The agreement provides $63,435,000 for Land Acquisition. 
     The amounts recommended by this bill compared with the budget 
     estimates by activity are shown in the table below, listed in 
     priority order pursuant to the budget request for fiscal year 
     2016. Prior to proceeding with any Pacific Crest National 
     Scenic Trail acquisitions, the Service is directed to submit 
     to the Committees a list of specific parcels for Committee 
     approval. The Service is expected to use the Critical 
     Inholdings/Wilderness account to acquire high priority lands, 
     such as wilderness and lands of significant value in 
     designated conservation units, to consolidate Federal 
     ownership. Further instructions are contained under the Land 
     and Water Conservation Fund heading in the front of this 
     explanatory statement.

 
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                 State                           Project                  Forest Units               Budget Request                   This Bill
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CO....................................  Upper Rio Grande.........  Rio Grande...............                    $5,000,000                    $5,000,000
CA....................................  Hurdygurdy...............  Six Rivers...............                       700,000                       700,000
UT....................................  Wasatch Watersheds--       Uinta-Wasatch-Cache......                     2,320,000                     2,320,000
                                         Bonneville Shoreline
                                         Trail.
NC....................................  North Carolina's           Pisgah...................                     1,250,000                     1,250,000
                                         Threatened Treasures.
NC....................................  North Carolina's           Uwharrie.................                       450,000                       440,000
                                         Threatened Treasures.
MT....................................  High Divide..............  Beaverhead-Deerlodge.....                     1,525,000                     1,525,000
ID....................................  High Divide..............  Caribou-Targhee..........                     1,625,000                     1,625,000
ID....................................  High Divide..............  Frank Church River of No                        425,000                       425,000
                                                                    Return Wilderness.
ID....................................  High Divide..............  Sawtooth.................                     2,500,000                     2,500,000
CA....................................  Sierra Nevada              Eldorado.................                     1,400,000                     1,100,000
                                         Checkerboard.
CO....................................  Toll Properties..........  Roosevelt................                       800,000                       800,000
TN....................................  Tennessee Mountains......  Cherokee.................                     1,635,000                     1,635,000
MO....................................  Current River............  Mark Twain...............                     2,070,000                     2,070,000
VA/WV.................................  Rivers of the Chesapeake.  George Washington and                         1,990,000                     1,990,000
                                                                    Jefferson.
AZ....................................  Fossil Creek.............  Coconino.................                     1,000,000                     1,000,000
MN....................................  Minnesota Northwoods.....  Chippewa.................                     2,175,000                     2,175,000
MN....................................  Minnesota Northwoods.....  Superior.................                       515,000                       515,000
FL....................................  Florida Longleaf           Osceola..................                     3,900,000                     3,900,000
                                         Initiative.
WA....................................  National Trails..........  Pacific Crest NST........                     3,000,000                     3,000,000
CA....................................  National Trails..........  Pacific Crest NST........                       200,000                       200,000
WY....................................  Upper Gros Ventre........  Bridger-Teton............                     1,000,000                     1,000,000
OR....................................  Pacific Northwest Streams  Umatilla.................                       840,000                       840,000
OR....................................  Pacific Northwest Streams  Wallowa-Whitman..........                       550,000                       550,000
WY....................................  Greater Yellowstone Area.  Bridger-Teton............                     1,025,000                     1,025,000
CA....................................  Castle Crags.............  Shasta-Trinity...........                     2,800,000                     2,800,000
ID....................................  High Divide..............  Sawtooth.................                     2,300,000                     2,300,000
MT....................................  High Divide..............  Beaverhead-Deerlodge.....                       200,000                       200,000
MI....................................  Great Lakes--Northwoods..  Ottawa...................                     1,800,000                     1,800,000
                                        Additional Project         .........................                     2,255,000                             0
                                         Requests.
                                                                                             -----------------------------------------------------------
                                        Subtotal, Acquisitions...  .........................                    47,250,000                    44,685,000
                                        Acquisition Management...  .........................                     8,500,000                     8,500,000
                                        Cash Equalization........  .........................                       250,000                       250,000
                                        Recreational Access......  .........................                     5,000,000                     8,000,000
                                        Critical Inholdings/       .........................                     2,000,000                     2,000,000
                                         Wilderness.
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                                        Total, FS Land             .........................                    63,000,000                    63,435,000
                                         Acquisition.
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         ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

       The agreement provides $950,000 for the Acquisition of 
     Lands for National Forests Special Acts.


            ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

       The agreement provides $216,000 for the Acquisition of 
     Lands to Complete Land Exchanges.


                         RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

       The agreement provides $2,320,000 for the Range Betterment 
     Fund.


    GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

       The agreement provides $45,000 for Gifts, Donations and 
     Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research.


        MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

       The agreement provides $2,500,000 for the Management of 
     National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses.


                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $2,386,329,000 for Forest Service 
     Wildland Fire Management, which is $53,031,000 above the 
     fiscal year 2015 enacted level. Of the funds provided, 
     $811,000,000 is for suppression operations, which combined 
     with $823,000,000 in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 
     Fund provides a total of $1,634,000,000 for Forest Service 
     fire suppression activities. This amount exceeds the ten-year 
     average by $508,000,000 to provide additional resources, as 
     requested, based on up-to-date forecasting models.
       Hazardous Fuels Management.--The agreement provides 
     $375,000,000 for hazardous fuels management activities, which 
     is $13,251,000 above the fiscal year 2015 enacted level. 
     Within this amount, $15,000,000 is for biomass utilization 
     grants, which the Service is expected to use for the 
     development of products that will expand commercial markets 
     for low-value wood to facilitate increased removal of biomass 
     beyond traditional fuel treatments.
       Fire Suppression Aviation.--The Service is directed to 
     evaluate and provide the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations evidence of the cost savings expected to 
     result from the acquisition of Federal aircraft. The 
     evaluation should include costs charged to the Forest Service 
     as well as those charged to other Federal agencies so that 
     the Committees have an accurate accounting of the actual cost 
     of Federal ownership compared with the utilization of private 
     contractors.


                FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $823,000,000 for the FLAME Wildfire 
     Suppression Reserve Fund.


                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

       The agreement provides $3,566,387,000 for Indian Health 
     Services. In addition to the

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     table at the end of this explanatory statement, the agreement 
     includes the following instructions:
       The agreement includes a $12,916,000 increase for the 
     staffing of newly opened health facilities. This includes 
     full funding of the Southern California Youth Treatment 
     Center and the Choctaw Alternative Rural Healthcare Center 
     (JV) as requested. Funds for the staffing of new facilities 
     are limited to facilities funded through the Health Care 
     Facilities Construction Priority System or the Joint Venture 
     Construction Program that have opened in fiscal year 2015 or 
     will open in fiscal year 2016. None of these funds may be 
     allocated to a facility until such facility has achieved 
     beneficial occupancy status.
       The agreement includes requested pay costs along with a 
     $10,000,000 program increase for the alcohol and substance 
     abuse program to focus on tribal youth, a $1,400,000 program 
     increase for Dental Health, and $2,000,000 for operating 
     shortfalls at community health clinics.
       The agreement includes a $1,137,000 program increase for 
     Urban Indian Health. The agency is directed to include 
     current services estimates for Urban Indian Health in future 
     budget requests. The Committees note the agency's failure to 
     report the results of the needs assessment directed by House 
     Report 111-180. Therefore, the recommendation includes bill 
     language requiring a program strategic plan developed in 
     consultation with urban Indians and the National Academy of 
     Public Administration.
       The Committees are concerned about loss and potential loss 
     of CMS accreditation status at multiple IHS-operated 
     facilities. These facilities are all located within the same 
     Service Area, suggesting that the problems are systemic. 
     Whatever the causes, the Committees consider the loss of 
     accreditation to be an emergency. The agreement therefore 
     includes $2,000,000 in new, flexible funding so that the 
     Director may take actions necessary to ensure that CMS 
     accreditation status is reinstated and retained, and, once 
     accreditation has been reinstated, to restore third-party 
     insurance reimbursement shortfalls.


                         CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

       The agreement provides an indefinite appropriation for 
     contract support costs estimated to be $717,970,000, which is 
     an increase of $55,000,000 above the fiscal year 2015 enacted 
     level. The budget request proposed to fund this program 
     within the ``Indian Health Services'' account. Under this 
     heading the Committees have provided the full amount of the 
     request for contract support costs. By virtue of the 
     indefinite appropriation, additional funds may be provided by 
     the agency if its budget estimate proves to be lower than 
     necessary to meet the legal obligation to pay the full amount 
     due to tribes. This account is solely for the purposes of 
     paying contract support costs and no transfers from this 
     account are permitted for other purposes.


                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

       The agreement provides $523,232,000 for Indian Health 
     Facilities. In addition to the table at the end of this 
     explanatory statement, the agreement includes the following 
     instructions:
       The agreement includes a $1,241,000 increase for the 
     staffing of the newly opened health facilities noted under 
     the previous heading. The stipulations included in the 
     ``Indian Health Services'' account regarding the allocation 
     of funds pertain to this account as well.


                     NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

       The agreement provides $77,349,000 for the National 
     Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.


            AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

            TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

       The agreement provides $74,691,000 for the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances and Disease Registry.


                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

  COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

       The agreement provides $3,000,000 for the Council on 
     Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality.


             CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $11,000,000 for the Chemical Safety 
     and Hazard Investigation Board.


              OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $15,000,000 for the Office of Navajo 
     and Hopi Indian Relocation. The increase above the budget 
     request is to reduce the backlog of certified applicants 
     awaiting relocation benefits.


    INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS 
                              DEVELOPMENT

                        PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

       The agreement provides $11,619,000 for the Institute of 
     American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
     Development, as requested.


                        SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides a total of $840,243,000 for all 
     Smithsonian Institution accounts, of which $696,045,000 is 
     provided for salaries and expenses. The recommendation 
     provides sufficient funds for staffing and maintenance needs 
     to ensure the timely completion and opening of the National 
     Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016. The 
     Committees understand the importance of collaboration and 
     encourage the National Zoological Park to form partnerships 
     with external sources to augment research and training needs. 
     The Committees maintain their longstanding commitment to the 
     preservation of priceless, irreplaceable Smithsonian 
     collections and have provided funds, as requested, for 
     collections care and preservation. The Committees provide 
     funds as requested for the Institution's Latino initiatives 
     and support the Smithsonian Latino Center's goal of promoting 
     the inclusion of Latino contributions in Smithsonian 
     Institution programs, exhibitions, collections, and public 
     outreach. The Committees continue to urge collaboration 
     between the Smithsonian Latino Center and appropriate Federal 
     and local organizations in order to advance these goals and 
     expand the American Latino presence at the Institution. 
     Further, the Committees provide funds as requested for the 
     Institution's Asian Pacific American initiatives and continue 
     to support the Institution's efforts of developing programs 
     and expanding outreach to promote a better understanding of 
     the Asian Pacific American experience.


                           FACILITIES CAPITAL

       The agreement provides $144,198,000 for the Facilities 
     Capital account. The Committees continue to encourage the 
     Institution to invest in innovative energy saving 
     technologies and design features for new construction, 
     renovation, and maintenance plans. The Institution is 
     directed to submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a 
     detailed list and description of projects funded within the 
     Facilities Capital account.


                        NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $124,988,000 for the Salaries and 
     Expenses account of the National Gallery of Art, of which not 
     to exceed $3,578,000 is for the special exhibition program. 
     This funding will allow the entire National Gallery to be 
     open to the public for its 75th anniversary.


            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

       The agreement provides $22,564,000 for the Repair, 
     Restoration, and Renovation of Buildings account, which will 
     allow critical fire protection and life safety improvements 
     to continue.


             JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

       The agreement provides $21,660,000 for the Operations and 
     Maintenance account.


                     CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

       The agreement provides $14,740,000 for the Capital Repair 
     and Restoration account.


            WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $10,500,000 for the Woodrow Wilson 
     International Center for Scholars.


           NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

                    NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement provides $147,949,000 for the National 
     Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Within funds provided, the 
     Committees urge the NEA to support programs presently funded 
     including arts therapy and engagement treatment programs for 
     service members. The Committees commend the NEA for its work 
     through its Healing Arts Partnership program with Walter Reed 
     National Military Medical Center and Fort Belvoir Community 
     Hospital to incorporate arts therapy into the treatment of 
     active-duty military patients and their families. The 
     Committees urge State arts agencies, which have a 
     longstanding collaborative relationship with the NEA, to 
     explore providing arts therapy programs to service members 
     and their families at the local level. The Committees direct 
     that priority be given to providing services and grant 
     funding for projects, productions, or programs that encourage 
     public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation 
     of the arts. The Committees maintain support for the 40 
     percent allocation for State arts agencies as proposed in the 
     NEA's budget. Any reduction in support to the States for arts 
     education should be no more than proportional to other 
     funding decreases taken in other NEA programs.


                 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement provides $147,942,000 for the National 
     Endowment for the Humanities

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     (NEH). The Committees commend the NEH for its support of 
     grant programs to benefit Wounded Warriors and to ensure 
     educational opportunities for American heroes transitioning 
     to civilian life. The Committees commend the NEH Federal/
     State partnership for its ongoing, successful collaboration 
     with State humanities councils in each of the 50 States as 
     well as Washington, DC, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
     U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. The Committees urge the 
     NEH to provide program funding to support the critical work 
     of State humanities councils consistent with guidance 
     provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235).


                        COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $2,653,000 for the Commission of 
     Fine Arts.


               NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

       The agreement provides $2,000,000 for the National Capital 
     Arts and Cultural Affairs program.


               ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $6,080,000 for the Advisory Council 
     on Historic Preservation.


                  NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $8,348,000 for the National Capital 
     Planning Commission.


                UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

                       Holocaust memorial museum

       The agreement provides $54,000,000 for the United States 
     Holocaust Memorial Museum.


                DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $1,000,000 for the Salaries and 
     Expenses account, with only the following guidance: The 
     Committees strongly support the construction of a permanent 
     memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Committees recognize 
     the memorial has obtained the required approvals for the 
     design and construction; however, concerns raised by Congress 
     and the Eisenhower family regarding the memorial design still 
     remain. The Committees believe expeditious resolution of 
     these issues between interested stakeholders to achieve 
     consensus on the memorial design is critical. No funds have 
     been appropriated to the Capital Construction account for 
     fiscal year 2016. The agreement includes in Section 419 of 
     Title IV General Provisions bill language contained in the 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-53). This 
     language extends the memorial's site authority and prevents 
     commencement of memorial construction until all necessary 
     construction funds have been appropriated.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes various legislative provisions in 
     Title IV of the bill. The provisions are:
       Section 401 continues a provision providing that 
     appropriations available in the bill shall not be used to 
     produce literature or otherwise promote public support of a 
     legislative proposal on which legislative action is not 
     complete.
       Section 402 continues a provision providing for annual 
     appropriations unless expressly provided otherwise in this 
     Act.
       Section 403 continues a provision providing restrictions on 
     departmental assessments unless approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Section 404 continues a limitation on accepting and 
     processing applications for patents and on the patenting of 
     Federal lands.
       Section 405 continues a provision regarding the payment of 
     contract support costs.
       Section 406 addresses the payment of contract support costs 
     for fiscal year 2016.
       Section 407 continues a provision providing that the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered in violation 
     of certain provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act solely because more than 15 years have 
     passed without revision of a forest plan, provided that the 
     Secretary is working in good faith to complete the plan 
     revision.
       Section 408 continues a provision limiting preleasing, 
     leasing, and related activities within the boundaries of 
     National Monuments.
       Section 409 restricts funding appropriated for acquisition 
     of land or interests in land from being used for declarations 
     of taking or complaints in condemnation.
       Section 410 continues a provision addressing timber sales 
     involving Alaska western red and yellow cedar.
       Section 411 continues a provision which prohibits no-bid 
     contracts.
       Section 412 continues a provision which requires public 
     disclosure of certain reports.
       Section 413 continues a provision which delineates the 
     grant guidelines for the National Endowment for the Arts.
       Section 414 continues a provision which delineates the 
     program priorities for the programs managed by the National 
     Endowment for the Arts.
       Section 415 requires the Department of the Interior, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service and Indian 
     Health Service to provide the Committees on Appropriations 
     quarterly reports on the status of balances of 
     appropriations.
       Section 416 requires the President to submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than 120 days after 
     submission of the fiscal year 2017 budget request describing 
     Federal agency obligations and expenditures for climate 
     change programs in fiscal years 2015 and 2016.
       Section 417 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
     funds to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 
     issuance of permits under Title V of the Clean Air Act for 
     carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane 
     emissions.
       Section 418 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
     funds to implement any provision in a rule if that provision 
     requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from 
     manure management systems.
       Section 419 continues a provision modifying authorities 
     relating to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission.
       Section 420 prohibits the use of funds to regulate the lead 
     content of ammunition or fishing tackle.
       Section 421 continues a provision through fiscal year 2017 
     authorizing the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
     of Agriculture to consider local contractors when awarding 
     contracts for certain activities on public lands.
       Section 422 extends the authorization for the Chesapeake 
     Bay Initiative.
       Section 423 extends certain authorities through fiscal year 
     2016 allowing the Forest Service to renew grazing permits.
       Section 424 sets requirements for the use of American iron 
     and steel for certain loans and grants.
       Section 425 establishes notification requirements for the 
     Great Lakes.
       Section 426 reauthorizes for one year the Great Lakes 
     Restoration Initiative.
       Section 427 reauthorizes funding for one year for the John 
     F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       In implementing this agreement, the Departments and 
     agencies should be guided by the language and instructions 
     set forth in House Report 114-195 accompanying the House 
     bill, H.R. 3020, and Senate Report 114-74 accompanying the 
     Senate bill, S. 1695.
       Where the explanatory statement speaks to an issue that was 
     addressed in the House or Senate reports, the explanatory 
     statement should supersede the language in the House or 
     Senate reports. In cases where the House Report and the 
     Senate Report address a particular issue not specifically 
     cited in the explanatory statement, the House Report and the 
     Senate Report should be complied with and carry the same 
     emphasis as the language included in the explanatory 
     statement.
       Each department and agency funded in this Act shall follow 
     the directions set forth in this Act and the accompanying 
     statement, and shall not reallocate resources or reorganize 
     activities except as provided herein. Funds for individual 
     programs and activities are displayed in the detailed table 
     at the end of the explanatory statement for this division. 
     Funding levels that are not displayed in the detailed table 
     are identified within this explanatory statement. Any action 
     to eliminate or consolidate programs, projects, and 
     activities should be pursued through a proposal in the 
     President's Budget so it can be considered by the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       Congressional Reports.--Each Department and agency is 
     directed to provide the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, within 30 days of 
     enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, a summary 
     describing each requested report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations along with its status.

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


                    Training and Employment services

       State Grants.--Governors are expected to utilize the 
     reserve for innovative, cost-effective programs consistent 
     with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to 
     meet unique or pressing workforce needs in their states, to 
     foster constructive partnerships to the benefit of job-
     seekers and employers, to effectively respond to unforeseen 
     dislocations or local shortfalls, and to improve overall 
     program performance as measured by the new uniform 
     performance measurement system established by WIOA.
       Dislocated Worker National Reserve.--The funding provided 
     may be used for National Dislocated Worker Grants, technical 
     assistance, demonstrations, and other activities as 
     authorized by WIOA. The agreement provides $19,000,000 
     requested in the fiscal year 2016 budget for grants under the 
     authority of WIOA to provide job training and services for 
     workers dislocated from the coal industry.
       Reintegration of Ex-Offenders.--Within funds to provide 
     services for young ex-offenders and school dropouts in high-
     poverty communities with high crime rates, the Department is 
     also directed to consider the needs of communities that have 
     recently experienced significant unrest.
       Apprenticeship.--The agreement includes $90,000,000 for 
     Registered Apprenticeship grants and capacity building as 
     requested in the fiscal year 2016 budget.

                               Job Corps

       In light of recent events, significant concerns remain 
     regarding the safety of students on Job Corps campuses. 
     Efforts on the part of the Employment and Training 
     Administration (ETA) to review and address these concerns are 
     appreciated. ETA is directed to work with center operators 
     and other appropriate entities to identify and implement 
     improvements across the Job Corps system to improve the 
     safety of students and maintain safe and effective learning 
     environments.

     State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

       The agreement includes $67,653,000 for the One-Stop Career 
     Centers and Labor Market Information activity, including 
     $7,500,000 for the new occupational licensing State 
     consortium initiative as described in Senate Report 114-74.

                  Office of Labor Management Standards

       The agreement does not provide funding for the proposed 
     Electronic Labor Organization Reporting System Modernization 
     project.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

       Significant concerns remain about the Occupational Safety 
     and Health Administration's (OSHA) use of guidance documents 
     to change longstanding OSHA policy. In June and July of 2015, 
     OSHA issued three guidance documents related to Executive 
     Order 13650, ``Improving Chemical Facility Safety and 
     Security.'' They are Process Safety Management of Highly 
     Hazardous Chemicals and Covered Concentrations of Listed 
     Appendix A Chemicals, RAGAGEP in Safety Process Management 
     Enforcement, and PSM Retail Exemption Interim Enforcement 
     Policy. These along with other OSHA ``letters of 
     interpretation'' attempt to change prevailing agency policies 
     without proposing regulatory changes under the requirements 
     of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et. seq.). 
     OSHA has issued letters of interpretation on substantive 
     policy matters that leave the agency open to liability that 
     can be avoided by going through the proper rulemaking 
     process, including notice and period of public comment. OSHA 
     is expected to implement agency policy changes through the 
     formal regulatory process. As such, the agreement directs 
     that the revised enforcement policy relating to the exemption 
     of retail facilities from coverage of the Process Safety 
     Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard (29 CFR 191 
     0.119(a)(2)(i)) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Administration on July 22, 2015, shall not be enforced nor 
     deemed by the Department of Labor to be in effect in fiscal 
     year 2016 until: the Bureau of the Census establishes a new 
     North American Industry Classification System code under 
     Sector 44-45 Retail Trade for Farm Supply Retailers, and the 
     Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary of 
     Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, has carried out all 
     notice and comment rulemaking procedures and invited 
     meaningful public participation in the rulemaking.
       OSHA is directed to continue to provide notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate 10 days prior to the announcement of any new 
     National, Regional or Local Emphasis Program including the 
     circumstances and data used to determine the need for the 
     launch of a new Program.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

       The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is 
     directed to provide assistance and data necessary for the 
     National Academy of Sciences study provided in the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of 
     Occupational Safety and Health account. MSHA is directed to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and authorizing committees of 
     jurisdiction within 72 hours of determining that compliance 
     rates under the new sampling protocols taking effect in 2016 
     fall below 95 percent, and to provide such committees with 
     quarterly reports on actual compliance rates under the new 
     coal dust rule.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

       The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall submit a report to 
     Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on the 
     Bureau's efforts to account for and report on all forms of 
     employment in the current economy, including those working in 
     small businesses, part-time or temporary workers, those with 
     fluctuating schedules, and the self-employed.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

       The agreement does not incorporate the Office of Disability 
     Employment Policy (ODEP) into its partner agency, the 
     Employment and Training Administration. The Department is 
     directed to evaluate and report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     within 150 days of enactment of this Act on the capacity of 
     ETA to continue providing leadership, effective policy 
     development and grant programs, and subject matter expertise 
     in carrying out the mission of ODEP as proposed in the Senate 
     bill. The report should also consider the potential 
     synergies, efficiencies, and other benefits of unifying ODEP 
     into the direct leadership of ETA along with the broader 
     workforce training system it oversees. Any potential 
     organizational challenges, programmatic concerns, or other 
     issues such an integration might create should also be 
     discussed. Finally, the report should discuss the 
     Department's current utilization of the specialized policy 
     development and analysis resources available from the 
     National Council on Disability.

                        Departmental Management

       For the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer, the 
     agreement includes a direct appropriation of $8,040,000. The 
     agreement contains language, as proposed by the 
     Administration, allowing the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
     Officer to administer grants for the purposes of conducting 
     evaluations. The authority will allow preeminent research 
     institutions to qualify and apply for contracts to conduct 
     rigorous and scientific evaluations of the Department's 
     programs, projects, and activities. It is hoped that these 
     evaluations will inform decision-making and lead to improved 
     program performance and taxpayer value. Language is also 
     included ensuring that grant competitions for evaluation 
     contracts are fair and open. Finally, the transfer authority 
     for the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer is increased 
     from 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent.
       The administration requested $2,620,000 and 15 full time 
     staff to initiate an Office of Labor Compliance. This request 
     is denied by the agreement; no funds in the bill have been 
     provided for this purpose.


                            IT Modernization

       The agreement includes significant new resources for 
     information technology (IT) modernization, including a total 
     of $24,880,000 for IT infrastructure modernization and 
     $4,898,000 for Departmental Support Systems. The new Digital 
     Government Integration Platform Initiative is not funded.

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                           General Provisions

       Funds requested for a temporary surge capacity to clear the 
     backlog of permanent labor certification program applications 
     are available through authority to utilize H-1B fees as 
     proposed by the Senate. Although funds are available through 
     September 30, 2017, to accommodate a potential contract 
     performance period extending beyond the end of fiscal year 
     2016, ETA is directed to obligate the funds as expeditiously 
     as practicable to resolve the backlog.
       The bill includes a new provision related to the 
     competitive award of contracts to operate a Jobs Corps 
     Civilian Conservation Center.
       The agreement includes a new provision related to seasonal 
     employees offering recreational services on federal lands.
       The agreement includes new provisions related to the H-2B 
     program.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

       The Department is directed to include in its fiscal year 
     2017 congressional budget justification the amount of expired 
     unobligated balances available for transfer to the 
     Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (NEF) and the amount of any such 
     balances transferred to the NEF. This should include actual 
     or estimated amounts for the prior, current, and budget 
     years. The description should include specific projects, 
     costs, project total cost, and years expected to complete as 
     well as the specific projects supported in the current year.

              Health Resources and Services Administration


                            HEALTH WORKFORCE

       Oral Health Training.--The agreement includes not less than 
     $10,000,000 for General Dentistry programs and not less than 
     $10,000,000 for Pediatric Dentistry programs. The agreement 
     provides $875,000 for section 748 authority for the Dental 
     Faculty Loan Repayment Program. The Health Resources and 
     Services Administration (HRSA) is directed to publish a new 
     funding opportunity and then award grants in fiscal year 2016 
     from the funding provided.
       Geriatric Education.--The agreement provides $38,737,000 
     for Geriatric Education programs. In fiscal year 2015, HRSA 
     combined the Geriatrics Education Centers program, Geriatric 
     Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral/Mental 
     Health Professionals program, and the Geriatric Academic 
     Career Awards programs authorized under the Public Health 
     Service (PHS) Act section 753 with the Comprehensive 
     Geriatric Education Program authorized under PHS Act section 
     865 into one competition, the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement 
     Program. HRSA stated the combined competition would, 
     ``improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating 
     geriatrics with primary care, maximizing patient and family 
     engagement, and transforming the healthcare system.'' 
     Therefore, the agreement has consolidated the PHS Act Title 
     VII Geriatric Program with the PHS Act Title VIII 
     Comprehensive Geriatric Education program.


                       MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

       Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.--The agreement 
     includes language setting aside $77,093,000 for Special 
     Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS). The 
     agreement provides the following amounts within SPRANS:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Set-aside for oral health............................         $5,000,000
Set-aside for epilepsy...............................          3,642,000
Set-aside for sickle cell disease....................          2,961,000
Set-aside for fetal alcohol syndrome demo............            477,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Autism and Other Developmental Disorders.--The agreement 
     provides $47,099,000 for the Autism and Other Developmental 
     Disorders program and directs that HRSA provide no less than 
     $28,990,000 for the Leadership Education in 
     Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program. 
     The increased funding should be used to initiate LEND 
     programs in States that do not currently have an established 
     program, yet have a high incidence rate of Autism spectrum 
     disorders.
       Traumatic Brain Injury.--The agreement includes bill 
     language transferring the Traumatic Brain Injury program from 
     HRSA to the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
       Heritable Disorders Program.--The agreement provides 
     $13,883,000 for the Heritable Disorders Program, of which 
     $2,000,000 is provided for newborn screening for Severe 
     Combined Immune Deficiency and related disorders.


                      RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

       Children, Youth, Women, and Families.--The agreement does 
     not consolidate this program with the Early Intervention 
     Services program.


                          HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

       340B Drug Program.--HRSA is requested to provide a briefing 
     to update the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate on the status of 340B 
     guidance, the secure website, and covered entities in the 
     340B drug program.


                              RURAL HEALTH

       Rural Health Outreach.--The agreement provides $63,500,000 
     for the Rural Health Outreach program, an increase of 
     $4,500,000 above the fiscal year 2015 level. This program 
     supports projects that demonstrate new and innovative modes 
     of outreach in rural areas, such as integration and 
     coordination of health services. The agreement provides not 
     more than $12,514,000 for Outreach Service Grants; not more 
     than $19,412,000 for Rural Network Development Grants; not 
     less than $10,000,000 for Delta States Network Grant Program; 
     not more than $2,400,000 for Network Planning Grants; and not 
     less than $4,148,000 for Small Healthcare Provider Quality 
     Improvement Grants.
       Rural Access to Emergency Devices.--As requested by the 
     Administration, the agreement does not provide funding for 
     the Rural Access to Emergency Devices program.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

       The agreement includes a program level of $7,233,403,000, 
     which includes $6,326,103,000 in appropriated funds for the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 
     addition, it provides $892,300,000 in transfers from the 
     Prevention and Public Health (PPH) Fund and $15,000,000 in 
     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) 
     unobligated balances from pandemic influenza supplemental 
     appropriations.


                 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

       The agreement includes a total of $798,405,000 for 
     Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, which includes 
     $459,055,000 in discretionary appropriations, $324,350,000 in 
     transfers from the PPH Fund and $15,000,000 in transfers from 
     PHSSEF unobligated balances. Within this total, the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 317 Immunization Program.....................       $610,847,000
Influenza Planning and Response......................        187,558,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Immunizations.--The agreement reiterates the requests for 
     an updated Section 317 Immunization Program report in the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget request as noted by the House Report 
     114-195 and Senate Report 114-74. The agreement includes the 
     requested $8,000,000 to support the capacity of public health 
     departments to bill health insurers for immunization 
     services. Further, the increase above the request is intended 
     to continue providing a comprehensive program to educate and 
     inform the public, monitor vaccine effectiveness, account for 
     the use of Federal and State dollars, decrease ethnic and 
     racial disparities, build strong outbreak investigation 
     capacity, improve tracking systems, provide the necessary 
     support to providers, and support an appropriate level of 
     vaccine purchases.
       Influenza.--The agreement directs the Department to use 
     $15,000,000 in pandemic influenza supplemental balances to 
     support CDC's global influenza activity. CDC and the 
     Department are expected to clearly identify in budget 
     documents when and how prior year supplemental appropriations 
     are used.


     HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND 
                        TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

       The agreement includes $1,122,278,000 for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
     Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis 
     Prevention. Within this total, the agreement includes the 
     following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention and Research............       $788,712,000
    HIV Prevention by Health Departments.............        397,161,000
    HIV Surveillance.................................        119,861,000
    Activities to Improve Program Effectiveness......        103,208,000
    National, Regional, Local, Community and Other           135,401,000
     Organizations...................................
    School Health....................................         33,081,000
Viral Hepatitis......................................         34,000,000
Sexually Transmitted Infections......................        157,310,000
Tuberculosis.........................................        142,256,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

               EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

       The agreement includes $579,885,000 for Emerging and 
     Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, which includes $527,885,000 in 
     discretionary appropriations and $52,000,000 made available 
     from amounts in the PPH Fund. Within this total, the 
     agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antibiotic Resistance Initiative.....................       $160,000,000
Lab Safety and Quality...............................          8,000,000
Emerging and Zoonotic Core Activities................         29,840,000
Vector-borne Diseases................................         26,410,000
Lyme Disease.........................................         10,663,000
Prion Disease........................................          6,000,000
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.............................          5,400,000
Emerging Infectious Diseases.........................        147,000,000
Food Safety..........................................         52,000,000
National Healthcare Safety Network...................         21,000,000
Quarantine...........................................         31,572,000
Advanced Molecular Detection.........................         30,000,000
Epidemiology and Lab Capacity program................         40,000,000
Healthcare-Associated Infections.....................         12,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Antimicrobial Resistance.--The agreement expects a 
     significant level of support for State and regional lab 
     capacity and intends for the funds provided to support 
     programs with measurable goals and objectives which should be 
     reported annually in the budget request for this program. 
     Further, CDC is directed to support States in the use of 
     evidence-based approaches to stop the spread of drug-
     resistant bacteria and preserve existing

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     antibiotics. The agreement directs CDC to coordinate with the 
     Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority 
     (BARDA), the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious 
     Diseases (NIAID), and other government agencies and support 
     collaborations between entities such as academic medical 
     centers, veterinary schools, schools of public health, State 
     public health departments, and other academic institutions 
     whose activities are in line with the Federal strategy for 
     addressing antibiotic resistant bacteria. CDC shall provide a 
     detailed spend plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate within 60 days 
     after enactment of this Act.


            CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

       The agreement includes $1,177,096,000 for Chronic Disease 
     Prevention and Health Promotion, which includes $838,146,000 
     in discretionary appropriations, and $338,950,000 made 
     available from amounts in the PPH Fund. Within this total, 
     the agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tobacco..............................................       $210,000,000
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity............         49,920,000
    High Obesity Rate Counties.......................         10,000,000
School Health........................................         15,400,000
Health Promotion.....................................         14,025,000
    Glaucoma.........................................          3,300,000
    Visual Screening Education.......................            525,000
    Alzheimer's Disease..............................          3,500,000
    Inflammatory Bowel Disease.......................            750,000
    Interstitial Cystitis............................            850,000
    Excessive Alcohol Use............................          3,000,000
    Chronic Kidney Disease...........................          2,100,000
Prevention Research Centers..........................         25,461,000
Heart Disease and Stroke.............................        160,037,000
Diabetes.............................................        170,129,000
National Diabetes Prevention Program.................         20,000,000
Cancer Prevention and Control........................        356,174,000
    Breast and Cervical Cancer.......................        210,000,000
        WISEWOMAN....................................         21,120,000
    Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women..........          4,960,000
    Cancer Registries................................         49,440,000
    Colorectal Cancer................................         43,294,000
    Comprehensive Cancer.............................         19,675,000
    Johanna's Law....................................          5,500,000
    Ovarian Cancer...................................          7,500,000
    Prostate Cancer..................................         13,205,000
    Skin Cancer......................................          2,125,000
    Cancer Survivorship Resource Center..............            475,000
Oral Health..........................................         18,000,000
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health........................         46,000,000
    Preterm Birth....................................          2,000,000
Arthritis............................................         11,000,000
Epilepsy.............................................          8,000,000
National Lupus Patient Registry......................          6,000,000
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health              50,950,000
 (REACH).............................................
Million Hearts.......................................          4,000,000
National Early Child Care Collaboratives.............          4,000,000
Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding....................          8,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Burden of Disease.--The agreement directs the CDC Director 
     to implement a population-adjusted burden of disease criteria 
     as a significant factor for new competitive awards within the 
     Chronic Disease portfolio for Heart Disease, Stroke, and 
     Diabetes.
       Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke.--The agreement provides 
     a significant increase to support Diabetes, Heart Disease and 
     Stroke prevention. The agreement expects funding to support 
     communities with the highest burden of disease, as adjusted 
     for population, and to use risk factor reduction measures. 
     The agreement requests a report in the fiscal year 2017 
     budget request on how funds will be provided to address the 
     highest burden.
       Glaucoma.--The agreement continues to support telemedicine 
     efforts to identify, detect, treat, and manage people with 
     glaucoma in order to build on successful research, screening, 
     and treatment for populations at greatest risk for diseases 
     such as glaucoma.
       Interstitial Cystitis.--The agreement directs the increase 
     in funding for Interstitial Cystitis to be allocated to 
     support education, outreach, and public awareness activities.
       Obesity.--The agreement requests an update in the fiscal 
     year 2017 budget request on the evidence-based practices CDC 
     is undertaking to reduce obesity, which should include 
     education and outreach related to the role of fruit and 
     vegetable consumption in reducing obesity in at-risk 
     populations, including both adult and pediatric populations.
       Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH).--To lessen 
     the disruption during PICH close out, the agreement directs 
     CDC to shift fiscal year 2016 continuation costs to specific 
     chronic disease budget lines for current activities of 
     grantees, such as cities, counties, tribal grantees, and 
     nongovernmental organizations.
       Tobacco Prevention.--The agreement provides support for 
     CDC's comprehensive efforts to reduce tobacco use. The 
     agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget 
     request identifying all CDC programs that provide support for 
     tobacco control or prevention activities and requests that 
     CDC explore ways to reduce duplication with tobacco 
     prevention programs and activities not funded in the specific 
     tobacco-funding line. The CDC is urged to coordinate with the 
     National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify meritorious 
     tobacco research opportunities for NIH to consider through 
     its peer-reviewed process and its existing portfolio funding 
     level.


              BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

       The agreement includes $135,610,000 for Birth Defects and 
     Developmental Disabilities. Within the total for Birth 
     Defects and Developmental Disabilities, the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Child Health and Development.........................        $65,800,000
    Birth Defects....................................         19,000,000
    Fetal Death......................................            900,000
    Fetal Alcohol Syndrome...........................         11,000,000
    Folic Acid.......................................          3,150,000
    Infant Health....................................          8,650,000
    Autism...........................................         23,100,000
Health and Development for People with Disabilities..         54,710,000
    Disability & Health..............................         22,050,000
    Tourette Syndrome................................          2,000,000
    Early Hearing Detection and Intervention.........         10,760,000
    Muscular Dystrophy...............................          6,000,000
    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.........          1,900,000
    Fragile X........................................          2,000,000
    Spina Bifida.....................................          6,000,000
    Congenital Heart Failure.........................          4,000,000
Public Health Approach to Blood Disorders............          4,500,000
Hemophilia CDC Activities............................          3,500,000
Hemophilia Treatment Centers.........................          5,000,000
Thalassemia..........................................          2,100,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Improving the Health of People with Intellectual 
     Disabilities.--The CDC Healthy Athletes Initiative was 
     established in 2002 to support efforts to address the unmet 
     health care needs of people with intellectual disabilities. 
     The agreement includes an additional $2,000,000 above the 
     fiscal year 2015 level to maintain and expand support for 
     this important initiative.


                   PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

       The agreement includes a total of $491,597,000 for Public 
     Health Scientific Services in discretionary appropriations. 
     Within the total for Public Health Scientific Services, the 
     agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Statistics....................................       $160,397,000
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Informatics..........        279,000,000
    Lab Training.....................................          5,000,000
Public Health Workforce..............................         52,200,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

       The agreement includes $182,303,000 for Environmental 
     Health programs, which includes $165,303,000 in discretionary 
     appropriations, and $17,000,000 that is made available from 
     amounts in the PPH Fund. The agreement provides support for 
     CDC's environmental health research, evaluation, and 
     surveillance activities. These activities are intended to be 
     complementary to the biomedical research conducted at the 
     National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Within 
     this total, the agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental Health Laboratory......................        $56,000,000
    Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program......          8,300,000
    Newborn Screening/Severe Combined Immuno-                  1,200,000
     deficiency Diseases.............................
Environmental Health Activities......................         46,303,000
    Environmental Health Activities..................         17,703,000
    Safe Water.......................................          8,600,000
    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry...........         10,000,000
    Climate Change...................................         10,000,000
Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network....         34,000,000
Asthma...............................................         29,000,000
Childhood Lead Poisoning.............................         17,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

       The agreement includes $236,059,000 for Injury Prevention 
     and Control activities. Within this total, the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intentional Injury...................................        $97,730,000
    Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence............         32,700,000
    Child Maltreatment...............................          7,250,000
    Youth Violence Prevention........................         15,100,000
    Domestic Violence Community Projects.............          5,500,000
    Rape Prevention..................................         44,430,000
National Violent Death Reporting System..............         16,000,000
Unintentional Injury.................................          8,800,000
    Traumatic Brain Injury...........................          6,750,000
    Elderly Falls....................................          2,050,000
Injury Prevention Activities.........................         28,950,000
Opioid Prescription Drug Overdose....................         70,000,000
Illicit Opioid Use Risk Factors......................          5,579,000
Injury Control Research Centers......................          9,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Opioid Prescription Drug Overdose (PDO) Prevention 
     Activity.--The agreement commends CDC for its leadership in 
     expanding efforts combatting prescription and opioid drug 
     overdoses. The agreement directs the CDC Director to 
     implement these activities based on population-adjusted 
     burden of disease criteria, including mortality data (age 
     adjusted rate), as significant criteria when distributing 
     funds for the State PDO Prevention activities. The CDC is 
     expected to adhere to the conditions identified in the fiscal 
     year 2015 Appropriations Act and explanatory statement as CDC 
     expands beyond prescription drugs and into the broader 
     category of opioids. The agreement assumes these funds will 
     be distributed via a competitive mechanism and not merely a 
     mathematical formula or standard allocation to each State.
       Surveillance of Heroin.--The agreement directs CDC to 
     expand surveillance of heroin-related deaths beyond CDC's 
     current work in HHS's Region 1 and to require applicants for 
     the PDO Prevention for States Programs to collaborate with 
     the State's substance abuse agency or agency managing the 
     State's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
       Violence Data Collection.--The agreement notes that CDC 
     should continue its current National Vital Statistics System 
     and National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data 
     collections activities and ensure the activities continue to 
     comply with funding restrictions. The agreement provides an 
     increase for NVDRS to support States not previously funded.

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         NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

       The agreement includes a total of $339,121,000 for the 
     National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
     in discretionary appropriations. Within the total for NIOSH, 
     the agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Occupational Research Agenda................       $115,500,000
    Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing...................         25,000,000
Education and Research Centers.......................         28,500,000
Personal Protective Technology.......................         20,000,000
Mining Research......................................         61,300,000
Other Occupational Safety and Health Research........        112,721,000
National Mesothelioma Registry and Tissue Bank.......          1,100,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Review.--The agreement 
     provides $1,800,000 within the Mining Research funding line 
     and directs the NIOSH Director to charter a NAS review within 
     90 days of enactment of this Act. Specifically the NAS effort 
     should examine and describe: current monitoring and sampling 
     protocols and requirements to understand miners' occupational 
     exposure to respirable coal mine dust in the United States 
     and other industrialized countries; coal mine dust 
     composition and application procedures, including the impact 
     of new rock dust mixtures and regulatory requirements; 
     monitoring and sampling technologies, and sampling protocols 
     and frequency; and the efficacy of those technologies and 
     protocols in aiding decisions regarding the control of 
     respirable coal mine dust and mine worker exposure. The NAS 
     study will develop science-based conclusions regarding 
     optimal monitoring and sampling strategies that support mine 
     operational decision making as it relates to reducing miner 
     respirable coal mine dust exposure. It is expected the report 
     will be completed within 12 months after enactment of this 
     Act.
       Total Worker Health.--The agreement provides funding in the 
     Other Occupational Safety and Health Research line to 
     continue to support the Total Worker Health program at no 
     less than the fiscal year 2015 level.


       ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM

       The agreement includes $55,358,000 in mandatory funding for 
     CDC's responsibilities with respect to the Energy Employee 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program.


                             GLOBAL HEALTH

       The agreement includes $427,121,000 for Global Health 
     activities. Within this total, the agreement includes the 
     following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global AIDS Program..................................       $128,421,000
Global Immunization Program..........................        219,000,000
    Polio Eradication................................        169,000,000
    Measles and Other Vaccine Preventable Diseases...         50,000,000
Parasitic Diseases/Malaria...........................         24,500,000
Global Public Health Protection......................         55,200,000
    Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response..         45,400,000
    Global Public Health Capacity....................          9,800,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Global Public Health Capacity.--The agreement understands 
     the importance of CDC's global work to protect Americans at 
     home and abroad, including collaborating with other nations 
     to identify, prepare for, investigate and respond to public 
     health threats. The agreement requests a report, within 90 
     days after enactment of this Act, for all international 
     activities funded through this CDC activity to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.


                PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

       The agreement includes $1,405,000,000 for public health 
     preparedness and response activities. Within the total for 
     Public Health Preparedness and Response, the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative            $660,000,000
 Agreements..........................................
Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness......          8,200,000
CDC Preparedness and Response........................        161,800,000
    BioSense.........................................         23,000,000
    All Other CDC Preparedness.......................        138,800,000
Strategic National Stockpile.........................        575,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Technical Assistance.--Within the Public Health Emergency 
     Preparedness (PHEP) activity, the agreement provides no less 
     than the fiscal year 2015 level for technical assistance and 
     directs CDC to use the balance of the increase for the PHEP 
     cooperative agreements.
       Select Agent Program.--The agreement provides a $5,000,000 
     increase for CDC's Select Agent Program and expects a report 
     within 120 days after enactment of this Act providing an 
     update on these efforts.
       Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Replenishment of Medical 
     Countermeasures.--The agreement notes certain assets in the 
     SNS will begin to expire soon. The agreement directs the CDC 
     Director to conduct a review of the current SNS antivirals 
     supply. The review should include: the current stockpile; 
     product expiration and/or extension of dating; cost of 
     replenishment; contract requirements; manufacturing 
     capability (including capacity and lead production time), and 
     distribution methods. The CDC is to provide the report within 
     120 days after the date of enactment of this Act to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate. Further, the agreement requests the inclusion 
     of additional detail pertaining to SNS data in its annual 
     budget request beginning in fiscal year 2017, including the 
     total projected costs of expired or expiring SNS assets. 
     Specifically, the request should identify the projected 
     percentage allocation of the current and budget request 
     resources expected to support expiring asset replacement, new 
     asset purchases, and other operational costs.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The agreement includes $10,000,000 for Buildings and 
     Facilities. In addition, the agreement directs unobligated 
     funds in the Individual Learning Accounts from prior 
     employees' closed accounts to be used to support the 
     replacement of the underground and surface coal mine safety 
     and health research capacity facility.
       Demolition.--The agreement provides demolition authority 
     for fiscal year 2016 to allow CDC to eliminate structures 
     that are no longer used and have gone beyond their intended 
     lifespan, such as small modular trailers and storage 
     facilities. Due to the age and condition of some of the 
     structures, they pose a significant danger if left in their 
     current state. By eliminating these structures, the Federal 
     government will save almost $90,000 per year in maintenance 
     costs. If this authority is necessary beyond fiscal year 
     2016, CDC shall request such authority as part of their 
     annual congressional justification.


                          CDC WIDE ACTIVITIES

       The agreement includes $273,570,000 for CDC-wide 
     activities, which includes $113,570,000 in discretionary 
     appropriations and $160,000,000 made available through the 
     PPH Fund. Within this total, the agreement includes the 
     following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grant..       $160,000,000
Public Health Leadership and Support.................        113,570,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Burden of Disease Review.--The agreement urges CDC and 
     Center Directors to explore ways to review its programs and 
     public health activities, where population adjusted burden of 
     disease is not already being used as a significant factor to 
     award funds, in order to determine how the programs can use 
     or increase the use of burden of disease as significant 
     criteria for awarding, tracking, and evaluating CDC supported 
     activities.
       CDC Budget Policy.--The agreement expects that, unless 
     provided for differently through this agreement, CDC will 
     provide advance notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     if it does not follow the policy, funding source, and levels 
     described in its budget request.
       CDC Director's Discretionary Fund.--The CDC Director shall 
     provide timely semi-annual reports on all obligations made 
     with the CDC Director's Discretionary Fund to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate and post the end of the year report online within 30 
     days after it is submitted to such Committees.
       CDC Laboratory Safety and Training.--The agreement notes 
     that CDC established a Laboratory Safety Review Board (LSRB) 
     to conduct safety reviews of laboratory protocols for work in 
     biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) and biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) 
     laboratories. CDC is directed to provide an annual report 
     beginning in April 2016 that identifies the total number of 
     CDC laboratories operated or maintained by CDC with a 
     breakout for all labs, BSL-3 labs, and BSL-4 labs. For each 
     category, it should identify the number of employees in each 
     category of laboratory, the number of Standard Operating 
     Procedures (SOPs), the number of employees who attended the 
     new biological risk assessments training in the past year, 
     and the number of SOPs reviewed annually by the LSRB. In 
     addition, the fiscal year 2017 budget request shall provide a 
     detailed update on activities that enhance and support CDC 
     laboratory safety and training.
       Cross-cutting Coordination with NIH.--CDC is expected to 
     provide an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget request on 
     how CDC's programs coordinate with NIH Institutes and Centers 
     to share scientific gaps related to activities supported in 
     NIH research portfolios, reduce duplication of effort, and 
     prevent overlapping core mission focus area.
       Individual Learning Accounts (ILA).--The agreement directs 
     CDC to allow current employees to continue to expend the 
     remainder of their ILA balances for employee training. In 
     addition, the agreement directs each program to use available 
     resources to provide employee training for all employees, in 
     lieu of the previously congressionally directed ILA program. 
     The CDC Director shall provide an annual report, no later 
     than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year, on the 
     cumulative dollar amount spent on CDC employee training 
     activities for the recently closed fiscal year and prior 
     three fiscal years.
       Laboratories.--The CDC is directed to provide a specific 
     CDC-wide consolidated laboratory funding table in the fiscal 
     year 2017 budget and future budget requests. The single 
     consolidated table shall (at a minimum) identify for each 
     Center and its specific program activities that fund 
     laboratory activity, funding levels provided to State, 
     Regional, and other laboratory activity requested, for the 
     current, and prior three

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     budget years. It should include a narrative section 
     describing CDC's process to coordinate the various laboratory 
     funding activities across the Centers to support laboratory 
     capabilities, upgrades, and other related initiatives that 
     are linked to measurable laboratory goals and objectives 
     across CDC. The agreement urges CDC to work with its State 
     and Regional laboratory partners to explore ways to 
     consolidate, streamline, and improve the ability for 
     laboratories to most effectively utilize CDC provided funds.
       Respirator Certification Program.--CDC has been operating 
     the Respirator Certification Program since 1972. Under 
     Federal law, this program must be self-sustaining, and CDC 
     must recover the entire costs of services provided for the 
     examination, inspection, and testing of respirators. The 
     agreement includes language allowing CDC to have an 
     additional fiscal year to spend user fees collected late in 
     the year through the Respirator Certification program.
       Reoccurring Reports.--The agreement notes the scope of the 
     reoccurring reports language in Senate Report 114-74 is 
     limited to free standing reports requested prior to fiscal 
     year 2012 but not information requested for inclusion in the 
     annual budget request.
       Sodium Consumption.--The agreement notes that a growing 
     body of evidence suggests low sodium consumption can lead to 
     health problems in healthy individuals. The U.S. and Canadian 
     governments each established Federal Dietary Reference Intake 
     (DRI) Committees that work to identify DRI needs and 
     coordinate government sponsorship of DRI reviews. The DRI's 
     reflect nutrient reference values, and are based on 
     significant, new, and relevant data. In August 2014, four 
     nutrient areas for updated DRIs were selected, including 
     sodium. The agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 
     2017 budget request on the timeline and plan for the update 
     of the DRI for sodium.
       Public Health Leadership and Supporting Details.--The 
     agreement reiterates the request from last year and directs 
     the CDC Director to include in the fiscal year 2017 and 
     future budget requests specific details of each budget 
     activity supported with these funds, including functions, 
     mission, full time employees, bonus, travel costs, and other 
     typical object class data and information for each separate 
     activity supported through the Public Health Leadership and 
     Support funding line.

                     National Institutes of Health

       The agreement provides $32,084,000,000 for NIH activities 
     within the jurisdiction of this bill, an increase of 
     $2,000,000,000. The agreement also includes the budget 
     request of $200,000,000 for the new Precision Medicine 
     Initiative (PMI); an increase of $350,000,000 for Alzheimer's 
     disease research; an increase of $85,000,000 for the Brain 
     Research through Application of Innovative Neurotechnologies 
     (BRAIN) Initiative; an increase of $100,000,000 for research 
     to combat Antimicrobial Resistance; and an increase to every 
     Institute and Center (IC) to continue investments in 
     innovative research that will advance fundamental knowledge 
     and speed the development of new therapies, diagnostics, and 
     preventive measures to improve the health of all Americans.
       The agreement expects NIH to support the number of Ruth L. 
     Kirschstein National Research Service Awards and other 
     training grants in proportion to at least the general IC 
     level funding increase. The agreement expects NIH to provide 
     a stipend level and inflationary increases to grantees that 
     is at least consistent with any fiscal year 2016 Federal 
     employee pay raise.
       The agreement continues to support the Clinical and 
     Translational Science Awards program, the Institutional 
     Development Award program, and the follow-on to the National 
     Children's Study in bill language.
       The Common Fund is supported as a set-aside within the 
     Office of the Director at $675,639,000, which includes 
     $130,000,000 for PMI and $12,600,000 to support pediatric 
     research as authorized by the Gabriella Miller Kids First 
     Research Act.


                    NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI)

       Kidney Cancer.--The agreement encourages support of 
     meritorious scientific research on kidney cancer, 
     specifically early detection of the disease. The agreement 
     encourages the NCI to support a Specialized Program of 
     Research Excellence in kidney cancer and other research 
     programs for subtypes of kidney cancer, such as papillary and 
     chromophobe. NCI should provide an update on these efforts in 
     the fiscal year 2017 budget request.


    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS)

       Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC).--The agreement 
     notes AHC is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized 
     by repeated episodes of weakness or paralysis that may affect 
     one side of the body or the other. It is one of several 
     diseases caused by mutations in the gene ATP1A3. Recently NIH 
     participated in the 4th Symposium on ATP1A3 in Disease. The 
     agreement encourages NINDS to support promising research on 
     AHC and the gene mutation ATP1A3 and to provide a summary of 
     the recent symposium and associated recommendations in the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget request.
       Hydrocephalus Research.--In June 2014, NINDS held a 
     conference ``Hydrocephalus: Myths, New Facts, Clear 
     Directions''' that in part updated the 2005 state of the 
     science on hydrocephalus research. The agreement requests 
     NINDS provide a summary of the conference workshop and 
     associated recommendations in the fiscal year 2017 budget 
     request.


     NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NIAID)

       Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).--The agreement provides the 
     requested increase of $100,000,000 for AMR research. The 
     NIAID is directed to work with the Biomedical Advanced 
     Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop a joint 
     plan to address the serious threat of antimicrobial 
     resistance. NIAID is also directed to work with the Assistant 
     Secretary for Preparedness and Response on the five-year 
     spending plan for the medical countermeasure (MCM) 
     enterprise, which should provide additional detail on NIAID's 
     biodefense activities, including priorities for MCM 
     candidates in its portfolio and efforts to transition these 
     projects to advanced research at BARDA. The agreement also 
     directs the Department of Health and Human Services to work 
     with the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, Veterans 
     Affairs, and the Food and Drug Administration to both track 
     and store AMR genes and the mobile genetic elements from AMR 
     bacteria. The Secretary is directed to include an update in 
     the fiscal year 2017 budget request on the Administration's 
     progress in implementing the National Strategy for Combating 
     Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria.


         NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES (NIGMS)

       Institutional Development Award (IDeA).--The agreement 
     provides a significant increase to the IDeA program in 
     recognition of its success. The agreement anticipates NIH 
     will maintain at least this percentage in subsequent budget 
     requests. It also reflects the disappointment of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate that NIH ignored Congressional language in 
     last year's explanatory statement to provide a legislative 
     plan to update eligibility criteria for the IDeA program. The 
     agreement restates the direction in last year's explanatory 
     statement to report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate within 60 days 
     after enactment of this Act legislative language to update 
     eligibility criteria that specifically incorporates the 
     Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
     qualifying States into IDeA's criteria.


                   NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA)

       Alzheimer's Disease.--The agreement includes $936,000,000, 
     an increase of $350,000,000 above fiscal year 2015, for high 
     quality research on Alzheimer's disease, subject to the 
     scientific opportunity presented in the peer review process. 
     In 2012, the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease was 
     released to address the major challenges Alzheimer's disease 
     will pose by 2025. Since then, although Alzheimer's research 
     has received annual increases for federally funded research, 
     it is still funded significantly below the annual level 
     needed to accomplish the goal of the National Plan. NIA is 
     encouraged to continue addressing the research goals set 
     forth in the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease, as 
     well as the recommendations from the Alzheimer's Disease 
     Research Summit in 2015.


  NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES (NIMHD)

       Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMIs).--The 
     agreement continues to support RCMIs and expects the RCMIs to 
     receive no less than $56,758,601, which is the fiscal year 
     2015 level plus the proportional share of the general 
     increase provided to NIMHD.


      NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES (NCATS)

       Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA).--The 
     agreement provides $500,000,000 for the CTSA program, an 
     increase of $25,254,000 above fiscal year 2015, to implement 
     the recommendations from the 2013 Institute of Medicine 
     report on CTSA. In particular, the agreement supports the 
     goal of using CTSA to build networking capacity and support 
     for innovative collaborative projects. Additional funding is 
     included to allow the program to retain its merit-based CTSA 
     funding to institutions while expanding the network capacity 
     to conduct multi-site clinical studies and collaborative 
     projects.


                      OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR (OD)

       The agreement provides, to the extent practicable, to all 
     the offices and functions within the OD an increase equal to 
     the general increase provided to the ICs of approximately 4 
     percent. The agreement maintains the NIH Director's 
     Discretionary Fund, Challenge Fund and NIH Foundation level 
     at the fiscal year 2015 levels.
       Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act.--The agreement 
     continues bill language for specific funds authorized by the 
     Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act within the Common 
     Fund to support the second year of the 10-year Pediatric 
     Research Initiative. The agreement encourages NIH to 
     prioritize research relating to childhood cancer within the 
     program and requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget 
     request on the 10-year

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     program, planned activities, and on-going research.
       Capstone Awards.--NIH is exploring the establishment of new 
     grants, called Capstone Awards that could promote partnership 
     between a senior and junior investigator or provide 
     opportunities for acquiring skills needed for transitioning 
     to a new role. The agreement requests an update in the fiscal 
     year 2017 budget request on these efforts, including NIH's 
     consultations with internal and external constituencies with 
     a stake in this potential endeavor.
       Common Fund.--The agreement notes continued support for the 
     Common Fund High Risk High Reward (HRHR) programs, such as 
     the Pioneer, New Innovator, and the Transformative R01 
     awards. The HRHR awards have shown great success over the 
     years. The agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 
     2017 budget request on how HRHR awards are supported through 
     the Common Fund and across the NIH ICs.
       Director's Discretionary Fund (DDF).--The NIH Director 
     shall provide timely semi-annual reports on all obligations 
     made with the NIH DDF to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate and post the end 
     of the year report online within 30 days after it is 
     submitted to such Committees.
     Multi-institute Research Issues
       Anhydramnios.--To augment knowledge about anhydramnios and 
     related conditions, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 
     Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is 
     planning a science workshop on the biology, pathophysiology, 
     and clinical aspects of amniotic fluid abnormalities. It is 
     expected to focus on mechanisms of production and regulation 
     of amniotic fluid, possible causes of anhydramnios, neonatal 
     outcomes, and early diagnostic and treatment approaches, 
     identifying knowledge gaps for future research. The agreement 
     requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget request on 
     the timeline for the workshop and its relationship to Human 
     Placenta Project.
       BRAIN Initiative.--The agreement continues to strongly 
     support the BRAIN Initiative. The bill provides $150,000,000, 
     an increase of $85,000,000 above fiscal year 2015, to be 
     pooled from various ICs.
       Coordination with CDC.--NIH is expected to provide an 
     update in the fiscal year 2017 budget request on how NIH's 
     ICs and programs coordinate with the CDC Centers and programs 
     on cross-cutting initiatives, ensuring they avoid duplication 
     of effort.
       Basic Biomedical Research.--The agreement urges the NIH 
     Director to continue the traditional focus on basic 
     biomedical research. The purpose of NIH basic research is to 
     discover the nature and mechanics of disease, and identify 
     potential therapeutic avenues likely to lead to its 
     prevention and treatment. Without this early scientific 
     investigation, future development of treatments and cures 
     would be impossible. Basic biomedical research must remain a 
     key component of both the intramural and extramural research 
     portfolio at the NIH. The agreement requests NIH provide an 
     update in the fiscal year 2017 budget request on steps NIH 
     plans to take to ensure the traditional focus on basic 
     science is preserved.
       Child Abuse and Neglect.--The agreement commends the NIH 
     and NICHD Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch's new 
     initiative to form CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary 
     Research and Training in Child Abuse and Neglect. The 
     agreement encourages all relevant ICs to ensure reviewers 
     with knowledge and expertise of the subject are included on 
     appropriate peer review committees.
       Enhanced NIH Reporting on Research Spending by Disease and 
     Affected Populations.--The agreement reiterates the direction 
     identified in the fiscal year 2015 explanatory statement for 
     NIH to make public, on an annual basis, enhanced Research, 
     Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) spending data 
     with the number of Americans affected by each category of 
     disease according to CDC or other federally-sourced data. The 
     agreement directs NIH to include this data as a column for 
     each category row on the RCDC table page that is available 
     online and not in a separate file linked to the web page. The 
     agreement expects available data to be uploaded within 60 
     days after enactment of this Act. In the rare circumstance, 
     if data is not readily available, NIH shall provide a plan to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate within 60 days of enactment of 
     this Act to populate the category before the end of fiscal 
     year 2016. Further, the agreement encourages NIH to add 
     pediatric cardiomyopathy as a RCDC category.
       Grant Review.--The fiscal year 2017 budget request shall 
     provide an update on NIH policies and procedures to ensure 
     appropriate review and approval for grants awarded through 
     the ICs.
       National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).--The 
     agreement includes funding directly to the National Library 
     of Medicine (NLM) for NCBI to meet the challenge of 
     collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating the 
     increasing amounts of data related to research in molecular 
     biology and genomics and to support the deposit of 
     manuscripts in PubMed Central under the NIH Public Access 
     Policy. Providing the increase specifically to NLM, as 
     opposed to previous years where NLM received funding from 
     individual ICs for these activities, should improve funding 
     transparency and enhance NCBI's ability to provide an 
     integrated, genomic resource for biomedical researchers at 
     NIH and around the globe.
       National Children's Study Follow-on.--The agreement 
     commends the efforts of NIH to work with the community to 
     begin to address concerns related to the follow-on to the 
     National Children's Study. The agreement provides funding in 
     the OD and expects NIH to continue to move forward based on 
     the directions provided by the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       New Initiatives.--The agreement requests NIH provide a 
     table in the fiscal year 2017 and future budget requests 
     reflecting the current year plus five-year planned funding 
     levels for each of the following initiatives: Building 
     Infrastructure Leading to Diversity, BRAIN, Big Data, PMI, 
     CTSA, AMR, Accelerating Medicines Partnership, Human 
     Microbiome, HRHR, Cures Acceleration Network, Biomedical 
     Workforce, and new initiatives proposed in fiscal year 2017. 
     For each initiative, the table should identify, at a minimum, 
     the planned budget level; a list of participating ICs; 
     linkage to the NIH-wide strategic plan, and percentage of the 
     funds focused on basic science.
       Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI).--The agreement 
     supports the new PMI and provides $70,000,000 to NCI and 
     $130,000,000 in the Common Fund to fund activities in fiscal 
     year 2016.
       Prioritization of Funding.--The agreement expects NIH to 
     consider burden of disease when setting priorities and 
     developing strategic plans across its ICs to address 
     conditions (such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, heart 
     disease, and cancer) with significant opportunity to improve 
     the current or future health of the American population by 
     targeting funding toward cures and better treatments. 
     Further, the agreement expects NIH to prioritize funds on 
     medical research discovery over outreach and education. The 
     agreement expects NIH to continue policies to distribute 
     funding based on the merit of researchers' ideas and 
     productivity, and to ensure consistent application of 
     scientific policies between extramural and intramural 
     researchers. The agreement requests NIH provide an update in 
     the fiscal year 2017 budget request on how it plans to use 
     the NIH 5-year scientific strategic plan as part of its 
     resource allocation process to improve the health of the 
     American population.
       Reproducibility of Scientific Methods.--The agreement notes 
     that the gold standard of science is the ability to reproduce 
     a method and finding. There continues to be concern with 
     reports that some published biomedical research cannot be 
     easily reproduced. The agreement expects NIH to continue to 
     stress the importance of experimental rigor and transparency 
     of reporting of research findings to enhance the ability of 
     others to replicate them. To the extent practicable, the 
     agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget 
     request on how NIH is measuring the effectiveness of each 
     step NIH has taken to develop and implement best practice 
     guidelines to better facilitate the conduct of replicable 
     research and research transparency in the reporting of 
     methods and findings.
       Science Education.--The Science Education Partnership 
     Awards (SEPA) fosters important connections between 
     biomedical researchers and K-12 teachers and their students. 
     These connections establish an education pipeline to careers 
     in biomedical sciences, which is one of the most important 
     areas of workforce development for the U.S. economy. 
     Therefore, NIH is directed to continue funding the SEPA 
     program at no less than last year's level.
       Trisomy.--The agreement encourages the NIH to explore the 
     molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms that 
     predestine individuals born with a third copy of human 
     chromosome 21 (trisomy 21) to either live with--or be 
     protected from--a range of diseases that cause nearly 60 
     percent of deaths today in the U.S. The agreement requests 
     that NIH submit a report within one year of enactment of this 
     Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate on the feasibility of a multi-
     year study of children and adults with trisomy 21.
       Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP).--The agreement continues 
     support for the Undiagnosed Disease Network within the UDP, 
     and requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget request 
     on steps NIH has taken to accelerate discovery and innovation 
     in the way we diagnose and treat patients with previously 
     undiagnosed diseases, including its efforts to support data 
     collection and sharing within the research community. 
     Further, NIH is encouraged to explore public/private 
     partnership opportunities and other ways to expand the impact 
     of the program.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

       The agreement continues bill language directing the 
     Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
     Services Administration (SAMHSA) to exempt the Mental Health 
     Block Grant and the Substance Abuse

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     Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant from being used 
     as a source for the PHS evaluation set-aside in fiscal year 
     2016, as was done prior to fiscal year 2012.


                             MENTAL HEALTH

       Within the total provided for Mental Health Programs of 
     Regional and National Significance (PRNS), the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity:
    Seclusion & Restraint............................         $1,147,000
    Youth Violence Prevention........................         23,099,000
    Project Aware State Grants.......................         49,902,000
    Mental Health First Aid..........................         14,963,000
    Healthy Transitions..............................         19,951,000
    National Traumatic Stress Network................         46,887,000
    Children and Family Programs.....................          6,458,000
    Consumer and Family Network Grants...............          4,954,000
    Mental Health System Transformation and Health             3,779,000
     Reform..........................................
    Project LAUNCH...................................         34,555,000
    Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration...         49,877,000
    National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.........          2,000,000
    Suicide Lifeline.................................          7,198,000
    Garrett Lee Smith--Youth Suicide Prevention--             35,427,000
     States..........................................
    Garrett Lee Smith--Youth Suicide Prevention--              6,488,000
     Campus..........................................
    American Indian and Alaskan Native Suicide                 2,931,000
     Prevention Initiative...........................
    Homelessness Prevention Programs.................         30,696,000
    Tribal Behavioral Grants.........................         15,000,000
    Minority AIDS....................................          9,224,000
    Criminal and Juvenile Justice Programs...........          4,269,000
    Assisted Outpatient Treatment....................         15,000,000
Science and Service:
    Garrett Lee Smith--Suicide Prevention Resource             5,988,000
     Center..........................................
    Practice Improvement and Training................          7,828,000
    Primary/Behavioral Health Integration T.A........          1,991,000
    Consumer & Consumer Support T.A. Centers.........          1,918,000
    Minority Fellowship Program......................          8,059,000
    Disaster Response................................          1,953,000
    Homelessness.....................................          2,296,000
    HIV/AIDS Education...............................            771,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Mental Health Programs.--SAMHSA is directed to work with 
     the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in implementing 
     the recommendations provided in GAO report GAO-15-113 and 
     GAO-15-405 issued in February and May of 2015, respectively. 
     The agreement directs SAMHSA to provide a detailed update and 
     timeline on the progress of these recommendations 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act. Furthermore, the agreement 
     directs SAMHSA to develop a grants compliance plan that will 
     ensure that SAMHSA's grants process is in accordance with the 
     Department's grants manual. The compliance plan shall include 
     periodic, and random, internal audits of grant files to 
     confirm all the necessary documentation is accounted for and 
     that the compliance plan is meeting its objectives. SAMHSA 
     shall provide any additional grants training necessary to 
     prevent these issues from arising in the future.
       Mental Health Block Grants.--The agreement includes a 
     $50,000,000 increase over fiscal year 2015 for the Mental 
     Health Block Grant program and increases the set-aside to 10 
     percent for evidence-based programs that address the needs of 
     individuals with early serious mental illness, including 
     psychotic disorders. The increase to the set-aside for 
     serious mental illness is fully offset by the additional 
     funds provided to the Mental Health Block Grant program. 
     Furthermore, after taking into account the offset funds for 
     serious mental illness activities, the balance of the 
     increase to the block grants will provide over $20,000,000 in 
     additional funds to States and territories through their 
     traditional formula grants. The agreement directs SAMHSA to 
     continue its collaboration with NIMH to ensure that funds 
     from the set-aside are only used for programs showing strong 
     evidence of effectiveness and targets the first episode of 
     psychosis. SAMHSA shall not expand the use of the set-aside 
     to programs outside of those that address first episode 
     psychosis. Within six months after enactment of this Act, the 
     agreement directs SAMHSA to provide a detailed table showing 
     at a minimum each State's allotment, name of the program 
     being implemented, and a short description of the program.
       Project AWARE.--The agreement supports the continuation of 
     Project AWARE which increases awareness of mental health 
     issues and connects young people with behavioral health 
     issues and their families with needed services. Of the amount 
     provided for Project AWARE, the agreement provides an 
     additional $10,000,000 for discretionary grants to 
     communities that have recently faced civil unrest. These 
     grants should focus on high risk youth and family populations 
     in these communities and surrounding areas that have 
     experienced significant exposure to trauma and can benefit 
     from additional evidence-based violence prevention and 
     community youth engagement programs as well as linkages to 
     trauma-informed behavioral health services. SAMHSA should 
     prioritize funding grants from communities that have formed 
     partnerships between key stakeholders including State and 
     local governments (including multiple cities and counties if 
     impacted); public or private universities and colleges; and 
     non-profit community- and faith-based organizations. The 
     agreement includes related funding in the Department of 
     Education. The Department of Education and SAMHSA should 
     coordinate extensively in the administration of these 
     resources.
       Childhood Trauma.--The agreement appreciates SAMHSA's 
     ongoing support of the National Child Traumatic Stress 
     Network. A recent report, Childhood Adversity Narratives, 
     makes clear that childhood trauma is an all-encompassing and 
     costly national public health problem contributing directly 
     to serious mental and medical conditions. The agreement 
     encourages SAMHSA to more broadly disseminate information 
     regarding evidence-based interventions for the prevention and 
     treatment of childhood trauma so more children can benefit 
     from proven practices.
       Assisted Outpatient Treatment.--The agreement includes 
     $15,000,000 to implement section 224 of the Protecting Access 
     to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), the Assisted 
     Outpatient Treatment Grant Program for Individuals with 
     Serious Mental Illness (AOT). The agreement recognizes that 
     nearly half of individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar 
     disorder do not recognize they have a mental illness, making 
     it exceedingly difficult for them to follow through on a 
     treatment regimen. The AOT program will work with families 
     and courts to allow these individuals to obtain treatment 
     while continuing to live in their communities and homes. AOT 
     has been proven to reduce the imprisonment, homelessness and 
     emergency room visit rate among this population by 70 
     percent. The agreement requests a report in the fiscal year 
     2017 budget request on the planned uses of this $15,000,000.


                       SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

       Within the total provided for Substance Abuse Treatment 
     Programs of Regional and National Significance, the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity:
    Opioid Treatment Programs/Regulatory Activities..         $8,724,000
    Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and              44,889,000
     Treatment.......................................
        PHS Evaluation Funds.........................          2,000,000
    Targeted Capacity Expansion--General.............         36,303,000
    Pregnant and Postpartum Women....................         15,931,000
    Recovery Community Services Program..............          2,434,000
    Children and Families............................         29,605,000
    Treatment Systems for Homeless...................         41,304,000
    Minority AIDS....................................         65,570,000
    Criminal Justice Activities......................         78,000,000
Science and Service:
    Addiction Technology Transfer Centers............          9,046,000
    Minority Fellowship Program......................          3,539,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Targeted Capacity Expansion.--The agreement provides 
     $36,303,000 for Targeted Capacity Expansion activities. The 
     agreement provides $25,000,000, an increase of $13,000,000, 
     to expand services that address prescription drug abuse and 
     heroin use in high-risk communities. The funding provided 
     will increase the number of States that receive funding from 
     11 to 22, and SAMHSA should target States with the highest 
     rates of admissions and that have demonstrated a dramatic 
     increase in admissions for the treatment of opioid use 
     disorders. The United States has seen a 500 percent increase 
     in admissions for treatment for prescription drug abuse since 
     2000. Moreover, according to a recent study, 28 States saw an 
     increase in admissions for treatment for heroin dependence 
     during the past two years. The Center for Substance Abuse 
     Treatment is directed to include as an allowable use 
     medication-assisted treatment and other clinically 
     appropriate services to achieve and maintain abstinence from 
     all opioids and heroin and prioritize treatment regimens that 
     are less susceptible to diversion for illicit purposes.
       Since the passage of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 
     2000, SAMHSA has led the nation in educating physicians, 
     patients and treatment systems on the use of medication-
     assisted treatment. To keep pace with advancements in science 
     and research, the agreement directs SAMHSA to update all of 
     its public-facing information and treatment locators such 
     that all evidence-based innovations in counseling, recovery 
     support, and abstinence-based relapse prevention medication-
     assisted treatments are fully incorporated.
       Criminal Justice Activities.--The agreement provides 
     $78,000,000 for Criminal Justice Activities and directs that 
     no less than $60,000,000 will be used exclusively for Drug 
     Court activities. SAMHSA is directed to ensure that all Drug 
     Treatment Court funding is allocated to serve people 
     diagnosed with a substance use disorder as their primary 
     condition. SAMHSA is further directed to ensure that all drug 
     treatment court grant recipients work directly with the 
     corresponding State substance abuse agency in the planning, 
     implementation, and evaluation of the grant. SAMHSA is 
     further directed to expand training and technical assistance 
     to drug treatment court grant recipients to ensure evidence-
     based practices are fully implemented.


                       SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

       Within the total provided for Substance Abuse Prevention 
     Programs of Regional and National Significance, the agreement 
     includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity:
    Strategic Prevention Framework/Partnerships for         $109,484,000
     Success.........................................
    Strategic Prevention Framework Rx................         10,000,000
    Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid                12,000,000
     Overdose........................................
    Mandatory Drug Testing...........................          4,894,000
    Minority AIDS....................................         41,205,000
    Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP          7,000,000
     Act)............................................

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        National Adult-Oriented Media Public Service           1,000,000
         Campaign....................................
        Community-based Coalition Enhancement Grants.          5,000,000
        Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on            1,000,000
         the Prevention of Underage Drinking.........
    Tribal Behavioral Health Grants..................         15,000,000
Science and Service:
    Center for the Application of Prevention                   7,493,000
     Technologies....................................
    Science and Service Program Coordination.........          4,072,000
    Minority Fellowship Program......................             71,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement directs that all of the funding appropriated 
     explicitly for substance abuse prevention purposes both in 
     the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's PRNS lines as 
     well as the funding from the 20 percent prevention set-aside 
     in the SAPT Block Grant be used only for bona fide substance 
     abuse prevention programs and not for any other purpose.
       Combating Opioid Abuse.--The agreement provides $12,000,000 
     for discretionary grants to States to prevent opioid 
     overdose-related deaths. This program will help States equip 
     and train first responders with the use of devices that 
     rapidly reverse the effects of opioids. SAMHSA is directed to 
     ensure applicants outline how proposed activities in the 
     grant would work with treatment and recovery communities in 
     addition to first responders. Furthermore, the agreement 
     provides $10,000,000 for the Strategic Prevention Framework 
     Rx program to increase awareness of opioid abuse and misuse 
     in communities. SAMHSA shall collaborate with CDC to 
     implement the most effective outreach strategy and to reduce 
     duplication of activities.
       Overdose Fatality Prevention.--The agreement reflects 
     strong concerns about the increasing number of unintentional 
     overdose deaths attributable to prescription and 
     nonprescription opioids. SAMHSA is urged to take steps to 
     encourage and support the use of Substance Abuse and 
     Prevention Block Grant funds for opioid safety education and 
     training, including initiatives that improve access for 
     licensed healthcare professionals, including paramedics, to 
     emergency devices used to rapidly reverse the effects of 
     opioid overdoses. Such initiatives should incorporate robust 
     evidence-based intervention training, and facilitate linkage 
     to treatment and recovery services.


                HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

       Within the total provided for health surveillance and 
     program support, the agreement includes the following 
     amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Surveillance..................................        $16,830,000
    PHS Evaluation Fund..............................         30,428,000
Program Management...................................         79,559,000
Performance and Quality Info. Systems................         12,918,000
Public Awareness and Support.........................         15,571,000
Behavioral Health Workforce..........................         50,000,000
Behavioral Health Workforce Data.....................                  0
    PHS Evaluation Fund..............................          1,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training.--
     Eligible entities for this program shall include accredited 
     programs that train Master's level social workers, 
     psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, 
     psychology doctoral interns, as well as behavioral health 
     paraprofessionals. The agreement directs SAMHSA to share 
     information concerning pending grant opportunity 
     announcements with State licensing organizations and all the 
     relevant professional associations. Furthermore, SAMHSA is 
     directed to ensure that funding is distributed relatively 
     equally among the participating health professions and to 
     consider strategies such as issuing separate funding 
     opportunity announcements for each participating health 
     profession. In addition, the agreement directs SAMHSA to 
     include doctoral psychology schools in the funding 
     opportunities to support doctoral level students completing 
     their practicums, which are necessary to move on to 
     internships. Awards shall be given to meritorious 
     applications for doctoral psychology interns first, before 
     doctoral psychology schools applying to support practicums.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


                    HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

       The agreement provides $334,000,000 for the Agency for 
     Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Within the total for 
     Health Costs, Quality, and Outcomes, the agreement includes 
     the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patient-Centered Health Research.....................                 $0
Prevention/Care Management...........................         11,649,000
Health Information Technology (IT)...................         21,500,000
    Health IT to Improve Quality.....................         19,000,000
Patient Safety Research..............................         74,253,000
    Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Prevention         37,253,000
    Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria..........         10,000,000
    Healthcare Delivery Systems......................         10,000,000
Crosscutting Activities Related to Quality,                   89,398,000
 Effectiveness and Efficiency Research...............
    Health Services Contract/IAA Research............         14,000,000
    Health Services Research Grants (Non Investigator-         6,000,000
     Initiated)......................................
    Investigator-Initiated Research Grants...........         47,398,000
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.....................         66,000,000
Program Management...................................         71,200,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement expects AHRQ to focus its research on its 
     traditional mission, such as improving patient safety and 
     preventing healthcare associated infections.
       Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB).--The 
     agreement recognizes the importance of developing scientific 
     based approaches related to CARB. The AHRQ is directed to 
     work closely with BARDA, CDC, and NIAID and coordinate with 
     other government-wide agencies like the Departments of 
     Defense, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs, to leverage 
     resources toward this end. These activities should have 
     coordinated goals and measurable objectives to best leverage 
     the funds provided. The agreement requests an update in the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget request on the planned activity.
       Investigator-Initiated Research.--The agreement provides 
     increased support for investigator-initiated research. 
     Investigator-initiated research should not be targeted to any 
     specific area of health services research so as to generate 
     the best unsolicited ideas from the research community about 
     a wide variety of topics.
       Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).--The agreement 
     requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 budget request on 
     activity AHRQ supports related to MAT.

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services


                           PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

       The agreement includes $3,669,744,000 for the Program 
     Management account to support a broad range of activities 
     including claims processing and program safeguard activities 
     performed by Medicare contractors.
       Critical Access Hospitals (CAH).--The agreement continues 
     to note concerns about the proposal to eliminate CAH status 
     from facilities located less than 10 miles from another 
     hospital and reducing the reimbursement rate from 101 to 100 
     percent on the hospitals to properly provide care to local 
     residents. The agreement directs the Centers for Medicare & 
     Medicaid Services (CMS) to engage with CAH facilities to 
     assess the impact of the proposed reimbursement reduction and 
     provide a report within 180 days of enactment of this Act to 
     the appropriate Committees of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate on the impact of the proposed rate reduction 
     from the perspective of the CAH ability to fully operate if 
     the reduction is implemented.
       Health Insurance Exchange Transparency.--The agreement 
     continues to include bill language in section 223 that 
     requires CMS to provide cost information for the following 
     categories: Federal Payroll and Other Administrative Costs; 
     Exchange-related Information Technology (IT); Non-IT Program 
     Costs, including Health Plan Benefit and Rate Review, 
     Exchange Oversight, Payment and Financial Management, 
     Eligibility and Enrollment; Consumer Information and 
     Outreach, including the Call Center, Navigator Grants and 
     Consumer Education and Outreach; Exchange Quality Review; 
     Small Business Health Options Program and Employer 
     Activities; and Other Exchange Activities. Cost information 
     should be provided for each fiscal year since the enactment 
     of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
     111-148). CMS is also required to include the estimated costs 
     for fiscal year 2017.
       Medicare Advantage in the Territories.--The agreement is 
     concerned with the lack of availability of data to accurately 
     calculate Medicare Advantage payments in the territories. The 
     Secretary is directed to examine the unique costs associated 
     with delivering care in the territories and submit a report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate within 120 days on 
     availability of data for determining Medicare Advantage 
     payments in the territories.
       Prescription Drug Report.--The agreement directs the 
     Secretary of HHS in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, to submit a report to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, using data only available under current law 
     that is not proprietary, not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act to which this explanatory 
     statement pertains regarding the following topics, as 
     described further below: price changes of prescription drugs 
     (net of rebates) since 2003; access to prescription drugs by 
     patients in the four programs listed below; health outcomes 
     and patient satisfaction with care in the four programs 
     listed below; and an analysis of the current cost and length 
     of time necessary to bring new drugs to market.
       The report should include prescription drug prices (net of 
     rebates) paid by Federal programs for the 10 most frequently 
     prescribed drugs and the 10 highest-cost drugs under the 
     following programs:
       1. The Medicare program under part B of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act.
       2. The Medicare prescription drug program under part D of 
     title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
       3. The Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act.
       4. The Department of Veterans Affairs.
       In addition, the report should include total annual 
     prescription drug costs (net of rebates) to the Medicare 
     program under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act, the Medicare prescription drug program under part D of 
     title XVIII of such Act, the Medicaid program under title XIX 
     of such Act, and the Department of Veterans Affairs as a

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     percentage of total health care program expenditures. The 
     report shall make note that the total annual prescription 
     drugs costs do not adjust for biomedical inflation. The 
     Secretary of HHS shall review how the Federal Government has 
     achieved cost reductions for drugs since 2001.
       The report should also include an evaluation of access to 
     prescription drugs by the four programs listed above, 
     measured consistently across each program using one or more 
     metrics that are generally accepted by healthcare 
     professionals and health policy experts as reliable and 
     appropriate measures of patient access to prescription drugs. 
     The evaluation of patient access shall take into account the 
     extent to which each program uses: formularies (including the 
     breadth and adequacy of such formularies); utilization 
     management techniques; and the average interval between the 
     time a patient attempts to fill a prescription and receipt of 
     the prescription drug, as applicable.
       The report should also include an evaluation of patient 
     satisfaction with care (based on a survey with statistically 
     significant results) and of patient outcomes in the four 
     programs listed above, measured consistently across these 
     programs using one or more metrics that are generally 
     accepted by healthcare professionals and health policy 
     experts as reliable and appropriate measures of patient 
     health outcomes and patient satisfaction with care, 
     respectively.
       Finally, the report should include an analysis of the 
     current cost and length of time necessary to bring new drugs 
     to market including the impact of biomedical inflation.
       Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs).--The agreement 
     reiterates the fiscal year 2015 explanatory statement 
     language directing HHS to take steps to improve consistency, 
     transparency, and processing of appeals. CMS is encouraged, 
     within the existing authorities, to use offsetting 
     collections it maintains from the RAC program to further 
     educate health care providers on how to reduce errors and 
     take other actions aimed at reducing the backlog of appeals 
     at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals. The agreement 
     expects audits to be conducted in a manner that is valid and 
     statistically sound and requests CMS to continue to monitor 
     the return on investment for compensating auditors on a 
     contingency fee basis, review contractor audit practices, and 
     provide an update on actions related to these items in the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget request. The agreement reiterates its 
     request for CMS's actuarial data to be included in the annual 
     budget request as noted in the fiscal year 2015 explanatory 
     statement. Finally, CMS is expected to provide the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate a quarterly update from the inter-agency working group 
     actions taken or planned to address the various issues 
     related to the RAC process.
       Risk Corridor Program.--The agreement continues bill 
     language to prevent the CMS Program Management appropriation 
     account from being used to support risk corridor payments. 
     The agreement directs CMS to provide a report starting with 
     plan year 2014 and continuing through the duration of the 
     program to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the receipts and 
     transfer of payments for the Risk Corridor Program.
       State-Based Exchanges (SBEs).--CMS shall ensure that SBEs 
     are not using section 1311 funds for operational expenses 
     which is specifically prohibited by law. SBEs were expected 
     to be self-sustaining by 2015 and were specifically 
     prohibited from using these funds for operational costs after 
     January 1, 2015. The agreement directs CMS to implement the 
     recommendations put forth by the HHS Office of Inspector 
     General (OIG) in their Early Alert Memorandum (A-01-14-02509) 
     issued on April 27, 2015, and expects a detailed report 
     providing an update on these efforts 120 days after enactment 
     of this Act. CMS and the OIG shall immediately notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate of any unauthorized use of section 1311 funds 
     along with a detailed report, which shall include how CMS 
     plans to recoup those funds from the State.
       Third Party Premium Assistance.--The agreement is concerned 
     about the CMS Interim Final Rule: Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act; Third Party Payment of Qualified Health 
     Plan Premiums, which allows marketplace insurance plans to 
     prohibit the acceptance of health insurance premium 
     assistance from non-profit organizations. CMS is directed to 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate within 90 days 
     explaining the rationale for excluding non-profit 
     organizations.


              HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

       The agreement includes $681,000,000, to be transferred from 
     the Medicare trust funds, for Health Care Fraud and Abuse 
     Control activities. This includes a base amount of 
     $311,000,000 and an additional $370,000,000 through a budget 
     cap adjustment authorized by section 251(b) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Senior Medicare Patrol Program.--The bill includes language 
     to fully fund the Senior Medicare Patrol Program administered 
     through the Administration for Community Living from the 
     level provided in this account.

                Administration for Children and Families


                     Refugee and Entrant Assistance

       Victims of Trafficking.--The agreement includes $13,000,000 
     for services for foreign national victims, and $5,755,000 to 
     improve services available for U.S. citizens and legal 
     permanent residents. Within the total for Victims of 
     Trafficking, the Department is directed to increase funding 
     for the national human trafficking hotline to help respond to 
     increased call volume and overall need for services.


                CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

       Head Start.--The agreement includes an increase of 
     $294,000,000 in quality improvement funds to support grantees 
     in expanding to full-school-day and full-school-year 
     services. While early childhood research shows that expanded 
     services are associated with better cognitive outcomes, the 
     agreement notes that communities will face logistical and 
     financial challenges moving toward this model. Since the 
     recommendation is less than the amount requested to move all 
     programs to full day/full year services, the Department is 
     expected to prioritize grantees that volunteer for this 
     expansion and can do so in a way that limits disruption to 
     existing programs and services. The Department is directed to 
     provide technical assistance to grantees and carefully 
     monitor issues that arise as grantees implement the expanded 
     service model.
       Early Head Start Expansion/Child Care Partnerships.--The 
     agreement includes a $135,000,000 increase for expanding 
     Early Head Start (EHS), including through EHS-Child Care 
     Partnerships. The agreement reflects support for EHS-Child 
     Care Partnerships, which is a promising model that 
     significantly expands on what many high-quality providers 
     were already doing in their communities. However, EHS-Child 
     Care Partnerships will not be viable in every community. 
     Prioritizing this one model will limit the pool of 
     competitive applicants, particularly in rural communities, 
     and discourage the expansion of Early Head Start programs 
     designed to meet the needs of their local communities. This 
     new fiscal year 2016 funding, whether for expansion, 
     conversion, or partnerships, should give equal priority to 
     each model and be awarded based on how effectively the model 
     design fits the needs of the local community.
       Runaway and Homeless Youth Program.--The agreement does not 
     include funding for the ``Prevalence, Needs and 
     Characteristics of Homeless Youth'' study.
       Child Abuse and Neglect.--The agreement is aware of the 
     recommendations contained within the Institute of Medicine's 
     (IOM) New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research 
     report as well as other federally supported research. The 
     agreement encourages the Administration for Children and 
     Families (ACF), in conjunction with other relevant agencies 
     in HHS, such as NIH or SAMHSA, to synthesize research done by 
     IOM and other federal partners to identify gaps in this area 
     and to develop a peer reviewed approach to address research 
     gaps related to child abuse and neglect.
       Child Welfare Research, Training and Demonstration.--The 
     agreement includes funding within this program to continue 
     the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being.
       Social Services and Income Maintenance Research.--The 
     agreement includes $750,000 for the Secretary to enter into 
     an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to provide 
     an evidence-based, non-partisan analysis of the 
     macroeconomic, health, and crime/social costs of child 
     poverty, to study current efforts aimed at reducing poverty, 
     and to propose recommendations with the goal of reducing the 
     number of children living in poverty in the United States by 
     half in 10 years.
       Native American Programs.--The agreement includes 
     $3,000,000 for the Generation Indigenous initiative focused 
     on improving Native American language instruction across the 
     education continuum.
       Domestic Violence Hotline.--The agreement includes an 
     increase of $3,750,000 for the Hotline. These funds shall be 
     used to develop a tribal hotline, provide additional phone 
     advocates to ensure the Hotline can answer all contacts, and 
     help make the Love Is Respect website a complete resource for 
     teens and youth seeking to prevent and end abusive 
     relationships.
       Faith-Based Center.--The agreement transfers the Center for 
     Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to the General 
     Departmental Management account under the Office of the 
     Secretary.

                  Administration for Community Living


                 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

       Aging Network Support Activities.--The agreement provides 
     $9,961,000 for Aging Network Support Activities. The 
     agreement includes $2,500,000 to help provide supportive 
     services for aging Holocaust survivors living in the United 
     States.
       Senior Medicare Patrol Program.--The agreement includes 
     bill language fully funding the Senior Medicare Patrol 
     Program from the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account 
     in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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       Elder Rights Support Activities.--The agreement includes 
     $11,874,000 for Elder Rights Support Activities, of which 
     $8,000,000 is included for the Elder Justice and Adult 
     Protective Services program to provide competitive grants to 
     States to test and evaluate innovative approaches to 
     preventing and responding to elder abuse.
       Traumatic Brain Injury.--The agreement includes bill 
     language transferring the Traumatic Brain Injury program from 
     HRSA to ACL.
       Developmental Disabilities Projects of National 
     Significance.--The agreement includes $643,000 for technical 
     assistance and training for the State Councils on 
     Developmental Disabilities and $1,000,000 to fund 
     transportation assistance activities for older adults and 
     persons with disabilities. The transportation activities 
     should focus on the most cost-effective and sustainable 
     strategies that can be replicated to other communities.
       University Centers for Excellence in Developmental 
     Disabilities.--Within the amount appropriated for the 
     University Centers for Excellence in Developmental 
     Disabilities (UCEDD), the agreement provides no less than the 
     fiscal year 2015 level for technical assistance for the UCEDD 
     network.
       Medicaid-Licensed Intermediate Care Facilities.--There is a 
     nationwide trend towards deinstitutionalization of patients 
     with intellectual or developmental disabilities in favor of 
     community-based settings. The Department is strongly urged to 
     continue to factor the needs and desire of patients, their 
     families, caregivers, and other stakeholders, as well as the 
     need to provide proper settings for care, into its 
     enforcement of the Developmental Disabilities Act. The 
     agreement includes bill language requiring notification of 
     affected individuals of their legal rights in this regard.
       Independent Living.--The agreement provides $101,183,000 
     for the Independent Living program, of which $22,878,000 is 
     for the Independent Living State Grants program and 
     $78,305,000 is for the Centers for Independent Living 
     program.
       Assistive Technology.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 
     for competitive grants as specified in House Report 114-195 
     to accompany H.R. 3020.

                        Office of the Secretary


                    GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

       Breast Cancer Patient Education Campaign.--The agreement 
     directs the Secretary to plan and implement the breast cancer 
     patient education campaign and the annual update in the 
     congressional justification as described in the Senate fiscal 
     year 2016 report (114-74) accompanying S. 1695.
       Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.--To 
     complete the realignment of the Center for Faith-Based and 
     Neighborhood Partnerships from ACF to the Secretary's Office 
     of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, the agreement 
     transfers the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood 
     Partnerships' budget of $1,299,000 from ACF to the General 
     Departmental Management account as requested in the 
     Administration's budget.
       Healthcare and Education Costs of Illegal Immigration.--The 
     agreement directs the Department of Health and Human Services 
     to provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate on available 
     information regarding the costs borne by State and local 
     governments for providing services to individuals without 
     legal immigration status, including the federal resources 
     from the Department of Health and Human Services that are 
     being used to assist States in fiscal year 2016 to cover 
     these expenses.
       Seafood Sustainability.--The agreement prohibits the 
     Department from using or recommending third party, 
     nongovernmental certification for seafood sustainability.
       Severe Wounds.--The agreement directs the Secretary to 
     conduct the study on the treatment needs of individuals 
     requiring specialized wound care as described in the Senate 
     fiscal year 2016 report (114-74) accompanying S. 1695.
       Lupus Initiative.--The agreement continues to provide 
     $2,000,000 for Lupus activities at the Office of Minority 
     Health (OMH). Within this funding, the agreement includes 
     $1,000,000 to complete the implementation of the health 
     education program in fiscal year 2016 to transition to 
     another priority in the Lupus community. Clinical trial 
     education and successful recruitment of minorities into 
     trials is a significant challenge in the drug development for 
     Lupus. Therefore, OMH shall initiate a program to develop a 
     clinical trial education action plan for Lupus and begin 
     preliminary steps towards implementation of the action plan. 
     OMH shall work with the relevant Lupus stakeholders in this 
     effort. The agreement includes the remaining $1,000,000 for 
     this new initiative, and it should focus on developing 
     public-private and community partnerships, evaluate current 
     minority clinical trial education and participation programs, 
     and development of a research plan for creating new clinical 
     trial education models in lupus. OMH shall provide an update 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate on the progress of this new 
     initiative 120 days after enactment of this Act.
       Office of Women's Health.--The agreement includes 
     $3,100,000 to continue the State partnership initiative to 
     reduce violence against women, which provides funding to 
     State-level public and private health programs to improve 
     healthcare providers' ability to help victims of violence and 
     improve prevention programs.
       Idea lab and Digital Services.--The agreement does not 
     include funding for either the proposed ``Idea lab'' or the 
     Digital Services team.
       Overhead costs.--The agreement continues to direct the 
     Department to include the amount and percentage of 
     administrative and overhead costs spent by the Department for 
     every program, project and activity in the fiscal year 2017 
     justification and each year thereafter.
       Health Reform Oversight.--The agreement directs GAO to 
     conduct a comprehensive review of the process and 
     coordination between HHS and the Department of the Treasury 
     functions with respect to health care subsidies and to make 
     recommendations to prevent improper payments, as outlined in 
     House Report 114-195 to accompany H.R. 3020.
       Quick Health Data.--The agreement directs the Secretary to 
     continue the operation of the Quick Health Data Online 
     system. The Secretary is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate on the feasibility of moving the online system 
     to another HHS agency.
       Children with Disabilities.--The agreement recognizes the 
     importance of accurate, complete, confidential, and 
     transportable health records, especially for those children 
     most in need of care, such as children with disabilities. The 
     agreement urges the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Health to support a demonstration project to test new and 
     improved methods of providing a patient-centered electronic 
     medical record that is complete and interoperable, secure, 
     and cost effective for children with disabilities.


                OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

       Appeals Backlog.--The substantial backlog in the number of 
     cases pending before the administrative law judges at the 
     Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) is a serious 
     concern. Specifically, the number of appeals related to RACs 
     has risen dramatically in the past years. The agreement 
     directs OMHA to use the additional funds provided to address 
     the current backlog and requests a spend plan within 45 days 
     after enactment of this Act. OMHA should focus on reducing 
     the backlog of appeals without undermining the accuracy and 
     quality of their decisions. Furthermore, in collaboration 
     with the intra-agency working group focusing on RACs, OMHA 
     shall provide semi-annual updates to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     reflecting the total number of appeals filed, appeals 
     pending, and appeals disposed of for all four levels of the 
     appeal process.


  OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

       Precision Medicine.--The agreement encourages the 
     coordination and development of data standards necessary to 
     advance the Precision Medicine Initiative.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The agreement includes $75,000,000 for the HHS Office of 
     Inspector General (OIG) account. The agreement expects the 
     OIG to continue to improve its annual budget request with 
     more details and performance measures related to 
     discretionary oversight.


            PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

       The agreement provides $1,532,958,000 for the Public Health 
     and Social Services Emergency Fund to support a comprehensive 
     program to prepare for and respond to the health and medical 
     consequences of all public health emergencies, including 
     bioterrorism, and support the cybersecurity efforts of HHS.
       Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority 
     (BARDA).--The agreement increases funding for BARDA to 
     support its work on combatting antibiotic resistance (CARB) 
     and other priorities that address chemical, biological, 
     radiological, and nuclear threats. BARDA is directed to work 
     closely with CDC, AHRQ, and NIAID on CARB and coordinate with 
     other government agencies such as the Departments of Defense, 
     Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs, to leverage resources to 
     develop therapeutics. The agreement provides increased 
     support to NIAID and CDC and directs these organizations to 
     jointly work with BARDA on coordinated goals, measurable 
     objectives, and funding plans that will spur research and 
     development on CARB and build laboratory capacity in States. 
     The agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 2017 
     budget request on the joint BARDA, NIAID, and CDC goals and 
     measurable objectives to ensure the best leveraging of the 
     funds provided.
       Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and 
     Manufacturing (ADM).--The agreement notes BARDA has partnered 
     with private sector entities in recent years to develop 
     centers to improve access to ADM capabilities. To further 
     enhance the Nation's preparedness and response capabilities, 
     BARDA is encouraged to review the ADM network's current 
     access to advanced technological platforms. The review should 
     determine if the existing network includes the

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     necessary mix of technological capabilities to address 
     potential gaps in the medical countermeasure enterprise and 
     to ensure rapid deployment of medical countermeasures.
       Drug Delivery Devices.--The agreement commends the 
     Department's efforts to develop and procure additional 
     medical countermeasures (MCM) on top of the twelve MCMs 
     procured since 2004. However, these MCM's require readily 
     available drug delivery devices. The Department is urged, as 
     practicable, to secure enough injection devices necessary to 
     ensure that these MCMs that require such devices can be 
     delivered to patients in real time.
       Pandemic Influenza Response Activities.--The agreement 
     directs the Department to use available no-year carry over 
     funding along with the resources provided to support the 
     fiscal year 2016 budget request level of requirements to 
     support pandemic influenza activity.
       Treatment Capacity.--There is concern about the 
     sustainability of the highly-pathogenic infectious disease 
     treatment capacity supported by the FY 2015 Ebola emergency 
     appropriations. Without affecting funding set aside for 
     Project BioShield, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
     and Response should allocate a portion of the unobligated 
     emergency funds to partially reimburse facilities for 
     renovation and alteration undertaken in preparation for, or 
     in response to, the need to improve preparedness and response 
     capability at the State and local level--as authorized by the 
     FY 2015 Ebola emergency appropriations--to help ensure that 
     such treatment capacity is maintained.

                           General Provisions


              PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSFER TABLE

       The agreement includes a provision that directs the 
     transfer of the Prevention and Public Health (PPH) Fund. In 
     fiscal year 2016, the level appropriated for the fund is 
     $932,000,000 after accounting for sequestration. The 
     agreement includes bill language in section 221 of this Act 
     that requires that funds be transferred within 45 days of 
     enactment of this Act to the following accounts, for the 
     following activities, and in the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
             Agency                 Budget Activity        Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACL.............................  Alzheimer's Disease        $14,700,000
                                   Prevention
                                   Education and
                                   Outreach.
ACL.............................  Chronic Disease              8,000,000
                                   Self-Management.
ACL.............................  Falls Prevention...          5,000,000
CDC.............................  Breast Feeding               8,000,000
                                   Grants (Hospitals
                                   Promoting
                                   Breastfeeding).
CDC.............................  Diabetes...........         73,000,000
CDC.............................  Epidemiology and            40,000,000
                                   Laboratory
                                   Capacity Grants.
CDC.............................  Healthcare                  12,000,000
                                   Associated
                                   Infections.
CDC.............................  Heart Disease &             73,000,000
                                   Stroke Prevention
                                   Program.
CDC.............................  Million Hearts               4,000,000
                                   Program.
CDC.............................  Office of Smoking          126,000,000
                                   and Health.
CDC.............................  Preventative Health        160,000,000
                                   and Health
                                   Services Block
                                   Grants.
CDC.............................  REACH..............         50,950,000
CDC.............................  Section 317                324,350,000
                                   Immunization
                                   Grants.
CDC.............................  Lead Poisoning              17,000,000
                                   Prevention.
CDC.............................  Early Care                   4,000,000
                                   Collaboratives.
SAMHSA..........................  Suicide Prevention          12,000,000
                                   (Garrett Lee
                                   Smith).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement modifies a provision requiring advanced 
     Congressional notification of certain public reports.
       The agreement includes a new provision related to expiring 
     HRSA balances.
       The agreement restates a requirement for HHS to conduct an 
     analysis of the ACA's impact on eligibility for certain 
     discretionary programs.
       The agreement includes a new provision related to breast 
     cancer screening recommendations.
       The agreement modifies a provision extending the Temporary 
     Assistance for Needy Families program.
       The agreement includes a new provision related to rural 
     long-term care hospitals.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       Striving Readers.--Not later than 30 days prior to the 
     announcement or publication of any notice of proposed 
     priorities or inviting applications for the Comprehensive 
     Striving Readers Literacy program, the Department shall brief 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate on its 
     plans for this grant competition and related evaluation and 
     technical assistance.

                      School Improvement Programs

       Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Grants.--
     The agreement includes funding within the SEED set-aside for 
     competitive grants to non-profit organizations with 
     demonstrated effectiveness in the development and 
     implementation of civic learning programs. Priority should be 
     given to applicants that demonstrate innovation, scalability, 
     and a focus on underserved populations, including rural 
     schools and students. The agreement also includes funding 
     within the SEED set-aside for non-profit organizations with 
     effective programs to enhance primary source utilization in 
     the classroom.
       Expanded Learning Time.--The agreement prohibits funds made 
     available for 21st Century Community Learning Centers from 
     being used to support expanded learning time unless those 
     activities are consistent with the requirements in section 
     4204(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
     (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
       Alaska Native Educational Equity.--In awarding funds under 
     the Alaska Native Educational Equity program, the Department 
     shall: ensure the maximum participation of Alaska Native 
     organizations and other required Alaska Native partners, 
     guarantee that all grantees have meaningful plans for 
     consultation with Alaska Native leaders, and make every 
     effort to ensure that Alaska Natives and Alaskans represent a 
     significant proportion of peer reviewers for grant 
     applications.
       Comprehensive Centers.--The agreement includes $1,500,000 
     to establish a new comprehensive center on students at risk 
     of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability, in 
     accordance with section 2244 of the ESEA, as reauthorized by 
     the ESSA.

                            Indian Education

       Native Youth Community Projects.--Within the total for 
     Special Programs for Indian Children, the agreement includes 
     $22,890,000 for Native Youth Community Projects. This program 
     makes competitive awards to support culturally-relevant 
     coordinated strategies to improve the college- and career-
     readiness of Native American youth.

                       Innovation and Improvement

       Javits Gifted and Talented.--Within the funds provided for 
     the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education program, 
     the Department is directed to continue supporting a National 
     Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.
       Arts in Education.--The agreement includes an increase in 
     the Arts in Education program to support new competitive 
     awards to national non-profit organizations engaged in arts 
     education, professional development activities and model arts 
     education programs that address the arts access gap.
       Innovative Approaches to Literacy.--The agreement includes 
     $27,000,000 for Innovative Approaches to Literacy competitive 
     awards to national non-profit organizations or school 
     libraries for providing books and childhood literacy 
     activities to children and families living in high-need 
     communities.
       Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE).--Within FIE, 
     the agreement includes funding for the following activities 
     in the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arts in Education....................................        $27,000,000
Non-Cognitive Skills Initiative......................          3,000,000
Full Service Community Schools.......................         10,000,000
Preschool Development Grants.........................        250,000,000
Innovative Approaches to Literacy....................         27,000,000
Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program         12,000,000
Presidential and Congressional History Teaching                1,815,000
 Academies...........................................
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................        330,815,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

       Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities National 
     Activities.--The agreement includes $5,000,000 for 
     competitive grants to eligible entities, including community-
     based organizations, Local Educational Agencies, and 
     partnerships thereof, in communities that have experienced 
     significant episodes of civil unrest. This funding is to 
     support establishing school-based programs in such 
     communities to address, including through counseling 
     services, the comprehensive educational, behavioral, and 
     mental health needs of youth who have experienced significant 
     trauma related to recent events in their communities. The 
     agreement includes related funding in the Substance Abuse and 
     Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The 
     Department of Education and SAMHSA should coordinate 
     extensively in the administration of these resources.
       Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program.--The 
     agreement includes $49,561,000 for the Elementary and 
     Secondary School Counseling program. School counselors help 
     to create a safe school environment. However, too few 
     students have access to these benefits. This program 
     recognizes the importance of addressing student mental health 
     issues and the critical role that school counselors play in 
     this area.
       Carol M. White Physical Education Program.--The agreement 
     includes $47,000,000 for the Carol M. White Physical 
     Education program to pay the Federal share of the costs of 
     initiating, expanding and improving school-based physical 
     education programs. According to the CDC, the prevalence of 
     unhealthy body weights among children has more than doubled 
     over the past 30 years. This program underscores the 
     importance of supporting students' access to physical 
     education.

                           Special Education

       The Department should consider ways to support paperwork 
     reduction and administrative streamlining under the 
     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
       Within Technical Assistance and Dissemination, the 
     agreement includes $10,083,000 for education activities 
     authorized under Public Law 108-406.
       Education Technology, Media, and Materials Program.--
     Progress has been made with tools and services provided under 
     the Education Technology, Media and Materials program that 
     have allowed more than 320,000 students free access to more 
     than 280,000 books in multiple digitally accessible formats. 
     Understanding the obligation to serve all K-12 students, the 
     agreement includes an additional

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     $2,000,000 for the purpose of expanding the program's reach 
     to 120,000 K-12 students with a focus in underserved areas.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

       American Printing House for the Blind (APH).--The agreement 
     continues to recognize that students who are blind or have a 
     vision loss must have equal access to the same education 
     content and should receive that information at the same time 
     as their sighted peers if they are to achieve academically. 
     Accordingly, the agreement continues to support 
     implementation of APH's Resources with Enhanced Accessibility 
     for Learning (REAL) plan, and includes no less than $475,000 
     for such activities. The REAL plan supports new advances in 
     software and hardware technology to ensure that students with 
     vision loss receive high-quality educational material in a 
     timely manner and in the appropriate formats required to meet 
     individual student learning needs.
       National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).--The 
     agreement includes $2,000,000 to establish a formal regional 
     partnership, via subcontract, with at least one organization 
     to expand the geographic reach of activities and services 
     supported by NTID, consistent with its mission and strategic 
     plan. The partnership activities should include a focus on 
     promoting training and postsecondary participation in STEM 
     fields; working with NTID faculty to develop postsecondary 
     preparation for students; providing professional development 
     for teachers and developing partnerships with business and 
     industry to promote employment opportunities.

                      Student Financial Assistance

       Work Colleges.--The agreement includes $8,390,000 for the 
     Work Colleges program authorized under section 448 of the 
     Higher Education Act from the Federal Work Study 
     appropriation.

                       Student Aid Administration

       Federal Student Loan Servicing.--The first goal of the 
     Federal student loan servicing process should be ensuring 
     high-quality servicing to borrowers and safeguarding taxpayer 
     dollars. The Department recently established a common set of 
     performance metrics by which to measure all student loan 
     servicers to ensure consistency and accountability toward 
     that goal. However, in allocating new student loan volume, 
     the Department does not apply these metrics among all 
     servicers but only within defined subsets of servicers, 
     contradicting the intention of common metrics. The agreement 
     includes new bill language requiring the Department to 
     allocate new student loan accounts based on performance 
     compared against all servicers. The Department shall adjust 
     allocations based on the capacity of servicers to handle all 
     new and current volume, provided that information about 
     servicer capacity is made publicly available. Further, in 
     developing the framework for a new student loan servicing 
     process, with contracts expected to be awarded in 2016, the 
     Department should ensure the participation of a sufficient 
     number of servicers, including in servicing consolidated 
     student loans, to help promote high quality customer service 
     for student loan borrowers. The agreement does not intend in 
     any way to constrain the Department from pursuing efforts to 
     improve the servicing process to best serve the interests of 
     student loan borrowers and taxpayers.
       The Department shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, 
     and Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 
     Senate within 30 days of enactment of this Act on how it 
     plans to carry out these directives. Further, the Secretary 
     shall, no later than March 1, 2016, publish a common policies 
     and procedures manual for servicing that applies to all 
     Direct Loan servicers.

                            Higher Education

       TRIO.--The agreement provides funding for a new competition 
     for the Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers 
     programs as well as an increase in funding for existing 
     grantees. The Department is strongly encouraged to publish 
     the notice inviting applications as soon as possible and 
     issue award notices for these programs no later than July 31, 
     2016. The agreement does not include funding requested in the 
     budget for a new TRIO Demonstration Initiative.
       There is concern that the draft competitive preference 
     priorities proposed by the Department for the Talent Search 
     competition could exclude proven successful grantees, 
     particularly those at under-resourced institutions and small 
     community agencies, by awarding additional points for certain 
     activities with varying levels of methodological rigor.
       The agreement strongly urges the Secretary to give fair 
     consideration to prior experience when making awards under 
     the Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Center 
     competitions.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

       Teachers-in-Training.--The National Center for Education 
     Statistics shall submit a report by December 31, 2016 to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, Committee on Education and the Workforce of 
     the House of Representatives, and Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, using and 
     reporting data from the most recent school year by State and 
     each local educational agency, regarding the extent at the 
     school-level to which students in the following categories 
     are taught by teachers who have not yet obtained full State 
     certification: students with disabilities, English Learners, 
     students in rural areas, students from low-income families, 
     and minority students. ``Full State certification'' means 
     that a teacher has met all teacher preparation requirements 
     applicable to their years of experience; that the teacher is 
     not authorized to teach on an emergency, temporary, 
     provisional or waiver basis; that certification may be 
     obtained through traditional or alternative routes; and, 
     except that when used with respect to any teacher teaching in 
     a public charter school, the term means that the teacher 
     meets the requirements set forth in the State's public 
     charter school law.
       Applied Research on Infant and Toddler Education.--The 
     foundation for success begins early in a child's life. 
     Research shows that the achievement gap begins to emerge 
     among children as young as nine months of age. However, there 
     are few funding sources available to support applied research 
     related to infant and toddler care and education. Given the 
     demand for high-quality and enriching infant and toddler care 
     by families at all income levels, expanded research would 
     help inform best practices and improve the quality of care 
     and education for infants and toddlers. The Institute is 
     encouraged to make grant funding available for research on 
     typically-developing infants and toddlers, as well as infants 
     and toddlers with special needs, to help fill the existing 
     gaps in the literature and answer the questions posed by 
     program developers and policy makers. The Institute should 
     collaborate with the Department of Health and Human Services 
     in identifying research gaps and the needs of program 
     developers and practitioners as it develops future funding 
     opportunities in this area.
       Geographic Disparities in Education Research.--The 
     Department is encouraged to evaluate the geographic 
     distribution of Institute of Education Sciences-funded 
     research, and pursue efforts to expand, in particular, 
     research on early learning programs and policies in rural and 
     other parts of the country facing unique challenges where 
     there is a shortage of current research.

                        Departmental Management

       College Ratings System.--There is concern about the 
     Department's proposal to develop a College Ratings System, as 
     described in the framework published for public comment on 
     December 19, 2014. The Department has since significantly 
     changed its plan for a College Rating System and the 
     agreement supports the Department moving away from its 
     originally proposed plan.
       Education Costs of Illegal Immigration.--The agreement 
     directs the Department to provide a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate on available information regarding the costs borne by 
     State and local governments for providing services to 
     individuals without legal immigration status, including the 
     Federal resources from the Department that are being used to 
     assist States in fiscal year 2016 to cover these expenses.

                           General Provisions

       The agreement includes bill language extending 
     authorization of the National Advisory Committee on 
     Institutional Quality and Integrity through 2016.
       The agreement includes a new general provision extending 
     authority through 2016 to provide account maintenance fees to 
     guaranty agencies for Federal student loans.
       The agreement includes a new general provision requiring 
     the Department to provide reinsurance at 100 percent of the 
     defaulted loan claim amount for guaranty agencies.
       The agreement directs the Department to submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, 
     within 180 days of enactment of this Act on a plan to assist 
     guaranty agencies, lenders and borrowers in the wind down of 
     the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program as the 
     outstanding loan portfolio continues to decline. That plan 
     shall specifically address guaranty agencies and their 
     subsidies, the current status of the wind down, the financial 
     stability of guaranty agencies, and an assessment of any 
     authority necessary for purposes of the wind down. The 
     agreement also directs the Department to conduct outreach to 
     current FFEL borrowers who may be eligible for income-driven 
     repayment plans and other repayment options.
       The agreement includes a general provision clarifying that 
     funds provided in this Act for ESEA formula grant programs 
     for academic year 2016-2017 are to be administered under the 
     provisions of the ESEA in effect prior to the reauthorization 
     of the ESEA by the ESSA. The transition provisions in ESSA 
     generally call for implementation of the new law starting 
     with the 2017-2018 school year. The general provision and the 
     funding levels and directives included in this agreement are 
     consistent with that intent.

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       The agreement includes a new general provision modifying 
     the changes made in division G of Public Law 113-235 
     concerning career pathways programs.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

 Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

       Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
     Severely Disabled--Written Agreement Elements.--The agreement 
     directs the Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind 
     or Severely Disabled (``the Commission,'' also known as the 
     AbilityOne Commission) to enter into a written agreement with 
     its central nonprofit agencies (CNA). The agreement shall 
     establish key expectations for each CNA and mechanisms for 
     the Commission to oversee their implementation. The agreement 
     shall include the following:
       1. Roles and responsibilities on the part of the Commission 
     and the CNA in project assignment procedures, including 
     decision-making processes,
       2. Expenditures of funds, including policy governing 
     reserve levels,
       3. Performance goals and targets,
       4. Governance standards and other internal controls to 
     prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, including conflict of 
     interest disclosures (such as the names of CNA board members 
     who have an affiliation with nonprofits receiving contracts) 
     and reports of alleged misconduct,
       5. Access to data and records,
       6. Consequences for not meeting expectations,
       7. Periodic evaluations and audits on affiliates,
       8. Periodic review and updates on pricing information, and
       9. Provisions for updating the agreement.
       Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
     Severely Disabled-Requested Reports.--The Committee for 
     Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled shall 
     submit in an electronic format quarterly reports, due at the 
     end of each calendar month after the end of the fiscal year 
     quarter, to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform 
     and Education and the Workforce of the House of 
     Representatives, Committees on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs and Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions of the Senate, and Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate. The first report 
     (Report 1) will include information on CNA Fees. The report 
     shall include the following:
       1. Each fee charged pursuant to section 51-3.5 of title 41, 
     Code of Federal Regulations
       2. Each organization charged a fee pursuant to section 51-
     3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations
       3. For each fee charged, for each Government order, please 
     include the following information:
       a. name of the nonprofit agency,
       b. description of product or service ordered,
       c. ordering government agency,
       d. order price (total), and
       e. contract award ID associated with any order, where 
     applicable.
       The second report (Report 2) will include information on 
     CNA Expenditures. Each CNA designated pursuant to section 
     8503(c) of title 41, United States Code shall submit, in an 
     electronic format, a report on expenditures, due at the end 
     of each calendar month after the end of the fiscal year 
     quarter, to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform 
     and Education and the Workforce of the House of 
     Representatives, Committees on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs and Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions of the Senate, and Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate. The report shall 
     include the total amount obligated by the CNA in the previous 
     quarter for each of the following:
       1. Employee salaries (total), including executive salaries,
       2. Employee benefits, including executive benefits,
       3. Executive salaries,
       4. Executive benefits,
       5. Total travel expenses,
       6. Executive travel,
       7. Lobbying,
       8. Advertising and promotion,
       9. CNA reserve level, and
       10. Funds spent to support the efforts of the Committee For 
     Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 
     including a description of the activities, services, and 
     products supplied to the Committee For Purchase From People 
     Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.
       Office of Inspector General.--The agreement also 
     establishes an Office of Inspector General to improve 
     oversight and transparency in the program. The agreement 
     includes no less than $750,000 for the establishment and 
     associated administrative costs for the Office of Inspector 
     General.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       AmeriCorps Grants.--The agreement includes an increase in 
     funding for both AmeriCorps formula and competitive grant 
     programs, to be allocated consistent with the National and 
     Community Service Act of 1990, as amended.
       Training and Technical Assistance.--The agreement modifies 
     bill language to allow the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service (Corporation) to use existing set-asides in 
     statute to provide training and technical assistance to 
     AmeriCorps and other national and community service programs. 
     The Corporation is expected to use this authority to provide 
     additional resources directly to State Commissions to help 
     build the capacity of State Commissions and local AmeriCorps 
     programs in their States.
       Communities Experiencing Civil Unrest.--AmeriCorps programs 
     are uniquely situated to respond to sudden crises and 
     episodes of civil unrest in communities, and address the 
     longer-term challenges underlying them. The Corporation is 
     expected to continue to support AmeriCorps program in such 
     communities.
       Professional Corps Operating Expenses.--The Corporation is 
     directed to provide guidance on what specifically 
     Professional Corps programs must demonstrate to receive 
     operating funds as part of their AmeriCorps grant. The 
     Corporation should provide programs flexibility in 
     demonstrating this need to ensure the viability of such 
     programs in all communities.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

       The agreement includes an additional $40,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2016 funds for the replacement of the public 
     broadcasting interconnection system. The satellite leases for 
     the current public television interconnection system expire 
     in 2016, and the public radio interconnection satellite 
     leases expire in 2018. Improved technology may enable the 
     public television and radio stations to share certain 
     elements of the planned interconnection system, leading to 
     greater efficiencies.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

       The agreement provides $48,748,000 for the Federal 
     Mediation and Conciliation Service. The increase of 
     $3,082,000 is intended to be a one-time provision for 
     necessary relocation costs to be incurred in fiscal year 
     2016.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

       Within the total for IMLS, the bill includes funds for the 
     following activities in the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2016
                   Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Library Services Technology Act:
    Grants to States.................................       $155,789,000
    Native American Library Services.................          4,063,000
    National Leadership: Libraries...................         13,092,000
    Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian................         10,000,000
Museum Services Act:
    Museums for America..............................         21,149,000
    Native American/Hawaiian Museum Services.........            972,000
    National Leadership: Museums.....................          7,741,000
African American History and Culture Act:
    Museum Grants for African American History &               1,481,000
     Culture.........................................
Program Administration...............................         15,713,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................        230,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Social Security Administration


                      SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME

       Functional Assessment Battery.--The agreement directs the 
     Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, Committee on Finance of the 
     Senate, and Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
     Representatives on how the SSA might use the National 
     Institutes of Health's Functional Assessment Battery (FAB) as 
     part of the disability determination process; how it would 
     ensure the validity and accuracy of the FAB before using it 
     for this purpose; and how it would obtain public comment and 
     ensure transparency if the FAB is incorporated into the 
     determination process.


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       Continuing Disability Reviews and Supplemental Security 
     Income Redeterminations of Eligibility.--The agreement 
     includes a total of $1,542,000,000 for SSA to conduct 
     Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) under the Disability 
     Insurance and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs, 
     and redeterminations of eligibility under the SSI program. 
     This includes $1,426,000,000 specified for the base and cap 
     adjustment amounts included in the Budget Control Act of 
     2011, and $116,000,000 in additional funding provided under 
     SSA's Limitation on Administrative Expenses (LAE) account. 
     The Commissioner may allocate more or less than $116,000,000 
     from SSA's regular LAE account for CDRs and redeterminations 
     but only for reconciling estimated and actual unit costs for 
     conducting such activities, and after notifying the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate at least 15 days prior to any such 
     reallocation. If less funding is allocated for such 
     activities, the funding will be available for regular 
     activities within the LAE account.
       Representative Payee Reviews.--The agreement includes 
     funding for SSA to continue efforts to improve oversight of 
     the representative payee process. In the acquisition of 
     services to conduct and manage representative payee reviews, 
     an eligible entity shall include, but not be limited to, any 
     national organization with significant and demonstrable 
     experience monitoring representative payees, identifying and 
     preventing fraud and abuse, and addressing problems found 
     among individuals with different types of disabilities and 
     among different types of service providers.

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                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The agreement includes a provision requiring agencies to 
     disclose on advertising materials that such communication is 
     produced at U.S. taxpayer expense.
       The agreement includes a provision relating to computation 
     of pay for certain employees activated by HHS for an 
     emergency.
       The agreement modifies a provision relating to needle 
     exchange programs.
       The agreement modifies a provision relating to performance 
     partnerships.

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        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       The following is an explanation of the effects of Division 
     I, which makes appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
     fiscal year 2016. Unless otherwise noted, reference to the 
     House and Senate reports are to House Report 114-110 and 
     Senate Report 114-64. The language included in these reports 
     should be complied with and carry the same emphasis as the 
     language included in the explanatory statement, unless 
     specifically addressed to the contrary in this explanatory 
     statement. While repeating some report language for emphasis, 
     this explanatory statement does not intend to negate the 
     language referred to above unless expressly provided herein.
       Reprogramming Guidelines.--It is expected that all agencies 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the 
     Senate of any significant departures from budget plans 
     presented to the Committees in any agency's budget 
     justifications. In particular, agencies funded through this 
     bill are required to notify the Committees prior to each 
     reprogramming of funds in excess of the lesser of 10 percent 
     or $750,000 between programs, projects or activities, or in 
     excess of $750,000 between object classifications (except for 
     shifts within the pay categories, object class 11, 12, and 13 
     or as further specified in each agency's respective section). 
     This includes cumulative reprogrammings that together total 
     at least $750,000 from or to a particular program, activity, 
     or object classification as well as reprogramming FTEs or 
     funds to create new organizational entities within the Agency 
     or to restructure entities which already exist. The 
     Committees desire to be notified of reprogramming actions 
     which involve less than the above-mentioned amounts if such 
     actions would have the effect of changing an agency's funding 
     requirements in future years or if programs or projects 
     specifically cited in the Committee's reports are affected.

                                TITLE I

                                 Senate

       The agreement includes $870,158,501 for Senate operations. 
     This item relates solely to the Senate, and is in accordance 
     with long practice under which each body determines its own 
     housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
     intervention.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The agreement provides for unspent amounts remaining in 
     Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account to be 
     used for deficit or debt reduction and a technical correction 
     regarding funding for the Office of the Chaplain.

                        House of Representatives

       The agreement includes $1,180,736,000 for House operations. 
     This item relates solely to the House, and is in accordance 
     with long practice under which each body determines its own 
     housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
     intervention.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The agreement provides for unspent amounts remaining in 
     Members' Representational Allowances account to be used for 
     deficit or debt reduction, prohibits the delivery of bills 
     and resolutions, prohibits the delivery of printed copies of 
     the Congressional record, places a limitation on amount 
     available to lease vehicles, places a limitation on print 
     copies of the U.S. Code, prohibits delivery of reports of 
     disbursements, daily calendars, and printed copies of the 
     Congressional Pictorial Directory.

                              JOINT ITEMS

                        Joint Economic Committee

       The agreement includes $4,203,000 for salaries and 
     expenses.

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2017

       The agreement includes $1,250,000 for salaries and 
     expenses.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       The agreement includes $10,095,000 for salaries and 
     expenses.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

       The agreement includes $3,784,000.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $1,400,000.

                             Capitol Police

       Threat Vulnerabilities.--The Congress finds that it is 
     critical to ensure that the Capitol Police is taking every 
     step to protect the Capitol now and also to prepare to 
     implement emerging technology and operational capabilities 
     that will decrease our potential vulnerability to threats in 
     the future. The Capitol Police is directed to keep the 
     Congress immediately and fully apprised of resource and 
     operational needs as emerging threats to the Capitol complex 
     evolve and to robustly engage with leaders in Federal and 
     commercial research and development on technology to counter 
     potential emerging threats.


                                SALARIES

       The agreement includes $309,000,000 for salaries of the 
     Capitol Police.
       Of the funds provided, $4,000,000 shall not be made 
     available until the Capitol Police Board has provided a plan 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     for its use in enhancing security within the Capitol campus.


                            GENERAL EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $66,000,000 for general expenses of 
     the Capitol Police.


                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

       The agreement provides for deposit of reimbursements for 
     law enforcement assistance in connection with an activity 
     that was not sponsored by Congress.

                          Office of Compliance


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $3,959,000.

                      Congressional Budget Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $46,500,000 for salaries and 
     expenses.

                        Architect of the Capitol

       The Architect of the Capitol is currently engaged in rather 
     large construction projects on the Capitol campus. Those 
     projects include the Restoration and Renovation Cannon House 
     Office Building and the Capitol Power Plant West 
     Refrigeration Plant Chiller System Replacement. In order to 
     ensure these projects remain on track, stay within the 
     approved scope, and on budget the Congress directs the 
     Architect of the Capitol to not obligate any funding provided 
     in the Act until the Architect submits to the Architect of 
     the Capitol's Office of the Inspector General a plan 
     confirming each project was developed and prioritized 
     according to established project management process using 
     industry best practices to include scope, budget, schedule, 
     and cost schedule risk assessments to ensure that the project 
     will be carried out in a timely and cost-effective manner; 
     and the Architect of the Capitol's Inspector General provides 
     notification of such plan to the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The Architect of the Capitol's Inspector General shall 
     provide quarterly status updates on Cannon House Office 
     Building to the House Committee on Appropriations.
       The Architect of the Capitol's Inspector General shall 
     provide quarterly status updates on the Capitol Power Plant 
     to the Committees on Appropriations.

                  Capital Construction and Operations

       The agreement includes $91,589,000 for Capital Construction 
     and Operations.

                            Capitol Building

       The agreement includes $46,737,000, for maintenance, care, 
     and operation of the Capitol, of which $22,737,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020.
       With respect to operations and projects, the following is 
     agreed to:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget.....................................        $24,000,000
Project Budget:
    1. FY 2017 Presidential Inaugural Stands.........          4,950,000
    2. Exterior Stone & Metal Preservation, South             14,287,000
     Extension, Phase IIB............................
    3. Minor Construction............................          3,500,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                              22,737,000
        Total, Capitol Building......................        $46,737,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            Capitol Grounds

       The agreement includes $11,880,000 for the care and 
     improvements of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, House 
     and Senate office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, of 
     which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2020.
       With respect to operations and projects, the following was 
     agreed to:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget.....................................         $9,880,000
Project Budget:
    1. Minor Construction............................          2,000,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Capitol Grounds.......................        $11,880,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Senate Office Buildings

       The agreement includes $84,221,000 for the maintenance, 
     care and operation of the Senate office buildings, of which 
     $26,283,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.
       This item relates solely to the Senate and is in accordance 
     with long practice under which each body determines its own 
     housekeeping requirements, and the other concurs without 
     intervention.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget.....................................        $57,938,000
Project Budget:
    1. Senate Underground Garage Renovations &                 8,200,000
     Landscape Restoration, Phase IB.................
    2. Exterior Envelope Repair & Restoration, Phase          10,182,000
     III West Facade, RSOB...........................
    3. Kitchen Exhaust System Upgrade, Phase III,              1,732,000
     DSOB, RSOB......................................
    4. Exterior Envelope Rehabilitation, HSOB........          1,169,000
    5. Minor Construction............................          5,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                              26,283,000
        Total, Senate Office Buildings...............        $84,221,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         House Office Buildings

       The agreement includes $174,962,000 for the basic and 
     recurring needs of the House within the House Office 
     Buildings account, of which $48,885,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2020 and $62,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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Operating Budget.....................................        $64,077,000
Project Budget:
    1. Garage Rehabilitation, Phase I, RHOB..........         17,825,000
    2. House Office Building Security Improvements,           20,400,000
     Phase I.........................................
    3. House CAO Projects............................          3,660,000
    4. Restoration & Renovation, CHOB................         62,000,000
    5. Minor Construction............................          7,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             110,885,000
        Total, House Office Buildings (base program).       $174,962,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund.-- In 
     addition to funding for core facility needs, the agreement 
     includes $10,000,000 for the Historic Buildings 
     Revitalization Trust Fund, to remain available until 
     expended.
       As these funds relate solely to the House, and is in 
     accordance with long practice under which each body 
     determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other 
     concurs without intervention.

                          Capitol Power Plant

       In addition to the $9,000,000 made available from receipts 
     credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, the 
     agreement includes $94,722,499 for maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant, of which $17,581,499 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2020.
       With respect to operations and projects, the following is 
     agreed to:

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Operating Budget.....................................       $86,141,000
Project Budget:
    1. WRP Chiller System Replacement, RPR, Phase            11,956,499
     IIIS, CPP.......................................
    2. Cogeneration Management Program...............         1,625,000
    3. Minor Construction............................         4,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                             17,581,499
        Subtotal, Capitol Power Plant................      $103,722,499
Offsetting Collections...............................        (9,000,000)
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Capitol Power Plant...................       $94,722,499
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

       The agreement includes $40,689,000 for Library of Congress 
     buildings and grounds, of which $15,746,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2020.
       With respect to operations and projects, the following is 
     agreed to:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget.....................................        $24,943,000
Project Budget:
    1. Emergency Lightning System Upgrade, JAB.......          3,331,000
    2. Collection Storage Modules Design Modules 6 &           1,994,000
     7, Ft. Meade....................................
    3. Direct Digital Controls Upgrade, Phase III,             4,321,000
     JMMB............................................
    4. East and West Pavilion Roof Replacement, TJB..          4,100,000
    5. Minor Construction............................          2,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                              15,746,000
        Total, Library Buildings and Grounds.........        $40,689,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security

       The agreement includes $25,434,000 for Capitol Police 
     Buildings, Grounds, and Security, of which $7,901,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020.
       With respect to operations and projects, the following is 
     agreed to:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget.....................................        $17,533,000
Project Budget:
    1. Power Switchgear Replacement, USCP HQ.........          3,525,000
    2. Critical Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade,             3,376,000
     ACF.............................................
    3. Minor Construction............................          1,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                               7,901,000
        Total, Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and        $25,434,000
         Security....................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             Botanic Garden

       The agreement includes $12,113,000 for salaries and 
     expenses for the Botanic Garden, of which $2,100,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020.
       With respect to operations and projects, the following is 
     agreed to:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget.....................................        $10,013,000
Project Budget:
    1. Minor Construction............................          2,100,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Botanic Garden........................        $12,113,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                         Capitol Visitor Center

       The agreement includes $20,557,000 for the Capitol Visitor 
     Center.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The agreement prohibits payments of bonuses to contractors 
     behind schedule or over budget, prohibits expenditure of 
     funds for scrims for projects performed by the Architect of 
     the Capitol, and authorizes acquisition of certain acreage at 
     Fort George Meade from the Maryland State Highway 
     Administration.

                          Library of Congress


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $419,621,000 in direct 
     appropriations and authority to spend receipts of $6,350,000. 
     The amount includes $1,300,000 to begin the financial 
     management system software upgrade, $500,000 financial system 
     study, $4,800,000 for the national collection stewardship 
     program, and $8,231,000 for the digital collections and 
     education curricula program.
       Library Procurement.--In the fiscal year 2013 House Report 
     112-511 the Committee expressed its concern with the findings 
     in a recently issued Office of Inspector General (OIG) report 
     concerning the Library Wide Acquisition Function. The OIG 
     report contained many findings, some that were reported 
     either in previous OIG audits or memoranda, as far back as 
     ten years, that needed immediate Library management 
     attention. There are concerns about continued weaknesses 
     within the Library's procurement process, as demonstrated 
     when the Committee received a reprogramming request on the 
     next to the last day of fiscal year 2015. These weaknesses 
     threaten the ability of the Library to make timely purchases 
     of necessary goods and services, provide the best value for 
     the taxpayer, and preserve funds for other mission-critical 
     activities.
       The Library is directed to follow the recommendations of 
     the Library's OIG and federal agency best practices related 
     to procurement, tracking and prioritizing unobligated 
     balances throughout the fiscal year. Furthermore, the Library 
     is directed to develop and submit any reprogramming requests 
     of such unobligated balances no later than August 1st of each 
     fiscal year.

                            Copyright Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $23,098,000 in direct appropriations 
     to the Copyright Office. An additional $35,777,000 is made 
     available from receipts for salaries and expenses.
       The resources provided are in recognition that the current 
     Copyright system is not serving creators and industry to the 
     standard necessary to promote creative and commercial 
     exchange. With the limited resources available in the 
     Legislative Branch, it is imperative that these additional 
     resources provided in this agreement and in fiscal year 2015 
     are used in a manner that achieves the universal goal of 
     improving the Nation's Copyright system. In fiscal year 2015, 
     the Committee required an expenditure plan for the use of 
     funds and received two plans for use of funds within two 
     months. The multiple submissions have raised concerns that 
     there is not a comprehensive plan in which to bring the 
     Copyright system into the modern age. House Report 114-110 
     requires the Register of Copyrights to submit a detailed plan 
     on necessary IT upgrades, a cost estimate for the full 
     modernization effort, and a funding strategy with a time 
     frame for completion. The expectation is that the 
     requirements set forth in House Report 114-110 will formalize 
     a plan that all stakeholders can work from to ensure that 
     funds are being used effectively.
       In addition, the appropriated dollars above fiscal year 
     2015, $2,300,000, is not available for obligation until the 
     Committees receive the IT plans and cost estimates required 
     in House Report 114-110. After submission of the IT plan and 
     cost estimate, the Register is directed to provide quarterly 
     reports on its expenditure of funds and milestones achieved 
     to implement the IT upgrades to modernize the Copyright 
     system.

                     Congressional Research Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $106,945,000 for salaries and 
     expenses.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $50,248,000 for salaries and 
     expenses.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The agreement authorizes obligational authority for 
     reimbursable and revolving funds, and designates Dr. James H. 
     Billington as Librarian of Congress Emeritus.

                      Government Publishing Office


                        CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes $79,736,000 for authorized 
     publishing, printing and binding for the Congress.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes $30,500,000.


    GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

       The agreement includes $6,832,000.

                    Government Accountability Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $531,000,000 in direct 
     appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Government 
     Accountability Office. In addition, $25,450,000 is available 
     from offsetting collections.
       Funding for GAO is provided at a level that will maintain 
     staffing levels achievable with the fiscal year 2015 funding 
     level.


                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

       The agreement authorizes details of personnel to the 
     Government Accountability Office.

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                Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund

       The agreement includes $5,600,000 for payment to the Open 
     World Leadership Center Trust Fund.
       The Congress appreciates the role that the Open World 
     Leadership Center has played in linking Members of the House 
     and Senate to rising legislative and civic leaders in 
     countries critical to American interest. However, the 
     Congress believes that the Centers' mission and role should 
     be directly relevant to the role of the legislative branch of 
     Congress. As such, the Center's board of trustees is directed 
     to provide the relevant authorization and appropriations 
     committees with a report on how the Center can serve the 
     Congress in a more effective and relevant manner.
       This report shall: 1) provide a strategic plan for the 
     Center's efforts to enhance engagement and cooperation 
     between the Congress and legislatures abroad; 2) provide an 
     analysis on how the Center could support and collaborate with 
     other legislative branch agencies such as the House Office of 
     Inter-parliamentary Affairs and the House Democracy 
     Partnership; and 3) propose any statutory changes required 
     for the Center to focus its mission on supporting 
     Congressional engagement with legislatures in emerging 
     democracies abroad. The report is to be provided to the 
     relevant committees no later than March 31, 2016.

   John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

       The agreement includes $430,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The agreement continues provisions related to maintenance 
     and care of private vehicles, fiscal year limitations, rates 
     of compensation and designation, consulting services, costs 
     of the LBFMC, landscape maintenance, limitation on transfers, 
     guided tours of the Capitol, battery recharging stations, and 
     self-certification of performance appraisal systems for 
     senior-level employees.

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   DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       The following is an explanation of the effects of Division 
     J, which makes appropriations for Military Construction, 
     Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2016. 
     Unless otherwise noted, reference to the House and Senate 
     reports are to House Report 114-92 and Senate Report 114-57. 
     The language set forth in House Report 114-92 and Senate 
     Report 114-57 should be complied with and carry the same 
     emphasis as the language included in the explanatory 
     statement, unless specifically addressed to the contrary in 
     this explanatory statement. While repeating some report 
     language for emphasis, this explanatory statement does not 
     intend to negate the language referred to above unless 
     expressly provided herein. In cases in which the House or the 
     Senate has directed the submission of a report, such report 
     is to be submitted to both Houses of Congress. House or 
     Senate reporting requirements with deadlines prior to, or 
     within 15 days after, enactment of this Act shall be 
     submitted not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
     All other reporting deadlines not specifically directed by 
     this explanatory statement are to be met.
       Construction Contracting Outreach.--Department of Defense 
     (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction 
     projects funded in this Act are, in general, executed by the 
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Naval Facilities Command, 
     and the VA Office of Construction. Effective communication 
     between Federal procurement officials and the construction 
     industry is essential to improve opportunities for local 
     contractors to compete for local DOD and VA construction 
     projects. But despite the efforts of the Office of Federal 
     Procurement Policy to increase communication between 
     procurement officers and industry, local contractors continue 
     to report that they often do not know about nor have the 
     opportunity to compete for contracts for federally funded 
     construction projects. Therefore, the Secretaries of the Army 
     and the Navy, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are 
     directed to ensure that their respective regional/district 
     offices responsible for construction projects inform and 
     engage local construction industry contractors, especially 
     small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned 
     businesses, about Federal procurement opportunities and the 
     bidding process. Each Secretary is further directed to 
     provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress (``the Committees''') not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act a comprehensive outreach plan for 
     regional and district offices that includes targeted 
     outreach, Web-based technologies, social media and other 
     proactive strategies to reach a broader group of local 
     contractors.

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       Bid Savings.--It has been ascertained from cost variation 
     notices required by 10 U.S.C. 2853 that the Department of 
     Defense continues to have bid savings on previously 
     appropriated military construction projects. Therefore, the 
     agreement includes rescissions to the Army, Air Force, and 
     Defense-Wide construction accounts. The Secretary of Defense 
     is directed to continue to submit 1002 reports on military 
     construction bid savings at the end of each fiscal quarter to 
     the Committees.
       The Secretary of Defense is further directed to assess the 
     backlog of projects identified by the services and the 
     defense agencies and report the expected costs and timeline 
     for completion of the backlog to the congressional defense 
     committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act.
       Pacific Realignment.--U.S. economic and security interests 
     are inextricably linked to developments in the arc extending 
     from the Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean 
     and South Asia, creating a mix of evolving challenges and 
     opportunities. The Department of Defense has stated that it 
     would tailor its global presence and posture by rebalancing 
     toward the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing existing 
     alliances and expanding networks of cooperation with emerging 
     partners throughout the region to ensure collective 
     capability and capacity for securing common interests. As 
     part of this rebalance, the U.S. Pacific Command currently 
     has programmed $775,000,000 over the next five years for 
     military construction in the region.
       Approximately 39,000 U.S. military personnel, 43,000 
     dependents, and 5,000 DOD civilian employees are currently 
     stationed on Japan, and the majority of this presence resides 
     in Okinawa. Okinawa hosts over 25 percent of the U.S. bases 
     in Japan, and Okinawa's bases house approximately 8,000 Air 
     Force personnel and up to 19,000 Marine Corps personnel on 
     any given day. Attempts to realign, consolidate, and increase 
     the sustainability of this presence have been ongoing for 
     nearly two decades. Early plans were to move approximately 
     8,000 Marines and 9,000 dependents from Okinawa to Guam; 
     however, in 2012 representatives from the U.S. and Japanese 
     governments announced a revised plan that would relocate over 
     9,000 Marines from Okinawa and realign Marine forces 
     throughout the Pacific: 4,800 to Guam, 2,700 to Hawaii, and 
     2,500 rotational troops to Australia.
       The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been 
     reporting on Asia Posture plans and costs since 2011. Based 
     on GAO's reports, it is not clear if sufficient existing 
     military infrastructure is available in any of the receiving 
     locations to support the relocation or if DOD has developed 
     adequate cost estimates of infrastructure development that 
     will be needed to ensure mission capability. In addition, the 
     U.S. Government is still negotiating certain Host Nation and 
     land use agreements that are key to executing the 
     construction plan.
       As a result, The Comptroller General of the United States 
     is directed to conduct a study and report the results of the 
     study to the congressional defense committees by February 1, 
     2017. At a minimum, The Comptroller General's study should 
     address the status of progress being made on the various 
     realignment initiatives, the costs associated with these 
     plans, whether any alternatives to this plan are being 
     considered, and should answer the following questions:
       (1) What is the status of the realignment initiatives, have 
     alternatives been considered, and to what extent has DOD 
     identified a plan that lays out the appropriate sequencing of 
     projects supporting the realignment of Marines and the 
     interdependent projects on Okinawa, including associated time 
     frames and costs for the projects?
       (2) Can the Okinawa realignment timeframe be accelerated?
       (3) What is the status of development of DOD's master plan 
     to support the relocation of Marines to Guam?
       (4) To what extent does sufficient, usable excess capacity 
     exist on bases in Hawaii to support the Marines' relocation 
     there?
       (5) To what extent do sufficient facilities in Australia 
     exist to support the planned force rotations there?
       (6) What estimated costs has DOD identified it will need to 
     develop new, or redevelop existing, infrastructure in Guam, 
     Hawaii, Australia, or other locations it may be considering 
     for the realignment?
       (7) What is the status of relevant Host Nation and land use 
     agreements required to execute the plan? Which agreements are 
     most likely to be challenged in court and result in further 
     delays to the plan?
       (8) Are there any suitable locations other than the Futenma 
     Relocation Facility on or near the island of Okinawa to host 
     Marine Corps aviation assets? If so, would there be any 
     efficiencies or cost savings associated with a different 
     location?
       Missile Defense.--Rapid implementation of the European 
     Phased Adaptive Approach remains a high priority. The first 
     Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Deveselu, Romania, is 
     expected to be fully operational by the end of 2015. 
     Construction in Romania has not been without difficulty, 
     including delays and additional costs associated with the 
     high-altitude electromagnetic pulse shields. This agreement 
     fully funds the request to build the second Aegis Ashore site 
     in Redzikowo, Poland, and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is 
     expected to apply the lessons learned from construction in 
     Romania to expedite the project in Poland. As Iranian 
     ballistic missiles become increasingly advanced, the 
     activation of the Aegis Ashore sites is essential to the 
     protection of U.S. and allied interests in Eastern and 
     Central Europe. The European Reassurance Initiative has 
     increased the number of U.S. and NATO rotational forces in 
     Europe, and the MDA is directed to accelerate activation of 
     the Aegis Ashore systems wherever possible.
       Expansion of U.S. Africa Command Operations in Africa.--
     Increased activity by violent extremist groups in Africa, 
     including the November 20, 2015, terrorist attack in Mali 
     which claimed the lives of 20 victims, including one 
     American, underscores the growing importance of the anti-
     terrorism mission of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) on the 
     continent. As a result, AFRICOM has steadily increased its 
     intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations and 
     its network of contingency and Cooperative Security Locations 
     (CSLs) for the temporary staging of crisis response forces. 
     These contingency locations include an airbase in Niger, for 
     which $50,000,000 is provided in this Act for infrastructure 
     and airfield improvements, and an expeditionary post in 
     Cameroon to accommodate the recently announced deployment of 
     up to 300 U.S. military personnel to aid in the fight against 
     Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations in West Africa. 
     U.S. forces generally rely on existing Host Nation 
     infrastructure to support their operations, but as with the 
     Niger base, Department of Defense funding may be required for 
     infrastructure improvements to accommodate U.S. personnel and 
     operations. CSLs and expeditionary bases represent an 
     expedient and cost-effective means for U.S. forces to support 
     African national efforts to combat terrorism and to protect 
     U.S. security interests, but it is important for the 
     Department to ensure that any required infrastructure 
     improvements at these locations are undertaken within 
     appropriate congressional funding authorities. The Department 
     is therefore directed to provide to the Committees quarterly 
     reports, beginning after the first quarter of fiscal year 
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     investment required to support U.S. forces and operations at 
     CSLs or other expeditionary bases in Africa, the funding 
     source for these investments, and the justification for using 
     Operation and Maintenance or other DOD funding sources versus 
     Military Construction authorities to fund these investments. 
     These reports shall be provided in the appropriate classified 
     and unclassified formats.

                      MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

       The agreement provides $663,245,000 for Military 
     Construction, Army. Within this amount, the agreement 
     provides $109,245,000 for study, planning, design, architect 
     and engineer services, and host nation support.
       Instruction Building.--The agreement does not include 
     funding for the Instruction Building located at Joint Base 
     Myer-Henderson Hall. There is concern that the initial design 
     of this facility failed to incorporate the Fife and Drum 
     Corps needs. As a result, formal design on this project did 
     not start due to concerns regarding the scope of this 
     project. While concerns remain, the replacement facility is 
     necessary due to the current condition of the existing 
     facility. Therefore, the Secretary of the Army is directed to 
     take the necessary steps to create a concept plan that meets 
     the needs of both the Army Band and the Fife and Drum Corps 
     at one site. This plan shall be submitted to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than 120 days 
     after enactment of this Act.

              MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

       The agreement provides $1,669,239,000 for Military 
     Construction, Navy and Marine Corps. Within this amount, the 
     agreement provides $91,649,000 for study, planning, design, 
     architect and engineer services.
       Live-Fire Training Range Complex (NW Field).--The agreement 
     fully supports the efforts of the Marine Corps to establish 
     the appropriate training ranges on Guam in support of the 
     movement of Marines from Okinawa. However, there is concern 
     that the projected cost of the supporting facilities for the 
     live-fire training ranges, in general, tend to be 
     considerably higher in cost than the range itself. Therefore, 
     the Secretary of the Navy is directed to submit a report to 
     the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act detailing how support facilities 
     are determined for each range.
       Townsend Bombing Range.--The agreement includes full 
     funding for the construction of the Townsend Bombing Range 
     Expansion, Phase 2. However, there are concerns that the Navy 
     has failed to consider the impact that the range expansion 
     would have on the local timber economy and therefore funding 
     of this project is fenced until an agreement between all 
     stakeholders can be met.

                    MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

       The agreement provides $1,389,185,000 for Military 
     Construction, Air Force. Within this amount, the agreement 
     provides $89,164,000 for study, planning, design, architect 
     and engineer services.
       Lajes Field, Azores.--The agreement does not contain House 
     section 130 due to the inclusion of Section 2310 of P.L. 114-
     92, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2016 which addresses potential operations at Lajes Field as 
     well as the Joint Intelligence Analysis Center. Section 2310 
     requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a determination 
     of the operational viability of use for Lajes Field by March 
     1, 2016. Additionally, Section 2310 prohibits obligation of 
     the fiscal year 2016 funds for the Joint Intelligence 
     Analysis Center, phase II pending a certification by the 
     Secretary of Defense of the optimal location for the Joint 
     Intelligence Analysis Center to the congressional defense 
     committees.

                  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $2,242,867,000 for Military 
     Construction, Defense-Wide. Within this amount, the agreement 
     provides $175,404,000 for study, planning, design, architect 
     and engineer services. Within this amount, an additional 
     $15,000,000 is provided for the Missile Defense Agency 
     planning and design account. The additional funding is to 
     expedite the construction and deployment of urgently needed 
     missile defense assets in various locations within the 
     Continental United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.

               MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

       The agreement provides $197,237,000 for Military 
     Construction, Army National Guard. Within this amount, the 
     agreement provides $20,337,000 for study, planning, design, 
     architect and engineer services.

               MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

       The agreement provides $138,738,000 for Military 
     Construction, Air National Guard. Within this amount, the 
     agreement provides $5,104,000 for study, planning, design, 
     architect and engineer services.

                  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

       The agreement provides $113,595,000 for Military 
     Construction, Army Reserve. Within this amount, the agreement 
     provides $9,318,000 for study, planning, design, architect 
     and engineer services.

                  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

       The agreement provides $36,078,000 for Military 
     Construction, Navy Reserve. Within this amount, the agreement 
     provides $2,208,000 for study, planning, design, architect 
     and engineer services.

                MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

       The agreement provides $65,021,000 for Military 
     Construction, Air Force Reserve. Within this amount, the 
     agreement provides $13,400,000 for study, planning, design, 
     architect and engineer services.

     NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $135,000,000 for the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization Security Investment Program which is 
     $15,000,000 above the budget request. The additional funding 
     will support responses to the challenges posed by Russia and 
     to the risks and threats emanating from the Middle East and 
     North Africa.

                        Family Housing Overview

       Homeowners Assistance Program--Delayed Expression or 
     Delayed Identification of Injured Beneficiaries.--As the 
     Executive Agent for the Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) 
     across the Department of Defense, the Army mistakenly 
     administered approximately 76 applicants whose injuries were 
     incurred during a military deployment, while they owned a 
     home, and experienced delayed expression or delayed 
     identification of the injury. The applicants were paid in 
     good faith and in accordance with guidance from Congress and 
     the Department of Defense to err in favor of wounded, ill, 
     and injured HAP applicants. If these beneficiaries had 
     suffered from an obvious physical injury--which the HAP 
     statute envisioned--their injury would have been clearly 
     documented at the time they owned their home, and they would 
     have qualified for HAP benefits. Therefore, no funds from 
     this Act shall be used to collect overpayments for any 
     wounded, ill, or injured HAP beneficiary with delayed 
     expression or delayed identification, or send notice letters, 
     while the Department further develops permanent legislative 
     solutions with Congress.

                   FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

       The agreement provides $108,695,000 for Family Housing 
     Construction, Army. This is an increase of $9,000,000 above 
     the budget request.
       Army Family Housing Construction Increase.--The agreement 
     includes a $9,000,000 increase to the family housing 
     construction project located at Rock Island Arsenal, at the 
     request of the Army. The increase is required because bids 
     the Army received for a corresponding fiscal year 2015 
     project were 139 percent of the programmed amount, and the 
     Army subsequently revised its cost estimate for the fiscal 
     year 2016 project to reflect this bid climate. The source of 
     the additional funding is from a rebalancing of the Army 
     Family Housing, Operation and Maintenance account to reflect 
     updated estimates. Both the construction project cost 
     increase, and the corresponding rebalancing of the Army 
     Family Housing, Operation and Maintenance account are 
     consistent with the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016.

             FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

       The agreement provides $375,611,000 for Family Housing 
     Operation and Maintenance, Army. This is a decrease of 
     $17,900,000 below the budget request and reflects the Army's 
     updated estimates for this account.

           FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

       The agreement provides $16,541,000 for Family Housing 
     Construction, Navy and Marine Corps.

    FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

       The agreement provides $353,036,000 for Family Housing 
     Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps.

                 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

       The agreement provides $160,498,000 for Family Housing 
     Construction, Air Force.

          FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

       The agreement provides $331,232,000 for Family Housing 
     Operation and Maintenance, Air Force.

         FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

       The agreement provides $58,668,000 for Family Housing 
     Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.

               DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $266,334,000 for the Department of 
     Defense Base Closure Account, which is $15,000,000 above the 
     request. The additional funding is for the Army and the Navy 
     to accelerate environmental remediation at installations 
     closed under previous Base Closure and Realignment rounds.
       Infrastructure Inventory and Assessment of Infrastructure 
     Necessary to Support Ongoing

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     Defense Activities.--Language in House Report 114-92 
     requiring the Secretary of Defense to conduct an inventory 
     and assessment of infrastructure necessary to support ongoing 
     Defense activities is modified to conform to a similar 
     requirement in Sec. 2815 of P.L. 114-92, the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS


             (Including Transfers and Rescissions of Funds)

       The agreement includes section 101 limiting the use of 
     funds under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract.
       The agreement includes section 102 allowing the use of 
     construction funds in this title for hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles.
       The agreement includes section 103 allowing the use of 
     construction funds in this title for advances to the Federal 
     Highway Administration for the construction of access roads.
       The agreement includes section 104 prohibiting construction 
     of new bases in the United States without a specific 
     appropriation.
       The agreement includes section 105 limiting the use of 
     funds for the purchase of land or land easements that exceed 
     100 percent of the value.
       The agreement includes section 106 prohibiting the use of 
     funds, except funds appropriated in this title for that 
     purpose, for family housing.
       The agreement includes section 107 limiting the use of 
     minor construction funds to transfer or relocate activities.
       The agreement includes section 108 prohibiting the 
     procurement of steel unless American producers, fabricators, 
     and manufacturers have been allowed to compete.
       The agreement includes section 109 prohibiting the use of 
     construction or family housing funds to pay real property 
     taxes in any foreign nation.
       The agreement includes section 110 prohibiting the use of 
     funds to initiate a new installation overseas without prior 
     notification.
       The agreement includes section 111 establishing a 
     preference for American architectural and engineering 
     services for overseas projects.
       The agreement includes section 112 establishing a 
     preference for American contractors in United States 
     territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
     Atoll and in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf.
       The agreement includes section 113 requiring congressional 
     notification of military exercises when construction costs 
     exceed $100,000.
       The agreement includes section 114 allowing funds 
     appropriated in prior years for new projects authorized 
     during the current session of Congress.
       The agreement includes section 115 allowing the use of 
     expired or lapsed funds to pay the cost of supervision for 
     any project being completed with lapsed funds.
       The agreement includes section 116 allowing military 
     construction funds to be available for five years.
       The agreement includes section 117 allowing the transfer of 
     funds from Family Housing Construction accounts to the Family 
     Housing Improvement Fund.
       The agreement includes section 118 allowing transfers to 
     the Homeowners Assistance Fund.
       The agreement includes section 119 limiting the source of 
     operation and maintenance funds for flag and general officer 
     quarters and allowing for notification by electronic medium.
       The agreement includes section 120 extending the 
     availability of funds in the Ford Island Improvement Account.
       The agreement includes section 121 allowing the transfer of 
     expired funds to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
     Construction, Defense account.
       The agreement includes section 122 restricting the 
     obligation of funds for relocating an Army unit that performs 
     a testing mission.
       The agreement includes section 123 allowing for the 
     reprogramming of construction funds among projects and 
     activities subject to certain criteria.
       The agreement includes section 124 prohibiting the 
     obligation or expenditure of funds provided to the Department 
     of Defense for military construction for projects at 
     Arlington National Cemetery.
       The agreement includes section 125 rescinding unobligated 
     balances from the Military Construction, Army and Family 
     Housing Construction, Army accounts.
       The agreement includes section 126 rescinding unobligated 
     balances from the Military Construction, Air Force account.
       The agreement includes section 127 rescinding unobligated 
     balances from the Military Construction, Defense-Wide 
     account.
       The agreement includes section 128 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Army.
       The agreement includes section 129 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps.
       The agreement includes section 130 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Army National Guard.
       The agreement includes section 131 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Army Reserve.
       The agreement includes section 132 providing additional 
     funds for Defense Access Roads.
       The agreement includes section 133 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Air Force.
       The agreement includes section 134 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Air National Guard.
       The agreement includes section 135 defining the 
     congressional defense committees.
       The agreement includes section 136 rescinding unobligated 
     balances from the fund established by Sec. 1013(d) of 42 
     U.S.C. 3374.
       The agreement includes section 137 providing additional 
     funds for Military Construction, Air Force Reserve.
       The agreement includes section 138 restricting funds in the 
     Act to be used to consolidate or relocate any element of Air 
     Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair 
     Squadron Engineer until certain conditions are met.
       The agreement includes section 139 (House section 515) 
     prohibiting the use of funds in this Act to close or realign 
     Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The provision is intended 
     to prevent the closure or transfer of the installation out of 
     the possession of the United States, and maintain the Naval 
     Station's long-standing regional security and migrant 
     operations missions.

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                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 


                    VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

                       COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $76,865,545,000 for Compensation and 
     Pensions for fiscal year 2016, reflecting new estimates 
     provided in the Administration's mid-session review. Of the 
     amount provided, not more than $15,562,000 is to be 
     transferred to General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
     Administration (VBA) and Information Technology Systems for 
     reimbursement of necessary expenses in implementing 
     provisions of title 38. The agreement also provides in 
     advance $86,083,128,000 for Compensation and Pensions for 
     fiscal year 2017, of which not to exceed $16,021,000 shall be 
     transferred to the two accounts listed above. This is the 
     first year advance appropriations have been authorized and 
     provided for this account.

                         READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

       The agreement provides $14,313,357,000 for Readjustment 
     Benefits, reflecting new estimates provided in the 
     Administration's mid-session review. In addition, 
     $16,340,828,000 is provided in advance for Readjustment 
     Benefits in fiscal year 2017. This is the first year advance 
     appropriations have been authorized and provided for this 
     account.

                   VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

       The agreement provides $77,160,000 for Veterans Insurance 
     and Indemnities for fiscal year 2016, as well as advance 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2017 totaling $91,920,000. 
     This is the first year advance appropriations have been 
     authorized and provided for this account.

                 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

       The agreement provides such sums as may be necessary for 
     costs associated with direct and guaranteed loans for the 
     Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund. The agreement limits 
     obligations for direct loans to not more than $500,000 and 
     provides that $164,558,000 shall be available for 
     administrative expenses.

            VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $31,000 for the cost of direct loans 
     from the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program Account, 
     plus $367,000 to be paid to the appropriation for General 
     Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration. The 
     agreement provides for a direct loan limitation of 
     $2,952,000.

          NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $1,134,000 for administrative 
     expenses of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program 
     Account.

                     VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

                            MEDICAL SERVICES

       The agreement provides $51,673,000,000 in advance for 
     fiscal year 2017 for Medical Services and makes 
     $1,400,000,000 of the advance available through fiscal year 
     2018. The agreement also provides $2,369,158,000 for fiscal 
     year 2016 in addition to the advance appropriation provided 
     last year.
       Choice Program.--The Choice program, created in the 
     Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act (VACAA) of 
     2014, was designed to provide needed care outside the VA 
     system for veterans who lived far from VA medical facilities 
     or who were unable to receive an appointment within a 
     reasonable time period at a VA clinic or hospital. VACAA 
     included $15,000,000,000 in emergency, mandatory funding to 
     finance the new program as well as investments in building VA 
     capacity. The first year of the program was fraught with 
     uncertainty. Usage of the Choice program was well below 
     expectations. Yet, the information about the existence of the 
     program generated demand for the existing VA program that was 
     well beyond projections or capacity. The resulting strain on 
     care provided through VA appropriated funds reached a crisis 
     level last August when Congress was forced to transfer Choice 
     program funding to the discretionary accounts to keep VA 
     hospitals operating. That crisis generated the requirement 
     from Congress that VA develop a comprehensive plan to 
     restructure the Choice program and consolidate it with the 
     myriad other non-VA care programs operated by the Department. 
     As this new plan is developed and implemented by Congress, 
     great uncertainty still exists about the demand for 
     traditional VA care versus care provided by outside entities 
     but funded by VA. The funding provided through VACAA will be 
     exhausted sometime in fiscal year 2016 or 2017, creating 
     unprecedented demands on the discretionary account. The 
     Department is directed to provide to the Committees its cost 
     projections for Medical Care for fiscal year 2016 and 2017 
     not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act and every 
     subsequent quarter thereafter. In the absence of reasonable 
     projections of usage of VA care, the agreement provides a 
     total of nearly $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 Medical 
     Care in addition to the $58,662,202,000 provided in advance 
     last year. The bill provides the original advance funding 
     request for fiscal year 2017 of $63,271,000,000, with the 
     expectation that the Department will submit a request for 
     additional funding in the 2017 budget.
       Given that there may be significant unfunded liabilities 
     created by VACAA, the agreement includes bill language 
     permitting the transfer of funding from multiple VA 
     appropriations accounts to Medical Services to address 
     unfunded needs.
       Expansions of the Choice Program.--Subsequent eligibility 
     expansions of the Choice program by VA and by legislation 
     have been welcome developments. These expansions, 
     particularly those regarding environmental factors, have 
     opened the aperture for the Choice program and will allow 
     more veterans to utilize non-VA care options. The Department 
     is encouraged to implement these eligibility changes to the 
     Choice program in an expedited manner and to consider 
     including travel time and total distance to a VA medical 
     facility, which can address the veteran's specific healthcare 
     needs, when determining eligibility for the Choice program.
       Evaluation of the Implementation of the Choice Act.--GAO is 
     directed to submit to the Committees a report evaluating the 
     implementation by the Department of section 101 of VACAA, as 
     described in Senate bill section 250.
       Interim Results Regarding Changes to Access to Care for 
     Veterans.--VA is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees not later than February 1, 2016, detailing the 
     changes in the delivery of care to Alaskan veterans 
     subsequent to passage of the Choice Act, as described in the 
     Senate bill section 251.
       Impact of the Choice Program on Rural Areas.--The 
     Department is instructed to submit a report to the Committees 
     not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act on the 
     implementation of the Choice Act in rural areas, as described 
     in Senate bill section 254.
       Oversight of VA Patient Access to Care.--To ensure that the 
     Veterans Health Administration's Veterans Integrated Service 
     Networks (VISNs) are complying with all legal and policy 
     standards with respect to veterans' timely access to medical 
     care, the agreement directs GAO to conduct a random audit of 
     at least three VISNs, and, to the extent practical, three 
     individual medical facilities within those VISNs. The audit 
     should assess whether the VISNs and facilities have assurance 
     programs in place to confirm compliance with all standards 
     imposed under law or any policy guidance issued by the 
     Department regarding access to hospital care, or other 
     healthcare provided by the Veterans Health Administration, or 
     provided through a contractual agreement with a non-VA 
     provider.
       Despite the Department's efforts to decrease patient wait 
     times, progress is uneven, and distressing reports abound 
     from certain areas of the country about veterans' inability 
     to get timely care. To better understand why these geographic 
     services gaps exist, the Department is directed to submit a 
     report to the Committees not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act, with respect to the South Texas 
     Veterans Health Care System, the Central Alabama Veterans 
     Health Care System, the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans 
     Health System, the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, 
     and the VA Montana Health Care System, including: (1) a 
     description of the current baseline and the nature and scope 
     of any foreseeable increase in wait times for medical 
     appointments; (2) an assessment of whether a shortage of 
     healthcare providers is the primary cause of any such 
     increase in wait times; (3) an identification of any other 
     causes of an increase in wait times; (4) a description of any 
     action taken by the Department to correct any such increase 
     in wait times; (5) an assessment of any issues relating to 
     access to care; and (6) a plan for how the Secretary will 
     remedy any such increase in wait times, including a detailed 
     description of steps to be taken and a timeline for 
     completion.
       Curing Hepatitis C within the Veteran Population.--The 
     Department is to be commended for robustly treating veterans 
     with Hepatitis C (HCV), which is a particular concern because 
     the veteran population is twice as likely to have the virus 
     as the general population. VA has developed a Hepatitis C 
     projection model, which is able to project both the 
     prevalence of HCV infections within the enrolled veteran 
     population and the number of treatments needed from 2014 
     through 2023. Available HCV drugs have a cure rate of 96 
     percent, and early, preventative treatments avoid tens of 
     thousands of dollars in future spending on transplants and 
     chemotherapy. To that end, the agreement includes bill 
     language funding the treatment of Hepatitis C within the VA 
     system at no less than $1,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, 
     which is $810,000,000 above the President's request.
       To assist in congressional oversight, VA is directed to 
     report to the Committees in quarterly briefings the number of 
     veterans treated to date, the number of veterans treated each 
     week, the number of veterans pronounced cured to date, the 
     projected number of new cases, and the estimate of veterans 
     likely to be cured during the next quarter. In addition, VA 
     should indicate in a report sent to the Committees not later 
     than 90 days after enactment of this Act the Department's 
     volume capacity for treatment

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     and the Department's strategic plan for addressing the 
     veteran Hepatitis C caseload over the next five years. VA is 
     also directed to report quarterly to the Committees 
     obligations for funding Hepatitis C treatments as part of the 
     larger crosscutting VA quarterly financial report required in 
     section 219.
       Caregivers.--The agreement provides $605,000,000 for the 
     Caregiver Program, which is $50,000,000 above the budget 
     request. The funding will support stipends paid directly to 
     family caregivers of post-9/11 veterans seriously injured in 
     the line of duty, as well as the national caregiver support 
     line and increased support for caregiver support 
     coordinators.
       Vet Centers.--The agreement provides $258,000,000 for 
     readjustment counseling at Vet Centers, which is $15,000,000 
     above the budget request. The increased funds are to be used 
     for Vet Centers, including mobile Vet Centers, to address the 
     unmet mental health needs of veterans in rural and highly 
     rural areas.
       Rural Healthcare.--The agreement includes $270,000,000 for 
     the Office of Rural Health. This funding continues the Rural 
     Health Initiative established by Congress in fiscal year 2009 
     to ensure that VA dedicates sufficient resources to reach 
     veterans residing in rural and highly rural areas who do not 
     have immediate access to a veterans medical center or 
     community-based outpatient clinic. VA is strongly encouraged 
     to continue to improve the accessibility, efficiency, and 
     effectiveness of care for rural veterans. Section 211 of the 
     bill permits the transfer of up to $20,000,000 from the 
     Office of Rural Health to the Grants to States for 
     Construction of Extended Care Facilities in order to ensure 
     the needs of rural and highly rural areas are taken into 
     account in the allocation of these construction funds.
       Ending Veteran Homelessness.--The most recent ``Point in 
     Time Count'' prepared by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development estimates the overall national number of homeless 
     veterans in January 2015 was 47,725, down 35 percent since 
     2009. It is expected that this reduction will continue and 
     will be reflected in next year's ``Point in Time Count''. 
     Congress has provided more than $7,200,000,000 for homeless 
     program activities during this time period to support the 
     Department's efforts. The Department is to be commended for 
     the continued reduction in homelessness among veterans, but 
     there is concern that its Agency Priority Goal of ending 
     homelessness in 2015 may not be realized. The goal is 
     important, and the Department is directed to continue 
     prioritizing resources and efforts to end veterans 
     homelessness. Therefore, the agreement provides the full 
     fiscal year 2016 and 2017 budget requests for VA homelessness 
     assistance programs and homeless veteran treatment costs. The 
     agreement directs the Department to fund the Supportive 
     Services for Veteran Families and the Grant and Per Diem 
     Program at the fully authorized level.
       Concern remains about the Department's efforts to combat 
     homelessness among female veterans and female veterans with 
     minor children. The agreement directs VA to report the 
     actions it is taking to reduce homelessness among this 
     population, as directed in the House report.
       The Secretary is directed to assess the feasibility and 
     advisability of conducting a pilot program to award grants to 
     veterans service agencies, Veteran Service Organizations 
     (VSOs), and nongovernmental organizations to provide 
     furniture, household items, and other assistance to formerly 
     homeless veterans who have transitioned to permanent housing.
       Mental Health.--The agreement provides the full budget 
     request for all VA mental health services and programs, which 
     totals $7,455,017,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $7,715,357,000 
     in fiscal year 2017. Within these amounts, the agreement 
     emphasizes the importance of investing in programs addressing 
     post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and suicide 
     prevention.
       The Department is encouraged to seek out public-private 
     partnerships, particularly with research universities, those 
     with and without medical schools, to expand its efforts 
     related to suicide prevention, post-traumatic stress 
     disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse 
     disorders.
       The Department is urged to implement a program that would 
     designate a VA liaison to work with local law enforcement to 
     ensure that the subsequent needs of veterans who are 
     considered an immediate threat to themselves and others are 
     addressed.
       The Department is urged to strengthen its relationships 
     with the VSOs that are working closely with veterans 
     suffering mental health issues.
       VA must be better poised to identify veterans suffering 
     from combat-related mental health issues and pinpoint those 
     at risk of committing suicide. In an effort to assist this 
     effort, the Department is encouraged, after consultation with 
     the Secretary of Defense, to enter into a contract with an 
     independent third party to carry out a study on the impact 
     combat service has had on suicide rates and serious mental 
     health issues among veterans. To the extent practical, the 
     study should compare the rate and method of suicides among 
     those veterans who have sought and received care from the 
     Veterans Health Administration, and those who have not. The 
     Secretary should report to the Committees not later than 30 
     days after enactment of this Act regarding the feasibility of 
     such a study.
       There is concern that the Department is reluctant to permit 
     the hiring of mental health counselors and marriage and 
     family therapists who meet all educational, licensing, and 
     examination requirements to practice in their States, but 
     whose degree is from an institution not accredited by the 
     particular organizations VA recognizes. The Department is 
     urged to pilot the hiring of therapists who meet all the 
     requirements to practice in their States and report to the 
     Committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
     Act about its hiring plans for this group of practitioners.
       The agreement includes $19,000,000 for the National Centers 
     for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, as outlined in the budget 
     request.
       Women Veterans.--VA must make better progress in addressing 
     the needs of women veterans. Toward this end, the agreement 
     fully funds gender-specific healthcare for both fiscal year 
     2016 and fiscal year 2017. Access to, and utilization of, VA 
     benefits and services by women veterans remain low, with 
     women often encountering cultural roadblocks in a system that 
     was largely designed to meet the needs of male veterans. 
     Therefore, the Department is directed to ensure that 
     providers within VA who interact with women veterans in a 
     clinical setting are trained to treat and address the unique 
     health issues facing women veterans. Moreover, the agreement 
     directs the Secretary to conduct an internal analysis to 
     ensure that each VISN is integrating the unique needs of 
     female veterans into each component of the healthcare system. 
     VA is directed to submit this analysis to the Committees not 
     later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.
       In an effort to leverage VA's existing local community 
     partnerships, VA should establish support networks for women 
     veterans to assist in accessing healthcare, employment 
     services, financial counseling, and housing. Furthermore, the 
     Department is directed to maximize the availability of mental 
     health services available to veterans who were victims of 
     military sexual trauma and shall report to the Committees 
     semi-annually on these efforts. The agreement also directs VA 
     to continue the Women Veterans Call Center.
       Opioid Safety.--To respond to the urgency of the opioid 
     overdose epidemic, the Department is directed to follow the 
     guidance from the Senate report in the following areas: (1) 
     adoption of the safe opioid prescribing practices for 
     chronic, non-cancer pain in outpatient settings developed by 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) 
     development of mechanisms for including real-time patient 
     information on existing opioid prescriptions within VA as 
     well as information in the State Prescription Drug Monitoring 
     Program; (3) establishment, in consultation with DOD, within 
     the DOD-VA Joint Executive Council of a working group focused 
     on patient pain management and opioid therapy; and (4) 
     provision of the necessary equipment and supplies to make 
     certain that all VA medical facilities are equipped with 
     approved opioid receptor antagonists. Additionally, the 
     Department is directed to report to the Committees not later 
     than 90 days after enactment of this Act on alternative 
     treatments to prescribing opioids, which may include an 
     evidence-based analysis as to which complementary and 
     integrative health therapies may be effective for the 
     treatment of pain, as well as how VA can better facilitate 
     the use of safe and effective complementary and integrative 
     health therapies for pain management.VA is also instructed to 
     comply with the Executive Memorandum issued by the President 
     on October 21, 2015, requiring Federal agencies to provide 
     training on prescribing opioids to Federal healthcare 
     professionals who prescribe controlled substances as part of 
     their Federal responsibilities. The Department should report 
     to the Committees not later than 90 days after enactment of 
     this Act the type of training it intends to provide, the 
     number and position of recipients of the training, and the 
     time frame for providing the training. Lastly, GAO, as 
     directed in the Senate report, should report to the 
     Committees on the effectiveness of the VA Opioid Safety 
     Initiative.
       Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacy.--VA Consolidated Mail 
     Order Pharmacy (CMOP) ranked highest among mail order 
     pharmacies for customer satisfaction in J.D. Power and 
     Associates 2014 National Pharmacy Study. This marked the 
     fifth consecutive year CMOP scored highest in this survey. 
     Notwithstanding past success, the program, which has been 
     recompeted, is now the subject of an Office of Inspector 
     General (OIG) audit. OIG is directed to keep the Committees 
     apprised of the ongoing and final results of the audit. The 
     Department is directed to submit a report to the Committees 
     not later than 30 days after the OIG audit results are 
     published detailing a timeline for implementation of any 
     recommendations which may arise as a result of the OIG audit.
       Recruitment and Retention of Healthcare Providers.--GAO is 
     directed to submit to the Committees a report on the 
     recruitment and retention of healthcare providers by the 
     Department, as described in Senate bill section 253.

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       Locum Tenens Physicians.--The Committees had expressed 
     concern earlier this year about Drug Enforcement 
     Administration (DEA) regulations that denied VA locum tenens 
     physicians prescribing privileges unless they had a license 
     in the State of practice, even though VA policy permits them 
     to practice in any VA facility as long as they have a license 
     in at least one State. It is understood that the DEA has 
     modified its policies and has granted waivers to VA locum 
     tenens physicians, alleviating a problem that would have 
     created physician shortages in some VA facilities.
       Medical Residency Positions.--VACAA directed the Department 
     to increase the number of graduate medical education 
     residency positions by 1,500 over a five year period. On 
     September 17, 2014, VA's Office of Academic Affiliations 
     issued a Request for Proposals to VA healthcare facilities 
     and received significant interest in the residency positions. 
     As a result, the Interim Under Secretary for Health approved 
     the allocation of 200 residency positions. By July 2015, 163 
     of the allocated positions had been filled. VA's residency 
     program depends on close coordination with program sponsors 
     and coordination with the Department of Health and Human 
     Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To 
     better understand limitations within the program and to 
     better leverage VA's graduate medical education residency 
     program, the agreement directs the Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of HHS, to provide a report to the 
     Committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act, which details current coordination with the Direct 
     Graduate Medical Education Program, limitations that may 
     restrict VA's program and ability to expand to underserved 
     areas, and a plan to more effectively carry out VA's graduate 
     medical education program within constraints that exist in 
     the Direct Graduate Medical Education program.
       Antimicrobial Resistance.--The Department is directed to 
     carry out antimicrobial stewardship programs in accordance 
     with VHA Directive 1031, as described in the House and Senate 
     reports.
       Pain Management Boards.--The Department is directed to 
     report on the feasibility of establishing Pain Management 
     Boards within each VISN, as described in the Senate report.
       Transportation Pilot Program.--To take advantage of 
     innovations in on-demand transportation made possible through 
     mobile application technology, the Department is encouraged 
     to conduct a pilot program of this method as a means for 
     transporting veterans to VA facilities and private providers. 
     The pilot program would use transportation network companies 
     to transport veterans for medical care in at least three 
     metropolitan areas in three different VISNs. The pilot would 
     take advantage of existing flexibility in current Federal 
     procurement law, including 41 U.S.C. 1902, to enable 
     transportation network companies to fully participate in the 
     pilot program in a manner consistent with their standard 
     business model. Each trip would be considered a unique 
     transaction for the purposes of compliance with micro-
     purchase procedures. The Secretary shall evaluate the 
     effectiveness of the pilot and determine: (1) how 
     transportation network companies can meet gaps in 
     transportation services; (2) the extent to which veterans' 
     transportation needs are being met in a cost-effective 
     manner; and (3) satisfaction from veterans with the quality 
     of the transportation service and ease of use.
       Nurse Call Center.--The Secretary is directed to assess the 
     feasibility and advisability of implementing a nurse advice 
     line, including in rural areas and highly rural areas with a 
     large percentage of veterans, to furnish to veterans medical 
     advice, appointment and cancellation services, and 
     information on the availability of benefits from VA. The 
     pilot should be based on and improve upon the nurse advice 
     line implemented by DOD for beneficiaries under the TRICARE 
     program.

                     MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

       The agreement provides $6,524,000,000 in advance for fiscal 
     year 2017 for Medical Support and Compliance and makes 
     $100,000,000 of the advance funding available through fiscal 
     year 2018.

                           MEDICAL FACILITIES

       The agreement provides $5,074,000,000 in advance for fiscal 
     year 2017 for Medical Facilities, as well as $105,132,000 in 
     fiscal year 2016 funding, which is in addition to the advance 
     funding provided last year. Of the advance funding, 
     $250,000,000 is made available through fiscal year 2018.
       Joint Healthcare Facilities.--The Department and DOD have 
     developed an innovative approach to delivering healthcare by 
     developing a combined VA/DOD clinic, from the ground-up with 
     compatibility and integration by design. The agreement 
     encourages the further development and utilization of 
     innovative ideas that combine duplicative efforts and 
     restrain redundant costs while also better serving active 
     duty personnel, their families, retirees, and the veteran 
     community. The agreement recognizes the need for such 
     integrated facilities and supports the underlying mission of 
     these joint ventures. As noted, both Departments consider 
     these collaborations to be the future in providing medical 
     services for both communities. Understanding the subsequent 
     complications that may arise during integration efforts 
     between these Departments, the agreement encourages both VA 
     and DOD to provide innovative solutions to overcome these 
     challenges. The agreement further recognizes that in the 
     instance of clinics currently under construction, there are 
     possible cost and schedule overruns due to interagency 
     funding disputes. Therefore, the Department and DOD are 
     directed to resolve these issues to preserve the existing 
     delivery timeline of these clinics and report to the 
     Committees any outstanding issues related to joint VA/DOD 
     clinics not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
       Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Site Selection and 
     Construction.--Concerns continue to be raised about the 
     Department's oversight and management of the community-based 
     outpatient clinic (CBOC) site selection and construction 
     process. The current VA process does not always provide due 
     consideration of the interests of the patients who are to be 
     served by these facilities, as evidenced by sites which are 
     selected that are located outside areas where the majority of 
     local veterans live or sites without proximity to public 
     transportation. Additionally, there is concern regarding VA's 
     use of multi-phase construction, which can result in 
     unnecessary delays and added construction costs, in addition 
     to separate facilities for services that could be delivered 
     more effectively at one site. Several planned CBOCs, such as 
     facilities in Lorain, Ohio; Columbus, Georgia; and Rochester, 
     New York, face these problems. VA must dramatically improve 
     its long term planning for CBOC site selection and 
     construction to avoid costly mistakes and ensure veterans' 
     needs are fully considered and are made a priority in the 
     overall process. The Department is directed to review the 
     current CBOC planning process, particularly project design, 
     site selection, and cost effectiveness evaluations, and to 
     develop a plan to improve veteran access. VA should report on 
     the status of each planned CBOC nationwide not later than 30 
     days after enactment of this Act.

                    MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

       The agreement provides $630,735,000 for Medical and 
     Prosthetic Research, available until September 30, 2017. Bill 
     language is included to ensure that the Secretary allocates 
     adequate funding for research on gender appropriate 
     prosthetics and toxic exposures.
       Colorectal Cancer.--Given that colorectal cancer is the 
     second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and VA will 
     incur substantial costs associated with its treatment, the 
     Department is encouraged to support research and development 
     in diagnostic tests, including a less costly blood test and 
     stool-based screening tests.

                    NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement provides $271,220,000 for the National 
     Cemetery Administration (NCA). Of the amount provided, 
     $26,600,000 is available until September 30, 2017.
       NCA Oversight Data.--NCA is instructed to provide the 
     following performance data to the Committees on a quarterly 
     basis: the percentage of graves marked within 60 days; the 
     percentage of veterans served within 75 miles of residence; 
     and the percentage of headstone and marker applications 
     processed within 20 days of request. The report should also 
     include the following workload measures, comparing planned 
     versus actual for each: the number of interments; the number 
     of graves maintained; and the applications processed.

                      DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

                         GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $336,659,000 for General 
     Administration. Of the amount provided, $10,000,000 is 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2017. The 
     agreement continues to include language permitting the 
     transfer of funds from this account to General Operating 
     Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration.
       The agreement includes the following funding levels:

                                            (in thousands of dollars)
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                            Office                                        2015                  Agreement
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Office of the Secretary.......................................                   10,022                   10,498
Office of General Counsel.....................................                   80,243                   92,178
Office of Management..........................................                   44,052                   44,535
Office of Human Resources and Administration..................                   61,939                   63,555
Office of Policy and Planning.................................                   24,990                   24,743
Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness...............                   17,884                   18,907

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Office of Public Affairs......................................                   20,253                   21,026
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs...........................                    2,011                    1,927
Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs...............                    5,962                    5,962
Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction.............                   53,789                   53,328
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................                 $321,145                 $336,659
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       The agreement recognizes the particular importance of the 
     mission of the Office of Accountability Review, the security 
     and safety activities of the Office of Operations, Security, 
     and Preparedness to protect VA facilities, and the National 
     Veterans Sports Programs, and supports these programs at the 
     budget request level.
       Whistleblower Protection.--It is unacceptable that 
     retaliation continues against whistleblowers within the 
     Department. While VA continues to assert it is doing all 
     within its power to protect whistleblowers and encourage VA 
     employees to report cases of wrongdoing, there continue to be 
     reports that in multiple cases when whistleblowers do bring 
     problems to light, the whistleblowers themselves are attacked 
     in official and unofficial ways. Such actions are 
     reprehensible, and the Department is directed to send a clear 
     and unequivocal message throughout the VA system that 
     retaliation against whistleblowers will not stand, and that 
     those in leadership who condone or ignore such retaliation 
     will be held accountable. The Department is directed to 
     ensure that all VA employees understand the rights and 
     protections afforded to them under the law. Further direction 
     on this topic is included in the Senate report.
       Third Party Fee Collection.--The Committees have urged VA 
     for several years to improve its systems for collection of 
     third party payments that are owed to VA for non-service-
     connected care for veterans at both VA and non-VA facilities. 
     With exponential increases in non-VA care, it is all the more 
     important for VA to increase collections of payments it is 
     rightfully owed. The Department is instructed to conduct a 
     pilot similar to the one described in the Senate report. 
     Emphasis should be placed on automated solutions, as 
     recommended in the September Independent Assessment, but also 
     on the use of private sector revenue cycle management 
     techniques and small balance recovery and appeals processes. 
     The pilot should test these approaches with claims resulting 
     from both VA and non-VA facility care.
       Financial Management Systems.--The Department has had an 
     abysmal record over the past decade attempting to install a 
     modern financial management system. After investing hundreds 
     of millions of dollars, VA has pulled the plug on two 
     different systems development efforts. Rather than trying to 
     move forward with another modernization plan, VA has hobbled 
     along with an antiquated system dating back to the 1980s. The 
     consequences of this misjudgment became clear earlier this 
     year when VA was unaware that medical care obligations were 
     outstripping resources so fast that hospitals were in danger 
     of closing in August. The Department has asserted that 
     acquiring a modern financial system does not compete well 
     against other IT requirements, and therefore, continues to 
     fall low on the Department's priority list. After the 
     accounting crisis the Department experienced this summer that 
     explanation is inexcusable. VA is directed to make the 
     development of a financial management system, whether 
     acquired or created, a top priority for 2016.
       Equitable Relief.--It is understood that VA is working to 
     implement new systems and protocols to eliminate instances of 
     administrative error. However, as VA enacts system-wide 
     reforms, ending equitable relief for veterans who were deemed 
     eligible for benefits in error would place an unfair burden 
     on veterans and their families. The Secretary is directed to 
     continue to grant or extend equitable relief to eligible 
     veterans initially deemed eligible in instances of 
     administrative error. Not later than April 1, 2016, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committees a report containing 
     a statement as to the disposition of each case recommended to 
     the Secretary for equitable relief under 38 U.S.C. 503 during 
     the preceding calendar year.
       Reduction in VA Use of Social Security Numbers.--There has 
     long been concern about the overuse of Social Security 
     numbers by VA as primary identifiers for veterans. To better 
     understand the steps being taken by VA to reduce the use of 
     Social Security numbers as the Department's primary 
     identifier, the agreement directs the Secretary to submit not 
     later than 120 days after enactment of this Act a 
     comprehensive strategic plan to reduce the unnecessary use of 
     Social Security numbers and VA's reliance on them.
       Department Unresponsiveness.--The Department's lack of 
     timely responses to congressionally directed reporting 
     requirements is extremely frustrating and directly affects 
     the ability of the Committees to conduct oversight. All too 
     often the Department fails to meet the deadlines set forth by 
     the Committees. As one example of this intransigence, a 
     report requested in Title II of the fiscal year 2015 House 
     Report 113-416 titled ``Alternative Financing'', which was 
     due on September 30, 2014, has yet to be received by the 
     Committees. In addition, there are currently 25 outstanding 
     Committee reports the Department has failed to submit on 
     time. Furthermore, even if the deadlines are met, the 
     material provided by the Department often lacks substance and 
     is of little use to the Committees. This frequently forces 
     the Committees to act on incomplete information and to 
     request the report again in subsequent Committee reports. The 
     Secretary is urged to address this issue, extending the 
     priority given to providing prompt and accurate services for 
     veterans to other important partners in this effort.
       Tribal Officer Certification.--The Department is urged to 
     revise its current regulations to permit the certification of 
     Tribal Veterans Service Officers in the same manner as State 
     and Regional Veterans Officers.
       VA Response to Oversight Reports.--The Department is 
     directed, as indicated in the Senate report, to provide 
     quarterly progress reports on VA's actions to address 
     outstanding GAO findings and recommendations, with each 
     report to be submitted not later than 30 days after the end 
     of the quarter.
       Quarterly Report.--In section 219 of the agreement, VA is 
     directed to provide on a quarterly basis, not later than 30 
     days after the end of each quarter, a quarterly financial 
     status report to include, at a minimum, the information 
     identified in this paragraph. Such information shall include:
       1. VHA obligations and collections for the three Medical 
     Care accounts, Nonrecurring Maintenance [as a non-add], 
     Medical Research, the VA-DOD Facility Demonstration Fund, and 
     MCCF collections--actual to date versus plan;
       2. Updated `VA Medical Care Obligations by Program' chart 
     displayed in the fiscal year 2016 budget justification;
       3.  Choice Act obligations for sections 801 and 802--actual 
     to date versus plan;
       4. Hepatitis C obligations, amounts funded through 
     appropriations versus Choice Act, both sources actual to date 
     versus plan;
       5. Cumulative tracking of each transfer within the Medical 
     Care appropriations accounts and between all VA 
     appropriations accounts;
       6. General Administration obligations--personal services 
     versus all other--actual to date versus plan;
       7. Board of Veterans Appeals obligations--personal services 
     versus all other--actual to date versus plan;
       8. VBA, GOE obligations--personal services versus all 
     other--actual to date versus plan;
       9. Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and 
     Veterans Insurance and Indemnities--obligations year-to-date 
     versus plan;
       10. NCA obligations--personal services versus all other--
     actual to date versus plan;
       11. Information Technology Systems obligations--personal 
     services versus all other--actual to date versus plan;
       12. Major and Minor Construction obligations--actual to 
     date versus plan;
       13. Obligations to date for each Major Construction 
     project, broken into design versus construction; and
       14. Status of VA full-time equivalent employment--by 
     Administration/IT and revolving funds--by quarter, actual 
     versus plan.
       Response to Security Threats.--Given the increasing threats 
     of violence in the U.S., as well as worldwide, the VA Office 
     of Security and Law Enforcement is directed to provide to the 
     Committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act 
     a report assessing the physical security at VA hospitals 
     nationwide, with its recommendations to improve the safety of 
     patients and staff who use these facilities. Among other 
     issues, the report should assess how intelligent policing 
     solutions could enhance the security of the hospital 
     facilities.
       Travel Restrictions.--While it is understood that VA is 
     working to reduce costs associated with travel in an effort 
     to perform more efficiently, the Secretary is directed to 
     ensure that any reduction in travel does not impact clinical 
     training or training in the field necessary to provide 
     veterans with access to healthcare and benefits.
       Gender-specific Data.--Last year, the Department was 
     directed through the Women's Health Service and the Center 
     for Women Veterans to begin to collect and analyze gender-
     specific data and to develop programs and funding 
     recommendations based on this data. VA was also encouraged, 
     in consultation with the DOD, to establish a women's working 
     group within the VA/DOD Joint Executive Committee. The 
     Department is directed to report to the Committees not later 
     than 60 days after enactment of this Act on the status of 
     these efforts.

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                       BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

       The agreement provides $109,884,000 for the Board of 
     Veterans Appeals, of which not to exceed $10,788,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017. Bill language is 
     included in section 235 permitting VA to transfer funding 
     between this account and the General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration account if needed to align 
     funding with the appropriate account to hire staff to address 
     the appeals backlog.

      GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

       The agreement provides $2,707,734,000 for General Operating 
     Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration and makes 
     available not to exceed $160,000,000 of this funding until 
     the end of fiscal year 2017. The agreement provides funding 
     to support the 770 additional full-time equivalent staff 
     requested in the budget--200 new appeals processors, 320 non-
     rating claims processors, 85 fiduciary field examiners, and 
     165 support personnel. The full request for the Veterans 
     Benefits Management System is provided in the agreement, 
     which includes $36,800,000 from this account and $253,000,000 
     from the Information Technology Systems account. The 
     agreement also includes the full budget request of 
     $26,300,000 for the centralized mail initiative and 
     $140,800,000 for the Veteran Claim Intake Program (VCIP).
       Disability Claims Processing.--Members of Congress have 
     been deeply concerned over the years as the backlog of 
     veterans compensation claims for service-connected 
     disabilities reached a peak, and hundreds of thousands of 
     veterans waited months or years to receive their benefits. 
     Using the resources Congress has provided, VA has chipped 
     away at the backlog and is now on a course within months to 
     clear the backlog. While encouraged by this progress, 
     Congress will remain vigilant to ensure that VA has put the 
     necessary processes and manpower in place to avoid slipping 
     back into a backlog. In addition, the resolution of 
     increasing numbers of claims has produced a significant 
     increase in appeals of claims, which creates increased 
     workload at both the regional offices and at the Board of 
     Veterans Appeals. In expectation of this second wave of an 
     appeals backlog, the agreement provides funding above the 
     budget request for both the Veterans Benefits Administration 
     and the Board of Veterans Appeals. The Department is 
     instructed not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act 
     to provide an integrated master plan for the appeals process 
     modernization, including plans to ensure interoperability 
     with the Veterans Benefits Management System.
       To continue the oversight instituted by the Committees in 
     response to the backlog, the agreement:
       --Continues the requirement to provide rigorous, publicly 
     available Web-based monthly reports to the Committees on 
     performance measures for each regional office, including the 
     number of backlogged claims, the average number of days to 
     complete a claim, and error rates.
       --Continues the requirement to submit quarterly reports 
     that include the number of claims personnel in each regional 
     office, corrective action taken to remedy any problems at 
     poorly performing offices, training programs undertaken by 
     regional offices, and quality review team audits performed 
     during the quarter.
       --Requires VA to submit a report not later than 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act on current and future staffing 
     levels for each regional office.
       Military OneSource.--The Military OneSource program 
     provides important services during service members' careers, 
     offering information, referrals, non-medical counseling, 
     specialty consultations, educational materials, and many 
     other services and support worldwide 24 hours a day, seven 
     days a week, at no cost to the user. Transition out of active 
     service is a period of great flux for service members and 
     their families, and Military OneSource is of great benefit to 
     them during this turbulent time.
       VA also provides extensive services for exiting service 
     members through training, employment services, post-secondary 
     education and health services. To be certain the services of 
     the Military OneSource program and VA are not duplicative, 
     the Secretary is directed, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of Defense, to submit a report to the Committees not later 
     than 120 days after enactment of this Act detailing the 
     services provided by both programs and identifying areas 
     where the Departments need to coordinate or reprioritize.
       Fast Letter Guidance.--The Department issued Fast Letter 
     13-10, Guidance on Date of Claim Issues, on May 20, 2013, and 
     subsequently terminated the guidance effective June 27, 2014. 
     The Department is directed not to reissue such guidance 
     during fiscal year 2016.
       Post-9/11 GI Bill Overpayments.--The October, 2015 GAO 
     report that identified over $400,000,000 in post-9/11 GI bill 
     overpayments--funding that must be collected from both 
     students and higher education institutions--is of great 
     concern to the Committees. VA is urged to adopt the 
     recommendations that GAO identified, particularly updating 
     the methods by which VA notifies students and institutions of 
     debts owed (to include e-mail notification) and developing a 
     system to identify students' enrollment status each month. VA 
     is also encouraged to pursue the delayed disbursement system 
     used by the Department of Education in order to reduce the 
     amount of benefits that must be collected if a student's 
     enrollment status changes. The Department is also encouraged 
     to conduct targeted outreach and training to those schools 
     with a record of repeated benefit processing errors, and to 
     post on its website all of its policy directives, guidance, 
     and training on processing student post-9/11 GI bill 
     benefits. The Department is directed to report to the 
     Committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act 
     on its response to the GAO recommendations and its 
     consideration of delayed disbursement.
       Plan to Improve Vocational Rehabilitation and Education.--
     The Department is directed to develop and publish an action 
     plan not later than 270 days after enactment of this Act 
     regarding ways to improve services and assistance provided 
     under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, as 
     described in Senate bill section 260.

                     INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides $4,133,363,000 for Information 
     Technology (IT) Systems. The agreement identifies separately 
     in bill language the funding available for pay 
     ($1,115,757,000); operations and maintenance 
     ($2,512,863,000); and systems development, modernization, and 
     enhancement ($504,743,000). The agreement makes $34,800,000 
     of pay funding available until the end of fiscal year 2017; 
     $175,000,000 of operations and maintenance funding available 
     until the end of fiscal year 2017; and all IT systems 
     development, modernization and enhancement funding available 
     until the end of fiscal year 2017.
       The agreement includes $182,600,000 for VistA Evolution, 
     the modernization of the interoperable electronic health 
     record (EHR); $50,000,000 for interoperability and Virtual 
     Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health; $253,000,000 in 
     information technology funding for the Veterans Benefits 
     Management System which processes disability claims; 
     $19,100,000 for the claims appeals modernization effort; 
     $15,000,000 for Section 508 compliance efforts; $17,000,000 
     for the Medical Care Collection Fund Electronic Data Exchange 
     for providers; and $10,000,000 for the Electronic Data 
     Exchange for payers.
       As with the fiscal year 2013, 2014, and 2015 appropriations 
     Acts, the fiscal year 2016 agreement includes a prohibition 
     on obligation or expenditure of more than 25 percent of 
     fiscal year 2016 funds provided for development, 
     modernization, and enhancement of VistA EHR until the 
     Department meets reporting and accountability requirements 
     contained in the agreement.
       The agreement includes language prohibiting the obligation 
     of IT development, modernization, and enhancement funding 
     until VA submits a certification of the amounts to be 
     obligated, in part or in full, for each development project.
       The agreement includes language permitting funding to be 
     transferred among the three IT subaccounts, subject to 
     approval from the Committees.
       The agreement includes language providing that funding may 
     be transferred among development projects or to new projects 
     subject to the Committees' approval.
       The agreement provides funding for IT development, 
     modernization, and enhancement for the projects and in the 
     amounts specified in the following table:

               INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Project                             Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Access to Healthcare.................................            $28,970
Healthcare Efficiency IT Development.................              6,660
Electronic Health Record Interoperability/VLER Health             25,000
VistA Evolution......................................             81,900
New Models of Care...................................             25,430
Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)...........             86,000
Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER)............             10,000
Veterans Relationship Management (VRM)...............             73,333
VHA Research IT Support Development..................             12,250
Other IT Systems Development.........................            155,200
                                                      ------------------
    Total, All Development...........................           $504,743
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       This table is intended to serve as the Department's 
     approved list of development projects; any requested changes 
     are subject to reprogramming requirements.
       Interoperability.--Within the VistA modernization plan, 
     interoperability of electronic health records between DOD and 
     VA remains a paramount concern. Although DOD's recently 
     awarded EHR acquisition contract and VA's VistA Evolution 
     program will result in two separate and distinct electronic 
     health records, the Departments are directed to ensure that 
     the two systems are interoperable with each other and with 
     the necessary entities outside their own health systems. To 
     this end, VA is directed to make progress in achieving the 
     recommendations from the GAO Report (GAO-15-530) for 
     establishing outcome-oriented metrics and goals to achieving 
     interoperability with DOD.
       Appointment Scheduling Software.--In 2014, now 
     substantiated reports began to emerge of the long delays that 
     many veterans faced when trying to schedule medical 
     appointments. Rightfully, much of the focus over

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     the past year and a half has been on reforming the system to 
     ensure that deliberate manipulation of wait time data is not 
     tolerated and that better access is created for veterans 
     seeking care. To that end, Congress passed VACAA, which among 
     other things, provides funding for additional healthcare 
     providers and infrastructure improvements, and made reforms 
     to ensure accountability at the highest levels within VA. 
     While these efforts are critical to reforming VA, it is noted 
     that VA continues to struggle with modernizing its antiquated 
     scheduling system. For more than a decade, VA has spent 
     millions in an attempt to replace its current automated 
     scheduling system, yet the Department has little to show for 
     the effort. In several hearings over the past year and a 
     half, testimony has been provided that highlights the 
     critical need to develop and update the system, yet the 
     Department has not provided a clear path forward with regard 
     to this endeavor. In fact, it is disheartening that while 
     wait times continue to plague VHA, the plan put forward to 
     replace the system continues to change and decisions continue 
     to be put off. Therefore, the agreement directs the Secretary 
     to submit to the Committees not later than 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act a report that clearly defines the plan 
     of the Department to replace or modernize the legacy 
     scheduling system, including the cost and schedule of the 
     effort.
       Expenditure Plan.--The agreement directs the Department to 
     continue to provide an IT expenditure plan to the Committees 
     not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act and on a 
     monthly basis thereafter, as indicated in both the House and 
     Senate reports. This plan should be in the same format as the 
     table entitled ``Information Technology Development 
     Projects.''
       Periodic Briefings.--The agreement requires VA to provide 
     quarterly briefings to the Committees regarding schedule, 
     milestones, obligations for VistA Evolution, and the six-
     month Project Management Accountability System delivery 
     schedule, as directed in the Senate report. It also requires 
     quarterly briefings from the DOD/VA Interagency Program 
     Office on the EHR interoperability project and monthly 
     updates to the Federal Chief Information Officer of the 
     United States, as directed in the Senate report.
       Data Dictionary.--The agreement directs the two Departments 
     to make rapid progress on the congressionally-mandated 
     requirement to use a data dictionary (unless or until a 
     national standard exists) and commit funds from available 
     resources to support the implementation of such a system.
       Information Technology Procurement.--Concerns remain over 
     VA's lack of response to previous expressions of interest and 
     concern regarding the pending Transformation Twenty-One Total 
     Technology Next Generation (T4NG) procurement vehicle. As 
     Committee reports have previously stated, this contract is of 
     critical importance to VA's mission, especially as VA moves 
     to implement new initiatives provided in VACAA. Therefore, VA 
     is urged to increase the number of contract awards on T4NG to 
     a minimum of 24, distributed equally between small and large 
     vendors.
       Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards.--The Department 
     is encouraged to participate in the government-wide effort to 
     enhance security, including cybersecurity, through increasing 
     the use of PIV cards by its employees. Funding is available 
     in the Information Technology Systems account for this 
     effort.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The agreement provides $136,766,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General (OIG). Of the amount provided, not to 
     exceed $12,676,000 is available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2017. The agreement includes section 239 which 
     requires the OIG to provide work products to requesting 
     Members and congressional committees and to post all final 
     work products not later than three days after they are 
     presented to the Secretary.
       VA Antimicrobial Stewardship.--The OIG is directed to 
     conduct a review not later than September 30, 2016, of 
     efforts to implement Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at 
     VHA facilities, as described in the Senate report.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

       The agreement provides $1,243,800,000 for Construction, 
     Major Projects, which is $100,000,000 above the budget 
     request. The agreement makes this funding available for five 
     years, except that $80,000,000 is made available until 
     expended.
       Outside Project Management.--To ensure the Department will 
     never again mishandle public funds on a construction project 
     in the manner and to the degree the Denver VA Medical Center 
     in Aurora, CO, was mismanaged, the agreement directs that 
     $649,000,000 for Veterans Health Administration major 
     construction projects shall not be available until the 
     Department enters into an agreement with a non-Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Federal entity to serve as the design and/or 
     construction agent for each major construction project with a 
     total estimated cost of $100,000,000 or above. The agreement 
     makes the funding available for obligation for each project 
     only after VA certifies that the agreement with the non-
     Department Federal entity is in effect for that project. The 
     seven VHA projects affected by the fencing provision are in 
     Alameda, CA; American Lake, WA; Livermore, CA; Long Beach, 
     CA; Louisville, KY; San Francisco, CA; and West Los Angeles, 
     CA.
       The requirement to contract with an outside agent for major 
     construction projects was also mandated in Section 502 of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 
     2015 (Public Law 114-58), enacted on September 30, 2015. The 
     law contemplates that the non-Department Federal entity will 
     provide management over all or part of the project design, 
     acquisition, construction, and appropriate contract changes, 
     and the Department will reimburse the entity for all 
     appropriate costs associated with the provision of such 
     services. Given the timing of the fiscal year 2016 budget 
     request, the Department did not have the opportunity to 
     request the necessary resources to support these costs. 
     Recognizing that the Department does not have the resources 
     for the cost of an outside manager of its large projects, the 
     agreement includes a line item of $100,000,000 in order to 
     make this expert outside oversight possible. For future 
     budgets, VA is directed to establish a line item in the Major 
     Construction account for such costs for all impacted 
     projects.
       The agreement funds the following items as requested in the 
     budget submission:

                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
                        (in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Location and description                    Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Veterans Health Admin. (VHA):
    St. Louis, MO medical facility improvements and              $90,100
     cemetery expansion..............................
    Louisville, KY new medical facility..............             75,000
    American Lake, WA seismic corrections, renovation             11,000
     of two buildings and construction of a new
     specialty care building.........................
    San Francisco, CA seismic retrofits and                      158,000
     replacement of four buildings...................
    West Los Angeles, CA seismic corrections of 12                35,000
     buildings.......................................
    Long Beach, CA seismic corrections for mental                161,000
     health and community living center..............
    Alameda, CA new outpatient clinic and national                70,000
     cemetery........................................
    Livermore, CA realignment and closure of                     139,000
     Livermore campus................................
    Perry Point, MD replacement community living                  83,700
     center..........................................
    Advance Planning Fund--various locations.........             92,736
    Abestos--various stations........................             15,000
    Major Construction Staff--various locations......             24,000
    Claims Analysis--various locations...............              5,000
    Hazardous Waste--various locations...............             15,000
    Judgment Fund--various stations..................              9,000
    Non-VA Management Fees...........................            100,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total VHA....................................          1,083,536
National Cemetery Admin. (NCA):
    Bayamon, PR--gravesite expansion.................             45,000
    Portland, OR--Willamette cemetery gravesite                   35,000
     expansion.......................................
    Riverside, CA--gravesite expansion and                        40,000
     improvements....................................
    Pensacola, FL--Barrancas cemetery gravesite                   27,500
     expansion.......................................
    Advance Planning Fund--various locations.........              8,264
                                                      ------------------
        Total NCA....................................            155,764
General Admin.:
    Staff Offices Advance Planning Fund..............              4,500
        Major Construction total.....................         $1,243,800
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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       Budget Justification Documents.--With the involvement of an 
     outside non-VA government entity managing VA's large-scale 
     construction projects, there is an opportunity to develop 
     improved information for the Committees about future 
     projects. To further enhance the ability to conduct proper 
     oversight of VA's major construction efforts, the Department 
     is instructed to include additional information in its future 
     budget requests. The format for this information should be 
     developed with the input of the future managing agent, but it 
     should resemble the format of the DOD Form 1391 and include 
     all information from that form that is relevant to a VA 
     project. Among the budget items that should be included are: 
     total cost and a detailed description of any incremental 
     funding or phasing of the project, including any 
     severability; complete schedule of budget authority already 
     received and needed in future years; detailed justification 
     for any change between the prior year and current budget 
     submission for the project; description of design versus 
     construction costs for the project and identification of 
     primary facility versus supporting facilities in the project; 
     and the schedule for start of design, the point at which the 
     design is 35 percent complete, the date that design is fully 
     complete, and the date for start of construction.
       Defense Health Agency Construction.--The Defense Health 
     Agency (DHA) employs a comprehensive approach to hospital 
     construction, working closely with the military services and 
     monitoring the process as military hospitals are planned, 
     built, maintained, and replaced. Military hospital 
     construction projects are managed by the United States Army 
     Corps of Engineers (USACE) or the Naval Facilities 
     Engineering Command (NAVFAC), both of which have extensive 
     experience and expertise in managing large construction 
     projects. DHA consults with USACE and NAVFAC throughout the 
     planning, design, and construction phases of a project to 
     help manage project execution and change orders. Notably, DHA 
     also accepts input from clinicians early on in the design 
     process, but maintains control of the project after that 
     point, which serves as a limiting factor on costly and time-
     consuming change orders. The close coordination among DHA, 
     USACE, and NAVFAC enables DHA to more efficiently manage the 
     design and construction of large-scale medical facilities, 
     while containing cost and schedule overruns. Given the 
     massive cost overruns and lengthy delays in recent VA 
     hospital construction projects, the Department is directed to 
     consult with DHA on best practices in hospital design and 
     construction. Further, VA is directed to submit a report to 
     the Committees not later than 180 days after enactment of 
     this Act regarding steps taken to fulfill this directive.
       Alternative Sources of Construction Funding.--For two 
     years, the Committees have directed VA to work 
     collaboratively with other executive branch agencies that 
     have substantial construction portfolios, private sector 
     contractors, and other non-governmental experts to explore 
     the feasibility of new funding mechanisms for VA 
     construction, such as private development lease-backs, and 
     report to the Committees on these alternative mechanisms. The 
     executive branch clearance process has apparently prevented 
     the submission of this report. Therefore, the Department is 
     directed to provide directly to the Committees not later than 
     10 days after enactment of this Act the draft report 
     submitted to the Office of Management and Budget.
       Medical Facilities Realignment.--Concern remains that VA 
     medical care realignments are being approached in an ad hoc 
     manner by each individual VISN rather than on a comprehensive 
     basis by VA Central Office. Moreover, such an approach may 
     lead to inequitable and inefficient distribution of medical 
     resources throughout the nation. Before VA makes any decision 
     to relocate, close, or diminish services at an existing 
     facility, or proceeds with any such realignment already 
     underway, consideration must be given to the impact such 
     action would have on veterans, especially tribal veterans or 
     veterans in rural or highly rural areas, Post-traumatic 
     Stress Disorder Treatment Programs, and other Residential 
     Rehabilitation Treatment Programs. VA must adhere to a clear 
     and transparent process that engages all parties from the 
     onset and is consistent with a national realignment strategy. 
     In title II of division I of the Consolidated and Further 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L.
     113-235), the Committees suspended the proposed realignment 
     of services in VISN 23 until such a report with a national 
     strategy was transmitted to the Committees. To date, that 
     report has not been received. The Department is again 
     directed to comply with the request for the report on the 
     VISN 23 proposed realignment.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

       The agreement provides $406,200,000 for Construction, Minor 
     Projects. The agreement makes this funding available for five 
     years.
       Expenditure Plan.--The agreement includes the directive for 
     the Department to provide an expenditure plan not later than 
     30 days after enactment of this Act, as provided in the 
     Senate report. This expenditure plan shall include a complete 
     list of minor construction projects to be supported in fiscal 
     year 2016. The plan shall be updated six months and twelve 
     months after enactment.
       Mobile Surgical Units.--The Department is directed to 
     launch a pilot project to test the cost efficiency of leasing 
     or purchasing mobile surgical units, as described in the 
     Senate report.

       GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

       The agreement provides $120,000,000 for Grants for 
     Construction of State Extended Care Facilities, to remain 
     available until expended. In addition, section 211 permits 
     the transfer of up to $20,000,000 from Medical Services to 
     this account for the purposes described in the Senate report.
       The Department is urged to calculate the maximum bed 
     numbers necessary to support peak veteran populations and 
     develop contingency plans to address spikes and declines over 
     the next ten years. The Department is also directed to keep 
     the Committees apprised of its timeline to revise the 
     regulation setting the maximum bed number for State homes in 
     each State. The Office of Rural Health is directed to partner 
     with State agencies to study the need for long-term care for 
     veterans in rural or highly rural areas.

             GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

       The agreement provides $46,000,000 for Grants for 
     Construction of Veterans Cemeteries, to remain available 
     until expended.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS


             (Including Transfers and Rescissions of Funds)

       The agreement includes section 201 allowing for transfer of 
     funds among the three mandatory accounts.
       The agreement includes section 202 allowing for the 
     transfer of funds among the three medical accounts.
       The agreement includes section 203 allowing salaries and 
     expenses funds to be used for related authorized purposes.
       The agreement includes section 204 restricting the accounts 
     that may be used for the acquisition of land or the 
     construction of any new hospital or home.
       The agreement includes section 205 limiting the use of 
     funds in the Medical Services account only for entitled 
     beneficiaries unless reimbursement is made to the Department.
       The agreement includes section 206 allowing for the use of 
     certain mandatory appropriations accounts for payment of 
     prior year accrued obligations for those accounts.
       The agreement includes section 207 allowing the use of 
     appropriations available in this title to pay prior year 
     obligations.
       The agreement includes section 208 allowing the Department 
     to use surplus earnings from the National Service Life 
     Insurance Fund, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund, 
     and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund to 
     administer these programs.
       The agreement includes section 209 allowing the Department 
     to cover the administrative expenses of enhanced-use leases 
     and provides authority to obligate these reimbursements in 
     the year in which the proceeds are received.
       The agreement includes section 210 limiting the amount of 
     reimbursement the Office of Resolution Management and the 
     Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication 
     can charge other offices of the Department for services 
     provided.
       The agreement includes section 211 permitting the transfer 
     of up to $20,000,000 from the Office of Rural Health to 
     Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities.
       The agreement includes section 212 requiring the Department 
     to collect third-party payer information for persons treated 
     for a non-service connected disability.
       The agreement includes section 213 allowing for the use of 
     enhanced-use leasing revenues for Construction, Major 
     Projects and Construction, Minor Projects.
       The agreement includes section 214 outlining authorized 
     uses for Medical Services funds.
       The agreement includes section 215 allowing for funds 
     deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund to be 
     transferred to the Medical Services account.
       The agreement includes section 216 which allows Alaskan 
     veterans to use medical facilities of the Indian Health 
     Service or tribal organizations.
       The agreement includes section 217 permitting the transfer 
     of funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital 
     Asset Fund to the Construction, Major Projects and 
     Construction, Minor Projects accounts and makes those funds 
     available until expended.
       The agreement includes section 218 prohibiting the use of 
     funds for any policy prohibiting the use of outreach or 
     marketing to enroll new veterans.
       The agreement includes section 219 requiring the Secretary 
     to submit financial status quarterly reports for each of the 
     Administrations in the Department. The specific data 
     requested is listed in the explanatory statement for the 
     General Administration account.
       The agreement includes section 220 requiring the Department 
     to notify and receive approval from the Committees of any 
     proposed transfer of funding to or from the Information 
     Technology Systems account and limits

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     the aggregate annual increase in the account to no more than 
     ten percent of the funding appropriated to the account in 
     this Act.
       The agreement includes section 221 prohibiting any funds 
     from being used in a manner that is inconsistent with 
     statutory limitations on outsourcing.
       The agreement includes section 222 providing up to 
     $267,521,000 of fiscal year 2016 funds for transfer to the 
     Joint DOD-VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
       The agreement includes section 223 which permits 
     $265,675,000 of fiscal year 2017 medical care funding 
     provided in advance to be transferred to the Joint DOD-VA 
     Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
       The agreement includes section 224 which authorizes 
     transfers from the Medical Care Collections Fund to the Joint 
     DOD-VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
       The agreement includes section 225 which transfers at least 
     $15,000,000 from VA medical accounts to the DOD-VA Health 
     Care Sharing Incentive Fund.
       The agreement includes section 226 which rescinds fiscal 
     year 2016 medical account funding and re-appropriates it to 
     be available for two years. The provision rescinds and re-
     appropriates $1,400,000,000 for Medical Services, rescinds 
     and re-appropriates $100,000,000 for Medical Support and 
     Compliance, and rescinds and re-appropriates $250,000,000 for 
     Medical Facilities.
       The agreement includes section 227 requiring that the 
     Department notify the Committees of bid savings in a major 
     construction project of at least $5,000,000, or five percent, 
     whichever is less, 14 days prior to the obligation of the bid 
     savings and their anticipated use.
       The agreement includes section 228 which prohibits VA from 
     increasing the scope of work for a major construction project 
     above the scope specified in the original budget request 
     unless the Secretary receives approval from the Committees.
       The agreement includes section 229 requiring a quarterly 
     report from each VBA regional office on pending disability 
     claims, both initial and supplemental; error rates; the 
     number of claims processing personnel; corrective actions 
     taken; training programs; and review team audit results.
       The agreement includes section 230 limiting the funding 
     from the Medical Services and Medical Support and Compliance 
     accounts for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record 
     interoperability projects.
       The agreement includes section 231 requiring VA to notify 
     the Committees 15 days prior to any staff office relocations 
     within VA of 25 or more FTE.
       The agreement includes section 232 requiring the Secretary 
     to report to the Committees each quarter about any single 
     national outreach and awareness marketing campaign exceeding 
     $2,000,000.
       The agreement includes section 233 prohibiting funds 
     available to the Department in this or any other Act from 
     being used to replace the current system by which VISNs 
     select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and 
     equipment.
       The agreement includes section 234 permitting the transfer 
     to the Medical Services account of fiscal year discretionary 
     2016 funds appropriated in this Act or available from advance 
     fiscal year 2016 funds already appropriated, except for funds 
     appropriated to General Operating Expenses, VBA, to address 
     possible unmet, high priority needs in Medical Services. Such 
     unanticipated demands may result from circumstances such as a 
     greater than projected number of enrollees or higher 
     intensity of use of benefits. Any such transfer requires the 
     approval of the Committees.
       The agreement includes section 235 permitting the transfer 
     of funding between the General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
     Benefits Administration account and the Board of Veterans 
     Appeals account if necessary to permit the hiring of staffing 
     at the appropriate stage of the appeals process to address 
     mounting claims appeals workload. Any such transfer requires 
     the approval of the Committees.
       The agreement includes section 236 rescinding $30,000,000 
     in unobligated balances in the DOD-VA Health Care Sharing 
     Incentive Fund.
       The agreement includes section 237 prohibiting the 
     Secretary from reprogramming funds in excess of $5,000,000 
     among major construction projects or programs unless the 
     reprogramming is approved by the Committees.
       The agreement includes section 238 amending the 
     Whistleblower Protection Act to ensure that title 38 medical 
     staff are fully covered under the Act.
       The agreement includes section 239 amending title 38 of the 
     U.S.C. to require the VA Inspector General to make public all 
     work products that make recommendations or otherwise suggest 
     corrective action and to post them on-line.
       The agreement includes section 240 prohibiting the payment 
     of the salary of any individual who was the executive 
     director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and 
     Construction, and who retired in the midst of an 
     investigation of delays and cost overruns associated with the 
     design and construction of the new medical center in Aurora, 
     CO.
       The agreement includes section 241 which prohibits funds 
     from being used to transfer funding from the Filipino 
     Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other VA account.
       The agreement includes section 242 which prohibits funds 
     from being used to carry out the Appraisal Value Offer 
     Program or the Home Marketing Incentive Program, with a 
     waiver for situations in which the recruitment of qualified 
     personnel would be difficult without these incentives. The 
     Secretary is required to report to the Committees each use of 
     this waiver authority.
       The agreement includes section 243 which creates a 
     recurring expenses fund for the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, generated by the transfer of expired funds before 
     cancellation. The fund can be used for facilities 
     infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring 
     maintenance, and for information technology improvements and 
     sustainment. The Department is not authorized to obligate 
     money from the fund without approval of the Committees.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $105,100,000 for Salaries and 
     Expenses of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). 
     The agreement provides an additional $30,000,000 above the 
     budget request to support large, planned projects such as the 
     Manila Visitor Center, significant repairs and refurbishing 
     at the Normandy American Cemetery and other locations, and 
     interpretive work supporting the World War I centennial. In 
     addition, the funds are to be used to provide ABMC sites with 
     adequate and appropriate security, including, but not limited 
     to, safe havens, gates, lighting, and closed-circuit cameras 
     with remote access. Such projects should be subject to a 
     risk-based analysis, and meet or exceed the requirements set 
     by the Regional Security Office in each country. The funds 
     provided over the budget request are not intended for regular 
     operations and maintenance needs. Not later than 30 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     submit a spend plan detailing the use of these funds to the 
     Committees.

                 Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account

       The agreement includes such sums as necessary, estimated at 
     $2,000,000, for the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement includes $32,141,000 for Salaries and 
     Expenses for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans 
     Claims, as requested.

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Theagreement provides $79,516,000 for Salaries and 
     Expenses, including an additional $8,716,000 over the request 
     to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure repairs at 
     Arlington National Cemetery. Not later than 30 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Director shall 
     submit a spend plan detailing the use of these funds to the 
     Committees.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home


                               TRUST FUND

       The agreement includes $64,300,000 for the Armed Forces 
     Retirement Home (AFRH). The Trust Fund was established to 
     support the operations and expenses of the AFRH, and is 
     replenished from a variety of sources, including fines and 
     forfeitures and Active Duty Withholding. However, the largest 
     source of funds, which is derived from fines and forfeitures, 
     is diminishing. Annual outlays for the Fund have exceeded 
     revenues since 2011, and in November 2015 DOD informed the 
     Committees that, counter to the assumptions in the fiscal 
     year 2016 budget request, the Trust Fund balances are not 
     sufficient to support the expenses of AFRH; therefore, the 
     Fund was projected to be insolvent by April 2016. As an 
     emergency measure to assure solvency for AFRH, the agreement 
     directs that, of the $64,300,000 total, $44,300,000 is to be 
     derived from the Trust Fund and $20,000,000 provided from the 
     General Fund. However, the use of the General Fund is a not a 
     long-term solution, and AFRH is directed to work with DOD to 
     develop an approach that will replenish the Trust Fund in a 
     sustainable, reliable manner and to present that approach to 
     the Committees in the fiscal year 2017 budget request along 
     with legislative proposals. In addition, AFRH is directed to 
     regularly report to the Committees on efforts to stabilize 
     the Trust Fund and to lease property at the Washington, D.C. 
     facility.
       AFRH Operations Improvements.--With the removal of the 
     Administrator and the Chief of Healthcare Services at the 
     Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi (AFRH-
     G), it is expected replacements for these positions will be 
     chosen thoughtfully and expeditiously, and the Committees 
     will continue to monitor DOD's actions to remedy the problems 
     that led to the removal of these individuals. Therefore, the 
     Chief Operating Officer of the AFRH is directed to submit to 
     the Committees not later than 90 days

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     after enactment of this Act a report detailing the 
     improvements made to AFRH-G operations to address these 
     problems, to include, but not be limited to, actions taken to 
     enhance healthcare staffing at the facility through improved 
     human resources management and staff performance oversight.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The agreement includes section 301 permitting funds to be 
     provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of 
     a water main located on the Arlington National Cemetery 
     property.
       The agreement includes section 302 allowing Arlington 
     National Cemetery to deposit and use funds derived from 
     concessions.

            OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS (HOUSE TITLE IV)

       The agreement does not include House Title IV, Overseas 
     Contingency Operations. Funding for those projects is 
     included in Title I.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The agreement includes section 401 prohibiting the 
     obligation of funds in this Act beyond the current fiscal 
     year unless expressly so provided.
       The agreement includes section 402 prohibiting the use of 
     the funds in this Act for programs, projects or activities 
     not in compliance with Federal law relating to risk 
     assessment, the protection of private property rights, or 
     unfunded mandates.
       The agreement includes section 403 encouraging all 
     Departments to expand their use of ``E-Commerce.''
       The agreement includes section 404 specifying the 
     congressional committees that are to receive all reports and 
     notifications.
       The agreement includes section 405 prohibiting the transfer 
     of funds to any instrumentality of the United States 
     Government without authority from an appropriations Act.
       The agreement includes section 406 prohibiting the use of 
     funds for a project or program named for a serving Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States House 
     of Representatives.
       The agreement includes section 407 requiring all reports 
     submitted to Congress to be posted on official Web sites of 
     the submitting agency.
       The agreement includes section 408 prohibiting the use of 
     funds to establish or maintain a computer network unless such 
     network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of 
     pornography, except for law enforcement investigation, 
     prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       The agreement includes section 409 prohibiting the use of 
     funds for the payment of first-class travel by an employee of 
     the executive branch.
       The agreement includes section 410 prohibiting the use of 
     funds in this Act for any contract where the contractor has 
     not complied with E-Verify requirements.
       The agreement includes section 411 prohibiting the use of 
     funds in this Act by the Department of Defense or the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for the purchase or lease of a 
     new vehicle except in accordance with Presidential 
     Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
       The agreement includes section 412 prohibiting the use of 
     funds in this Act for the renovation, expansion, or 
     construction of any facility in the continental United States 
     for the purpose of housing any individual who has been 
     detained at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
     Cuba.

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   DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

       In implementing this agreement, Federal departments, 
     agencies, commissions, and other entities are directed to 
     comply with the directives, reporting requirements, and 
     instructions contained in H. Rept. 114-154 (House report) 
     accompanying H.R. 2772 (House bill) and S. Rept. 114-79 
     (Senate report) accompanying S. 1725 (Senate bill) as though 
     stated in this explanatory statement, unless specifically 
     directed to the contrary. This explanatory statement, while 
     repeating some House and Senate report language for emphasis 
     or clarification, does not negate such language unless 
     expressly provided herein. In cases in which the House and 
     Senate reports provide contradictory directives or 
     instructions that are not addressed in this explanatory 
     statement, such directives or instructions are negated. In 
     lieu of the tables contained in the House and Senate reports, 
     the tables contained in this explanatory statement shall 
     guide departments, agencies, commissions, and other entities 
     when allocating funds.
       The Act modifies section 7019 of the House and Senate bills 
     and requires that amounts designated in the respective tables 
     referenced in this explanatory statement for funds 
     appropriated in titles III through V shall be made available 
     in such designated amounts and shall be the basis of the 
     report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (FAA) (the 653(a) report), where applicable. 
     Section 7019 also includes limited authority to deviate from 
     such specified amounts. In addition, the Act modifies section 
     7015 of the House and Senate bills to clarify reprogramming 
     and notification requirements for funds made available by 
     this Act. Proposed deviations from tables in title I of this 
     explanatory statement are subject to section 7015.
       For the purposes of this Act, the term ``regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations'' 
     shall mean such Committees must be notified not less than 15 
     days in advance of the initial obligation of funds, and the 
     term ``reporting procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations'' shall mean a report must be provided to such 
     Committees not more than 90 days after the conclusion of 
     fiscal year 2016.
       Section 7076(e) of this Act directs the Department of State 
     and the United States Agency for International Development 
     (USAID) to submit congressional budget justifications (CBJs) 
     concurrent with the date of submission of the President's 
     budget for fiscal year 2017, and the appendices of such CBJs 
     shall be provided not later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 
     Such CBJs shall include justifications for multi-year 
     availability for funds requested under Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs and Operating Expenses. The Department of 
     State, USAID, and other agencies are directed to include in 
     CBJs the information included in the Introduction of the 
     Senate report under Congressional Budget Request and 
     Justifications on reimbursement agreements, the Economy Act, 
     working capital funds, office closures, and representation 
     expenses, as applicable.
       The Department of State, USAID, and other agencies funded 
     by this Act are directed to notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of:
       (1) reprogrammings of funds, as required by sections 7015 
     and 7019 of this Act, at the most detailed level of the CBJ, 
     this Act, or explanatory statement;
       (2) significant departures in funding from the CBJ or the 
     653(a) report to be submitted 30 days after enactment of this 
     Act; and
       (3) commitments requiring significant funding and staffing 
     in future fiscal years.
       When submitting notifications for funds made available in 
     title III of this Act pursuant to the requirements of this 
     Act or the FAA, the Secretary of State and the USAID 
     Administrator, as appropriate, are directed to indicate when 
     funds will be provided to a trust fund of an international 
     financial institution, as defined in section 7034(r)(3) of 
     this Act. The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator are 
     further directed to follow the guidance contained in the 
     Senate report regarding notifications required for internal 
     reorganizations. In addition, CBJ documents, and operating 
     and spend plans, shall not suffice for purposes of satisfying 
     special notification requirements contained in this Act.
       In lieu of the directives to the Government Accountability 
     Office (GAO) contained in the House and Senate reports, this 
     explanatory statement addresses matters on which the House 
     and Senate concur and action by the GAO is requested. The Act 
     includes directives for GAO under Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation and under sections 7039(e), 7043(b)(4), and 
     7077(c)(3).
       The Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), 
     the Director of the Peace Corps, the Chief Executive Officer 
     (CEO) of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the 
     President of the Export-Import Bank, and the President and 
     CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) are 
     directed to comply with the records management directives in 
     section 7077(c) of this Act, where appropriate, including the 
     report required by paragraph (2), with the exception of 
     clauses (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B).
       As in prior fiscal years, additional funding designated as 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (OCO/
     GWOT) pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA) is contained in title VIII of 
     this Act. Such funds are intended to address the 
     extraordinary costs of operations and assistance overseas, 
     particularly in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa; 
     security, stabilization, and peacekeeping programs; 
     humanitarian activities; and counterterrorism and 
     counterinsurgency efforts.

            TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

       The Act provides $8,062,975,000 for Administration of 
     Foreign Affairs, and an additional $3,376,259,000 in title 
     VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant 
     to BBEDCA. The Act includes a total of $5,616,847,000 for 
     embassy security, an increase of $1,850,000 above the 
     request, as contained in the table below:

                            EMBASSY SECURITY
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worldwide Security Protection........................          3,395,100
Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance......          2,221,747
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Embassy Security..........................          5,616,847
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

       The Act provides $5,622,913,000 for Diplomatic and Consular 
     Programs, and an additional $2,561,808,000 in title VIII 
     under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to 
     BBEDCA.
       Within the total provided under this heading in this title, 
     up to $1,428,468,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection 
     (WSP) and may remain available until expended; $4,193,702,000 
     is for operations, of which $629,055,000 may remain available 
     until September 30, 2017; and $743,000 is for the 
     International Chancery Center. Not later than September 1, 
     2016, the Secretary of State is directed to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on projected amounts available 
     for operations beyond fiscal year 2016 by category and 
     bureau. Funds for embassy operations in Afghanistan, 
     Pakistan, and Iraq are included in title VIII of this Act.
       Funds for activities, bureaus, and offices under this 
     heading in this title are allocated according to the 
     following table:

                    DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Category                         Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Human Resources......................................         2,181,622
    Worldwide Security Protection....................         [358,833]
Overseas Programs....................................         1,561,840
Diplomatic Policy and Support........................           791,121
Security Programs....................................         1,087,587
    Worldwide Security Protection....................       [1,069,635]
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, Diplomatic and Consular Programs            5,622,170
         Appropriated Funds..........................
International Chancery Center........................               743
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Diplomatic and Consular Programs......         5,622,913
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
                    Bureau/Office
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau of Administration:
    Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)................           [29,000]
Conflict Stabilization Operations....................             12,000
    Overseas Response................................            [1,000]
Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation...........              5,750
Cultural Antiquities Task Force......................              1,000
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.........             33,516
    Human Rights Vetting.............................            [7,000]
    Office of International Religious Freedom........            [5,000]
Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of                    [1,000]
 Religious Minorities in the Near East and South
 Central Asia........................................
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs:
    Office of Terrorism Financing and Economic                   [5,100]
     Sanctions Policy................................
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons..             12,000
Legal Advisor:
    Document Review Unit.............................            [2,400]
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and              34,588
 Scientific Affairs..................................
    Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs...............            [4,290]
Office of the Secretary:
    Office of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan                [1,000]
     Issues..........................................
    Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues.......            [4,025]
    Office of Global Women's Issues..................            [5,086]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The Department of State has an existing contract with a 
     professional services firm to perform a cost-benefit analysis 
     (CBA) of three different locations as options for locating 
     the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC). 
     Completion and submission of the ongoing CBA would meet the 
     requirement in paragraph (6)(E)(i).
       The notification required by paragraph (6)(E)(ii) under 
     this heading shall include a justification for any decision 
     made by the Department of State to obligate funds for FASTC, 
     including a plan for maintaining training at existing sites 
     until FASTC becomes operational. Such justification shall 
     also contain the reason for the site selected, including how 
     the selected location is expected to improve training 
     capacity and effectiveness commensurate with the estimated 
     cost of constructing, operating, maintaining, and sustaining 
     FASTC at such location, the projected cost of construction, 
     and the timeline for completion. The Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with other Department and agency heads, as 
     appropriate, is directed to pursue options to reduce the 
     impact of any job losses that may result at existing training 
     sites when FASTC becomes operational.
       The agreement does not include the funds requested in the 
     fiscal year 2016 CBJ for new non-security positions, unless 
     specifically noted herein.

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       As the current chair of the Arctic Council, the United 
     States will serve as the host for the 2017 Arctic Ministerial 
     Meeting. The Secretary of State is directed to ensure that 
     such meeting is held as close to the United States Arctic 
     region as possible and shall consult with the Congress on the 
     selection of an appropriate location. The Act continues the 
     authority in section 504 of Public Law 95-426 related to the 
     Arctic region and supports the participation of American 
     indigenous communities in the Arctic Council, as recommended 
     in the Senate report.
       The agreement includes $12,000,000 for the Office to 
     Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons for support of 
     activities and directives described in the House and Senate 
     reports, including for additional staff to reduce the country 
     workload of regional analysts and improve the expertise of 
     in-country personnel. Prior to the submission of the 
     operating plan required by section 7076(a) of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State is directed to consult with the 
     appropriate congressional committees on the planned 
     allocation of funds and new positions provided to such office 
     for fiscal year 2016.
       The agreement includes sufficient funds for an additional 
     two positions for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research 
     above the fiscal year 2015 enacted level, if authorized in 
     fiscal year 2016.
       The Secretary of State is directed to include projected 
     funding levels for public diplomacy in the operating plan 
     required by section 7076(a) of this Act.
       Section 7034(k)(1) of this Act extends for one year the 
     Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative surcharge authority, 
     which is the same extension of authority included in prior 
     years.
       Section 7034(k)(7) of this Act continues the Foreign 
     Service overseas pay comparability authority, but, as in 
     prior years, prohibits implementation of the third phase of 
     the authority.
       Section 7034(l) of this Act provides limitations on the 
     uses of the Department of State Working Capital Fund. The 
     Secretary of State is directed to continue to include 
     information on the Working Capital Fund in the operating plan 
     required by section 7076(a) of this Act and reprogramming 
     notifications for funds made available under this heading.
       The agreement designates $12,000,000 for Conflict 
     Stabilization Operations (CSO) under this heading in this 
     title, of which up to $1,000,000 may be for overseas 
     response. Funds above the designated amount may only be made 
     available for CSO if necessary to meet the salary and benefit 
     costs for CSO staff employed on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations. In addition, the Act allows up 
     to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
     in title VIII to be made available for CSO for overseas 
     reconstruction and stabilization assistance.
       The Act does not include a prohibition on the use of funds 
     appropriated under this heading for the Ambassadors Fund for 
     Cultural Preservation that was included in the House bill. 
     Instead, paragraph (6)(F) continues a limitation on the use 
     of funds for the preservation of religious sites, as included 
     in prior years.
       Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations describing the actions taken by 
     the Department of State to address the findings detailed in 
     the Office of Inspector General's report ISP-1-15-35A.


                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

       The Act provides $66,400,000 for Capital Investment Fund.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The Act provides $72,700,000 for Office of Inspector 
     General, of which $10,905,000 may remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, and an additional $66,600,000 in title 
     VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant 
     to BBEDCA. The Act waives the requirement of section 
     209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as included in 
     the Senate bill and in prior years.


               EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

       The Act provides $590,900,000 for Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Programs, of which not less than $236,000,000 is for 
     the Fulbright Program and $102,000,000 shall be for the 
     Citizen Exchange Program, of which not less than $4,000,000 
     is for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange.
       The operating plan for Educational and Cultural Exchange 
     Programs required in section 7076(a) of this Act shall 
     include an update of the ``Funds by Program Activity'' table 
     under this heading in the fiscal year 2016 CBJ.
       The agreement does not include funds for a new Exchanges 
     Rapid Response program.
       Funds under this heading are allocated according to the 
     following table:

               EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Academic Programs:
    Fulbright Program................................            236,000
    Global Academic Exchanges........................             58,651
    Special Academic Exchanges.......................             14,800
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, Academic Programs..................            309,451
Professional and Cultural Exchanges:
    International Visitor Program....................             89,665
    Citizen Exchange Programs........................            102,000
        Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange............            [4,000]
Special Professional and Cultural Exchanges..........              5,575
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Professional and Cultural Exchanges....            197,240
Young Leaders Initiatives............................             19,000
Program and Performance..............................              5,493
Exchanges Rapid Response.............................              - - -
Exchanges Support....................................             59,716
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs            590,900
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Before issuing a Form DS-2019 (Certificate of Eligibility 
     for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status) to place student 
     participants in seafood product preparation and packaging 
     positions in the Summer Work Travel program in fiscal year 
     2016, the Department of State-designated sponsor shall meet 
     specific requirements including verifying that the placement 
     fully complies with part 62 of title 22 of the Code of 
     Federal Regulations. In addition, the sponsor shall confirm 
     that a host employer-employee relations specialist and a 
     sponsor local coordinator are provided; that the host 
     employer will pay the participant's screening and placement 
     fees, as well as required equipment and uniform costs; and 
     that participant work hours will not be less than 32 hours 
     per week.


                        REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

       The Act provides $8,030,000 for Representation Expenses, 
     subject to section 7020 of this Act.


              PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

       The Act provides $30,036,000 for Protection of Foreign 
     Missions and Officials.
       Section 7034(i) of this Act includes authority for the 
     Secretary of State to transfer expired, unobligated balances 
     from funds made available under Diplomatic and Consular 
     Programs to this heading, which is the same as the authority 
     provided in the House and Senate bills and in fiscal year 
     2015.


            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

       The Act provides $1,473,896,000 for Embassy Security, 
     Construction, and Maintenance, of which $688,799,000 is for 
     Worldwide Security Upgrades (WSU) and $785,097,000 is for 
     other construction, operations, and maintenance. An 
     additional $747,851,000 is provided in title VIII under this 
     heading that is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA, 
     of which $735,201,000 is available for WSU.
       Subsections (d) and (e) of section 7004 of this Act 
     continue and expand the conditions and consultation, 
     notification, and reporting requirements concerning new 
     embassy construction, similar to language contained in the 
     House and Senate bills.
       Section 7004(f) of this Act continues, in modified form, 
     the directives concerning interim and temporary diplomatic 
     facilities abroad. The agreement provides an additional 
     $1,850,000 for such facilities, which when combined with 
     $23,150,000 appropriated under this heading in prior Acts, 
     ensures that $25,000,000 remains available in fiscal year 
     2016 to address security vulnerabilities at interim and 
     temporary facilities abroad.


           EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

       The Act provides $7,900,000 for Emergencies in the 
     Diplomatic and Consular Service.


                   REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The Act provides $1,300,000 for Repatriation Loans Program 
     Account.


              PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

       The Act provides $30,000,000 for Payment to the American 
     Institute in Taiwan.


     PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

       The Act provides $158,900,000 for Payment to the Foreign 
     Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

                      International Organizations


              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

       The Act provides $1,344,458,000 for Contributions to 
     International Organizations, and an additional $101,728,000 
     in title VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.
       The agreement does not include funds for the United Nations 
     (UN) Capital Master Plan (CMP) or any other major capital 
     projects, for which no funds were requested in fiscal year 
     2016. GAO Report 15-414 identified concerns and 
     recommendations regarding the UN's efforts to ensure that 
     lessons learned from the CMP are used to develop documented 
     guidance for other projects, such as those currently under 
     discussion for Geneva, Switzerland, and that assumptions for 
     estimating office space requirements for UN employees are 
     clearly justified, including by documenting the underlying 
     factors, data, and analysis. The Secretary of State is 
     directed to include information on progress made to address 
     the GAO recommendations in the report required on the CMP 
     described in the House report under this heading. In 
     addition, such report shall include a description of efforts 
     by the Department of State to work with the UN to downsize 
     operations in areas with high costs of living and 
     construction costs.
       The agreement does not include funds for an assessed 
     contribution to the United Nations Educational, Scientific 
     and Cultural

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     Organization (UNESCO), which is prohibited due to the 
     application of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246) and the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (Public Law 103-236).
       The Secretary of State is directed to include the source of 
     funds (including each Federal agency and account) and a 
     concise description of the purpose of such funds in the 
     report on United States financial contributions to 
     international organizations required by section 405(b) of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003. Such 
     report shall be posted on the Department of State Web site in 
     a timely manner.


        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

       The Act provides $666,574,000 for Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping Activities, and an additional 
     $1,794,088,000 in title VIII under this heading is designated 
     for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA. The agreement provides 
     funding for the United States share of UN operations in 
     Somalia under Peacekeeping Operations in title VIII, instead 
     of under this heading as requested.
       The Secretary of State is directed to submit the reports 
     required by the Senate report under this heading in the 
     manner described.

                       International Commissions


 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The Act provides $45,307,000 for Salaries and Expenses. The 
     agreement includes funding for the Heavy Equipment 
     Replacement Program under this heading, as requested, and as 
     described in the House report. The Commissioner of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) is 
     directed to comply with the directive included in the Senate 
     report under this heading.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The Act provides $28,400,000 for Construction. The IBWC 
     Commissioner is directed to comply with the directives 
     included in the House report under this heading.


              AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

       The Act provides $12,330,000 for American Sections, 
     International Commissions to support the International 
     Boundary Commission, International Joint Commission, and 
     Border Environment Cooperation Commission, at the levels 
     requested.


                  INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

       The Act provides $36,681,000 for International Fisheries 
     Commissions. Funds under this heading are allocated according 
     to the following table:

                   INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Commission/Activity                    Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Great Lakes Fishery Commission.......................             24,627
    Lake Champlain Basin.............................            [3,450]
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission..............              1,750
Pacific Salmon Commission............................              3,050
International Pacific Halibut Commission.............              4,150
Other Marine Conservation Organizations..............              3,104
                                                      ------------------
    Total, International Fisheries Commissions.......             36,681
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors


                 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

       The Act provides $734,087,000 for International 
     Broadcasting Operations, and an additional $10,700,000 in 
     title VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.
       Of the funds made available under this heading, up to 
     $31,135,000 may remain available until expended for satellite 
     transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which not 
     less than $15,000,000 is for Internet freedom and 
     circumvention programs. BBG is directed to include amounts 
     planned for Internet freedom in fiscal year 2016 as part of 
     the operating plan required by section 7076(a) of this Act 
     and to describe the planned activities in the Internet 
     freedom spend plan required by section 7078(c) of this Act.
       The Act includes a one-year extension of the personal 
     services contract authority of BBG, as included in prior 
     years.
       The agreement includes neither the authority nor the funds 
     requested for the merger of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting 
     and the Latin America Division of Voice of America (VOA) by 
     establishing an independent grantee organization, as a 
     private nonprofit organization, to carry out broadcasting and 
     related programs to the Latin America and Caribbean region.
       The agreement provides $9,639,000 to support the expansion 
     of the BBG Countering Russian Media initiative, as follows: 
     $6,544,000 for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL); 
     $2,905,000 for VOA; and $190,000 for research and affiliate 
     placement. The BBG Chairman is directed to reallocate the 
     projected savings from reduced RFE/RL personnel costs to 
     support the expansion of the Countering Russian Media 
     initiative in fiscal year 2016. The BBG Chairman is directed 
     to include a detailed description of such initiative, which 
     was launched in fiscal year 2015, including the costs for 
     both program and personnel for fiscal year 2015 and the 
     expansion for fiscal year 2016, in the operating plan 
     required by section 7076(a) of this Act.
       Prior to the submission of the fiscal year 2016 operating 
     plan, BBG is directed to consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the program increases and reductions 
     recommended under this heading in the House and Senate 
     reports, including for countering the narrative of the 
     Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). BBG is directed 
     to include in such operating plan detailed information on the 
     proposed increases and reductions to implement in fiscal year 
     2016, including the timeframe for implementation and the 
     costs or savings for each program in fiscal years 2016 and 
     2017.
       Title VIII of the agreement provides $4,400,000 for VOA and 
     RFE/RL broadcasts to Afghanistan and Pakistan and $6,300,000 
     for increases to VOA and Middle East Broadcasting Networks 
     (MBN) broadcasts to Iraq and Syria. BBG is directed to 
     include a proposal for the use of such funds in the operating 
     plan required by section 7076(a) of this Act.
       Funds in this Act under this heading are allocated 
     according to the following table:

                  INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Federal Entities                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Broadcasting Bureau....................             61,200
    Countering Russian Media.........................              [190]
Voice of America:                                                213,650
    Countering Russian Media.........................            [2,905]
    Afghanistan/Pakistan--OCO/GWOT...................              2,200
    Countering ISIL--OCO/GWOT........................              2,600
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, VOA Program Level..................            218,450
Office of Cuba Broadcasting..........................             27,140
Office of Technology, Services and Innovation........            181,483
    Internet Freedom and Circumvention Activities....           [15,000]
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, Federal Entities...................            483,473
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, Federal Entities with OCO/GWOT.....            488,273
Independent Grantee Organizations:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty......................            106,214
    Countering Russian Media.........................            [6,544]
    Afghanistan/Pakistan--OCO/GWOT...................              2,200
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal, RFE/RL Program Level...............            108,414
Radio Free Asia......................................             38,500
Middle East Broadcasting Networks....................            105,900
    Countering ISIL--OCO/GWOT........................              3,700
        Subtotal, MBN Program Level..................            109,600
        Subtotal, Independent Grantees...............            250,614
        Subtotal, Grantees with OCO/GWOT.............            256,514
            Total, International Broadcasting                    734,087
             Operations..............................
        Subtotal, International Broadcasting                     744,787
         Operations Program Level with OCO/GWOT......
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

       The Act provides $4,800,000 for Broadcasting Capital 
     Improvements.

                            RELATED PROGRAMS

                          The Asia Foundation

       The Act provides $17,000,000 for The Asia Foundation.

                    United States Institute of Peace

       The Act provides $35,300,000 for United States Institute of 
     Peace. The United States Institute of Peace is directed to 
     submit the operating plan required by section 7076(a) of this 
     Act.

         Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund

       The Act provides $96,000 from interest and earnings from 
     the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

       The Act provides $400,000 from interest and earnings from 
     the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund.

                    Israeli Arab Scholarship Program

       The Act provides $13,000 from interest and earnings from 
     the Israeli Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund.

                            East-West Center

       The Act provides $16,700,000 for East-West Center.

                    National Endowment for Democracy

       The Act provides $170,000,000 for National Endowment for 
     Democracy, of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated in the 
     traditional and customary manner, including for the core 
     institutes, and $52,500,000 shall be for democracy programs. 
     The President of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) 
     shall follow the reporting directive under this heading in 
     the House report in the manner described.
       Funding provided above the fiscal year 2015 enacted level 
     shall be for programs to address medium- and long-term 
     threats to the promotion of democracy abroad and to respond 
     to immediate, unanticipated challenges or opportunities 
     abroad. The President of NED, in consultation with the heads 
     of the core institutes, is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the uses of such funds in a 
     timely manner. The core institutes shall be eligible to 
     compete for additional funds for such purposes.

                           OTHER COMMISSIONS

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The Act provides $676,000 for Commission for the 
     Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

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      United States Commission on International Religious Freedom


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The Act provides $3,500,000 for United States Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The Act provides $2,579,000 for Commission on Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The Act provides $2,000,000 for Congressional-Executive 
     Commission on the People's Republic of China.

      United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The Act provides $3,500,000 for United States-China 
     Economic and Security Review Commission.

      TITLE II--UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The Act provides $1,143,614,000 for Operating Expenses, of 
     which $171,542,000 may remain available until September 30, 
     2017, and an additional $139,262,000 in title VIII under this 
     heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.
       The operating plan required in section 7076(a) of this Act 
     shall be at the level of program, project, or activity 
     presented for USAID Operating Expenses in the fiscal year 
     2016 CBJ.
       Section 7057(f) of this Act continues the authority for 
     USAID to use program funds for the costs of staff 
     implementing programs in response to significant natural or 
     man-made disasters. Consistent with past practice, the USAID 
     Administrator is directed to use such authority only when 
     necessary to address the consequences of humanitarian 
     emergencies. Such authority shall not be used to fund 
     permanent headquarters staff for management and 
     administrative support.
       Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and 
     after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the 
     USAID Administrator is directed to submit to such Committees 
     a report including the following information for each of the 
     past five fiscal years: (1) the number of U.S. direct hire 
     (USDH) staff in the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance 
     (OFDA); (2) the number of disasters to which OFDA responded 
     using the authority of section 7057(f) of this Act; and (3) 
     the total amount of funds OFDA managed. Such report shall 
     include a determination and explanation of whether the number 
     of USDH staff in OFDA is adequate and, if a shortage is 
     identified, the number of additional USDH positions needed 
     and options for addressing such shortage, including 
     reallocating existing vacancies to OFDA.
       No funds are provided under this heading for the new 
     positions included in the fiscal year 2016 request.
       USAID has not complied with the reporting requirement in H. 
     Rept. 113-499 on acquisition and assistance instruments and 
     is directed to transmit such report within 15 days of 
     enactment of this Act.


                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

       The Act provides $168,300,000 for Capital Investment Fund.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The Act provides $66,000,000 for Office of Inspector 
     General, of which $9,900,000 may remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                TITLE III--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                         GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

       The Act provides $8,503,450,000 for Global Health Programs. 
     Funds under this heading are allocated according to the 
     following table:

                         GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maternal and Child Health............................            750,000
    Polio............................................           [51,500]
    The GAVI Alliance................................          [235,000]
Nutrition (USAID)....................................            125,000
    Micronutrients...................................           [33,000]
    [of which, Vitamin A]............................           [22,500]
    Iodine Deficiency Disorder.......................            [2,500]
Vulnerable Children (USAID)..........................             22,000
    Blind Children...................................            [2,500]
HIV/AIDS (USAID).....................................            330,000
    Microbicides.....................................           [45,000]
HIV/AIDS (Department of State).......................          5,670,000
    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and          [1,350,000]
     Malaria.........................................
    UNAIDS...........................................           [45,000]
Family Planning/Reproductive Health (USAID)..........            523,950
Other Infectious Diseases (USAID)....................          1,082,500
    Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats....           [72,500]
    Malaria..........................................          [674,000]
    Tuberculosis.....................................          [236,000]
    [of which, Global TB Drug Facility]..............           [15,000]
    Neglected Tropical Diseases......................          [100,000]
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Global Health Programs................          8,503,450
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Laos.--The agreement provides $2,750,000 under this heading 
     for programs to address malnutrition among children in Laos.
       In making transfers of funds appropriated under this 
     heading to USAID and the Department of Health and Human 
     Services (HHS), the Office of the United States Global AIDS 
     Coordinator (OGAC) is directed to include sufficient funding 
     for the Inspectors General(IG) for such agencies for the cost 
     of auditing programs implemented by the respective agency. 
     The agreement provides not less than $2,500,000 for the USAID 
     IG and $1,500,000 for the HHS IG for such purposes.
       Children in Adversity.--The agreement endorses language in 
     the House and Senate reports with respect to programs for 
     orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS.


                         DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

       The Act provides $2,780,971,000 for Development Assistance. 
     Funds under this heading are allocated according to the 
     following table:

                         DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Country/Program                      Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Africa:
    Power Africa.....................................             76,700
    Sierra Leone democracy programs..................                500
East Asia and the Pacific:
    Cambodia democracy programs......................             19,750
    Vietnam..........................................             37,500
        Health/disability programs...................            [7,000]
South and Central Asia:
    Bangladesh labor programs........................              3,000
Global Programs:
    Child marriage...................................             10,000
    Global Crop Diversity Trust......................             15,000
    Leahy War Victims Fund...........................             13,500
    Reconciliation programs..........................             16,000
    Trade capacity building..........................             10,000
    Victims of torture...............................             11,750
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                PROGRAMS

       Basic Education.--USAID is directed to continue regular 
     consultations with the Committees on Appropriations on 
     efforts to manage basic education programming and reduce 
     unexpended balances, including through the reprogramming of 
     funds between countries. USAID is directed to ensure that 
     programs supported with funds appropriated for basic 
     education in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs are integrated, as appropriate, with health, 
     agriculture, governance, and economic and social development 
     activities to address the broader needs of target 
     populations. The USAID Administrator is directed to work to 
     achieve quality universal basic education by: (1) assisting 
     foreign governments, nongovernmental, and multilateral 
     organizations working in developing countries to provide 
     children with a quality basic education, including through 
     strengthening host country educational systems; and (2) 
     promoting basic education as the foundation for comprehensive 
     community development programs.
       Feed the Future.--The Secretary of State is directed to 
     include funding levels for the Feed the Future Innovation 
     Labs in the fiscal year 2017 CBJ.
       Higher Education.--Funds made available for new 
     partnerships between higher education institutions in the 
     United States and developing countries shall be for 
     institutional capacity building and awarded on an open and 
     competitive basis.
       Latrines.--The agreement provides $14,000,000 for latrines 
     in Africa and Asia, and such funds are directed to be 
     prioritized for programs that provide women and girls access 
     to safe, public latrines. Not later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act and after consultation with the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the USAID Administrator is 
     directed to submit a report to such Committees on the use of 
     funds made available in the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015, 
     (division J of Public Law 113-235) for such purposes, as well 
     as the intended use of such funds in fiscal year 2016.
       Wheelchairs.--The USAID Administrator is directed to 
     support wheelchair programs at not less than the fiscal year 
     2015 level and in the manner described in the Senate report 
     under this heading.


                   INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

       The Act provides $874,763,000 for International Disaster 
     Assistance, and an additional $1,919,421,000 in title VIII 
     under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to 
     BBEDCA.


                         TRANSITION INITIATIVES

       The Act provides $30,000,000 for Transition Initiatives, 
     and an additional $37,000,000 in title VIII under this 
     heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.


                          COMPLEX CRISES FUND

       The Act provides $10,000,000 for Complex Crises Fund, and 
     an additional $20,000,000 in title VIII under this heading is 
     designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.
       Consistent with previous practice, the USAID Administrator 
     shall have responsibility for the use of funds appropriated 
     under this heading in this title, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State shall have the 
     responsibility for the use of funds appropriated under this 
     heading in title VIII.


                      DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

       The Act includes a $40,000,000 limitation on funds that may 
     be transferred from other programs in this title to 
     Development Credit Authority. In addition, $8,120,000 is 
     provided for administrative expenses, which may be 
     transferred to, and merged with, Operating Expenses, and a 
     limitation of $1,500,000,000 is included on total loan 
     principal.

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                         ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

       The Act provides $1,896,315,000 for Economic Support Fund, 
     and an additional $2,422,673,000 in title VIII under this 
     heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA. Funds 
     requested for countries in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia 
     under this heading are included under Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia, which is reestablished in this Act. 
     Funds in this Act under this heading are allocated according 
     to the following table:

                          ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Country/Program                      Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Africa:
    Anti-slavery programs in Africa..................             1,500
    Counter-Lord's Resistance Army...................            10,000
    Democratic Republic of the Congo.................            70,568
East Asia and the Pacific:
    Cambodia.........................................             2,000
    People's Republic of China (democracy, rule of               15,000
     law, and environment)...........................
    Tibet............................................             8,000
    Tibetan exile communities........................             6,000
    Vietnam..........................................            30,000
Near East:
    Lebanon..........................................           110,000
        Lebanon scholarships.........................          [12,000]
    Middle East Partnership Initiative...............            70,000
        Scholarships.................................          [12,000]
    Middle East Regional Cooperation Program.........             5,000
    Near East Regional Democracy.....................            32,000
    Reconciliation programs..........................            10,000
    Syria............................................           100,000
South and Central Asia:
    Civilian victims of war, Afghanistan.............            10,000
    Civilian victims of war, Pakistan................             7,500
    Nepal............................................            43,038
    Sri Lanka........................................            40,000
Western Hemisphere:
    Caribbean Basin Security Initiative..............            25,000
    Caribbean Energy Security Initiative.............             2,000
    Colombia.........................................           133,000
        Transfer to Migration and Refugee Assistance.           [7,000]
        Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities....          [15,000]
        Human rights.................................           [6,500]
        Biodiversity.................................           [3,500]
    Cuba.............................................            20,000
    Mexico...........................................            39,000
    Venezuela........................................             6,500
Global Programs:
    Disability programs..............................             7,500
    House Democracy Partnership......................             1,900
    Polio............................................             7,500
    Protection of religious minorities...............            10,000
    Trade capacity building..........................            10,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Cuba.--In lieu of the directives in the House and Senate 
     bills and reports, the agreement includes funds for democracy 
     programs in Cuba.
       Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).--The Government of 
     the DRC is strongly encouraged to resume issuing exit permits 
     for children legally adopted by foreign parents, to 
     expeditiously implement new laws and regulations, as 
     appropriate, in order to resume international adoptions, and 
     to grandfather all adoption cases currently affected by the 
     exit permit freeze into any new adoption laws or regulations 
     it promulgates. It is in the interest of United States and 
     DRC bilateral relations that these stalled adoption cases be 
     resolved expeditiously.


                             DEMOCRACY FUND

       The Act provides $150,500,000 for Democracy Fund, of which 
     $88,500,000 is for the Department of State Human Rights and 
     Democracy Fund and $62,000,000 is for the USAID Center of 
     Excellence for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance.
       Section 7033(b)(1) of this Act provides not less than 
     $10,000,000 for international religious freedom programs 
     under this heading.


            ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

       The Act provides $491,119,000 for Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia, and an additional $438,569,000 in 
     title VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.
       The Act reestablishes the Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia account, as included in the Senate bill.
       Funds requested for countries in Europe, Eurasia and 
     Central Asia under Economic Support Fund are included in this 
     account, and funds for such countries requested and provided 
     under International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement 
     shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
     available under this heading and shall be used for the same 
     purposes as funds provided under International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement. Assistance requested for such 
     countries under Global Health Programs is not included in 
     this account, but shall be administered by the Coordinator 
     for United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, 
     consistent with prior years.
       The agreement provides $15,000,000 above the request (under 
     Economic Support Fund) for Central Asia Regional programs to 
     support partnership and cooperation in the new format agreed 
     to among the five countries of Central Asia and the United 
     States. Such funds are provided in addition to amounts 
     appropriated for bilateral and regional programs for Central 
     Asia and shall be made available only following consultation 
     with the Committees on Appropriations.

                          Department of State


                    MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

       The Act provides $931,886,000 for Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance, and an additional $2,127,114,000 in title VIII 
     under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to 
     BBEDCA.


     UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND

       The Act provides $50,000,000 for United States Emergency 
     Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.

                          Independent Agencies


                              PEACE CORPS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The Act provides $410,000,000 for Peace Corps.


                    MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

       The Act provides $901,000,000 for Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation, including up to $105,000,000 for administrative 
     expenses.
       In lieu of the report required under this heading in the 
     Senate report, the Secretary of State, the USAID 
     Administrator, and the MCC CEO are directed to jointly assess 
     and submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations for 
     each compact MCC intends to sign during fiscal year 2016, on 
     the extent to which each such compact is aligned with United 
     States interests and other assistance programs, as well as 
     the ability of the host country government to sustain MCC's 
     investment. Such assessment and report shall be provided to 
     the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior 
     to the signing of any such compact.
       Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the MCC 
     CEO shall further report to such Committees on progress made 
     to strengthen the application of the Control of Corruption 
     indicator.
       Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, GAO is 
     directed to submit the review required under this heading. 
     GAO shall include the following in such review: (1) existing 
     legal authorities to use prior year, unobligated funds for a 
     compact for a country that becomes ineligible during the 
     current fiscal year for MCC assistance due to graduation from 
     lower-middle income status to upper-middle income status; (2) 
     recommended changes, if any, to existing legal authorities to 
     clarify MCC eligibility requirements and the use of funds 
     appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs; and (3) recommendations, if any, for modifying the 
     availability of funds provided under this heading.


                       INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

       The Act provides $22,500,000 for Inter-American Foundation.


              UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

       The Act provides $30,000,000 for United States African 
     Development Foundation.
       Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act and 
     every six months until September 30, 2017, the President of 
     the United States African Development Foundation is directed 
     to report to the Committees on Appropriations on all bank 
     accounts held outside of the United States, the balance of 
     funds in such accounts, and the interest earned on such 
     accounts during the previous six months.

                       Department of the Treasury


               INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

       The Act provides $23,500,000 for International Affairs 
     Technical Assistance.

              TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State


          INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

       The Act provides $894,821,000 for International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement, and an additional $371,650,000 
     in title VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA. The Act provides not less than 
     $54,975,000 to be transferred to, and merged with, Assistance 
     for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia for the same purposes as 
     funds provided under this heading.
       Funds in this Act under this heading are allocated 
     according to the following table:

           INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Country/Program                      Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Caribbean Basin Regional Security Initiative.........            25,221
Colombia.............................................           135,195
    Office of the Attorney General, Human Rights Unit          [10,000]
Demand Reduction.....................................            12,500
International Law Enforcement Academies..............            27,000
Mexico...............................................           100,000
Morocco..............................................             3,000
Philippines..........................................             9,000
    Combat Online Exploitation of Children...........           [3,000]
Western Hemisphere Regional Security Cooperation.....            10,000
Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking....................            40,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Funds made available under this heading for programs in 
     Africa should address the fundamental capability gaps that 
     exist throughout law enforcement and criminal justice systems 
     on the continent, including to improve the transparency, 
     accountability, and capacity of such systems. Not later than 
     120 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
     is directed to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the intended level of funding and proposed 
     uses of such funds for such purposes, including how such 
     funds will be used to improve capabilities to address 
     wildlife trafficking, counternarcotics, border security, and 
     other transnational crime. The Secretary should

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     also continue to consider the utility of establishing an 
     aviation program in Africa.
       The agreement includes funding to support border security 
     along Mexico's southern border with Guatemala and Belize.


    NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS

       The Act provides $506,381,000 for Nonproliferation, Anti-
     terrorism, Demining and Related Programs, and an additional 
     $379,091,000 in title VIII under this heading is designated 
     for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA. Funds in this Act under this 
     heading are allocated according to the following table:

     NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nonproliferation Programs............................           292,150
    Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund............          [30,000]
    Export Control and Related Border Security.......          [65,000]
    Global Threat Reduction..........................          [70,000]
Anti-terrorism Programs..............................           408,322
    Anti-terrorism Assistance........................         [186,138]
    Terrorist Interdiction Program...................          [26,184]
    Counterterrorism Financing.......................          [15,000]
    Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund...............         [175,000]
Conventional Weapons Destruction.....................           185,000
    Humanitarian Demining............................         [145,000]
    of which, Laos...................................          [19,500]
    of which, Vietnam................................          [10,500]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,                885,472
         Demining and Related Programs...............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    of which, OCO....................................         [379,091]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement supports counterterrorism law enforcement 
     training for critical partner countries, including crisis 
     response, explosives incident management, aviation security, 
     and document verification and screening.
       The agreement includes $175,000,000 for the 
     Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, which is subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations and section 7076(b) of this Act. Funds are 
     intended for programs to prevent and counter terrorist safe 
     havens, stem the flow of foreign fighters joining terrorist 
     groups such as ISIL, and counter terrorist groups sponsored 
     by the Government of Iran. Funds may also be used to counter 
     violent extremism. The Act provides further guidance on these 
     matters in section 7073.
       The agreement provides not less than the fiscal year 2015 
     level to continue support for a strategy for unexploded 
     ordnance clearance in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.


                        PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

       The Act provides $131,361,000 for Peacekeeping Operations, 
     and an additional $469,269,000 in title VIII under this 
     heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA. Funds 
     in this Act under this heading are allocated according to the 
     following table:

                         PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Africa...............................................           410,640
    Central African Republic.........................          [10,000]
    Democratic Republic of the Congo.................          [14,000]
    Liberia..........................................           [7,000]
    Somalia..........................................         [273,380]
    South Sudan......................................          [30,000]
    Africa Regional..................................          [76,300]
    of which, African Peacekeeping Rapid Response              [55,000]
     Partnership.....................................
    of which, Partnership for Regional East Africa             [10,000]
     Counterterrorism................................
    of which, Africa Conflict Stabilization and                 [6,300]
     Border Security.................................
    of which, Africa Military Education Program......           [3,000]
    of which, Africa Maritime Security Initiative....           [2,000]
Near East............................................           100,000
    Syria............................................          [65,000]
    Multinational Force and Observers................          [35,000]
Political-Military Affairs...........................            89,950
    Security Governance Initiative...................          [16,850]
    Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership........          [19,100]
    Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative........          [54,000]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Peacekeeping Operations...............           600,630
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    of which, OCO....................................         [469,269]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       In lieu of the additional notification requirements under 
     the Introduction of the Senate report, congressional 
     notifications submitted for funds made available under 
     Peacekeeping Operations shall include, for each program 
     notified, a description of the type of equipment, training, 
     or other assistance to be provided, and the total amount 
     obligated for each such program in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 
     at the time of submission of such notification, on a country-
     by-country basis to the extent practicable.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


             INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

       The Act provides $108,115,000 for International Military 
     Education and Training.
       In lieu of the reporting requirements included in the House 
     and Senate reports under this heading, the Secretary of State 
     is directed to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on changes made in the current fiscal year to 
     enhance International Military Education and Training (IMET) 
     and Expanded IMET effectiveness and recommendations for the 
     following fiscal year. Such report shall be submitted 
     concurrently with the report required by section 7034(b)(7) 
     of this Act.


                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

       The Act provides $4,737,522,000 for Foreign Military 
     Financing Program, and an additional $1,288,176,000 in title 
     VIII under this heading is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant 
     to BBEDCA. Funds in this Act under this heading are allocated 
     according to the following table:

                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Country/Program                      Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Colombia.............................................            27,000
Europe and Eurasia Regional..........................            50,000
Egypt................................................         1,300,000
Georgia..............................................            30,000
Israel...............................................         3,100,000
Jordan...............................................           450,000
Mexico...............................................             7,000
Moldova..............................................            12,750
Morocco..............................................            10,000
Nepal................................................            18,000
Philippines..........................................            50,000
Poland...............................................             9,000
State Western Hemisphere Regional....................            20,500
    Caribbean Basin Security Initiative..............           [7,500]
    Central America..................................          [13,000]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Not later than September 30, 2016, GAO is directed to 
     submit the report required by the House report under this 
     heading in the manner described. The report should also 
     include a review of the resources committed by the 
     Departments of State and Defense to manage and implement the 
     Foreign Military Financing and Foreign Military Sales 
     programs, including staffing, and the impact of such 
     resources on the implementation timelines of such programs.
       The agreement supports assistance to enhance the search and 
     rescue capabilities of the Government of Nepal to respond to 
     natural disasters, subject to prior consultation with the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       The agreement provides $50,000,000 to support partners and 
     allies in Europe and Eurasia to counter Russian territorial 
     aggression and influence and provides the authority in 
     section 8003 of this Act to transfer up to $15,000,000 of 
     such funds to the Global Security Contingency Fund for 
     countries in the region, including Ukraine.

                    TITLE V--MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

       The Act provides $339,000,000 for International 
     Organizations and Programs.
       The agreement does not include funds for a voluntary 
     contribution to UNESCO, which is prohibited due to the 
     application of Public Law 101-246 and Public Law 103-236.
       Funds under this heading are allocated according to the 
     following table:

                INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Programs                         Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Civil Aviation Organization............               800
International Conservation Programs..................             7,750
International Development Law Organization...........               550
International Maritime Organization..................               350
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/UN                     10,000
 Framework Convention on Climate Change..............
International Chemicals and Toxins Programs..........             3,300
Monitoring and Evaluation............................               500
Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund..................            25,500
Organization of American States Development                       2,300
 Assistance Programs.................................
Organization of American States Fund for                          4,100
 Strengthening Democracy.............................
    Inter-American Commission on Human Rights........           [2,000]
Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy                   50
 and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia.............
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian                    2,700
 Affairs.............................................
UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the                1,100
 Field of Human Rights...............................
UN Women.............................................             7,700
UN Human Settlements Program.........................               700
UN Capital Development Fund..........................               750
UN Democracy Fund....................................             4,000
UN Development Program...............................            80,000
UN Environment Program...............................             7,000
UN Population Fund...................................            32,500
UN Children's Fund...................................           132,500
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights................             6,500
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.............             6,550
World Meteorological Organization....................             1,200
World Trade Organization Technical Assistance........               600
                                                      ------------------
    Total, International Organizations and Programs..           339,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  International Financial Institutions


                      GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

       The Act provides $168,263,000 for Global Environment 
     Facility.


       CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

       The Act provides $1,197,128,000 for Contribution to the 
     International Development Association.


     CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND 
                              DEVELOPMENT

       The Act provides $186,957,000 for Contribution to the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.


              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

       The Act provides $2,928,990,899 for Limitation on Callable 
     Capital Subscriptions.


               CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND

       The Act provides $170,640,000 for Contribution to the Clean 
     Technology Fund.


               CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUND

       The Act provides $49,900,000 for Contribution to the 
     Strategic Climate Fund. An additional $9,720,000 is made 
     available by transfer pursuant to section 7060(c) of this 
     Act.

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          CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

       The Act provides $102,020,448 for Contribution to the 
     Inter-American Development Bank.


              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

       The Act provides $4,098,794,833 for Limitation on Callable 
     Capital Subscriptions.


               CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

       The Act provides $5,608,435 for Contribution to the Asian 
     Development Bank.


               CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

       The Act provides $104,977,000 for Contribution to the Asian 
     Development Fund.


              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

       The Act provides $34,118,027 for Contribution to the 
     African Development Bank.


              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

       The Act provides $507,860,808 for Limitation on Callable 
     Capital Subscriptions.


              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

       The Act provides $175,668,000 for Contribution to the 
     African Development Fund.


  CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

       The Act provides $31,930,000 for Contribution to the 
     International Fund for Agricultural Development.


              GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM

       The Act provides $43,000,000 for Global Agriculture and 
     Food Security Program.


          CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

       The Act provides $10,000,000 for Contribution to the North 
     American Development Bank. The Act does not include the 
     authority contained in section 7082 of the Senate bill.


              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

       The Act provides $255,000,000 for Limitation on Callable 
     Capital Subscriptions.

               TITLE VI--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States


                           INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The Act provides $6,000,000 for Inspector General for the 
     Export-Import Bank of the United States.


                        ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The Act provides $106,250,000 for Administrative Expenses 
     for the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

                Overseas Private Investment Corporation


                           NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

       The Act provides $62,787,000 for Noncredit Account of the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation.


                            PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The Act provides $20,000,000 for Program Account of the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation.


                      TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

       The Act provides $60,000,000 for Trade and Development 
     Agency.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The following general provisions are continued in this Act 
     substantively unchanged from the fiscal year 2015 Act 
     (division J of Public Law 113-235):
       Sec. 7001. Allowances and Differentials
       Sec. 7002. Unobligated Balances Report
       Sec. 7003. Consulting Services
       Sec. 7005. Personnel Actions
       Sec. 7007. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain 
     Countries
       Sec. 7008. Coups d'Etat
       Sec. 7010. Prohibition on First-Class Travel
       Sec. 7011. Availability of Funds
       Sec. 7012. Limitation on Assistance to Countries in Default
       Sec. 7013. Prohibition on Taxation of United States 
     Assistance
       Sec. 7014. Reservations of Funds
       Sec. 7016. Notification on Excess Defense Equipment
       Sec. 7017. Limitation on Availability of Funds for 
     International Organizations and Programs
       Sec. 7018. Prohibition on Funding for Abortions and 
     Involuntary Sterilization
       Sec. 7020. Representation and Entertainment Expenses
       Sec. 7021. Prohibition on Assistance to Governments 
     Supporting International Terrorism
       Sec. 7022. Authorization Requirements
       Sec. 7023. Definition of Program, Project, and Activity
       Sec. 7024. Authorities for the Peace Corps, Inter-American 
     Foundation and United States African Development Foundation
       Sec. 7025. Commerce, Trade and Surplus Commodities
       Sec. 7026. Separate Accounts
       Sec. 7027. Eligibility for Assistance
       Sec. 7030. Debt-for-Development
       Sec. 7035. Arab League Boycott of Israel
       Sec. 7036. Palestinian Statehood
       Sec. 7037. Restrictions Concerning the Palestinian 
     Authority
       Sec. 7038. Prohibition on Assistance to the Palestinian 
     Broadcasting Corporation
       Sec. 7039. Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
       Sec. 7040. Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian 
     Authority
       Sec. 7046. Prohibition of Payments to United Nations 
     Members
       Sec. 7047. War Crimes Tribunals
       Sec. 7049. Community-Based Police Assistance
       Sec. 7050. Prohibition on Promotion of Tobacco
       Sec. 7051. International Conferences
       Sec. 7052. Aircraft Transfer and Coordination
       Sec. 7053. Parking Fines and Real Property Taxes Owed by 
     Foreign Governments
       Sec. 7054 Landmines and Cluster Munitions
       Sec. 7055. Prohibition on Publicity or Propaganda
       Sec. 7059. Gender Equality
       Sec. 7061. Overseas Private Investment Corporation
       Sec. 7062. Arms Trade Treaty
       Sec. 7064. Reporting Requirements Concerning Individuals 
     Detained at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
       Sec. 7065. Multi-year Pledges
       Sec. 7066. Prohibition on Use of Torture
       Sec. 7067. Extradition
       Sec. 7068. Commercial Leasing of Defense Articles
       Sec. 7074. Enterprise Funds
       Sec. 7075. Use of Funds in Contravention of this Act
       Sec. 7079. Disability Programs
       Sec. 7080. Impact on Jobs in the United States
       The Act includes a provision to allow support by the 
     Export-Import Bank of the United States and OPIC for coal-
     fired and other power generation projects in International 
     Development Association (IDA) and IDA-blend eligible 
     countries. This provision is expected to increase affordable 
     electricity, especially to those without current access to 
     electricity, as well as to support increased exports from the 
     United States and prevent the loss of United States jobs.
       The following general provisions are new or substantively 
     modified from the fiscal year 2015 Act (division J of Public 
     Law 113-235):
       Sec. 7004. Diplomatic Facilities (Modified)
       The Act does not include the limitation and reporting 
     requirement regarding the relocation project for the United 
     States Embassy to the Holy See that was included in the House 
     bill. The project met the conditions in prior Acts and was 
     completed at the end of fiscal year 2015. Not later than 45 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State is 
     directed to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
     final report on the project, including the cost, security 
     improvements, and current staffing levels.
       Sec. 7006. Local Guard Contracts (Modified)
       The Act modifies the expanded one-year authority in the 
     Senate bill to require notification of the appropriate 
     congressional committees each time the Secretary of State 
     exercises the authority for a United States diplomatic 
     facility not deemed high threat and high risk. The 
     notification required by this section shall include a 
     justification for covered awards, an explanation of why the 
     use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis award 
     is not appropriate, and an estimated cost comparison between 
     awarding such contract on a best value basis as determined by 
     a cost-technical tradeoff analysis instead of on the basis of 
     LPTA.
       Sec. 7009. Transfer Authority (Modified)
       Sec. 7015. Notification Requirements (Modified)
       The Act modifies subsection (a) to require notification 
     when specified changes occur in programs, projects, and 
     activities. Paragraph (4) applies to domestic and overseas 
     bureaus, centers, and offices, and paragraph (5) is not 
     intended to require a notification for duties performed by 
     personal services contractors. The term ``previously 
     notified'' includes changes that have been specifically noted 
     in a CBJ.
       Subsection (b) is modified to require notification of any 
     reprogramming of funds that results from changes specified in 
     this subsection.
       Subsection (c) is modified by deleting the reference to 
     Conflict Stabilization Operations, which is subject to the 
     notification requirements in subsection (a) and (b), and by 
     including Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia.
       Sec. 7019. Allocations (Modified)
       The agreement modifies language in section 7019 of the 
     House and Senate bills. Amounts specifically designated in 
     tables in this explanatory statement for funds appropriated 
     in titles III through V that are applicable to the 653(a) 
     report shall be included in such report. The revised section 
     7019 also provides that funds appropriated in the Act under 
     titles III through V shall be made available to meet 
     specifically designated amounts in such tables and may only 
     be deviated from by 5 percent. Deviations from specifically 
     designated amounts in excess of 5 percent are only authorized 
     for specific circumstances enumerated in the Act and are 
     subject to prior consultation and notification.
       For specifically designated amounts in tables that are also 
     included in the 653(a) report, any deviation from such 
     specifically designated amounts are not authorized until 
     submission of such report. For example, a specifically 
     designated amount of $4,500,000

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     in the Economic Support Fund table in this explanatory 
     statement for assistance for a country must be contained in 
     the 653(a) report. However, after submission of such report, 
     a deviation of up to 5 percent from $4,500,000 is authorized. 
     A deviation in excess of 5 percent may only take place to 
     respond to specific circumstances enumerated in the Act and 
     is subject to prior consultation and notification. For a 
     specifically designated amount, such as $7,000,000 for a 
     program in the Development Assistance table, which would not 
     be reflected in the 653(a) report, deviations authorized by 
     subsection (b) may take place prior to submission of such 
     report. Nothing in the revised section 7019 may be construed 
     to authorize a deviation from a designated funding level in 
     the Act containing a ``shall''.
       Sec. 7028. Local Competition (Modified)
       Sec. 7029. International Financial Institutions (Modified)
       Sec. 7031. Financial Management and Budget Transparency 
     (Modified)
       Subsection (d) does not include the reference contained in 
     the Senate bill to section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203; 124 
     Stat. 2220) because the Securities and Exchange Commission 
     has not yet published final regulations under such law.
       Sec. 7032. Democracy Programs (Modified)
       The Act provides $2,308,517,000 for democracy programs, of 
     which $312,963,000 is directed for Africa. The Act modifies 
     language proposed in the Senate bill regarding appropriate 
     mechanisms for democracy promotion.
       To clarify and standardize the use of such mechanisms, 
     subsection (f)(1) requires the development of guidelines for 
     the use of contracts versus grants and cooperative agreements 
     for the unique objectives of democracy programs. The 
     Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator are directed 
     to consider funds appropriated for democracy programs under 
     the following headings: Development Assistance; Transition 
     Initiatives; Complex Crises Fund; Economic Support Fund; 
     Democracy Fund; Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia; and International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement. This subsection excludes NED and its core 
     institutes.
       The development of such guidelines is intended to assist 
     democracy officers worldwide with designing programs that 
     properly reflect the objectives of democracy programs and the 
     purposes to be achieved, as well as assist contracting and 
     agreement officers in selecting the most appropriate 
     mechanism for democracy programs, consistent with sections 
     6303 through 6305 of title 31, United States Code. In 
     preparing such guidelines, the Department of State and USAID 
     should consider the roles and responsibilities of each agency 
     in promoting democracy abroad, in accordance with the 
     explanatory statement accompanying division J of Public Law 
     113-235.
       Subsection (f)(2) requires USAID to continue to implement 
     programs that recognize the unique benefits of using grants 
     and cooperative agreements in the civil society and political 
     competition and consensus building sectors, which include the 
     following subsectors: civic participation; media freedom and 
     information; political parties; consensus building processes; 
     and election and political processes.
       The Secretary of State is directed to submit the report 
     required by subsection (g)(2) of the Senate bill (regarding 
     training) in the manner described.
       Not less than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State is directed to submit the report required 
     under the explanatory statement accompanying division J of 
     Public Law 113-235, regarding the coordination of democracy 
     programs.
       The agreement endorses the directive in the Senate report 
     that NED, Department of State, and USAID regularly consult 
     with one another regarding their democracy and human rights 
     activities.
       Sec. 7033. International Religious Freedom (New)
       The agreement endorses language in the Senate report 
     regarding programs to combat anti-Semitism abroad.
       Sec. 7034. Special Provisions (Modified)
       The Secretary of State is directed to include the 
     appropriate congressional committees in the consultation 
     requirement incorporated by reference in subsection (b)(3).
       Subsection (b)(4) includes funding directives for forensic 
     assistance. Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State is directed to consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the use of such funds.
       For the purposes of the report required by subsection 
     (b)(7), the Secretary of State is directed to include the 
     specific countries and military services that received 
     assistance and the amounts and purposes of such assistance.
       Subsection (d)(6) includes new, limited authority for the 
     provision of innovation incentive awards, similar to that 
     proposed in the Senate bill. The USAID Administrator is 
     directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations every 
     six months on the use of such authority.
       In carrying out the PVS pilot program required by 
     subsection (e), the Department of State and USAID are 
     directed to include a direct vetting option that does not 
     require prime awardees to collect, verify, or submit sub-
     awardee data. The Department of State and USAID should ensure 
     that all individuals vetted through such pilot are able to 
     obtain information on how data is used by the United States 
     Government. The report following the completion of the PVS 
     pilot program shall include recommendations for standardizing 
     and streamlining vetting processes; consideration of 
     exemptions for humanitarian and democracy assistance; 
     analysis of privacy and data protection concerns; a 
     description of consultations with governmental and 
     nongovernmental stakeholders affected by the pilot program; 
     and responses to concerns raised during such consultations. 
     Prior to the completion of the evaluation and consultation 
     with the Committees on Appropriations, USAID and the 
     Department of State are directed to refrain from implementing 
     similar vetting systems in countries outside the designated 
     PVS pilot program unless required to respond to existing 
     security threats. The Committees on Appropriations shall be 
     consulted prior to beginning new vetting programs or 
     implementing changes to the existing vetting programs.
       Subsection (q) provides $45,000,000 for the Small Grants 
     Program and makes certain modifications to such program, 
     including providing authority for additional administrative 
     and oversight costs that may include increases in the number 
     of Locally Employed Staff. The USAID Administrator is 
     directed to continue the consultation and reporting 
     requirements for the Small Grants Program in section 7080 of 
     division J of Public Law 113-235 for fiscal year 2016.
       Subsection (r) does not include the definition proposed in 
     the Senate bill for the term ``best practices''' for the 
     protection of whistleblowers. For purposes of sections 7029, 
     7048, and 7058 of this Act, such term shall mean practices 
     that are implemented consistent with terms specified in 
     international conventions or adopted by international 
     organizations such as the Organization for Economic 
     Cooperation and Development and the Organization of American 
     States.
       Sec. 7041. Middle East and North Africa (Modified)
       Egypt.--Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID 
     Administrator, is directed to submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the hepatitis C pilot 
     program initiated in fiscal year 2015, including the goals 
     and benchmarks established in consultation with the 
     Government of Egypt, the anticipated number of recipients, 
     efforts to coordinate such program with other United States 
     Government agencies, and the annual expenditure of the 
     Government of Egypt on programs to combat hepatitis C.
       The Secretary of State is directed to support programs 
     funded under Economic Support Fund that promote policy 
     reforms that create an enabling environment for economic 
     growth.
       Funds in the Act for assistance for Egypt are allocated 
     according to the following table:

                                  EGYPT
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund................................           150,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement..             2,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and                    2,500
 Related Programs....................................
International Military Education and Training........             1,800
Foreign Military Financing Program...................         1,300,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................         1,456,300
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Iran.--The submission of the reports required by subsection 
     (b)(3) shall satisfy the reporting directives on Iran in the 
     Senate report.
       For the purposes of the report required by subsection 
     (b)(3)(B), the term ``international community'' shall mean 
     the United Nations, China, France, Germany, the Russian 
     Federation, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
       Iraq.--USAID and the Department of State are directed to 
     support programs in Iraq that address sectarianism, assist 
     vulnerable populations, and strengthen governance, including 
     by promoting civil society. Programs should advance peace and 
     reconciliation goals and build a strong foundation for the 
     long-term stability of Iraq.
       Funds in the Act for assistance for Iraq are allocated 
     according to the following table:

                                  IRAQ
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund................................            72,500
    Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund.............           [7,500]
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement..            11,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and                   20,860
 Related Programs....................................
International Military Education and Training........             1,000
Foreign Military Financing Program...................           250,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................           355,360
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Funds are provided for the continuation of the Marla 
     Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund,

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     subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations, to assist Iraqi civilians who have suffered 
     losses due to military operations, terrorism, or other 
     sectarian violence. Prior to any decision to reassign 
     management and oversight responsibility for such fund from 
     USAID to DRL, the Department of State and USAID are directed 
     to consult with the Committees on Appropriations.
       Jordan.--Funds in this Act for assistance for Jordan are 
     allocated according to the following table:

                                 JORDAN
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund................................            812,350
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and                     8,850
 Related Programs....................................
International Military Education and Training........              3,800
Foreign Military Financing Program...................            450,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................          1,275,000
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       The agreement includes $100,000,000 for water sector 
     support for Jordan, which is intended to support the Red Sea-
     Dead Sea water project, pending completion of relevant 
     studies and assessments.
       Lebanon.--The agreement supports scholarships awarded on a 
     competitive basis for students in Lebanon with high financial 
     need at not-for-profit institutions in Lebanon that meet 
     standards comparable to those required for United States 
     accreditation, as recommended in the House and Senate 
     reports. Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
     the USAID Administrator is directed to consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the criteria for 
     participation in scholarship programs for institutions in the 
     Middle East, including to address the needs of individuals 
     displaced by conflict.
       Libya.-- Funds in this Act for assistance for Libya are 
     allocated according to the following table:

                                  LIBYA
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund................................             10,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement..              2,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and                     6,500
 Related Programs....................................
International Military Education and Training........              1,500
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................             20,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       In submitting the certification required by subsection 
     (f)(3), the Secretary of State is directed to include a 
     description of how regular oversight will be provided by the 
     Department of State and USAID.
       Syria.--The Act includes language in subsection (h)(2), 
     similar to that proposed in the Senate bill, regarding 
     assistance to build the capacity of Syrian civil society 
     organizations to address the immediate and long-term needs of 
     people inside Syria in a manner that supports the 
     sustainability of such organizations and the goals and 
     objectives of the strategy required in section 7041(i)(3) of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 
     113-76). The provision is intended to empower such 
     organizations by establishing a more direct relationship with 
     the Department of State and USAID.
       In addition to the directives in the House and Senate 
     reports, assistance to vulnerable populations within Syria 
     and those fleeing the Syrian conflict should include medical, 
     rehabilitation, and vocational assistance for those who have 
     suffered physical disabilities as a result of the ongoing 
     conflict.
       The agreement endorses language contained in the House 
     report under Foreign Military Financing Program regarding 
     expediting Foreign Military Financing and Foreign Military 
     Sales cases and related licenses to partners in the coalition 
     in the fight against ISIL and, not later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, is directed to 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on the 
     feasibility and actions required to furnish armed and unarmed 
     unmanned aerial systems and associated technologies to such 
     partners. The report should include a summary of actions 
     taken to approve such systems since the initiation of 
     military operations against ISIL, and efforts to expedite the 
     approval of such systems, consistent with United States law 
     and policy.
       Tunisia.--Funds in this Act for assistance for Tunisia are 
     allocated according to the following table:

                                 TUNISIA
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund................................             60,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement..             12,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and                     2,600
 Related Programs....................................
International Military Education and Training........              2,300
Foreign Military Financing Program...................             65,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................            141,900
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       West Bank and Gaza.--The report required in subsection 
     (j)(3) shall also include a description of steps taken by the 
     Department of State to discourage such payments.
       Sec. 7042. Africa (Modified)
       South Sudan.--The Secretary of State is directed to ensure 
     that funds made available in this Act for South Sudan will 
     support adherence to, and implementation of, the peace 
     agreement reached in South Sudan in August 2015.
       Sec. 7043. East Asia and the Pacific (Modified)
       The Act includes language regarding assistance for East 
     Asia and the Pacific in a manner similar to that proposed by 
     the House and Senate.
       Burma.--Assistance for Burma shall be prioritized to 
     underserved and rural areas, and support basic education, 
     civic education, and livelihoods programs. In addition, funds 
     should be made available to counter narcotics abuse among 
     youth throughout the country. The Secretary of State is 
     directed to consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
     additional requirements should a peaceful transfer of power 
     occur in Burma following the election held on November 8, 
     2015.
       The Act prohibits funding to any organization or individual 
     in Burma that the Secretary of State determines and reports 
     to the appropriate congressional committees advocates 
     violence against ethnic or religious groups. When considering 
     such determination, the Secretary should review the actions 
     of Ashin Wirathu.
       Hong Kong.--The Secretary of State is directed to submit 
     the report required by subsection (e)(6) of the Senate bill 
     in the manner described.
       People's Republic of China.--The agreement provides 
     $15,000,000 to continue democracy and environment programs in 
     the People's Republic of China (PRC), to be administered by 
     the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
     of State, to promote and strengthen civic advocacy and the 
     rule of law. The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
     are directed to provide no assistance to the central 
     government of the PRC under Global Health Programs, 
     Development Assistance, and Economic Support Fund, except for 
     assistance to detect, prevent, and treat infectious diseases.
       Thailand.--The agreement does not include assistance for 
     Thailand under International Military Education and Training 
     and Foreign Military Financing Program due to the application 
     of section 7008 of this Act.
       Vietnam.--The agreement supports funds under Economic 
     Support Fund to continue the DNA forensic technology program 
     to identify Vietnamese persons missing-in-action. The 
     agreement provides funds under Economic Support Fund to 
     support the environmental remediation of dioxin contamination 
     at the Bien Hoa Airport. The Department of Defense is 
     strongly encouraged to contribute funds for this project, 
     which is expected to further United States-Vietnam relations.
       Sec. 7044. South and Central Asia (Modified)
       Afghanistan.--The Secretary of State is directed to include 
     in the operating plan for Diplomatic and Consular Programs 
     the information enumerated in the second paragraph under this 
     section in the House report.
       The Secretary of State is directed to include in the 
     certification on corruption required by subsection (a)(2)(B) 
     a description of steps taken by the Government of Afghanistan 
     to combat corruption and prosecute individuals alleged to be 
     involved in illegal activities in Afghanistan. The Department 
     of State and USAID should continue to ensure that projects 
     implemented by organizations requiring security in 
     Afghanistan have security personnel who are properly trained 
     and equipped and are cost effective.
       Subsection (a)(4) makes funds available for an endowment to 
     empower women and girls in Afghanistan. The Secretary of 
     State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, are directed 
     to consult with the appropriate congressional committees 
     prior to obligating funds for such purposes.
       Nepal.--The agreement provides $43,038,000 under Economic 
     Support Fund for assistance for Nepal, including to support 
     ongoing earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts, 
     environmental conservation, conflict resolution, and 
     activities to protect the rights and address the needs of 
     Dalits and other marginalized groups.
       Pakistan.--The agreement provides funds under International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement for assistance for 
     Pakistan for implementation of programs described in the CBJ, 
     the intent of which is to assist in building an independent 
     civilian justice system capable of conducting 
     counterterrorism investigations and prosecutions.
       The Act provides funds under Economic Support Fund, 
     Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, and 
     International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement to 
     enhance the recruitment, professionalism, and retention of 
     women in the judiciary, police, and other security forces in 
     South and Central Asia. The agreement provides not less than 
     the fiscal year 2015 level for such purposes in Pakistan, 
     which shall be made available through an open and competitive 
     process.
       Sec. 7045. Western Hemisphere (Modified)
       United States Engagement in Central America.--Subsection 
     (a) provides a framework for United States assistance to 
     implement the United States Strategy for Engagement in 
     Central America (the Strategy) in support of the Plan of the 
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     America (the Plan). The Act provides up to $750,000,000 for 
     the Strategy, which is allocated according to the following 
     table:

        UNITED STATES STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Country/Program                      Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development Assistance:
    El Salvador......................................            65,000
    Guatemala........................................           112,000
    Honduras.........................................            93,000
    Nicaragua........................................            10,000
    USAID Central America Regional...................            19,410
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................           299,410
Economic Support Fund:
    Central America Regional Security Initiative.....           126,500
    Other Regional--Economic Opportunity.............             7,000
    Other Regional--Prosperity and Governance........            50,000
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................           183,500
Foreign Military Financing Program:
    Belize...........................................             1,000
    Costa Rica.......................................             1,400
    El Salvador......................................             1,900
    Guatemala........................................             1,740
    Honduras.........................................             4,500
    Panama...........................................             2,125
    State Western Hemisphere Regional................            13,000
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................            25,665
International Military Education and Training:
    Belize...........................................               250
    Costa Rica.......................................               425
    El Salvador......................................             1,000
    Guatemala........................................               775
    Honduras.........................................               750
    Panama...........................................               725
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................             3,925
Global Health Programs--USAID:
    Guatemala........................................            13,000
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................            13,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement:
    Central America Regional Security Initiative.....           222,000
    DNA Forensic Technology..........................           [4,000]
    Guatemala Police Sexual Assault Units............           [3,000]
    International Commission Against Impunity in                [7,500]
     Guatemala.......................................
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................           222,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and
 Related Programs:
    Panama...........................................               500
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................               500
Overseas Private Investment Corporation:
    Regional.........................................             2,000
                                                      ------------------
        Subtotal.....................................             2,000
                                                      ------------------
            Total, United States Strategy for                   750,000
             Engagement in Central America...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement does not include funds for cash transfer 
     assistance or major infrastructure projects. It is expected 
     that, if supported as part of the Plan, such projects would 
     be financed by El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and other 
     donors, including international development banks.
       The Act withholds from obligation 75 percent of assistance 
     made available for each of the central governments of El 
     Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras unless the Secretary of 
     State certifies and reports that such government is taking 
     effective steps to meet certain requirements, and requires 
     the Secretary to suspend assistance for such central 
     government that has not made sufficient progress in meeting 
     such requirements. Such withholding and any suspension of 
     funds should apply to each country individually, so that the 
     failure of one country to meet the requirements does not 
     adversely affect another.
       The agreement provides $7,500,000 for a United States 
     contribution to the International Commission Against Impunity 
     in Guatemala (CICIG), and provides the authority to obligate 
     funds made available for the Central America Regional 
     Security Initiative after consultation with, and subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
     Appropriations to support international commissions against 
     impunity in Honduras and El Salvador, if such commissions are 
     established. To receive funds appropriated by this Act or 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs, such commissions 
     should have investigatory and prosecutorial independence and 
     authorities comparable to CICIG.
       The agreement endorses the recommendation in the House and 
     Senate reports to transfer up to $15,000,000 from Development 
     Assistance to the Inter-American Foundation.
       The Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID 
     Administrator, is directed to develop a plan for monitoring 
     and evaluation of programs funded by this Act and prior Acts 
     making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs, to implement the Strategy. 
     Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Department of State and USAID are directed to consult with 
     the appropriate congressional committees on such plan and 
     provide a progress report and initial results not later than 
     September 30, 2016.
       The Secretary of State is directed to include in the report 
     required by subparagraph (3)(B) (relating to clause (xii)) an 
     assessment of the economic investment conditions in El 
     Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and a description of 
     outstanding commercial disputes, including the confiscation 
     of real property, between United States entities and the 
     governments of such countries.
       In addition to the reporting requirement regarding lessons 
     learned from the Merida Initiative and Plan Colombia included 
     in the Introduction of the Senate report, the Secretary of 
     State is directed to include lessons learned with regard to 
     law enforcement and counternarcotics activities.
       Colombia.--In accordance with subsection (b), 19 percent of 
     the funds appropriated under Foreign Military Financing 
     Program that are made available for assistance for Colombia 
     may be obligated only if the Secretary of State certifies and 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) cases 
     involving members of the Colombian military who have been 
     credibly alleged to have violated human rights, including 
     those in positions with command authority who ordered or 
     covered up such crimes, are subject only to civilian 
     jurisdiction, the Colombian military is cooperating with 
     civilian authorities in such cases, and military officers 
     credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human 
     rights are removed from positions with command authority 
     until the completion of judicial proceedings and 
     appropriately punished if convicted; (2) the Government of 
     Colombia is upholding its international obligations by 
     holding accountable persons responsible for crimes against 
     humanity, war crimes, and other gross violations of human 
     rights, and is not offering amnesty to such persons; and (3) 
     the Government of Colombia is continuing to dismantle illegal 
     armed groups, taking effective steps to protect the rights of 
     human rights defenders, journalists, trade unionists, and 
     other social activists, and respecting the rights and 
     territory of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities.
       The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney 
     General, is expected to continue to work with the Government 
     of Colombia to extradite fugitives wanted by the United 
     States, in accordance with applicable agreements between the 
     two countries.
       Prior to the obligation of funds made available by this Act 
     for counternarcotics programs and law enforcement activities 
     in Colombia, and after consultation with the Government of 
     Colombia, the Secretary of State is directed to submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees describing 
     the Government of Colombia's revised counternarcotics 
     strategy, the costs associated with such strategy and the 
     winding down of the aerial eradication program, and a 
     description of the support to be provided by the Department 
     of State for counternarcotics and law enforcement activities 
     during fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal years. Such 
     funds shall be made available on a cost-matching basis to the 
     maximum extent practicable in order to sustain the commitment 
     of the Government of Colombia to counternarcotics programs 
     and are subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Haiti.--The agreement does not include language in the 
     Senate bill regarding assistance provided to the Haitian 
     National Police. The Secretary of State and the USAID 
     Administrator, as appropriate, are directed to take 
     appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance made 
     available by this Act for the Government of Haiti is not 
     controlled by, or otherwise under the influence of, any 
     private organization or individual.
       Sec. 7048. United Nations (Modified)
       The Secretary of State, in coordination with the United 
     States Mission to the UN, should seek United States 
     assessment rates for the UN regular budget and international 
     peacekeeping activities that are favorable to the United 
     States.
       Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on UN policies and processes to 
     combat corruption and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse at 
     the UN and affiliated agencies, including recent actions 
     taken by the Office of Internal Oversight Services. The 
     Secretary of State is encouraged to use existing authorities, 
     including the withholding of bilateral economic assistance, 
     as appropriate, to further accountability, transparency, and 
     other reforms at the United Nations.
       Sec. 7056. Consular Immunity (New)
       Sec. 7057. United States Agency for International 
     Development Management (Modified)
       Sec. 7058. Global Health Activities (Modified)
       Sec. 7060. Sector Allocations (Modified)
       Funds for certain sectors are allocated according to the 
     following table:

                           SECTOR ALLOCATIONS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic Education......................................            800,000
Higher Education.....................................            225,000
Biodiversity Conservation............................            265,000
Wildlife Trafficking.................................             80,000
Food Security and Agricultural Development...........          1,000,600
Microenterprise and Microfinance.....................            265,000
Trafficking in Persons...............................             60,000
Reconciliation Programs..............................             26,000
Water and Sanitation.................................            400,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Funds for certain bilateral environment programs are 
     allocated according to the following table:

                          ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andean Amazon........................................             20,000
Brazilian Amazon.....................................             10,500
Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment..             39,400
    USAID............................................           [21,900]
    United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)..           [17,500]
Lacey Act............................................              2,000

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Mayan Biosphere--Department of Interior..............              1,000
Toxic Chemicals......................................              5,000
USFWS................................................              5,500
    Migratory Bird Conservation......................              [500]
United States Forest Service.........................              5,000
Waste Recycling......................................              5,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The Act includes not less than $80,000,000 to combat 
     wildlife poaching and trafficking, of which not less than 
     $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to combat 
     rhinoceros poaching and shall be used primarily for site-
     based anti-poaching activities to address immediate 
     requirements. Funds are provided to support regional wildlife 
     enforcement networks, including $1,000,000 to support the 
     Wildlife Enforcement Network Southern Africa; address 
     consumer demand, including in Asia; strengthen law 
     enforcement, including to address significant needs for 
     training and equipment; and enhance regional cooperation and 
     anti-trafficking networks. These programs shall include 
     monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure funds are used 
     for the intended purposes, and to measure the outcomes of 
     such assistance, including the number and type of 
     prosecutions, trends in wildlife population sizes, and the 
     effectiveness of demand reduction campaigns. Not later than 
     45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
     USAID Administrator, and Director of the USFWS are directed 
     to consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses 
     of funds for these purposes. The Secretary of State is 
     further directed to update the report required in the joint 
     explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113-76, 
     including how funds are being used to implement the National 
     Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking. The Secretary of 
     State is directed to include country and program funding 
     levels for combating wildlife poaching and trafficking in the 
     fiscal year 2017 CBJ.
       The agreement includes $5,000,000 for the United States 
     Forest Service (USFS) in addition to funds otherwise made 
     available by USAID for USFS biodiversity conservation 
     activities, which shall be in amounts not less than fiscal 
     year 2014.
       The agreement provides not less than $72,000,000 for 
     programs and activities to combat trafficking in persons 
     internationally, including funds for assistance, as allocated 
     according to the following table:

                         TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development Assistance...............................              9,800
Economic Support Fund................................             11,200
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement..             39,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement includes $12,000,000 under Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs for the Office to Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking in Persons, Department of State. The agreement 
     provides $5,000,000 to support a multi-faceted approach to 
     combat human trafficking in Guatemala pursuant to section 
     7060(f) of this Act. Pursuant to the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000, as amended by Public Law 113-4, 
     $5,000,000 of the funds made available under International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement shall be made available 
     for child protection compacts.
       Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID 
     Administrator, is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on obligations and expenditures 
     of all fiscal year 2015 funds managed by the Department of 
     State and USAID to combat human trafficking and forced labor. 
     The report shall include funding by program, project, and 
     activity and describe the management structure at the 
     Department of State and USAID used to program such funds.
       Sec. 7063. Countries Impacted by Significant Refugee 
     Populations or Internally Displaced Persons (New)
       The agreement includes language in section 7063 modified 
     from that proposed in section 7081 of the Senate bill, except 
     the Secretary of State is directed to submit the report 
     required in section 7081(b) in the manner described in such 
     section. In lieu of the information required in section 
     7081(b)(3), the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 
     later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, on the 
     implications for country access to World Bank and other 
     concessional lending and grants if the World Bank were to 
     modify its per capita income categories to reflect the impact 
     of significant refugee populations and internally displaced 
     persons on host communities.
       Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the CEO 
     of the MCC is directed to submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations on the number of middle income countries 
     that would become eligible for MCC compacts, and any other 
     implications for MCC operations and programs of such updated 
     World Bank per capita income categories.
       Sec. 7069. Independent States of the Former Soviet Union 
     (Modified)
       Ukraine.--The agreement provides not less than $658,185,000 
     for assistance for Ukraine, and authority for loan guarantees 
     is provided under section 7034(o) of this Act.
       Funds in this Act for assistance for Ukraine are allocated 
     according to the following table:

                                 UKRAINE
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global Health Programs--USAID........................              6,100
Global Health Programs--State........................             25,515
Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia......            525,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement..             10,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and                    3,670
 Related Programs....................................
International Military Education and Training........              2,900
Foreign Military Financing Program...................             85,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................            658,185
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Sec. 7070. Russia (Modified)
       Sec. 7071. International Monetary Fund (Modified)
       Sec. 7072. Special Defense Acquisition Fund (Modified)
       Sec. 7073. Countering Foreign Fighters and Violent 
     Extremist Organizations (New)
       The Act includes language similar to that contained in the 
     House and Senate bills regarding security threats and 
     challenges posed by foreign fighters, violent extremists, and 
     violent extremist organizations.
       For the purposes of this section, the term ``violent 
     extremist organization'' means a foreign organization that, 
     pursuant to United States law, is determined to be an 
     organization that engages in terrorist activity (as defined 
     in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act), including an organization that is designated by the 
     Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization under 
     section 219 of such Act.
       For the purposes of subsection (a)(2) the term ``de-
     radicalization'' includes rehabilitation and reintegration 
     programs.
       Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 
     relevant Federal agencies, as appropriate, is directed to 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
     assistance and cooperation strategy for programs to implement 
     the objective described in subsection (a), in classified form 
     if necessary, which shall include a description of: (1) the 
     specific goals and objectives for such programs, and an 
     explanation of the methodology to be used in determining such 
     goals and objectives, on a country-by-country and 
     programmatic basis, and in establishing baselines for 
     determining programmatic success; (2) the coordinating 
     mechanisms between agencies to improve program efficiency and 
     effectiveness; (3) the coordinating mechanisms for programs 
     to counter terrorism and violent extremism; and (4) the 
     procedures and mechanism for end-use monitoring, vetting 
     procedures, and oversight of security sector and civilian 
     assistance made available to implement the strategy.
       The Secretary of State shall submit the proposed funding 
     levels for programs described under paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) 
     concurrently with the 653(a) report.
       Congressional notifications submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (c)(3) shall indicate the specific goals and 
     objectives to be supported through the proposed obligation of 
     funds.
       Sec. 7076. Budget Documents (Modified)
       The Act modifies subsection (a) to clarify that certain 
     funding level changes to programs, projects, and activities 
     that are included in operating plans are subject to 
     notification requirements.
       The regional security initiatives to be addressed in the 
     spend plans required by subsection (b)(1)(B) shall include: 
     the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative; the Central America 
     Regional Security Initiative; the Trans-Sahara 
     Counterterrorism Partnership; the Partnership for Regional 
     East Africa Counterterrorism; the West Africa Regional 
     Security Initiative; the Global Peace Operations Initiative, 
     including Africa Contingency Operations Training and 
     Assistance; the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response 
     Partnership; the Africa Conflict Stabilization and Border 
     Security program; the African Military Education Program; the 
     Africa Maritime Security Initiative; the Security Governance 
     Initiative; the Africa Regional Counter-Terrorism Fund; the 
     Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund; the Regional Security 
     Initiative; the Africa Capacity for Immediate Response to 
     Crisis; and the Southeast Asia Maritime Security Law 
     Enforcement Initiative.
       Sec. 7077. Reports and Records Management (New)
       The Act does not include language in the Senate bill 
     regarding the termination of reports. The Department of State 
     and USAID are directed to provide a list of obsolete reports 
     proposed to be terminated during fiscal year 2017, and such 
     list should be limited to reports under the jurisdiction of 
     the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs or reports required by prior appropriations Acts.
       Subsection (c)(1)(A) is not intended to prohibit the 
     funding of Department of State or USAID cloud server 
     capabilities.
       The GAO shall submit the completed assessment required 
     under subsection (c)(3) to the Secretary of State, the USAID 
     Administrator, and the Committees on Appropriations.

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       Sec. 7078. Global Internet Freedom (Modified)
       The Secretary of State should prioritize Internet freedom 
     programs that seek to counter restrictive Internet laws and 
     policies, including working with local civil society 
     organizations to support policies to promote Internet 
     freedom, in countries with governments that have adopted, or 
     are considering, laws or policies that restrict Internet 
     access and content.
       Funds in the Act for Internet freedom programs are 
     allocated according to the following table:

                            INTERNET FREEDOM
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Account                          Budget Authority
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Democracy Fund (Department of State).................            13,000
Economic Support Fund................................            14,275
    Near East Regional Democracy.....................           [9,000]
Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia......             4,725
Democracy Fund (USAID)...............................             3,500
International Broadcasting Operations................            15,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Internet Freedom..........................            50,500
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       Sec. 7081. Country Focus and Selectivity (New)
       The Act includes language modified from the Senate bill 
     regarding country focus and selectivity. The intent of this 
     provision is to decrease country dependency on United States 
     foreign assistance and to encourage self-sufficiency through 
     programs to strengthen economic development, security, and 
     stability. However, bilateral and security assistance to 
     certain countries serve abiding strategic purposes, and a 
     transition plan for such a country should acknowledge this 
     interest.
       Subsection (a) requires a transition plan in any country 
     assistance strategy developed after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and such plan should identify end goals and options 
     for winding down bilateral economic and security assistance. 
     The Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID 
     Administrator, is directed to develop and distribute 
     guidelines to appropriate personnel for implementation of 
     this subsection.
       The Secretary is directed to consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations prior to initiating a targeted transition on 
     the country selection process, the proposed period of 
     transition, and the percentage reduction in new obligations.
       Sec. 7082. United Nations Population Fund (Modified)
       The Act does not include the following general provisions 
     from the fiscal year 2015 Act (division J of Public Law 113-
     235), which have been discontinued or combined with other 
     sections: sections 7010, 7056, 7061, 7064, 7065, 7072, 7080, 
     7083, 7084, 7085.

           TITLE VIII--OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL

                            WAR ON TERRORISM

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The Act provides an additional $2,561,808,000 for 
     Diplomatic and Consular Programs, of which $1,966,632,000 is 
     for WSP, for the extraordinary costs of operations and 
     security in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, areas of unrest, and 
     high threat and high risk posts, which is designated for OCO/
     GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.
       Within the total, up to $595,176,000 is for operations, of 
     which up to $15,000,000 may be made available for Conflict 
     Stabilization Operations for overseas response related to 
     reconstruction and stabilization assistance, and up to 
     $10,000,000 may be transferred to other agencies to support 
     operations in, and assistance for, Afghanistan. The Secretary 
     of State is directed to include in the operating plan 
     required by section 7076(a) of this Act a description of any 
     funds transferred to other agencies in support of Afghanistan 
     operations, including projected transfer amounts and the 
     number of staff supported by each agency, and operating 
     levels for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The Act provides an additional $66,600,000 for Office of 
     Inspector General at the Department of State, of which 
     $56,900,000 is for the Special Inspector General for 
     Afghanistan Reconstruction, and is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.


            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

       The Act provides an additional $747,851,000 for Embassy 
     Security, Construction, and Maintenance, of which 
     $735,201,000 is for WSU, which is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.

                      International Organizations


              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

       The Act provides an additional $101,728,000 for 
     Contributions to International Organizations for the 
     extraordinary costs of UN missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, 
     Libya, and Somalia, which is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant 
     to BBEDCA.


        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

       The Act provides an additional $1,794,088,000 for 
     Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities for 
     international peacekeeping activities in Africa and the Near 
     East, which is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors


                 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

       The Act provides an additional $10,700,000 for 
     International Broadcasting Operations for the extraordinary 
     costs of United States international broadcasting to 
     Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Iraq, which is designated 
     for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The Act provides an additional $139,262,000 for Operating 
     Expenses for the extraordinary costs of operations in 
     Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, which is designated for OCO/
     GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                   INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

       The Act provides an additional $1,919,421,000 for 
     International Disaster Assistance for the extraordinary costs 
     of the United States response to international disasters and 
     crises, including those resulting from conflict, which is 
     designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.


                         TRANSITION INITIATIVES

       The Act provides an additional $37,000,000 for Transition 
     Initiatives for the extraordinary costs of assistance for 
     conflict countries and countries emerging from conflict, 
     which is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA. Funds 
     under this heading may be used in a similar manner to funds 
     made available under title III.


                          COMPLEX CRISES FUND

       The Act provides an additional $20,000,000 for Complex 
     Crises Fund for the extraordinary costs of addressing 
     security and stabilization requirements in conflict 
     countries, which is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to 
     BBEDCA.
       The Department of State and USAID are directed to ensure 
     proper implementation of such funds, consistent with prior 
     fiscal years.


                         ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

       The Act provides an additional $2,422,673,000 for Economic 
     Support Fund for the extraordinary costs of assistance for 
     countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, which 
     is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.


            ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

       The Act provides an additional $438,569,000 for Assistance 
     for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, which is designated for 
     OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.

                          Department of State


                    MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

       The Act provides an additional $2,127,114,000 for Migration 
     and Refugee Assistance for the extraordinary costs to respond 
     to refugee crises overseas, which is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State


          INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

       The Act provides an additional $371,650,000 for 
     International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement for the 
     extraordinary costs of assistance for countries, including 
     Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is designated for OCO/GWOT 
     pursuant to BBEDCA.


    NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS

       The Act provides an additional $379,091,000 for 
     Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs for the extraordinary costs of anti-terrorism 
     programs, which is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to 
     BBEDCA.


                        PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

       The Act provides an additional $469,269,000 for 
     Peacekeeping Operations for the extraordinary cost of 
     peacekeeping requirements, including the United States share 
     of assessed contributions of UN Operations in Somalia, which 
     is designated for OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

       The Act provides an additional $1,288,176,000 for Foreign 
     Military Financing Program for the extraordinary costs of 
     assistance for countries, including to counter Russian 
     Federation aggression and influence, which is designated for 
     OCO/GWOT pursuant to BBEDCA.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 8001. Additional Appropriations
       This section clarifies that amounts appropriated by this 
     title are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this Act for fiscal year 2016.
       Sec. 8002. Extension of Authorities and Conditions
       This section requires that the authorities and conditions 
     applicable to funding elsewhere in this Act are applicable to 
     funds in this title.

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       Sec. 8003. Transfer Authority
       Subsection (a)(1) provides authority for the Secretary of 
     State to transfer funds appropriated by this title in this 
     Act under Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, 
     Economic Support Fund, and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
     Central Asia between such headings. Subsection (a)(2) 
     provides authority for the Secretary of State to transfer 
     funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 
     International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, 
     Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs, Peacekeeping Operations, and Foreign Military 
     Financing Program between such headings. Subsection (a)(3) 
     includes transfer authorities related to International 
     Disaster Assistance and Migration and Refugee Assistance.
       Subsection (b) provides authority for the Secretary of 
     State to transfer funds appropriated by this title in this 
     Act under Foreign Military Financing Program in an amount 
     that shall not exceed $15,000,000 to the Global Security 
     Contingency Fund for programs in the Europe and Eurasia 
     region.
       Subsection (c) requires that any transfers pursuant to 
     subsection (a) may only be exercised to address 
     contingencies.
       Subsection (d) requires that the transfer authority 
     provided by subsections (a) and (b) is subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                        TITLE IX--OTHER MATTERS

                        MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                    International Monetary Programs


            UNITED STATES QUOTA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

                      DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The Act provides an increase in the United States quota in 
     the International Monetary Fund in the amount that is the 
     dollar equivalent of 40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights. 
     Funds are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA and 
     shall only be available if the President designates such 
     amount and the amount rescinded from the New Arrangements to 
     Borrow as an emergency requirement and transmits such 
     designation to the Congress.


                LOANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

                      DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

       The Act permanently rescinds the dollar equivalent of 
     40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights. Funds are designated 
     by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA and shall only be rescinded 
     if the President designates such amount as an emergency 
     requirement and transmits such designation to the Congress.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 9001. Limitations on and Expiration of Authority with 
     Respect to the New Arrangements to Borrow.
       Sec. 9002. Acceptance of Amendments to Articles of 
     Agreement; Quota Increase.
       Sec. 9003. Report on Methodology Used for Congressional 
     Budget Office Cost Estimates.
       Sec. 9004. Required Consultations with Congress in Advance 
     of Consideration of Exceptional Access Lending.
       Sec. 9005. Repeal of Systemic Risk Exemption to Limitations 
     to Access Policy of the International Monetary Fund.
       Sec. 9006. Annual Report on Lending, Surveillance, or 
     Technical Assistance Policies of the International Monetary 
     Fund.
       Sec. 9007. Report on Improving United States Participation 
     in the International Monetary Fund.

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DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                        Congressional Directives

       The language and allocations set forth in the House report 
     (House Report 114-129) and the Senate report (Senate Report 
     114-75) should be complied with unless specifically addressed 
     to the contrary in this division or explanatory statement. 
     Report language included by the House, which is not changed 
     by this explanatory statement, and the Senate report 
     language, which is not changed by this explanatory statement, 
     is a result of the 2016 appropriations agreement. The 
     explanatory statement, while repeating some report language 
     for emphasis, does not intend to negate the language referred 
     to above unless expressly provided herein. In cases where the 
     House or the Senate has directed the submission of a report, 
     such report is to be submitted to both the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations. The Department of 
     Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development are directed to notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations seven days prior to the 
     announcement of a new program or authority. Any reprogramming 
     requests must be submitted to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations no later than June 30, 2016.

                 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $108,750,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Secretary. The agreement 
     includes funding by office as specified below, and offices 
     are to manage staffing levels within the amounts provided. 
     Funds are available for transfer between all offices under 
     certain conditions.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Immediate Office of the Secretary.......................      $2,734,000
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary................       1,025,000
Office of the General Counsel...........................      20,609,000
Office of the Under Secretary for Transportation Policy.       9,941,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and              13,697,000
 Programs...............................................
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Government Affairs       2,546,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration....      25,925,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs....       2,029,000
Office of the Executive Secretariat.....................       1,737,000
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization..       1,434,000
Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response      10,793,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer.................      16,280,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Comprehensive truck size and weight limits study.--The 
     agreement includes a provision that requires the Secretary to 
     transmit to Congress the final Comprehensive Truck Size and 
     Weight Limits Study, as mandated by MAP-21, within 60 days of 
     enactment of this Act. The Department of Transportation 
     released a Technical Report in June which examined six 
     alternate truck configurations. The Transportation Research 
     Board (TRB) has acknowledged that the Department's efforts to 
     conduct the study are hampered by data limitations; however, 
     according to the TRB peer-review committee, the technical 
     report lacks a consistent and complete quantitative summary 
     of the evaluations of the alternative configuration scenarios 
     and presents impact estimates using inconsistent units of 
     measure which prevents the reader from weighing costs, 
     benefits, and trade-offs. The TRB committee notes possible 
     instances of bias, assumptions, and possible 
     misinterpretation of data in the report. The Committees view 
     the Technical Report, particularly the Department's 
     misrepresentation of the data limitations, as an 
     unsatisfactory document that makes no progress on meeting the 
     Department's responsibilities under the MAP-21 mandate.


                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

       The agreement provides $13,000,000 for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.


                  NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

       The agreement provides $500,000,000 for capital investments 
     in surface transportation infrastructure, commonly known as 
     the ``TIGER'' program. Funds are available for highway and 
     bridge projects; transit projects; passenger and freight rail 
     projects; and port, inland port, and land ports of entry 
     projects. The Secretary is reminded to consider worthy 
     transportation projects in suburban areas when meeting 
     geographical requirements. The agreement does not include 
     funds for planning activities.


                      FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

       The agreement provides $5,000,000 for the financial 
     management capital program.


                       CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

       The agreement provides $8,000,000 for departmental cyber 
     security initiatives.


                         OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

       The agreement provides $9,678,000 for the Office of Civil 
     Rights.


           TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

       The agreement provides $8,500,000 for planning, research 
     and development activities, of which $2,500,000 is for the 
     establishment of an Interagency Infrastructure Permitting 
     Improvement Center (IIPIC). Bill language is included to 
     allow for the transfer of funds to this account from other 
     Federal agencies utilizing the services of the IIPIC.


                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

       The agreement limits expenditures for working capital fund 
     activities to $190,039,000.


               MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

       The agreement provides a total appropriation of $933,000 
     for the minority business center program: $336,000 for the 
     cost of guaranteed loans and $597,000 for the administrative 
     expenses of the program. The bill limits loans to 
     $18,367,000.


                       MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

       The agreement provides $3,084,000 for minority business 
     outreach.


                        PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides $175,000,000 for payments to air 
     carriers. In addition to these funds, the program will 
     receive approximately $108,000,000 in overflight fees 
     pursuant to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.
       The agreement includes a provision that allows amounts 
     authorized for the essential air service program to be 
     immediately available from resources of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and allows such resources to be reimbursed 
     from collected overflight fees.


  ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

       Section 101 prohibits funds available to the Department of 
     Transportation from being obligated for the Office of the 
     Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 
     reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to 
     the modal administrations, except for activities underway on 
     the date of enactment of his Act, unless such assessments or 
     agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
     for Congressional notification.
       Section 102 allows the Department of Transportation Working 
     Capital Fund to provide payments in advance to vendors for 
     the Federal transit pass fringe benefit program.
       Section 103 requires the Secretary of Transportation to 
     post on the Web a schedule of all Credit Council meetings, 
     agendas, and meeting minutes.
       Section 104 allows the Department of Transportation Working 
     Capital Fund to provide full or partial payments in advance 
     and accept reimbursements from Federal agencies for transit 
     benefit distribution services.

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                               OPERATIONS

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement includes $9,909,724,000 for the operations of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Of the total 
     amount provided, $7,922,000,000 is to be derived from the 
     airport and airway trust fund. Funds are distributed in the 
     bill by budget activity.
       The following table compares the agreement to the levels 
     proposed in the budget request by activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Budget Request             Agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Traffic Organization......................................           $7,505,293,000           $7,505,293,000
Aviation Safety...............................................            1,258,411,000            1,258,411,000
Commercial Space Transportation...............................               18,144,000               17,800,000
Finance and management........................................              764,621,000              760,500,000
NextGen and operations planning...............................               60,582,000               60,089,000
Staff offices.................................................              207,099,000              206,751,000
Security and Hazardous Materials Safety.......................              100,880,000              100,880,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................           $9,915,000,000           $9,909,724,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Operations funding.--The agreement includes the full budget 
     request for the air traffic organization, aviation safety, 
     and security and hazardous materials safety. The agreement 
     includes reductions of less than two percent from commercial 
     space activities, and less than one percent from finance and 
     management, NextGen planning, and staff offices. These 
     reductions are taken without prejudice. The agreement funds 
     overall FAA operations at 99.95 percent of the budget request 
     to ensure the highest possible level of air traffic services, 
     for both general and commercial aviation. The agreement also 
     fully supports FAA's efforts to hire over 1,500 controllers 
     in fiscal year 2016, and the FAA is directed to make the 
     investments necessary to enhance its controller

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     hiring capabilities to meet its fiscal year 2016 hiring 
     goals.
       Contract towers.--The agreement provides $154,400,000 for 
     the contract tower program.
       Aviation noise impacts.--During floor consideration of H.R. 
     2577, a variety of amendments were offered in both chambers 
     related to FAA air traffic procedures and, in particular, the 
     noise that those procedures create in neighborhood 
     communities. FAA must take a more proactive role in engaging 
     communities that are impacted by these new departure and 
     arrival procedures, especially when the agency chooses to 
     utilize a categorical exclusion as part of the environmental 
     review process. The agreement does not include provisions 
     related to specific communities, but rather includes broad 
     language requiring FAA to update its community involvement 
     manual and implementation plan. Improved community outreach 
     is one part of the solution. Investments in new technologies 
     that will reduce noise and other environmental impacts caused 
     by aircraft are equally important. In that regard, the 
     agreement continues to include robust funding for the 
     Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program.
       Organization delegation authorization.--The FAA is directed 
     to continue its efforts to more fully utilize organization 
     designation authorization (ODA) for aircraft certification 
     processes, while improving ODA risk-based oversight and 
     workforce training. FAA is directed to provide a progress 
     report on its improvements to ODA processes no later than 180 
     days after enactment.
       Pathfinder program/commercial airports.--The agreement 
     supports FAA's Pathfinder program and encourages the FAA to 
     expand the program to include a commercial airport, in 
     conjunction with the UAS center for excellence as evaluator. 
     A letter report is requested on findings related to such 
     expansion no later than 180 days after enactment.
       Pathfinder program/electric utilities.--The agreement 
     encourages FAA to consider including electric utility 
     companies in the Pathfinder program to increase the 
     understanding of the role unmanned aerial systems can play in 
     supporting disaster recovery and ensuring the resiliency of 
     the electric grid.


                        FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement includes $2,855,000,000 for FAA facilities 
     and equipment. Of the total amount available, $470,049,000 is 
     available until September 30, 2016 and $2,384,951,000 is 
     available until September 30, 2018. The agreement includes 
     language directing FAA to transmit a five-year capital 
     investment plan to Congress no later than March 31, 2016, and 
     reduces funding by $100,000 for each day the capital 
     investment plan is late.
       The following table provides a breakdown of the agreement 
     by program:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Program                                     Request                 Agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Activity 1--Engineering, Development, Test and Evaluation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Advanced Technology Development and Prototyping...............               21,300,000               21,300,000
NAS Improvement of System Support Laboratory..................                1,000,000                1,000,000
William J. Hughes Technical Center Facilities.................               19,050,000               19,050,000
William J. Hughes Technical Center Infrastructure Sustainment.               12,200,000               12,200,000
Separation Management Portfolio...............................               26,500,000               31,500,000
Improved Surface/TFDM Portfolio...............................               17,000,000               17,000,000
On Demand NAS Portfolio.......................................               11,000,000               11,000,000
Environment Portfolio.........................................                1,000,000                1,000,000
Improved Multiple Runway Operations Portfolio.................                8,000,000                8,000,000
NAS Infrastructure Portfolio..................................               11,000,000               11,000,000
NextGen Support Portfolio.....................................               10,000,000               10,000,000
Performance Based Navigation & Metroplex Portfolio............               13,000,000               13,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total Activity 1..........................................              151,050,000              156,050,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Activity 2--Air Traffic Control Facilities and Equipment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a. En Route Programs:
En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM)--System Enhancements                79,400,000               79,400,000
 and Tech Refresh.............................................
En Route Communications Gateway (ECG).........................                2,650,000                2,650,000
Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)--Provide...............                6,500,000                6,500,000
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) & Combined Control                  74,200,000               74,200,000
 Facility (CCF) Building Improvements.........................
Air Traffic Management (ATM)..................................               13,700,000               13,700,000
Air/Ground Communications Infrastructure......................                9,750,000               11,750,000
Air Traffic Control En Route Radar Facilities Improvements....                5,810,000                5,810,000
Voice Switching and Control System (VSCS).....................                9,900,000                9,900,000
Oceanic Automation System.....................................               20,000,000               20,000,000
Next Generation Very High Frequency Air/Ground Communications                43,600,000               43,600,000
 (NEXCOM).....................................................
System-Wide Information Management............................               37,400,000               37,400,000
ADS-B NAS Wide Implementation.................................               45,200,000              184,600,000
Windshear Detection Service...................................                5,200,000                5,200,000
Collaborative Air Traffic Management Technologies WP2 & WP3...                9,800,000               14,770,000
Time Based Flow Management Portfolio..........................               42,600,000               42,600,000
ATC Beacon Interrogator (ATCBI)--Sustainment..................                1,000,000                1,000,000
NextGen Weather Processors....................................                7,000,000                7,000,000
Airborne Collision Avoidance System X (ACASX).................               10,800,000               10,800,000
Data Communications in Support of NG Air Transportation System              234,900,000              234,900,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal En Route Programs................................              659,410,000              805,780,000
b. Terminal Programs:
Airport Surface Detection Equipment--Model X (ASDE-X).........               13,500,000               13,500,000
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR)--Provide................                4,900,000                4,900,000
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) (TAMR                81,100,000               81,100,000
 Phase 1).....................................................
Terminal Automation Modernization/Replacement Program (TAMR                 159,350,000              159,350,000
 Phase 3).....................................................
Terminal Automation Program...................................                7,700,000                7,700,000
Terminal Air Traffic Control Facilities--Replace..............               45,500,000               45,500,000
ATCT/Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Facilities--                   58,990,000               58,990,000
 Improve......................................................
Terminal Voice Switch Replacement (TVSR)......................                6,000,000                6,000,000
NAS Facilities OSHA and Environmental Standards Compliance....               39,600,000               39,600,000
Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-9)............................                3,800,000                3,800,000
Terminal Digital Radar (ASR-11) Technology Refresh and Mobile                 9,900,000                9,900,000
 Airport Surveillance Radar (MASR)............................
Runway Status Lights..........................................               24,170,000               24,170,000
National Airspace System Voice System (NVS)...................               53,550,000               53,550,000
Integrated Display System (IDS)...............................               23,300,000               23,300,000
Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS)...................                4,700,000                4,700,000
Mode S Service Life Extension Program (SLEP)..................               16,300,000               16,300,000
Surveillance Interface Modernization..........................               23,000,000               23,000,000
National Air Space (NAS) Voice Recorder Program (NVRP)........                3,000,000                3,000,000
Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS).....................                5,400,000                5,400,000
Flight and Interfacility ATC Data Interface Modernization                     9,000,000                9,000,000
 (FIADIM).....................................................
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal Terminal Programs................................              592,760,000              592,760,000
c. Flight Service Programs:
Aviation Surface Observation System (ASOS)....................                8,000,000                8,000,000
Future Flight Services Program................................                3,000,000                3,000,000
Alaska Flight Service Facility Modernization (AFSFM)..........                2,650,000                2,650,000
Weather Camera Program........................................                1,000,000                1,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal Flight Service Programs..........................               14,650,000               14,650,000
d. Landing and Navigational Aids Program:
VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range (VOR) with Distance Measuring                 4,500,000                4,500,000
 Equipment (DME)..............................................
Instrument Landing System (ILS)--Establish....................                7,000,000                7,000,000
Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for GPS..................               80,600,000              107,200,000
Runway Visual Range (RVR) and Enhanced Low Visibility                         6,000,000                6,000,000
 Operations (ELVO)............................................
Approach Lighting System Improvement Program (ALSIP)..........                3,000,000                3,000,000
Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)............................                3,000,000                3,000,000
Visual NAVAIDS--Establish/Expand..............................                2,000,000                2,000,000

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Instrument Flight Procedures Automation (IFPA)................                3,371,000                3,371,000
Navigation and Landing Aids--Service Life Extension Program                   3,000,000                3,000,000
 (SLEP).......................................................
VASI Replacement--Replace with Precision Approach Path                        5,000,000                5,000,000
 Indicator....................................................
GPS Civil Requirements........................................               27,000,000               15,000,000
Runway Safety Areas--Navigational Mitigation..................               30,000,000               30,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal Landing and Navigational Aids Programs...........              174,471,000              189,071,000
e. Other ATC Facilities Programs:
Fuel Storage Tank Replacement and Management..................               18,700,000               18,700,000
Unstaffed Infrastructure Sustainment..........................               39,640,000               39,640,000
Aircraft Related Equipment Program............................                9,000,000                9,000,000
Airport Cable Loop Systems--Sustained Support.................               12,000,000               12,000,000
Alaskan Satellite Telecommunications Infrastructure (ASTI)....               12,500,000               12,500,000
Facilities Decommissioning....................................                6,000,000                6,000,000
Electrical Power Systems--Sustain/Support.....................              124,970,000              125,000,000
FAA Employee Housing and Life Safety Shelter System Service...                2,500,000                2,500,000
Energy Management and Compliance (EMC)........................                2,000,000                2,000,000
Child Care Center Sustainment.................................                1,600,000                1,600,000
FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure.........................                1,000,000                1,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal Other ATC Facilities Programs....................              229,910,000              229,940,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Total Activity 2......................................            1,671,201,000            1,832,201,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Activity 3--Non-Air Traffic Control Facilities and Equipment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a. Support Equipment:
Hazardous Materials Management................................               26,400,000               26,400,000
Aviation Safety Analysis System (ASAS)........................               20,200,000               20,200,000
Logistics Support Systems and Facilities (LSSF)...............                4,000,000                4,000,000
National Air Space (NAS) Recovery Communications (RCOM).......               12,000,000               12,000,000
Facility Security Risk Management.............................               15,000,000               15,000,000
Information Security..........................................               12,000,000               12,000,000
System Approach for Safety Oversight (SASO)...................               18,900,000               18,900,000
Aviation Safety Knowledge Management Environment (ASKME)......                7,500,000                7,500,000
Aerospace Medical Equipment Needs (AMEN)......................                2,500,000                2,500,000
System Safety Management Portfolio............................               17,000,000               17,000,000
National Test Equipment Program...............................                4,000,000                4,000,000
Mobile Assets Management Program..............................                4,800,000                4,800,000
Aerospace Medicine Safety Information Systems (AMSIS).........                3,000,000                3,000,000
Tower Simulation System (TSS) Technology Refresh..............                7,000,000                7,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal Support Equipment................................              154,300,000              154,300,000
b. Training, Equipment and Facilities:
Aeronautical Center Infrastructure Modernization..............               15,200,000               15,200,000
Distance Learning.............................................                1,500,000                1,500,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal Training, Equipment and Facilities...............               16,700,000               16,700,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Total Activity 3......................................              171,000,000              171,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
                              Activity 4--Facilities and Equipment Mission Support
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a. System Support and Services:
System Engineering and Development Support....................               35,000,000               35,000,000
Program Support Leases........................................               46,700,000               46,700,000
Logistics and Acquisition Support Services....................               11,000,000               11,000,000
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Leases......................               18,800,000               18,800,000
Transition Engineering Support................................               19,200,000               19,200,000
Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC)....................               23,000,000               23,000,000
Resource Tracking Program (RTP)...............................                4,000,000                4,000,000
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD).......               60,000,000               60,000,000
Aeronautical Information Management Program...................                5,000,000                5,000,000
Cross Agency NextGen Management...............................                3,000,000                3,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total Activity 4..........................................              225,700,000              225,700,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Activity 5--Personnel and Related Expenses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel and Related Expenses................................              470,049,000              470,049,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Activity 6--Sustain ADS-B services and Wide Area Augmentation Services (WAAS) GEOs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADS-B services and WAAS GEOs..................................              166,000,000                        *
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................................            2,855,000,000            2,855,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Funding is provided directly to ADS-B and WAAS GEO program lines.

       Engineering, development, test and evaluation (activity 
     1).--The agreement reiterates expectations to better 
     understand how funding in the engineering, development, test 
     and evaluation activity has advanced specific NextGen 
     programs for enhancing capacity and reducing flight delays. 
     The Inspector General is directed to examine how these 
     investments are managed and what specific outcomes have been 
     achieved to improve the Nation's air transportation system.
       NextGen-separation management portfolio.--The agreement 
     supports the continued advancement of space-based automatic 
     dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology as a 
     means to enhance safety and increase capacity, and provides 
     $15,000,000 for this purpose within the NextGen-separation 
     management portfolio program. FAA is directed to provide an 
     update to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     within 60 days of enactment on its efforts to advance the 
     space-based ADS-B program, including information on the 
     status of a final investment decision for the program.


                 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides $166,000,000 for the FAA's research, 
     engineering, and development activities.
       The agreement provides the following levels for specific 
     programs:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Program                                     Request                 Agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fire Research & Safety........................................                6,643,000                6,000,000
Propulsion & Fuel Systems.....................................                3,034,000                2,034,000
Advanced Materials/Structural Safety..........................                3,625,000                7,409,000
Aircraft Icing/Digital System Safety..........................                6,920,000                5,500,000
Continued Air Worthiness......................................                8,987,000                8,987,000
Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research.............                1,433,000                1,433,000
Flightdeck/Maintenance/System Integration Human Factors.......                9,947,000                5,000,000
Safety System Management......................................                6,063,000                6,063,000
Air Traffic Control/Technical Operations Human Factors........                5,995,000                5,410,000
Aeromedical Research..........................................               10,255,000                8,467,000
Weather Research..............................................               18,253,000               15,031,000
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research............................                9,635,000               17,635,000

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NextGen--Alternative Fuels for General Aviation...............                5,833,000                7,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total Safety..............................................               96,623,000               95,969,000
NextGen--Wake Turbulence......................................                8,640,000                8,541,000
NextGen--Air Ground Integration...............................                8,875,000                8,000,000
NextGen--Weather Technology in the Cockpit....................                4,116,000                4,048,000
Commercial Space (in FY 15 buried in NextGen Air Ground                       3,000,000                2,000,000
 Integration per FY 14 congressional language)................
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Total Economic Competiveness..............................               24,671,000               22,589,000
Environment & Energy..........................................               15,061,000               16,074,000
NextGen Environmental Research--Aircraft Technologies, Fuels                 23,823,000               25,823,000
 and Metrics..................................................
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Environmental Sustainability..............................               38,884,000               41,897,000
System Planning and Resource Management.......................                2,377,000                2,100,000
WJHTC Lab Facilities..........................................                3,445,000                3,445,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
    Mission Support...........................................                5,822,000                5,545,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
        Total.................................................              166,000,000              166,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Unmanned aerial systems (UAS).--The agreement includes 
     $17,635,000 for unmanned aircraft systems research, an 
     increase of $8,000,000 above the budget request. Within this 
     increase, $3,000,000 is provided to help meet FAA's UAS 
     research goals of system safety and data gathering, aircraft 
     certification, command and control link challenges, control 
     station layouts and certification, sense and avoid, and 
     environmental impacts; and $5,000,000 is provided for the 
     center of excellence on unmanned aerial systems, for a total 
     of $5,500,000 for the center. It is expected that UAS flight 
     operations conducted as part of center of excellence research 
     be performed at one or more of the six UAS test sites 
     selected for UAS research and airspace integration.
       Environmental sustainability.--The agreement includes 
     $41,897,000 for research related to environmental 
     sustainability, an increase of $3,013,000 above the budget 
     request. The total level of funding supports the CLEEN 
     program as well as the center of excellence for alternative 
     jet fuels and environment. The FAA is directed to use the 
     increase in funding for the center of excellence, resulting 
     in a total of $10,513,000 for the center.


                       GRANTS IN AID FOR AIRPORTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes an obligation limitation of 
     $3,350,000,000 and a liquidating cash appropriation of 
     $3,600,000,000. Within the obligation limitation, the 
     agreement provides not more than $107,100,000 for 
     administrative expenses, no less than $15,000,000 for the 
     airport cooperative research program, and no less than 
     $31,000,000 for airport technology research.
       Small community air service development program.--The 
     agreement includes $5,000,000 under the obligation limitation 
     to continue the small community air service development 
     program (SCASDP) and directs the FAA to transfer these funds 
     to the Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses 
     appropriation. The agreement includes a provision that allows 
     the participation of an airport that serves a community or 
     consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport 
     according to FAA hub classifications at the time the 
     Secretary issues a request for proposals.
       Cost share.--The agreement includes a provision that allows 
     small airports to continue contributing five percent of the 
     total cost for unfinished phased projects that were underway 
     prior to the passage of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 
     of 2012.


       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

       Section 110 allows no more than 600 technical staff-years 
     at the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development.
       Section 111 prohibits funds for adopting guidelines or 
     regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide FAA 
     ``without cost'' building construction or space.
       Section 112 allows reimbursement for fees collected and 
     credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303.
       Section 113 allows reimbursement of funds for providing 
     technical assistance to foreign aviation authorities to be 
     credited to the operations account.
       Section 114 prohibits funds for Sunday premium pay unless 
     work was actually performed on a Sunday.
       Section 115 prohibits funds in the Act from being used to 
     buy store gift cards with Government issued credit cards.
       Section 116 allows all airports experiencing the required 
     level of boardings through charter and scheduled air service 
     to be eligible for funds under 49 U.S.C. 47114(c).
       Section 117 prohibits funds from being obligated or 
     expended for retention bonuses for FAA employees without 
     prior written approval of the DOT Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration.
       Section 118 requires the Secretary to block the display of 
     an owner or operator's aircraft registration number in the 
     Aircraft Situational Display to Industry program upon the 
     request of an owner or operator.
       Section 119 prohibits funds for salaries and expenses of 
     more than nine political and Presidential appointees in the 
     FAA.
       Section 119A prohibits funds to increase fees under 49 
     U.S.C. 44721 until the FAA provides a report to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations that justifies all fees 
     related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how 
     such fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642.
       Section 119B requires FAA to notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations at least 90 days before closing 
     a regional operations center or reducing the services 
     provided.
       Section 119C prohibits funds from being used to change 
     weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro 
     Airport in New Jersey.

                     Federal Highway Administration


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement limits obligations for the administrative 
     expenses of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to 
     $425,752,000. In addition, the agreement provides $3,248,000 
     above this limitation for the administrative expenses of the 
     Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 
     104.


                          FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement limits obligations for the federal-aid 
     highways program to $42,361,000,000 in fiscal year 2016.
       Alternate design/alternate bid procurement.--The agreement 
     acknowledges that FHWA has satisfied the directive in Senate 
     Report 114-75 related to alternate design/alternate bid 
     procurement methods and does not direct additional action.


                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation of 
     $43,100,000,000, which is available until expended, to pay 
     the outstanding obligations of the various highway programs 
     at the levels provided in this Act and prior appropriations 
     acts.


       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

       Section 120 distributes the federal-aid highways program 
     obligation limitation.
       Section 121 allows funds received by the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to 
     be credited to the federal-aid highways account.
       Section 122 provides requirements for any waiver of Buy 
     America requirements.
       Section 123 prohibits funds from being used to provide 
     credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, 
     United States Code, unless the Secretary of Transportation 
     notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
     the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the 
     Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and 
     the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at 
     least three days prior to credit application approval.
       Section 124 modifies title 23, United States Code, to 
     remove the sunset date on two federal truck weight exemptions 
     and to add an additional exemption to federal truck weight 
     limitations for the State of Idaho.
       Section 125 authorizes states to repurpose certain 
     previously authorized funding amounts to new projects that 
     are eligible under the surface transportation program and 
     located within a similar geographic area.
       Section 126 modifies title 23 to increase the highway 
     safety improvement program set-aside for highway-railroad 
     grade crossings to $350,000,000.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration


              MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement includes a liquidation of contract 
     authorization and a limitation on

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     obligations of $267,400,000 for the Federal Motor Carrier 
     Safety Administration (FMCSA). Of this limitation, $9,000,000 
     is for research and technology programs and will remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2018, 
     $34,545,000 is for information management and shall be 
     available until September 30, 2018, and $1,000,000 is for 
     commercial motor vehicle operator's grants.
       Under the agreement, the Department of Transportation 
     Office of Inspector General is directed to conduct an audit 
     within five years addressing issues related to the 
     effectiveness and efficiency of FMCSA's execution and 
     compliance with the cross-border long-haul trucking program.
       Natural gas vehicle regulations.--The agreement does not 
     include an expectation that DOT clarify and address the 
     ability of bus manufacturers to continue to deploy buses that 
     have roof-top mounted compressed natural gas cylinders. The 
     agreement does not require the Secretary to issue further 
     guidance on rules that restrict access to bridges and tunnels 
     in the case of alternative fueled vehicles.


                      MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation and 
     a limitation on obligations of $313,000,000 for motor carrier 
     safety grants. The agreement allocates the total grant 
     funding as follows:

        Program                                                 Funding
Motor carrier safety assistance program....................$218,000,000
Commercial driver's license program improvement grants.......30,000,000
Border enforcement grants program............................32,000,000
Performance and registration information system management gra5,000,000
Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deploymen25,000,000
Safety data improvement grants................................3,000,000

       Of the $218,000,000 provided for the motor carrier safety 
     assistance program, the agreement provides $32,000,000 for 
     audits of new entrant motor carriers.


 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

       Section 130 subjects funds appropriated in this Act to the 
     terms and conditions of section 350 of Public Law 107-87 and 
     section 6901 of Public Law 110-28, and repeals Section 350(d) 
     of Public Law 107-87.
       Section 131 requires FMCSA to send notice of 49 CFR section 
     385.308 violations by certified mail, registered mail, or 
     some other manner of delivery which records receipt of the 
     notice by the persons responsible for the violations.
       Section 132 prohibits funding provided under the Act from 
     being used to enforce any regulation prohibiting a state from 
     issuing a commercial learner's permit to individuals under 
     the age of eighteen if state law authorized such issuance as 
     of May 9, 2011.
       Section 133 suspends a portion of the hours of service 
     regulation unless the Secretary and the Inspector General 
     find that the final report meets all statutory requirements 
     and establishes improved outcomes.
       Section 134 prohibits funds from being used to deny an 
     application to renew a hazardous materials safety permit 
     unless a carrier has the opportunity to present their own 
     corrective actions and the Secretary determines such actions 
     are insufficient.
       Section 135 prohibits funds from being used for a wireless 
     roadside inspection program until 180 days after the 
     Secretary makes specific certifications to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 136 clarifies that certain commercial regulations 
     unrelated to safety are not applicable to small passenger 
     carriers that serve youth or family camps.
       Section 137 provides a limited agricultural exemption for 
     trucks during harvest months in Kansas.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


                        OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

       The agreement provides $152,800,000 from the general fund 
     for operations and research. Of this amount, $20,000,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2017.
       The agreement includes up to 35 FTE for no more than 70 new 
     positions in the Office of Defects Investigation.


                        OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation and 
     an obligation limitation of $142,900,000, to remain available 
     until expended, which reflects the authorized level of 
     contract authority. Of the total, $137,800,000 is provided 
     for the programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403, and 
     $5,100,000 is for the National Driver Register. Of the total 
     amount provided under this heading, $20,000,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017 and shall be in addition 
     to any limitation imposed on obligations in future fiscal 
     years.
       The agreement includes $6,500,000 for a high visibility 
     enforcement paid-media campaign in the area of highway-rail 
     grade crossing safety and $11,700,000 for highway safety 
     research.


                     HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation and 
     an obligation limitation of $573,332,000 for highway traffic 
     safety grants, to remain available until expended. The 
     agreement does not repurpose any funding under this heading 
     for operations and research activities. The agreement 
     allocates funding as follows:

Highway safety programs (section 402)......................$243,500,000
National priority safety programs (section 405).............274,700,000
Administrative expenses......................................25,832,000
High visibility enforcement program (section 404)............29,300,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total:.................................................$573,332,000

       The agreement includes $5,494,000 for in-vehicle alcohol 
     detection device research.
       The agreement continues a provision which prohibits certain 
     construction and furnishing activities and which limits 
     technical assistance to States to $500,000 of the funds made 
     available for impaired driving countermeasures under 23 
     U.S.C. 405(d). The agreement allows for the transfer of funds 
     within the grant programs consistent with 23 U.S.C. 
     405(a)(1)(G) and requires NHTSA to notify the House and 
     Senate Appropriations Committees of the exercise of this 
     authority within five days.


      ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
                             ADMINISTRATION

       Section 140 provides funding for travel and related 
     expenses for state management reviews and highway safety core 
     competency development training.
       Section 141 exempts obligation authority made available in 
     previous public laws from the obligation limitations set for 
     the current year.
       Section 142 prohibits funds in the Act for the National 
     Roadside Survey.
       Section 143 prohibits funds from being used to mandate 
     global positioning systems in private vehicles without 
     consideration of privacy concerns.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


                         SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

       The agreement provides $199,000,000 for safety and 
     operations of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Of 
     the funds provided, $15,900,000 is available until expended. 
     The agreement supports the annualization of fiscal year 2015 
     safety personnel, provides $1,000,000 for up to 16 grade 
     crossing managers and up to four trespass prevention 
     managers, funds safety staff for the safe transport of energy 
     products (STEP), and passenger rail inspectors. In addition, 
     the agreement includes funds to conduct a study to identify 
     techniques, strategies and policies that would facilitate the 
     development of international rail projects, including cross 
     border travel, as referenced in House Report 114-129. FRA is 
     directed to provide its findings to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations within 18 months from enactment.


                   RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

       The agreement provides $39,100,000 for railroad research 
     and development.


       RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM

       The agreement authorizes the Secretary to issue notes or 
     other obligations pursuant to section 501 through 504 of P.L. 
     94-210. The agreement prohibits new direct loans or loan 
     guarantee commitments using Federal funds for the credit risk 
     premium during fiscal year 2016.


                         RAILROAD SAFETY GRANTS

       The agreement provides $50,000,000 for railroad safety 
     grants, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 is for railroad 
     safety infrastructure improvements and not to exceed 
     $25,000,000 is for railroad safety technology grants. The 
     agreement also requires the Secretary to give priority 
     consideration for safety technology grants to projects that 
     efficiently provide the greatest level of public safety while 
     supporting entities that demonstrate financial need.

          The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

       The agreement provides a total of appropriation of 
     $1,390,000,000 for Amtrak in the traditional account 
     structure: operating grants and capital and debt service 
     grants. This is the structure authorized prior to enactment 
     of the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act (PRRIA) of 
     2015. PRRIA 2015 restructures Amtrak into two new accounts: 
     Northeast Corridor grants and the national network. The 
     agreement directs Amtrak and FRA to submit a detailed 
     congressional budget justification consistent with the new 
     structure to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations for fiscal year 2017.

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       The agreement directs Amtrak to provide a report on the 
     status of state contracts and payments related to section 209 
     of the Passenger Rail Improvement and Investment Act of 2008 
     no later than March 1, 2016.


    OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

       The agreement provides $288,500,000 in quarterly operating 
     grants to Amtrak, based on the Secretary's assessment of 
     Amtrak's seasonal cash flow requirements, and provides that 
     funds remain available until expended. Before approving 
     funding to cover operating losses, the agreement requires the 
     Secretary to review a grant request for each specific train 
     route. The agreement prohibits Amtrak from discounting 
     tickets at more than 50 percent off the normal peak fare, 
     unless the operating loss due to the discounted fare is 
     covered by a state and the state participates in the setting 
     of the fares.


  CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
                              CORPORATION

       The agreement provides $1,101,500,000 for capital and debt 
     service grants to Amtrak, to remain available until expended. 
     Within the funds provided, the agreement includes up to 
     $160,200,000 for Amtrak's debt service payments, and not less 
     than $50,000,000 for investments to comply with the Americans 
     with Disabilities Act. In addition, the agreement provides 
     for an initial distribution of $200,000,000 for a working 
     capital account, allows the Secretary to use up to 
     $50,000,000 for operating subsidy grants to Amtrak should its 
     operating losses in fiscal year 2016 exceed amounts provided 
     under the previous heading, and conditions the Secretary's 
     approval of grants for capital expenditures upon the receipt 
     and review of a grant request for each specific capital 
     project justifying the Federal support to the Secretary's 
     satisfaction.
       The agreement allows the Secretary to retain up to one-half 
     of one percent of the funds provided to Amtrak for oversight 
     of both operating activities and capital expenditures. The 
     agreement also allows the Secretary to retain up to 
     $3,000,000, in addition to available carryover balances, to 
     fund the costs associated with implementing section 212 of 
     division B of Public Law 110-432, the Passenger Rail 
     Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA). It also allows up to 
     $500,000 to be available for technical assistance to states, 
     the District of Columbia, and public entities responsible for 
     implementing section 209 of PRIIA.
       The agreement directs Amtrak to conduct a business case 
     analysis on capital investments that exceed $10,000,000 in 
     life-cycle costs and directs that these capital acquisition 
     contracts state that funding is subject to the availability 
     of appropriated funds.


 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING 
                              RESCISSIONS)

       Section 150 allows the safety and operations account to 
     receive and use cash or spare parts to repair and replace 
     damaged track inspection cars.
       Section 151 limits overtime to $35,000 per employee. The 
     agreement allows Amtrak's president to waive this restriction 
     for specific employees for safety or operational efficiency 
     reasons. Amtrak's president is required to delineate the 
     reasons for granting such waiver, provide quarterly reports 
     on cap waivers granted, and amounts paid above the cap for 
     each month. The agreement also requires Amtrak's president to 
     provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations by March 1, 2016, that summarizes Amtrak's 
     total overtime expenses incurred by the corporation in 2015 
     and the two prior years, and the number of employees 
     receiving overtime cap waivers and total overtime payments 
     resulting from waivers by month of the 2015 calendar year and 
     the three prior calendar years.
       Section 152 rescinds $1,960,000 in railroad research and 
     development funds and makes these funds available to the 
     Secretary to assist Class II and Class III Railroads for 
     applicant expenses in preparing to apply and applying for 
     direct loans, and loan guarantees for projects eligible under 
     sections 501 through 504 of P.L. 94-210.
       Section 153 rescinds $19,163,385 in unobligated funds and 
     makes these funds available to the Secretary for grants to 
     Amtrak for shared use infrastructure on the Northeast 
     Corridor identified in the Northeast Corridor Operations 
     Advisory Commission's 5-year capital plan. Grants shall not 
     exceed 50 percent of the total project cost, and matching 
     funds shall be consistent with the Commission's cost 
     allocation policy.

                     Federal Transit Administration


                        ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $108,000,000 for the administrative 
     expenses of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), of 
     which not more than $6,500,000 is for the safety office and 
     $1,000,000 is for asset management activities. Staffing 
     levels are to be determined by funding levels under this 
     heading. FTA is directed to follow the process for informing 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on full 
     funding grant agreement notifications consistent with prior 
     years with the exception of alternative analysis evaluations, 
     and include appropriation information through fiscal year 
     2020.


                         TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement limits obligations from the Mass Transit 
     Account for transit formula grants to $9,347,604,639 as 
     authorized by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     (FAST) Act. Funds are to be distributed as authorized. 
     Further, the agreement provides $10,400,000,000 for the 
     liquidation of contract authority.


                       CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

       The bill appropriates $2,177,000,000 for new fixed-guideway 
     projects. Of the funds provided, $1,250,000,000 is for 
     projects with signed full funding grant agreements (FFGAs), 
     $50,000,000 is available for core capacity projects, 
     $22,000,000 is available for oversight activities, 
     $353,000,000 is available for the proposed small starts 
     projects, and $5,000,000 is for a new expedited project 
     delivery pilot authorized in the FAST Act.
       The agreement provides a total of $497,000,000 for projects 
     anticipated to enter into a signed full funding grant 
     agreement in 2016. Of the project slate that was originally 
     proposed in the fiscal year 2016 budget request, one project 
     was formally withdrawn from consideration by the sponsor. Of 
     the amount set aside for new full funding grant agreements, 
     the agreement provides a total of $200,000,000 for the two 
     proposed projects in California, $100,000,000 for the on-
     going project in Maryland, $92,000,000 for the project in 
     Colorado, and $100,000,000 for the project in Texas. The 
     remaining funds are available to continue support for the 
     Minnesota project as FTA and the sponsor complete the review 
     and evaluation processes.


      GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

       The agreement provides $150,000,000 to carry out section 
     601 of division B of Public Law 110-432 to remain available 
     until expended. FTA and the Washington Metropolitan Area 
     Transit Authority are directed to update the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations quarterly on the progress made 
     to address audit and NTSB issues.


       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

       Section 160 exempts previously made transit obligations 
     from limitations on obligations.
       Section 161 allows funds provided in this Act for fixed 
     guideway capital investment projects that remain unobligated 
     by September 30, 2020 be available for projects eligible to 
     use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally 
     provided.
       Section 162 allows for the transfer of appropriations made 
     prior to October 1, 2015 from older accounts to be merged 
     into new accounts with similar current activities.
       Section 163 limits FTA to signing full funding grant 
     agreements with a new starts share of 60 percent or less.
       Section 164 prohibits funds in this Act from being used to 
     advance a specific transit line in Harris County, Texas 
     without benefit of a local election.
       Section 165 rescinds $25,397,797 in prior year bus and bus 
     facility funds.
       Section 166 exempts an area in Washington State from 
     enforcement of the charter bus rule.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation


                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

                    (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides $28,400,000 for the operations, 
     maintenance and capital asset renewal program of the Saint 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). The SLSDC is 
     directed to submit an annual report to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations on its asset renewal program 
     activities by April 30, 2016. The SLSDC is allowed to utilize 
     prior year unobligated funds to initiate the hands-free 
     mooring system installation at the Snell Lock.

                        Maritime Administration


                       MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

       The agreement provides the full authorized level of 
     $210,000,000 for the Maritime Security Program.


                        OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

       The agreement provides a total of $171,155,000 for the 
     Maritime Administration's (MARAD) operations and training 
     account.
       For the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), the bill 
     provides a total of $82,500,000. Of the funds provided, 
     $64,500,000 is for Academy operations and $18,000,000 is for 
     capital asset management activities, of which $15,000,000 is 
     for the renovation of Gibbs Hall and $3,000,000 is for 
     maintenance, repairs and equipment. The USMMA may use prior 
     year unobligated funds for other capital asset improvements.
       The agreement provides a total of $33,600,000 for the state 
     maritime academies, of which $3,000,000 is for direct 
     payments, $2,400,000 is for student incentive payments, 
     $22,000,000 is for schoolship maintenance and repair, 
     $5,000,000 is for the design of a new common schoolship, and 
     $1,200,000 is for fuel assistance.

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       Finally, the agreement provides a total of $55,055,000 for 
     MARAD headquarters, regional offices, and maritime program 
     expenses. Of the amount, $3,000,000 is for the Maritime 
     Environmental and Technical Assistance Program and $5,000,000 
     is for the short sea shipping program.


                     ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

       The agreement provides $5,000,000 for grants to small 
     shipyards.


                             SHIP DISPOSAL

       The agreement provides $5,000,000 for the disposal of 
     obsolete vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.


          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement provides a total of $8,135,000 for the Title 
     XI program, of which $5,000,000 is for the cost of 
     guaranteeing new loans and $3,135,000 is to be transferred to 
     MARAD's operations and training account for administrative 
     expenses. The Administrator is directed to process the 
     pending applications expeditiously.


           ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

       Section 170 authorizes MARAD to furnish utilities and 
     services and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
     lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property 
     under control of MARAD, and allow payments received to be 
     credited to the Treasury and remain available until expended.
       Section 171 prohibits a fee-for-service contract for vessel 
     disposal, scrapping or recycling unless a qualified domestic 
     ship recycler will pay for the vessel.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration


                          OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $21,000,000 for the necessary 
     operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
     Safety Administration (PHMSA).
       Small scale liquefaction facilities.--The Secretary is 
     directed to evaluate and report to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of 
     this Act on the feasibility of an alternative risk-based 
     compliance regime for the siting of small-scale liquefaction 
     facilities that generate and package liquefied natural gas 
     for use as a fuel or delivery to consumers by non-pipeline 
     modes of transportation. In evaluating such alternative risk-
     based compliance regime, the Secretary should consider the 
     value of adopting quantitative risk assessment methods, the 
     benefit of incorporating modern industry standards and best 
     practices, including the provisions in the 2013 edition of 
     the National Fire Protection Association Standard 59A, and 
     the need to encourage the use of the best available 
     technology.


                       HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

       The agreement provides $55,619,000 for the agency's 
     hazardous materials safety functions. Of this amount, 
     $7,570,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, and 
     $800,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be 
     deposited in the general fund as offsetting receipts. Funds 
     made available until September 30, 2018 are for long-term 
     research and development contracts.
       The agreement provides increases necessary to support 
     annualization of additional FTE added in fiscal year 2015 as 
     well as increases for research contracts associated with the 
     safe transport of energy products. No funding is provided for 
     increases requested to support phase two of the risk 
     management framework.


                            PIPELINE SAFETY

                         (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

                    (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

       The agreement provides $146,623,000 for pipeline safety. Of 
     that amount, $22,123,000 is derived from the oil spill 
     liability trust fund, to remain available until September 30, 
     2018, and $124,500,000 is derived from the pipeline safety 
     fund, of which $59,835,000 is available until September 30, 
     2018. The agreement provides not less than $1,058,000 for the 
     one-call state grant program. The agreement includes a 
     provision which provides that not less than $1,000,000 shall 
     be for finalization and implementation of certain regulatory 
     activities required by law.
       The agreement includes $12,000,000 for research and 
     development, of which up to $2,000,000 is for the pipeline 
     safety research competitive academic agreement program. The 
     agreement also includes $44,894,000 for state pipeline safety 
     grants, and $1,500,000 for state damage prevention grants.


                     EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

                     (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

       The agreement provides $188,000, derived from the emergency 
     preparedness fund and available until September 30, 2017, and 
     an obligation limitation of $28,318,000 for emergency 
     preparedness grants. The agreement provides PHMSA the 
     authority to use prior year carryover and recaptures to 
     develop a hazardous materials response training curriculum 
     for emergency responders, and to carry out activities 
     authorized by 46 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). Further, 
     the amount of funding provided under this account that is 
     available for administrative costs is increased from 2 
     percent to 4 percent.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $87,472,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Inspector General.

                      Surface Transportation Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $32,375,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Surface Transportation Board. The agreement 
     permits the collection of up to $1,250,000 in user fees to be 
     credited to this appropriation. The agreement provides that 
     the general fund appropriation be reduced on a dollar-for-
     dollar basis by the actual amount collected in user fees to 
     result in a final appropriation from the general fund 
     estimated at no more than $31,125,000.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

       Section 180 provides authorization for DOT to maintain and 
     operate aircraft, hire passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, 
     purchase liability insurance, buy uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor.
       Section 181 limits appropriations for services authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109 to the rate permitted for an Executive Level 
     IV.
       Section 182 prohibits more than 110 political and 
     Presidential appointees in DOT and restricts the detailing of 
     these personnel outside of DOT.
       Section 183 prohibits recipients of funds in this Act from 
     disseminating personal information obtained by state DMVs in 
     connection to motor vehicle records with an exception.
       Section 184 stipulates that revenue collected by FHWA and 
     FRA from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources for training be transferred 
     into specific accounts within the agency with an exception.
       Section 185 prohibits DOT from using funds for grants of 
     $750,000 or more from FHWA, FAA, FRA, FTA, MARAD or 
     ``National Infrastructure Investments'', unless DOT gives a 
     3-day advance notice to Congress. Also requires notice of any 
     ``quick release'' of funds from FHWA's emergency relief 
     program, and prohibits notifications from involving funds not 
     available for obligation.
       Section 186 allows funds received from rebates, refunds, 
     and similar sources to be credited to appropriations of DOT.
       Section 187 allows amounts from improper payments to a 
     third party contractor that are lawfully recovered by DOT to 
     be made available to cover expenses incurred in recovery of 
     such payments.
       Section 188 requires that reprogramming actions have to be 
     approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, and reprogramming notifications shall be 
     transmitted solely to the Appropriations Committees.
       Section 189 caps the amount of fees the Surface 
     Transportation Board can charge or collect for rate or 
     practice complaints filed with the Board at the amount 
     authorized for district court civil suit filing fees.
       Section 190 allows funds appropriated to modal 
     administrations to be obligated for the Office of the 
     Secretary for costs related to assessments only when such 
     funds provide a direct benefit to that modal administration.
       Section 191 allows the use of the Working Capital Fund to 
     carry out the Federal Transit Pass program.
       Section 192 prohibits the use of funds to implement any 
     geographic, economic, or other hiring preference not 
     otherwise authorized by law, unless certain requirements are 
     met related to availability of local labor, displacement of 
     existing employees, and delays in transportation plans.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

       HUD shall deliver all outstanding and past due reports 
     within 30 days of enactment of this Act. If the Department 
     anticipates missing a reporting deadline, HUD shall notify 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 15 
     days prior to the deadline and shall include with that 
     notification an estimated completion date. In the event HUD 
     unexpectedly misses a reporting deadline or misses a revised 
     completion date on a report that is already past due, the 
     Department shall deliver to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations a revised estimate of when the report will 
     be delivered.


                           EXECUTIVE OFFICES

       The agreement includes $13,800,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for Executive Offices which shall be comprised of 
     seven offices including Offices of the Secretary, Deputy 
     Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and 
     Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and 
     Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith-
     Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The agreement includes a 
     provision limiting official reception and representation 
     expenses to no more than $25,000.
       Telework and Alternative Work Schedules.--The Committee 
     directs HUD to report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations within 120 days of enactment of this Act on 
     measures the Department can take to

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     enable Department managers to effectively manage their 
     telework and alternative work staff so that no critical 
     duties go unmet. This report should also include an 
     identification of any barriers, including statutory or 
     regulatory barriers, to improved performance and customer 
     service under telework and alternative work schedules.


                     ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

       The agreement provides $559,100,000 for Administrative 
     Support Offices. Funds are provided as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of the Chief Financial Officer..........              $79,000,000
Office of the General Counsel..................               94,500,000
Office of Administration.......................              207,600,000
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer......               56,300,000
Office of Field Policy and Management..........               51,500,000
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer........               17,200,000
Office of Departmental Equal Employment                        3,300,000
 Opportunity...................................
Office of Strategic Planning and Management....                4,500,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer........               45,200,000
                                                ------------------------
    Total......................................             $559,100,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement includes full funding for the promise zone 
     initiative as well as funding for the administration of the 
     housing trust fund program. The agreement does not include 
     funding for expansion of the Department's grants 
     modernization initiative.
       New core and shared services.--The Department is not 
     expected to implement new core at the direction of the Office 
     of the Chief Information Officer and the agreement does not 
     transfer personnel and non-personnel resources related to new 
     core to the Office of the Chief Information Officer. However, 
     the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer are 
     expected to collaborate on the successful implementation of 
     new core. The Department is directed to provide the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations with an update on new 
     core at the end of each quarter of fiscal year 2016 that 
     includes a detailed description of the functionalities 
     deployed and the associated number of requirements remaining 
     to be implemented, a list of risks and issues with associated 
     mitigation strategies and anticipated closure dates, 
     estimated and actual lifecycle costs, current and projected 
     shared service agreement transaction volume and cost data, 
     cost reductions achieved through the new operating model, the 
     status of organization change management activities, a list 
     of the activities planned and completed business process re-
     engineering efforts, related staff reorganizations and 
     reallocations, and the total number of HUD employees impacted 
     by role, location, and organization.

                  Program Office Salaries and Expenses


                       PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

       The agreement provides $205,500,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Public and Indian Housing.
       Housing quality standards.--The agreement directs HUD to 
     implement a single inspection protocol for public housing and 
     voucher units in fiscal year 2016.


                   COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

       The agreement provides $104,800,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Community Planning and 
     Development.
       While the agreement does not exclude funding for the Office 
     of Economic Resilience, no funding is provided for the hiring 
     of new positions or the backfilling of any vacant positions 
     in that office. The agreement only funds activities within 
     that office that are consistent with those conducted in 
     fiscal year 2015.


                                HOUSING

       The agreement provides $375,000,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Housing.


                    POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

       The agreement provides $23,100,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Policy Development and Research.


                   FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

       The agreement provides $72,000,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
     Opportunity.
       Additional resources provided above the fiscal year 2015 
     funding level shall be prioritized toward technical 
     assistance to grantees for compliance and implementation 
     efforts associated with the new affirmatively furthering fair 
     housing rule.


            OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES

       The agreement provides $7,000,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses for the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
     Homes.

                          Working Capital Fund


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The agreement includes a new account entitled ``Working 
     Capital Fund'' and provides the Secretary with the authority 
     to transfer amounts provided in this title for salaries and 
     expenses, except those for the Office of Inspector General, 
     to this account for the purpose of funding centralized 
     activities. The Department is required to centralize and fund 
     from this account any shared service agreements executed 
     between HUD and another federal agency. In addition, HUD is 
     provided with the legal authority to centralize and fund from 
     this account printing, records management, space renovation, 
     furniture, and supply services at the discretion of the 
     Secretary. However, the Committee expects that, prior to 
     exercising discretion to centrally fund an activity, the 
     Secretary shall have established transparent and reliable 
     unit cost accounting for the offices and agencies of the 
     Department that use the activity and shall have adequately 
     trained staff within each affected office and agency on 
     resource planning and accounting processes associated with 
     the centralization of funds to this account. Further, prior 
     to centralizing either furniture or space renovation, the 
     Committee directs the Department to deliver a comprehensive, 
     multi-year real property improvement plan which details all 
     planned space realignments, capital improvements, maintenance 
     requirements, and other costs associated with carrying out 
     HUD's most recent strategic plan including any elements of 
     the General Service Administration (GSA) study on the Weaver 
     Building that HUD plans to include as part of its 
     Reimbursable Work Agreement with GSA, and including any space 
     realignments planned in conjunction with the Administration's 
     ``Freeze the Footprint'' initiative. Prior to exercising its 
     authority to transfer funds for activities beyond what is 
     required for shared service agreements, the Committee expects 
     HUD to establish a clear execution plan for centralizing the 
     additional activities and to properly vet that plan with the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
     transferring such funds into the Working Capital Fund.
       HUD shall include in its annual operating plan a detailed 
     outline of its plans for transferring budgetary resources to 
     the Working Capital Fund in fiscal year 2016. The agreement 
     does not include direction from the House report regarding 
     reductions in HUD staff to offset the cost of outsourcing 
     transaction work through shared service agreements. The 
     agreement does not include direction from the House report 
     for HUD to include a transfer plan in its annual operating 
     plan or to report on future amendments to such plan.

                       Public and Indian Housing


                     TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

       The agreement provides $19,628,525,000 for all tenant-based 
     Section 8 activities under the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance 
     Account. Language is included designating funds provided as 
     follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Activity                            Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Voucher Renewals...............................          $17,681,451,000
Tenant Protection Vouchers.....................              130,000,000
Administrative Fees............................            1,650,000,000
HUD-VASH Incremental Vouchers..................               60,000,000
Section 811 Vouchers...........................              107,074,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The agreement provides funding for the full voucher renewal 
     need (100 percent renewal), based on revised estimates from 
     the Department that reflects more accurate and updated data 
     since the submission of the budget request.
       The agreement includes language allowing the Secretary to 
     take into account anticipated impact of changes in income 
     targeting and utility allowances in determining funding 
     allocations. The agreement includes a provision requiring the 
     notification of obligations to Public Housing Authorities 
     (PHAs) 60 days after enactment of this Act or by March 1, 
     2016.
       The agreement includes language that allows the Secretary 
     to consider PHAs' net restricted assets (NRA) balances when 
     determining allocations.
       The agreement includes $60,000,000 for new vouchers under 
     the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-
     VASH).
       The agreement does not include new, incremental Family 
     Unification Program (FUP) vouchers or related direction on 
     the new FUP vouchers.


                        HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

       The agreement includes language allowing unobligated 
     balances in the Housing Certificate Fund to be used for 
     renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
     and for performance-based contract administrators.


                      PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

       The agreement provides $1,900,000,000 for the Public 
     Housing Capital Fund. The agreement provides up to $3,000,000 
     for Public Housing Financial and Physical Assessment 
     activities, not to exceed $21,500,000 for emergency capital 
     needs, of which not less than $5,000,000 is for safety and 
     security measures, $35,000,000 for supportive services, 
     service coordinators and congregate services, and up to 
     $15,000,000 for the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative.
       The agreement prohibits HUD from requiring or enforcing the 
     physical needs assessment (PNA), but does not prohibit HUD 
     from continuing to make the PNA available as a useful tool, 
     and encourages PHAs to utilize this resource to help assess 
     the physical quality of their public housing stock.
       The agreement does not include direction regarding the 
     establishment of capital reserves.


                     PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

       The agreement provides $4,500,000,000 for the Public 
     Housing Operating Fund.


                    CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

       The agreement provides $125,000,000 for the Choice 
     Neighborhoods Initiative. The agreement includes language 
     requiring that at

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     least $75,000,000 be made available to Public Housing 
     Authorities, and provides up to $5,000,000 to assist 
     communities in developing strategies for implementing the 
     program in conjunction with community notice and input.


                        FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

       The agreement provides $75,000,000 for the Family Self-
     Sufficiency (FSS) program to support service coordinators who 
     serve residents in both the public housing and voucher 
     programs. Language is included which allows participation by 
     residents of project-based rental assistance units.


                  NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

       The agreement provides $650,000,000 for Native American 
     housing block grants, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020. The agreement provides $3,500,000 for training and 
     technical assistance, with no less than $2,000,000 for a 
     national organization as designated under NAHASDA. The 
     agreement provides $2,000,000 for inspections, contracting 
     expertise, training, and technical assistance by HUD or its 
     designee; and $2,000,000 to subsidize a loan level of 
     $17,452,007 under title VI of NAHASDA.
       The agreement includes language to withhold formula 
     allocation funding from any grantee that has an unexpended 
     balance greater than three times its formula allocation, 
     unless the grantee's formula allocation is less than 
     $8,000,000. HUD is directed to collect data from Indian 
     Housing Plan submissions on new program activities that are 
     undertaken due to this language.


           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement provides $7,500,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to subsidize a loan level of $1,190,476,190.

                   Community Planning and Development


              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

       The agreement provides $335,000,000 for the housing 
     opportunities for persons with AIDS program, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017, except for amounts 
     allocated pursuant to 854(c)(3) which are available until 
     September 30, 2018. The agreement includes a provision that 
     requires HUD to renew all expiring supportive housing 
     contract commitments made in fiscal year 2010 and prior years 
     that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
     any new contract commitments.


                       COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

       The agreement provides $3,060,000,000 for the community 
     development fund, to remain available until September 30, 
     2018. Of the total, the agreement provides $3,000,000,000 in 
     formula funding and $60,000,000 for Indian tribes, of which 
     up to $4,000,000 is available for imminent health and safety 
     emergencies.


         COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

       The agreement does not provide a credit subsidy for this 
     program, but instead provides the authority to collect fees 
     from borrowers adequate to result in a subsidy cost of zero. 
     The agreement also provides an aggregate limitation of no 
     more than $300,000,000 in section 108 loan guarantees.
       The agreement permanently rescinds unobligated balances of 
     funds previously appropriated under this heading.


                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $950,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2019, for the Home Investment 
     Partnerships (HOME) program. The agreement includes a new 
     provision that permits certain community land trusts to hold 
     and exercise purchase options, rights of first refusal, or 
     other preemptive rights to purchase housing to preserve 
     affordability.


        SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

       The agreement provides $55,700,000 for this account, of 
     which $50,000,000 of the total shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2018 in the following amounts and for the 
     following purposes: $10,000,000 for the Self-Help and 
     Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program; $35,000,000 for 
     the second, third and fourth capacity building activities 
     authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
     1993, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural 
     capacity building activities; and $5,000,000 for capacity 
     building activities by national organizations with expertise 
     in rural housing development. The remaining $5,700,000 is 
     available until expended for a program to rehabilitate and 
     modify homes of disabled or low-income veterans as authorized 
     under section 1079 of Public Law 113-291.


                       HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

       The agreement provides $2,250,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2018, for homeless assistance grants. Of 
     the amount provided, not less than $250,000,000 is for the 
     emergency solutions grants program; not less than 
     $1,918,000,000 is for continuum of care and rural housing 
     stability assistance programs; up to $7,000,000 is for the 
     national homeless data analysis project; up to $33,000,000 is 
     for projects in up to ten communities to demonstrate how a 
     comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth can reduce 
     youth homelessness; and up to $5,000,000 is for technical 
     assistance on youth homelessness.
       The agreement includes three new provisions which clarify 
     HUD's responsibilities under existing law with respect to the 
     measurement of system performance for each continuum of care 
     and the incorporation of performance evaluation into resource 
     allocation and prioritization.
       The agreement includes two new provisions to clarify 
     application of existing law with respect to the homeless 
     youth third-party documentation requirement and eligibility 
     for service within projects funded under this heading. Under 
     the agreement, the Secretary is directed to ensure that 
     incentives created through the continuum of care application 
     process fairly balance priorities for different populations, 
     including youth, families, veterans, and people experiencing 
     chronic homelessness.
       The agreement does not require the Department to identify 
     the amount and source of funding HUD will allocate to the 
     performance partnership pilot program within 45 days of 
     enactment but the Department is required to report to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90 days 
     of enactment of this Act on how the Department will 
     strategically align within the program, HUD's role in grantee 
     criteria and selection processes, and what will be HUD's role 
     in oversight and accountability for its contributions.
       The agreement includes a new provision that allows the 
     Secretary to renew shelter plus care grants originally funded 
     with 2008 emergency appropriations under similar terms and 
     conditions.

                            Housing Programs


                    PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

       The agreement provides $10,220,000,000 for project-based 
     rental assistance activities, of which not to exceed 
     $215,000,000 is for performance-based contract 
     administrators. The agreement also provides an advance 
     appropriation of $400,000,000 to be made available on October 
     1, 2016. The agreement allows the Secretary to use project 
     funds held in residual receipt accounts, unobligated 
     balances, including recaptures, and carryover for program 
     activities.
       Oversight of property owners.--The agreement modifies the 
     semi-annual report required by the Senate report to be a 
     single report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations within 87 days of enactment.


                        HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

       The agreement provides $432,700,000 for the section 202 
     program to be available until September 30, 2019, of which up 
     to $77,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and existing 
     congregate service grants. The appropriation plus $20,300,000 
     in carryover balances and residual receipts fully funds all 
     renewals and amendments of project based rental assistance 
     contracts, senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 
     service coordinators, and existing congregate service grants. 
     The agreement does not use funding previously provided for an 
     elderly project rental assistance demonstration program to 
     offset the appropriation, nor does it provide additional 
     funding for any elderly project rental assistance 
     demonstration program.


                 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

       The agreement provides $150,600,000 for the section 811 
     program to be available until September 30, 2019. The funding 
     level, in addition to $1,400,000 in residual receipts, 
     recaptures and unobligated balances, fully supports all 
     project based rental assistance contract renewals and 
     amendments. The agreement does not allow the Secretary to use 
     these resources for any other purpose than renewals and 
     amendments, including for any new competitions for project 
     rental assistance to state housing finance agencies.


                     HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

       The agreement provides $47,000,000 for housing counseling 
     assistance, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative 
     contract services, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017. The agreement requires the Secretary to award grants 
     within 180 days of enactment of this Act, and allows the 
     Secretary to enter into multiyear grant agreements, subject 
     to the availability of annual appropriations.


                       RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

       The agreement provides $30,000,000 for the rental housing 
     assistance program and allows HUD to use funds, including 
     unobligated balances and recaptured amounts, for one year 
     contract extensions.


            PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

       The agreement provides $10,500,000 for authorized 
     activities, of which $10,500,000 is to be derived from the 
     Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund.

                     Federal Housing Administration


               MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement establishes a limitation of $400,000,000,000 
     on commitments to guarantee single-family loans during fiscal 
     year 2016, and provides that such commitment authority shall 
     be available until September 30, 2017. The agreement also 
     provides $130,000,000 for administrative contract expenses, 
     and provides an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
     expenses up to $30,000,000, for each $1,000,000 in additional 
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     commitments, if guaranteed loan commitment levels exceed 
     $200,000,000,000 by April 1, 2016.


                GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement establishes a $30,000,000,000 limitation on 
     multifamily and specialized loan guarantees during fiscal 
     year 2016, and provides that such commitment authority shall 
     be available until September 30, 2017.

                Government National Mortgage Association


                GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

                     LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The agreement establishes a limitation of up to 
     $500,000,000,000 for new commitments during fiscal year 2016, 
     which shall be available until September 30, 2017. The 
     agreement also provides $23,000,000 for salaries and expenses 
     for the Government National Mortgage Association during 
     fiscal year 2016. The agreement increases salaries and 
     expenses by $100 for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 
     loan commitments, up to a cap of $3,000,000, if guaranteed 
     loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 by April 1, 2016.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

       The agreement provides $85,000,000 for research and 
     technology activities, and technical assistance.
       The agreement provides $10,000,000 for both on-going and 
     new research, demonstrations, and evaluations. HUD is 
     directed to provide at least $2,000,000 for grants to design 
     housing for the disabled, $400,000 for an evaluation of 
     energy performance contracts in public housing, $1,000,000 
     for Jobs-Plus outcomes tracking, $900,000 to assess HUD 
     technical assistance to program grantees, $2,500,000 for 
     homeless youth program evaluations conducted in partnership 
     with the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
     $2,000,000 for homeless youth research activities authorized 
     under section 345 of the Runaway Homeless Youth Act.
       The agreement provides a total of $25,000,000 under this 
     heading for technical assistance, of which at least 
     $5,000,000 is for training public housing agencies on finance 
     and governance.
       Further, as requested, $41,500,000 is provided for various 
     housing market surveys and $8,500,000 is for other research 
     support, studies and partnerships.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

       The agreement provides $65,300,000 for fair housing 
     activities, of which $39,200,000 is for the Fair Housing 
     Initiatives Program (FHIP), $24,300,000 is for the Fair 
     Housing Assistance Program, $1,500,000 is for the National 
     Fair Housing Training Academy, and $300,000 is for translated 
     materials. Of the funds available for FHIP, not less than 
     $7,450,000 is available for education and outreach programs.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes


                         LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

       The agreement provides $110,000,000 for lead hazard control 
     and healthy homes programs. Of the total, $20,000,000 is 
     provided for healthy homes program activities, and 
     $45,000,000 is to be made available on a competitive basis 
     for areas with the highest lead abatement needs.

                      Information Technology Fund

       The agreement provides $250,000,000 for the Information 
     Technology Fund available until September 30, 2017. The 
     Department is directed to initiate retirement plans for its 
     obsolete and inefficient information technology systems. 
     Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, HUD shall submit 
     comprehensive strategic plans for: retiring the HUDCAPS 
     system, developing a grants modernization system, and 
     completing the development and implementation of the NGMS 
     system. Further, HUD may not implement any new modules or 
     releases of the new core project in fiscal year 2016. The 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations direct GAO to 
     continue to evaluate the Department's efforts and plans to 
     update its IT infrastructure.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The agreement provides $126,000,000 for the necessary 
     expenses of the Office of Inspector General.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

       Section 201 splits overpayments evenly between Treasury and 
     State HFAs.
       Section 202 prohibits funds from being used to investigate 
     or prosecute lawful activities under the Fair Housing Act.
       Section 203 corrects anomalies in the HOPWA formula 
     affecting New York, New Jersey, and North Carolina.
       Section 204 requires any grant or cooperative agreement to 
     be made on a competitive basis, unless otherwise provided, in 
     accordance with Section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
       Section 205 relates to the availability of funds for 
     services and facilities for GSEs and others subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act and the Housing Act of 
     1950.
       Section 206 prohibits the use of funds in excess of the 
     budget estimates, unless provided otherwise.
       Section 207 relates to the expenditure of funds for 
     corporations and agencies subject to the Government 
     Corporation Control Act.
       Section 208 requires the Secretary to provide quarterly 
     reports on uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess 
     funds in each departmental program and activity.
       Section 209 requires the Administration's budget and HUD's 
     budget justifications for fiscal year 2017 be submitted in 
     the identical account and sub-account structure provided in 
     this Act.
       Section 210 exempts PHA Boards in Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi 
     and the County of Los Angeles from certain public housing 
     resident representation requirements. Affected entities under 
     this section are reminded of their requirement to maintain a 
     tenant advisory board, as prescribed under this section. HUD 
     is required to ensure compliance with this requirement and 
     should take enforcement actions if this requirement is not 
     fulfilled.
       Section 211 exempts GNMA from certain requirements of the 
     Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
       Section 212 authorizes HUD to transfer debt and use 
     agreements from an obsolete project to a viable project, 
     provided that no additional costs are incurred and other 
     conditions are met.
       Section 213 sets forth requirements for Section 8 voucher 
     assistance eligibility and includes consideration for persons 
     with disabilities.
       Section 214 distributes Native American Housing Block 
     Grants to the same Native Alaskan recipients as in fiscal 
     year 2005.
       Section 215 authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages 
     under Section 255 of the National Housing Act.
       Section 216 instructs HUD on managing and disposing of any 
     multifamily property that is owned or held by HUD.
       Section 217 allows the Section 108 loan guarantee program 
     to guarantee notes or other obligations issued by any State 
     on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State.
       Section 218 allows PHAs that own and operate 400 or fewer 
     units of public housing to be exempt from asset management 
     requirements.
       Section 219 restricts the Secretary from imposing any 
     requirements or guidelines relating to asset management that 
     restrict or limit the use of capital funds for central office 
     costs, up to the limit established in QHWRA.
       Section 220 requires that no employee of the Department 
     shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the CFO 
     determines that such employee has received certain training.
       Section 221 requires the Secretary to publish all notice of 
     funding availability that is competitively awarded on the 
     internet for fiscal year 2016.
       Section 222 limits attorney fees and requires the 
     Department to submit a spend plan to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 223 allows the Secretary to transfer up to 10 
     percent of funds or $4,000,000, whichever is less, 
     appropriated under the headings ``Administrative Support 
     Offices'' or ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' to any 
     other office funded under such headings.
       Section 224 allows the Disaster Housing Assistance Programs 
     to be considered a program of HUD for the purpose of income 
     verifications and match requirements.
       Section 225 requires HUD to take certain actions against 
     owners receiving rental subsidies that do not maintain safe 
     properties.
       Section 226 places a salary and bonus limit on public 
     housing agency officials and employees.
       Section 227 prohibits the use of funds for the doctoral 
     dissertation research grant program at HUD.
       Section 228 extends the HOPE VI program to September 30, 
     2016.
       Section 229 requires the Secretary to notify the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 3 full business 
     days before grant awards are announced.
       Section 230 prohibits funds to be used to require or 
     enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA).
       Section 231 prohibits the use of funds to implement the 
     Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) program.
       Section 232 prohibits funds for HUD financing of mortgages 
     for properties that have been subject to eminent domain.
       Section 233 prohibits the use of funds to terminate the 
     status of a unit of general local government as a 
     metropolitan city with respect to grants.
       Section 234 allows funding for research, evaluation, and 
     statistical purposes that is unexpended at the time of 
     completion of the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
     to be reobligated for additional research.
       Section 235 modifies safety-related termination criteria 
     for the HOME Investment Partnerships program.
       Section 236 prohibits funds to be used for financial awards 
     for employees subject to administrative discipline.
       Section 237 modifies the Rental Assistance Demonstration 
     included in the fiscal year 2012 appropriations Act.

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       Section 238 modifies Section 526 of the National Housing 
     Act to permit exceptions for alternative water systems that 
     meet requirements of State and local building codes that 
     ensure health and safety standards.
       Section 239 extends existing contract terms, expands the 
     number of PHAs that may participate in the Moving-to-Work 
     program, and establishes an advisory committee and an 
     advisory component. Rigorous research contains a quantitative 
     component, a control or comparison group, and may incorporate 
     qualitative study. For the purposes of this section, rigorous 
     research methodologies include: randomized experiments, 
     natural experiments, well-matched comparison group studies 
     and quasi-experimental methods found in studies published in 
     peer-reviewed social science journals.
       Section 240 allows HUD to authorize the transfer of 
     existing subsidies and liabilities from obsolete housing for 
     persons with disabilities to housing that complies with local 
     Olmstead requirements.
       Section 241 rescinds $12,000,000 in unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, from ``General and 
     Special Risk Program Account'' and ``Native American Housing 
     Block Grants'', and rescinds all unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining in ``Rural 
     Housing and Economic Development'' and ``Homeownership and 
     Opportunity for People Everywhere Grants''.
       Section 242 authorizes the Secretary on a limited basis to 
     use funds available under the ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' 
     heading to participate in the multiagency Performance 
     Partnership Pilots program.
       Section 243 allows program income as an eligible match for 
     2015 and 2016 Continuum of Care funds.
       Section 244 modifies grantee compliance requirements under 
     the Community Development Fund heading for rural promise zone 
     jurisdictions and certain other economically distressed 
     communities.

                      TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $8,023,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Access Board.

                      Federal Maritime Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $25,660,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission, of which not 
     more than $2,000 may be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses. Of the funds provided, not less than 
     $527,637 is available for the Office of Inspector General.

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $24,499,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General for Amtrak.

                  National Transportation Safety Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $105,170,000 for the salaries and 
     expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


          PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

       The agreement provides $175,000,000 for the Neighborhood 
     Reinvestment Corporation (NRC), of which $135,000,000 is for 
     the core program, including $5,000,000 for the multifamily 
     rental housing program. Of the total provided, $40,000,000 is 
     for the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) 
     program. The agreement allows up to 5 percent of NFMC funds 
     to be used for administrative expenses to carry out 
     foreclosure mitigation activities.

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The agreement provides $3,530,000 for operating expenses of 
     the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness 
     (USICH).
       In addition to the directives included in House Report 114-
     129, USICH is directed to continue supporting federal 
     collaboration and implementation of the federal strategic 
     plan to prevent and end homelessness. The Council shall 
     balance its fulfillment of directives included in House 
     Report 114-129 with the continuation of core responsibilities 
     such as establishing common definitions of homelessness 
     across programs, consolidating federal data, and increasing 
     federal collaboration to target affordable housing and 
     homeless resources to high-need families and individuals, 
     including special populations such as veterans, victims of 
     domestic violence, persons with HIV, and youth.

                 TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS ACT

       Section 401 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-
     Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
     proceedings.
       Section 402 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal 
     year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so 
     provided herein.
       Section 403 limits consulting service expenditures in 
     procurement contracts to those contained in the public 
     record.
       Section 404 prohibits employee training not directly 
     related to the performance of official duties.
       Section 405 specifies requirements for reprogramming funds.
       Section 406 provides that fifty percent of unobligated 
     balances for salaries and expenses may remain available for 
     certain purposes, subject to the approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 407 prohibits the use of funds for any project that 
     seeks to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent 
     domain is employed only for a public use.
       Section 408 prohibits funds from being transferred to any 
     department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. 
     Government, except where transfer authority is provided in 
     this Act.
       Section 409 prohibits funds in this Act from being used to 
     permanently replace an employee intent on returning to his or 
     her past occupation after completion of military service.
       Section 410 prohibits funds in this Act from being used 
     unless the expenditure is in compliance with the Buy American 
     Act.
       Section 411 prohibits funds from being appropriated or made 
     available to any person or entity that has been convicted of 
     violating the Buy American Act.
       Section 412 prohibits funds for first-class airline 
     accommodations in contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 
     301-10.123 of title 41 CFR.
       Section 413 prohibits funds from being used for the 
     approval of a new foreign air carrier permit or exemption 
     application if that approval would contravene United States 
     law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air 
     Transport Agreement.
       Section 414 restricts the number of employees that agencies 
     funded in this Act may send to international conferences.
       Section 415 prohibits funds from being used by the Federal 
     Transit Administration to implement, administer, or enforce 
     section 18.36(c)(2) of title 49, U.S.C. for construction 
     hiring purposes.
       Section 416 prohibits funds from being used in 
     contravention of the 5th or 14th Amendment to the 
     Constitution or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
       Section 417 prohibits funds from being used to lease or 
     purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet or 
     an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with 
     Presidential Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
     24, 2011.
       Section 418 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of 
     subpart E of part 5 of the regulations of the Secretary of 
     HUD, relating to restrictions on assistance to noncitizens.
       Section 419 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of 
     section 214(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1980, regarding conditions for financial assistance.
       Section 420 provides an additional $300,000,000 in disaster 
     funds for ``Community Planning and Development, Community 
     Development Fund'' for communities that experienced a 
     disaster in 2015.
       Section 421 amends the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act to apply the emergency relief federal cost 
     share methodology in effect at the time of the disaster.

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    MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kline). Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 
XIX, further consideration of the motion to concur in the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2029) making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, 
with amendments will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of House amendment No. 1 to the Senate amendment to the text 
is as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
     amendment, insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations 
     Act, 2016''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.
Sec. 7. Technical allowance for estimating differences.
Sec. 8. Corrections.
Sec. 9. Adjustments to compensation.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

     DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

       DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Military Personnel
Title II--Operation and Maintenance
Title III--Procurement
Title IV--Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title V--Revolving and Management Funds
Title VI--Other Department of Defense Programs
Title VII--Related Agencies
Title VIII--General Provisions
Title IX--Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Corps of Engineers--Civil
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

 DIVISION E--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
              the President
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--District of Columbia
Title V--Independent Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions--This Act
Title VII--General Provisions--Government-wide
Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia

  DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Departmental Management and Operations
Title II--Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title III--Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IV--Research, Development, Training, and Services
Title V--General Provisions

   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Legislative Branch
Title II--General Provisions

  DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of Defense
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

   DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of State and Related Agency
Title II--United States Agency for International Development
Title III--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title IV--International Security Assistance
Title V--Multilateral Assistance
Title VI--Export and Investment Assistance
Title VII--General Provisions
Title VIII--Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
Title IX--Other Matters

DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions--This Act

    DIVISION M--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016

                 DIVISION N--CYBERSECURITY ACT OF 2015

                       DIVISION O--OTHER MATTERS

                   DIVISION P--TAX-RELATED PROVISIONS

     SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

       Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
     ``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be 
     treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

     SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

       The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in 
     the House of Representatives section of the Congressional 
     Record on or about December 17, 2015 by the Chairman of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House, 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.

     SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.

     SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

       Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 
     (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President 
     subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits 
     such designations to the Congress.

     SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATING DIFFERENCES.

       If, for fiscal year 2016, new budget authority provided in 
     appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit 
     for any category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to 
     estimating differences with the Congressional Budget Office, 
     an adjustment to the discretionary spending limit in such 
     category for fiscal year 2016 shall be made by the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget in the amount of the 
     excess but the total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 
     0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending 
     limits for all categories for that fiscal year.

     SEC. 8. CORRECTIONS.

       The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-53) 
     is amended--
       (1) by changing the long title so as to read: ``Making 
     continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.'';
       (2) by inserting after the enacting clause (before section 
     1) the following: ``DIVISION A--TSA OFFICE OF INSPECTION 
     ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2015'';
       (3) by inserting after section 8 (before the statement of 
     appropriations) the following: ``DIVISION B--CONTINUING 
     APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2016''; and
       (4) by inserting after section 150 (before the short title) 
     the following new section: ``Sec. 151. Except as expressly 
     provided otherwise, any reference in this division to `this 
     Act' shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
     this division.''.

     SEC. 9. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment 
     shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
     Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost 
     of

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     living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal 
     year 2016.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $45,555,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary, of which 
     not to exceed $250,000 shall be available for the Military 
     Veterans Agricultural Liaison; not to exceed $502,000 shall 
     be available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to 
     exceed $1,496,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination; not to exceed 
     $1,209,000 shall be available for the Office of Advocacy and 
     Outreach; not to exceed $25,928,000 shall be available for 
     the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of 
     which $25,124,000 shall be available for Departmental 
     Administration to provide for necessary expenses for 
     management support services to offices of the Department and 
     for general administration, security, repairs and 
     alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
     not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
     and efficient work of the Department; not to exceed 
     $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 
     Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the 
     programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for 
     the Office of Communications:  Provided, That the Secretary 
     of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated 
     for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other 
     office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
     decreased by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, That not 
     to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under this 
     paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses, 
     not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary:  
     Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
     heading for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 
     from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
     expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 
     U.S.C. 551-558:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
     for Congressional Relations may be transferred to agencies of 
     the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain 
     personnel at the agency level:  Provided further, That no 
     funds made available under this heading for the Office of 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 
     obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this 
     Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation 
     of these funds by USDA agency:  Provided further, That within 
     180 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress the report required in section 7 
     U.S.C. 6935(b)(3).

                          Executive Operations

                     office of the chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Economist, $17,777,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
     grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 
     U.S.C. 3155, and of which $1,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, shall be for the purpose set forth 
     under this heading in the explanatory statement described in 
     section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of the 
     consolidated Act).

                       national appeals division

       For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     $13,317,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $9,392,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $44,538,000, of which not less than 
     $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the 
     Department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $6,028,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $24,070,000.

                  Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     121, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
     and facilities, and for related costs, $64,189,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for buildings operations and 
     maintenance expenses:  Provided, That the Secretary may use 
     unobligated prior year balances of an agency or office that 
     are no longer available for new obligation to cover 
     shortfalls incurred in prior or current year rental payments 
     for such agency or office.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and 
     the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
     seq.), $3,618,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
     the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
     transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
     meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on 
     Federal and non-Federal lands.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, $95,738,000, including such sums as may be necessary 
     for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
     and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed 
     $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, 
     including the payment of informants, to be expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-
     452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $44,383,000.

                            Office of Ethics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $3,654,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Research, Education, and Economics, $893,000.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
     $85,373,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service, $168,443,000, of which up to $42,177,000 
     shall be available until expended for the Census of 
     Agriculture:  Provided, That amounts made available for the 
     Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current 
     Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 
     (f).

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land 
     exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
     or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
     which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
     land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
     $1,143,825,000:  Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
     shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 
     aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for 
     replacement only:  Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 
     constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, 
     except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be 
     limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be 
     constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 
     each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
     replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is 
     greater:  Provided further, That the limitations on 
     alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to 
     modernization or replacement of existing facilities at 
     Beltsville, Maryland:  Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the 
     Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:  Provided further, 
     That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement 
     of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 
     (21 U.S.C. 113a):  Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available for granting easements at any 
     Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 
     of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, 
     and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a 
     condition of the easements shall be that upon completion the 
     facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the 
     availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that 
     acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United

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     States:  Provided further, That funds may be received from 
     any State, other political subdivision, organization, or 
     individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 
     research facility or research project of the Agricultural 
     Research Service, as authorized by law:  Provided further, 
     That of the appropriations hereunder, $57,192,000 may not be 
     obligated until 30 days after the Secretary of Agriculture 
     certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress that the Agricultural Research 
     Service has updated its animal care policies and that all 
     Agricultural Research Service research facilities at which 
     animal research is conducted have a fully functioning 
     Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, including all 
     appropriate and necessary record keeping:  Provided further, 
     That such certification shall set forth in detail the factual 
     basis for the certification and the Department's plan for 
     ensuring these changes are maintained in the future:  
     Provided further, That such certification shall be subject to 
     prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress.

                        buildings and facilities

       For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, 
     improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
     equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the 
     agricultural research programs of the Department of 
     Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $212,101,000 to 
     remain available until expended.

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                   research and education activities

       For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
     cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
     for other expenses, $819,685,000, which shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
     ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 
     Education Activities'' in the explanatory statement described 
     in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
     consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for research grants 
     for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 
     institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges 
     of agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, 
     veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, 
     graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, and 
     grants management systems shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That each institution eligible 
     to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no 
     less than $1,000,000:  Provided further, That funds for 
     education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
     serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 
     institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 
     awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:  
     Provided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 
     institutions shall be made available to institutions eligible 
     to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222:  Provided 
     further, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made 
     available by this or any other Act to carry out the 
     Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 
     450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in 
     carrying out that authority.

              native american institutions endowment fund

       For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
     $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.

                          extension activities

       For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern 
     Marianas, and American Samoa, $475,891,000, which shall be 
     for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
     titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 
     Extension Activities'' in the explanatory statement described 
     in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
     consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for facility 
     improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That institutions eligible 
     to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative 
     extension receive no less than $1,000,000:  Provided further, 
     That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and 
     (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and 
     section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471 shall be available for 
     retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension 
     agents.

                         integrated activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
     $30,900,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute 
     of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities'' in the 
     explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
     preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, 
     That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     indirect costs shall not be charged against any Extension 
     Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 
     Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $893,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
     representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $894,415,000, 
     of which $470,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
     diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 
     birds (``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet 
     emergency conditions; of which $11,520,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 
     program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 
     active eradication zones; of which $35,339,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for Animal Health 
     Technical Services; of which $697,000 shall be for activities 
     under the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as 
     amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $55,340,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be used to support avian 
     health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 
     of which $158,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to 
     remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 
     rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $54,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; 
     of which $3,973,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up 
     to $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for the wildlife 
     damage management program for aviation safety:  Provided, 
     That of amounts available under this heading for wildlife 
     services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That of amounts 
     available under this heading for the screwworm program, 
     $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or 
     administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current 
     fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the 
     States of at least 40 percent:  Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
     five, of which two shall be for replacement only:  Provided 
     further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any 
     segment of the agricultural production industry of this 
     country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations 
     or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the 
     Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be 
     available only in such emergencies for the arrest and 
     eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of 
     animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 
     with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
     Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any 
     unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency 
     purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with 
     such transferred amounts:  Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law 
     (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
     buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
     cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
     shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
     of the building.
       In fiscal year 2016, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
     environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
     and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, $81,223,000:  Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
     alteration and repair of buildings and improvements,

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     but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 
     year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
     value of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701).

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses:  Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
     other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
     this Act; and (3) not more than $20,489,000 for formulation 
     and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
     pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 
     and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

                   payments to states and possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
     Stockyards Administration, $43,057,000:  Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

       Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services:  Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
     uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
     by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food Safety, $816,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,014,871,000; and in 
     addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
     fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 
     authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f):  
     Provided, That funds provided for the Public Health Data 
     Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That no fewer than 148 
     full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during 
     fiscal year 2016 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections 
     and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter 
     Act:  Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of 
     Public Law 110-246 as further clarified by the amendments 
     made in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79:  Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
     to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
     building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
     of the current replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $898,000.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
     $1,200,180,000:  Provided, That not more than 50 percent of 
     the $129,546,000 made available under this heading for 
     information technology related to farm program delivery, 
     including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of 
     Agricultural Systems and other farm program delivery systems, 
     may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each project/
     investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance 
     capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 
     realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, including 
     estimates for development as well as maintenance and 
     operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) 
     demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 
     with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology Roadmap, 
     (b) being managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle 
     management policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the 
     applicable Department's capital planning and investment 
     control requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the 
     Government Accountability Office and approved by the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That the agency shall submit a report by 
     the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016 to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and the Government 
     Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/
     investment that is operational (a) current performance 
     against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current 
     performance of service level agreements or other technical 
     metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-established 
     cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and 
     planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and 
     (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to meet 
     business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 
     investment:  Provided further, That the Secretary is 
     authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities 
     (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     make program payments for all programs administered by the 
     Agency:  Provided further, That other funds made available to 
     the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
     merged with this account:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available to county committees shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That none of the funds available 
     to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm 
     Service Agency county offices:  Provided further, That none 
     of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
     used to permanently relocate county based employees that 
     would result in an office with two or fewer employees without 
     prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                         state mediation grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $3,404,000.

               grassroots source water protection program

       For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
     protection activities under section 1240O of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $6,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
     under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same 
     manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
     106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
     operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
     U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed 
     conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly 
     fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from 
     funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 
     $2,000,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 
     $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
     $1,393,443,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
     and $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 
     loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 
     Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for 
     boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000:  
     Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to 
     be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication 
     program loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm 
     operating loans, $53,961,000 for direct operating loans, 
     $14,352,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, and 
     emergency loans, $1,262,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $314,918,000, of 
     which $306,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

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       Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and 
     conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 
     transferred among these programs:  Provided, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
     $74,829,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
     forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
     corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
     to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
     realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
     pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
     U.S.C. 713a-11):  Provided, That of the funds available to 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for 
     the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by 
     the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
     management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
     that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation 
     business.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

       For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site 
     investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
     maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
     section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
     section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6961).

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Natural Resources and Environment, $898,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $850,856,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     construction and improvement of buildings and public 
     improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
     of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 
     public improvements shall not exceed $250,000:  Provided 
     further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
     on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a:  Provided further, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
     $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the 
     authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009 for 
     authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary purpose 
     of providing water to rural communities:  Provided further, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
     $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
     authorities under section 13 of the Flood Control Act of 
     December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534) for authorized ongoing 
     projects with a primary purpose of watershed protection by 
     stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce 
     erosion and sediment transport.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

       Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
     Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is provided.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Rural Development, $893,000.

                           Rural Development

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $225,835,000:  
     Provided, That no less than $19,500,000 shall be for the 
     Comprehensive Loan Accounting System:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
     and promotional activities that support the Rural Development 
     mission area:  Provided further, That any balances available 
     from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural 
     Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
     salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and 
     merged with this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $900,000,000 shall be for direct 
     loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
     guaranteed loans; $26,278,000 for section 504 housing repair 
     loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
     $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing 
     loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing 
     acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 
     housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
     524 site development loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $60,750,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 
     housing repair loans, $3,424,000; and repair, rehabilitation, 
     and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
     $8,414,000:  Provided, That to support the loan program level 
     for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this 
     heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover 
     the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the 
     provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 
     seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:  
     Provided further, That applicants in communities that have a 
     current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Housing 
     Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a 
     rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans 
     provided under this heading:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 
     loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct 
     loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a 
     program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant 
     authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until 
     June 1, 2016.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
     contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 
     $15,125,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
     farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
     grants and contracts:  Provided, That any balances available 
     for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to 
     and merged with this account.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $417,854,000 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or 
     agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
     payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
     502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,389,695,000; and 
     in addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:  Provided, That 
     rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during 
     the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year 
     period:  Provided further, That any unexpended balances 
     remaining at the end of

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     such one-year agreements may be transferred and used for 
     purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or 
     rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
     rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
     Act:  Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
     agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2016 for a farm 
     labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 
     or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 
     project until such assistance has remained unused for a 
     period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a 
     waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 
     project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
     receiving such assistance:  Provided further, That such 
     recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
     practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 
     housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: 
      Provided further, That of the total amount provided, up to 
     $75,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 
     renewal of rental assistance agreements within the 12-month 
     contract period:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress quarterly reports on the number of renewals approved 
     pursuant to the preceding proviso, on the amount of rental 
     assistance available, and the anticipated need for rental 
     assistance for the remainder of the fiscal year:  Provided 
     further, That except as provided in the second proviso under 
     this heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the 
     Act, the Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided 
     under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2016 for a 
     project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental 
     assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs as 
     well as unmet rental assistance needs from fiscal year 2015.

          multi-family housing revitalization program account

       For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
     section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding 
     subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to 
     conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and 
     revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
     described in this paragraph, $37,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading, $15,000,000, shall be available for rural 
     housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those 
     not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property 
     financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after 
     September 30, 2005:  Provided further, That the amount of 
     such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 
     market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 
     for such unit:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of 
     annual appropriations:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
     vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance 
     applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
      Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that the 
     amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act 
     is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds 
     for the demonstration program for the preservation and 
     revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
     described in this paragraph:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $22,000,000 shall be 
     available for a demonstration program for the preservation 
     and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-
     family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 
     multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems 
     appropriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the 
     project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for 
     the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-
     income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
     eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 
     reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial 
     assistance including advances, payments and incentives 
     (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns 
     on investment) required by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
     revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
     consistent with the terms of the restructuring:  Provided 
     further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 
     funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 
     funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 
     program may be used for such vouchers:  Provided further, 
     That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize 
     a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 
     similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 
     Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstration 
     program under this heading to carry out such legislation with 
     the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That in addition 
     to any other available funds, the Secretary may expend not 
     more than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made 
     available under this heading, for administrative expenses for 
     activities funded under this heading.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $27,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

       For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural 
     housing preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $32,239,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for direct loans and 
     $148,305,000 for guaranteed loans.
       For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended.
       For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 
     programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 
     section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act, $38,778,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That $4,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for a 
     Rural Community Development Initiative:  Provided further, 
     That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
     and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 
     community development organizations, low-income rural 
     communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
     to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas:  Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance:  Provided further, 
     That such intermediary organizations shall provide matching 
     funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:  
     Provided further, That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities 
     in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe 
     economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with up to 5 
     percent for administration and capacity building in the State 
     rural development offices:  Provided further, That $4,000,000 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, 
     as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act:  Provided 
     further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the 
     funds made available under this heading:  Provided further, 
     That for the purposes of determining eligibility or level of 
     program assistance the Secretary shall not include 
     incarcerated prison populations.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
     business development programs authorized by section 310B and 
     described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 
     310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
     $62,687,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to 
     exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant to a 
     qualified national organization to provide technical 
     assistance for rural transportation in order to promote 
     economic development and $3,000,000 shall be for grants to 
     the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for 
     any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as described 
     in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 
     for administrative expenses:  Provided further, That 
     $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized 
     Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a 
     qualified national organization to provide technical 
     assistance for rural transportation in order to promote 
     economic development:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
     determining eligibility or level of program assistance the 
     Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison populations:  
     Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
     applicable to funds made available under this heading.

              intermediary relending program fund account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), $18,889,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $5,217,000, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), of which $531,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2016, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of 
     which $1,021,000

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     shall be available through June 30, 2016, for Mississippi 
     Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with 
     Public Law 100-460):  Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
     purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $33,077,000.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, $179,000,000 shall not be 
     obligated and $179,000,000 are rescinded.

                  rural cooperative development grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,050,000, of which 
     $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
     for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, 
     or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
     groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
     boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
     of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $10,750,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added 
     agricultural product market development grants, as authorized 
     by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a).

                    rural energy for america program

       For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the 
     same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of 
     the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
     8107), $500,000:  Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants 
     for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 
     waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 
     306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
     306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, $522,365,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
     shall be available for the rural utilities program described 
     in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to 
     exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
     program described in section 306E of such Act:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 
     306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     in addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of 
     such Act:  Provided further, That $64,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 
     including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized 
     by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized 
     Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1):  Provided 
     further, That funding provided for section 306D of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided 
     to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 
     105-83:  Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 
     the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of 
     Alaska for training and technical assistance programs and not 
     more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D 
     of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 
     used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public 
     Law 105-83 for training and technical assistance programs:  
     Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical 
     assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
     to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes 
     a determination of extreme need, of which $6,500,000 shall be 
     made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-
     State regional technical assistance organization, with 
     experience in working with small communities on water and 
     waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant 
     shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 
     3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, 
     development, operation, and management of water and waste 
     water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be 
     for a qualified national Native American organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 
     tribal communities:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $16,397,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for contracting with qualified national 
     organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
     technical assistance for rural water systems:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid 
     waste management grants:  Provided further, That $10,000,000 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
     transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 
     High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized 
     under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
     U.S.C. 918a):  Provided further, That any prior year balances 
     for high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the 
     Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, 
     High Energy Cost Grants Account:  Provided further, That 
     sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
     available under this heading.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 
     authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 
     made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
     Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
     loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 
     telecommunications loans, cost of money rural 
     telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 
     section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
     $690,000,000:  Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be 
     used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of 
     fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or 
     existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems.
       For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 
     of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money 
     rural telecommunications loans, $104,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,707,000, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

       For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 
     loans, $20,576,000.
       For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services 
     in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
     $22,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized 
     by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  
     Provided further, That funding provided under this heading 
     for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet 
     all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as 
     established by this section.
       For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 
     601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the cost of direct 
     loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
       In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 
     transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 
     and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     950aaa.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
                                Services

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $811,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except 
     section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $22,149,746,000 to 
     remain available through September 30, 2017, of which such 
     sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
     available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
     herein:  Provided, That of the total amount available, 
     $17,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $25,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants 
     to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies 
     and schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 
     healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the 
     establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 
     breakfast program:  Provided further, That of the total 
     amount available, $16,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture 
     Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public

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     Law 111-80):  Provided further, That section 26(d) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``2010 
     through 2015'' and inserting ``2010 through 2016''.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $6,350,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not 
     less than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
     counselors and other related activities, and $13,600,000 
     shall be used for infrastructure:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds provided in this account shall be available 
     for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with 
     the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements 
     specified in section 17 of such Act:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds provided shall be available for activities 
     that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government 
     departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of 
     such Act:  Provided further, That upon termination of a 
     federally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and 
     conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
     waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of 
     a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $80,849,383,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through December 
     31, 2017, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
     amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
     out program operations:  Provided, That funds available for 
     the contingency reserve under the heading ``Supplemental 
     Nutrition Assistance Program'' of division A of Public Law 
     113-235 shall be available until December 31, 2016:  Provided 
     further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
     accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008:  Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition 
     education services to State agencies and Federally Recognized 
     Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on 
     Indian Reservations:  Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
     workfare requirements as may be required by law:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available for Employment and 
     Training under this heading shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading for section 28(d)(1) and section 
     27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading may be used to enter 
     into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, 
     evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program 
     integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the 
     Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 
     section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
     of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected 
     islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of 
     Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); 
     and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
     $296,217,000, to remain available through September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with 
     funds made available in fiscal year 2016 to support the 
     Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 
     2017:  Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for 
     costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
     Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
     assistance program, $150,824,000:  Provided, That of the 
     funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the 
     purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by 
     section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 
     allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
     approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $191,566,000:  
     Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or 
     reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
     of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 
     institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the 
     agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
     1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
     States Agency for International Development:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available for middle-income country 
     training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 
     International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship 
     program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
     fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
     subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     shall remain available until expended.

  food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program 
                                account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
     of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the 
     Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,528,000, shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
     Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                     food for peace title ii grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
     83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
     dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
     $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended.

  mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $201,626,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
     facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
     such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
     herein:  Provided further, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading, $5,000,000, shall remain available until 
     expended for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
     of section 3207 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
     1726c).

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and 
     GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $354,000 shall 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $4,681,392,000:  Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, $851,481,000 
     shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized 
     by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $137,677,000 shall be 
     derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended; $318,363,000 shall be derived from 
     human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $21,540,000 shall be derived from biosimilar 
     biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52, 
     and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
     until expended; $22,818,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
     user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be 
     credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
     $9,705,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 
     fees authorized by 21

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     U.S.C. 379j-21, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $599,000,000 shall be 
     derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That in addition 
     to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
     heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
     medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, 
     biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user 
     fees, and animal generic drug user fees that exceed the 
     respective fiscal year 2016 limitations are appropriated and 
     shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That fees derived from 
     prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug, 
     biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and animal 
     generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2016, including any 
     such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2016 but credited 
     for fiscal year 2016, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
     2016 limitations:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     accept payment during fiscal year 2016 of user fees specified 
     under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2017, prior 
     to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 
     assessed for fiscal year 2017 for which the Secretary accepts 
     payment in fiscal year 2016 shall not be included in amounts 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That none of these 
     funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
     program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:  Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
     $987,328,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 
     Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,394,136,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 
     $354,901,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation 
     and Research and for related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $187,825,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
     $430,443,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 
     Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 
     Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for 
     the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $564,117,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (8) not to exceed $171,418,000 shall be for Rent and 
     Related activities, of which $52,346,000 is for White Oak 
     Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
     Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed 
     $238,274,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
     Administration for rent; and (10) $289,619,000 shall be for 
     other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of 
     Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, 
     the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of 
     Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the 
     Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for these 
     offices:  Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of 
     this amount shall be for official reception and 
     representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
     determined by the Commissioner:  Provided further, That any 
     transfer of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 
     be from amounts made available under this heading for other 
     activities:  Provided further, That of the amounts that are 
     made available under this heading for ``other activities'', 
     and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of 
     Inspector General'' for oversight of the programs and 
     operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall be 
     in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 
     of the Food and Drug Administration:  Provided further, That 
     funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
     another with the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n 
     and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, 
     and voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 
     21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale distributor 
     licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     353(e)(3), and third-party logistics provider licensing and 
     inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), and 
     third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), 
     shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
     expended.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
     of space (to include multiple year leases), in the District 
     of Columbia and elsewhere, $250,000,000, including not to 
     exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
     consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which 
     not less than $50,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, shall be for the purchase of information 
     technology and of which not less than $2,620,000 shall be for 
     expenses of the Office of the Inspector General:  Provided, 
     That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, 
     amounts provided under this heading are available for the 
     liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on 
     leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That for the purpose of recording any 
     obligations that should have been recorded against accounts 
     closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, these accounts may be 
     reopened solely for the purpose of correcting any violations 
     of 31 U.S.C. 1501(a)(1), and balances canceled pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 1552(a) in any accounts reopened pursuant to this 
     authority shall remain unavailable to liquidate any 
     outstanding obligations.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $65,600,000 (from assessments collected from 
     farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural 
     Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current 
     fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 
     12 U.S.C. 2249:  Provided, That this limitation shall not 
     apply to expenses associated with receiverships:  Provided 
     further, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 
     10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

       Sec. 701.  Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
     appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
     Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall 
     be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
     specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 
     motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, and 
     for the hire of such vehicles:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new 
     passenger vehicles shall be for those determined by the 
     Secretary to be necessary for transportation safety, to 
     reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, 
     property, and public safety.
       Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
     balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or 
     any other available unobligated discretionary balances that 
     are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to 
     the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and 
     capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services of 
     primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
     Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That none of the funds made available by 
     this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 
     Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency 
     administrator:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
     section shall be available for obligation without written 
     notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made 
     available to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes 
     to the Department's National Finance Center without written 
     notification to and prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
     section 717 of this Act:  Provided further, That of annual 
     income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
     of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center, the 
     Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for the 
     replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
     equipment for the improvement and implementation of a 
     financial management plan, information technology, and other 
     systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
     unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance 
     Center:  Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
     shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary 
     submits written notification of the obligation to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That the limitation on the obligation of 
     funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 
     not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the 
     Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of 
     emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the 
     National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the 
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     safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance 
     Center.
       Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for 
     the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund 
     program account, the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
     notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United 
     States Code, none of the funds available to the Department of 
     Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior 
     to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information 
     Officer:  Provided further, That the Chief Information 
     Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
     written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based 
     upon the performance of an agency measured against the 
     performance plan requirements described in the explanatory 
     statement accompanying Public Law 113-235.
       Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current 
     fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
     obligations made in the current fiscal year.
       Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, 
     direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act 
     of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to 
     receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be 
     eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of such 
     Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.
       Sec. 709.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
     this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2017, for information technology 
     expenses:  Provided, That except as otherwise specifically 
     provided by law, unobligated balances from appropriations 
     made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the 
     Rural Development mission area shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2017, for information technology expenses.
       Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
     of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 711.  In the case of each program established or 
     amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), 
     other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, 
     or programs for which indefinite amounts were provided in 
     that Act, that is authorized or required to be carried out 
     using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation--
       (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
     administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
     associated with the implementation of the program, without 
     regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
     and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
       (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
     considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
     applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
     fund transfers contained in such section.
       Sec. 712.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
     more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
     expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
     panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 713.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
     research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the 
     National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 
     percent of total Federal funds provided under each award:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants 
     awarded competitively by the National Institute of Food and 
     Agriculture shall be available to pay full allowable indirect 
     costs for each grant awarded under section 9 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
       Sec. 714.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the 
     following:
       (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program authorized by 
     section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and Flood Protection Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1));
       (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program as 
     authorized by sections 1240-1240H of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa-8) in excess of $1,329,000,000: 
      Provided, That this limitation shall apply only to funds 
     provided by section 1241(a)(5)(C) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(C));
       (3) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by 
     section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in excess of $3,000,000 in new 
     obligational authority; and
       (4) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased 
     Product Manufacturing Assistance program as authorized by 
     section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) in excess of $27,000,000 of the funding 
     appropriated by subsection (g)(1)(A)(ii) of that section for 
     fiscal year 2016.
       Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program 
     under subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 14222 of Public 
     Law 110-246 in excess of $884,980,000, as follows: Child 
     Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities--$465,000,000; 
     State Option Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal of Defective 
     Commodities--$2,500,000:  Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for 
     salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year 
     section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that excludes the 
     transfer of $125,000,000 of the funds to be transferred under 
     subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246, until 
     October 1, 2016:  Provided further, That $125,000,000 made 
     available on October 1, 2016, to carry out section 
     19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act, as amended, shall be excluded from the limitation 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ix) of section 14222 of 
     Public Law 110-246:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
     employee of the Department of Agriculture or officer of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 
     32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74-
     320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal 
     activities or price support activities under section 5 of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act:  Provided further, 
     That the available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(viii) 
     of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246 in excess of the 
     limitation set forth in this section, except for the amounts 
     to be transferred pursuant to the first proviso, are hereby 
     permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 716.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's budget submission to the Congress for 
     programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations 
     Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes 
     revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 
     to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 
     prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 
     submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
     should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 
     enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
     conference for the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
     available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as 
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     Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, 
     through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) of 
     the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
     2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), 
     that--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
       (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in writing 
     and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 
     reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
     projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 
     referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
     $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
       (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in writing 
     and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 
     reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the use of such 
     authority.
       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall notify in writing and receive 
     approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress before implementing any program or activity not 
     carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the 
     program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
     funded by any other Act.
       (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for--
       (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
     including information technology systems, that involves 
     increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
     the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
     of the total cost, whichever is less;
       (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
     positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
     center, office, branch, or similar entity with five or more 
     personnel; or
       (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
     described in the budget request; unless the agencies funded 
     by this Act notify, in writing, the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in 
     advance of using the funds for these purposes.
       (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 
     any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of 
     the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives from the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the 
     notification as required in this section.
       Sec. 718.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 
     guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that does 
     not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal portion of 
     the loan.
       Sec. 719.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
     Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 
     the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or 
     otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses to 
     questions that are a result of information requested for the 
     appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of 
     Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 
     non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
     Administration employee.
       Sec. 720.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
     none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
     executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
     intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States 
     unless the story includes a clear notification within the 
     text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
     prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
     executive branch agency.
       Sec. 721.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of 
     the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless 
     the individual's employing agency or office is fully 
     reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 
     and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
       Sec. 722.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who 
     provide nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for mohair 
     under section 1201 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 
     Law 113-79).
       Sec. 723.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
     Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the 
     Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for 
     all the funds made available under this Act including 
     appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act).
       Sec. 724.  Funds made available under title II of the Food 
     for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to 
     provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
     monitoring and controls, as determined by the Administrator 
     of the U.S. Agency for International Development, are in 
     place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by the 
     intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food shortages 
     and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate purposes.
       Sec. 725.  There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry 
     out section 1621 of Public Law 110-246.
       Sec. 726.  The Secretary shall establish an intermediary 
     loan packaging program based on the pilot program in effect 
     for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 
     single family direct loans. The Secretary shall enter into 
     agreements with current intermediary organizations and with 
     additional qualified intermediary organizations. The 
     Secretary shall work with these organizations to increase 
     effectiveness of the section 502 single family direct loan 
     program in rural communities and shall set aside and make 
     available from the national reserve section 502 loans an 
     amount necessary to support the work of such intermediaries 
     and provide a priority for review of such loans.
       Sec. 727.  For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
     require budget authority and the program level has been 
     established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     increase the program level for such loans and loan guarantees 
     by not more than 25 percent:  Provided, That prior to the 
     Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
     notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance.
       Sec. 728.  There is hereby appropriated for the ``Emergency 
     Watershed Protection Program'', $157,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for the ``Emergency Forestry 
     Restoration Program'', $6,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended; and for the ``Emergency Conservation Program'', 
     $108,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That $37,000,000 made available for the ``Emergency Watershed 
     Protection Program''; $2,000,000 made available for the 
     ``Emergency Forestry Restoration Program''; and $91,000,000 
     made available for the ``Emergency Conservation Program'' 
     under this section are for necessary expenses resulting from 
     a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
     et seq.), and are designated by the Congress as being for 
     disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 729.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 
     729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 
     (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be available for 
     obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
     approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress:  Provided, That the refunds or rebates so 
     transferred shall be available for obligation only for the 
     acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the 
     delivery of financial, administrative, and information 
     technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
     Department of Agriculture.
       Sec. 730.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
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     poultry products imported into the United States from the 
     People's Republic of China for use in the school lunch 
     program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Food Care 
     Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the 
     Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 13 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast program 
     under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et 
     seq.).
       Sec. 731.  In response to an eligible community where the 
     drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 
     disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 
     or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 
     through the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant 
     Program for an additional period of time not to exceed 120 
     days beyond the established period provided under the Program 
     in order to protect public health.
       Sec. 732.  Funds provided by this or any prior 
     Appropriations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research 
     Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 
     without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 
     2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching requirements in 
     laws in effect on the date before the date of enactment of 
     such section:  Provided, That the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 
     450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply.
       Sec. 733. (a) For the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this Act through school year 2016-2017, with 
     respect to the school lunch program established under the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
     et seq.) or the school breakfast program established under 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and 
     final regulations published by the Department of Agriculture 
     in the Federal Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 
     4088 et seq.), the Secretary shall allow States to grant an 
     exemption from the whole grain requirements that took effect 
     on or after July 1, 2014, and the States shall establish a 
     process for evaluating and responding, in a reasonable amount 
     of time, to requests for an exemption:  Provided, That school 
     food authorities demonstrate hardship, including financial 
     hardship, in procuring specific whole grain products which 
     are acceptable to the students and compliant with the whole 
     grain-rich requirements:  Provided further, That school food 
     authorities shall comply with the applicable grain component 
     or standard with respect to the school lunch or school 
     breakfast program that was in effect prior to July 1, 2014.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to implement any 
     regulations under the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, Hunger-Free 
     Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296), or any other law that 
     would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium contained 
     in federally reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks sold in 
     schools below Target 1 (as described in section 220.8(f)(3) 
     of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
     regulations)) until the latest scientific research 
     establishes the reduction is beneficial for children.
       Sec. 734.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to release or implement the final 
     version of the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for 
     Americans, revised pursuant to section 301 of the National 
     Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 5341), unless the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services ensure that each 
     revision to any nutritional or dietary information or 
     guideline contained in the 2010 edition of the Dietary 
     Guidelines for Americans and each new nutritional or dietary 
     information or guideline to be included in the eighth edition 
     of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans--
       (1) is based on significant scientific agreement; and
       (2) is limited in scope to nutritional and dietary 
     information.
       Sec. 735. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     engage the National Academy of Medicine to conduct a 
     comprehensive study of the entire process used to establish 
     the Advisory Committee for the Dietary Guidelines for 
     Americans and the subsequent development of the Dietary 
     Guidelines for Americans, most recently revised pursuant to 
     section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related 
     Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341). The panel of the 
     National Academy of Medicine selected to conduct the study 
     shall include a balanced representation of individuals with 
     broad experiences and viewpoints regarding nutritional and 
     dietary information.
       (b) The study required by subsection (a) shall include the 
     following:
       (1) An analysis of each of the following:
       (A) How the Dietary Guidelines for Americans can better 
     prevent chronic disease, ensure nutritional sufficiency for 
     all Americans, and accommodate a range of individual factors, 
     including age, gender, and metabolic health.
       (B) How the advisory committee selection process can be 
     improved to provide more transparency, eliminate bias, and 
     include committee members with a range of viewpoints.
       (C) How the Nutrition Evidence Library is compiled and 
     utilized, including whether Nutrition Evidence Library 
     reviews and other systematic reviews and data analysis are 
     conducted according to rigorous and objective scientific 
     standards.
       (D) How systematic reviews are conducted on longstanding 
     Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, including 
     whether scientific studies are included from scientists with 
     a range of viewpoints.
       (2) Recommendations to improve the process used to 
     establish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to ensure 
     the Dietary Guidelines for Americans reflect balanced sound 
     science.
       (c) There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to conduct the 
     study required by subsection (a).
       Sec. 736.  The unobligated balances identified by the 
     Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X0113 are rescinded.
       Sec. 737.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
     Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any new research and 
     evaluation projects until the Secretary submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     research and evaluation plan for fiscal year 2016, prepared 
     in coordination with the Research, Education, and Economics 
     mission area of the Department of Agriculture, and a period 
     of 30 days beginning on the date of the submission of the 
     plan expires to permit Congressional review of the plan.
       Sec. 738.  Of the unobligated prior year funds identified 
     by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1980 where 
     obligations have been cancelled, $13,000,000 is rescinded.
       Sec. 739.  The unobligated balances identified by the 
     Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X3318, 12X1010, 12X1090, 
     12X1907, 12X0402, 12X3508, and 12X3322 are rescinded.
       Sec. 740.  Section 166 of the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7286) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and title I of the Food, Conservation, 
     and Energy Act of 2008'' both places it appears and inserting 
     ``title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 
     and Subtitle B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014''; 
     and
       (2) by amending paragraph (3) of subsection (c) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(3) Application of authority.--Beginning with the 2015 
     crop marketing year, the Secretary shall carry out paragraph 
     (1) under the same terms and conditions as were in effect for 
     the 2008 crop year for loans made to producers under subtitle 
     B of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.).''.
       Sec. 741. (a) There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to 
     provide competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to 
     local educational agencies and schools to purchase the 
     equipment needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 
     safety, and to help support the establishment, maintenance, 
     or expansion of the school breakfast program, to remain 
     available until expended.
       (b) There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 to carry out 
     section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 
     (Public Law 111-80), to remain available until expended.
       Sec. 742.  Of the unobligated balances identified by the 
     Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1072, $20,000,000 is 
     hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
     from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement or for disaster relief requirement pursuant to a 
     Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 743.  In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of 
     the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect to 
     loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders for 
     such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) 
     of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) with respect 
     to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eligible 
     lenders for such loans.
       Sec. 744.  There is hereby appropriated $8,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of 
     the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
     8107a):  Provided, That the Secretary launch the program 
     authorized by this section during the 2016 fiscal year and 
     that it be carried out through the Rural Utilities Service:  
     Provided further, That, within 60 days of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on how the Rural 
     Utilities Service will implement section 6407 during the 2016 
     fiscal year.
       Sec. 745.  Of the unobligated balances of appropriations in 
     Public Law 108-199, Public Law 109-234, and Public Law 110-28 
     made available for the ``Emergency Watershed Protection 
     Program'', $2,400,000 shall be available for the purposes of 
     such program for any disaster occurring fiscal year 2016 or 
     fiscal year 2017, and shall remain available until expended.
       Sec. 746.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or 
     take any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring 
     information intended for a prescribing health care 
     professional, in the case

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     of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) 
     of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
     353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such professional 
     electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless and until a 
     Federal law is enacted to allow or require such distribution.
       Sec. 747.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule 
     entitled ``Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu 
     Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments'' 
     published by the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal 
     Register on December 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 71156 et seq.) 
     until the later of--
       (1) December 1, 2016; or
       (2) the date that is one year after the date on which the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services publishes Level 1 
     guidance with respect to nutrition labeling of standard menu 
     items in restaurants and similar retail food establishments 
     in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i), (g)(1)(ii), 
     (g)(1)(iii), and (g)(1)(iv) of section 10.115 of title 21, 
     Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 748.  In addition to funds appropriated in this Act, 
     there is hereby appropriated $250,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, under the heading ``Food for Peace 
     Title II Grants'':  Provided, That the funds made available 
     under this section shall be used for the purposes set forth 
     in the Food for Peace Act for both emergency and non-
     emergency purposes:  Provided further, That the funds made 
     available by this section used for emergency programs may be 
     prioritized to respond to emergency food needs involving 
     conflict in the Middle East and to address other urgent food 
     needs around the world:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this section, $20,000,000 shall be used 
     to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release 
     of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the 
     Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1).
       Sec. 749.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt 
     of a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a 
     drug or biological product under section 505(i) of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or 
     section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     262(a)(3)) in research in which a human embryo is 
     intentionally created or modified to include a heritable 
     genetic modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to 
     have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemption 
     may not go into effect.
       Sec. 750.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to implement or enforce any provision 
     of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-
     353), including the amendments made thereby, with respect to 
     the regulation of the distribution, sale, or receipt of dried 
     spent grain byproducts of the alcoholic beverage production 
     process, irrespective of whether such byproducts are solely 
     intended for use as animal feed.
       Sec. 751. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available in fiscal year 2015 for the supplemental nutrition 
     program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
     Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $220,000,000 are hereby 
     rescinded.
       (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 
     there is hereby appropriated for ``Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children'', 
     $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     management information systems, including WIC electronic 
     benefit transfer systems and activities.
       Sec. 752. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
       (1) within 4 months of the date of enactment of this Act, 
     establish a prioritization process for APHIS to conduct 
     audits or reviews of countries or regions that have received 
     animal health status recognitions by APHIS and provide a 
     description of this process to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House, Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate, Committee on Agriculture of the House, and 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate;
       (2) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 
     factors in the country or region being audited, as 
     applicable:
       (A) veterinary control and oversight;
       (B) disease history and vaccination practices;
       (C) livestock demographics and traceability;
       (D) epidemiological separation from potential sources of 
     infection;
       (E) surveillance practices;
       (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and
       (G) emergency preparedness and response.
       (3) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 
     any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (2); 
     and
       (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under its international trade 
     agreements.
       Sec. 753.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to carry out any activities or incur any expense 
     related to the issuance of licenses under section 3 of the 
     Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such 
     licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs and cats for use 
     in research, experiments, teaching, or testing.
       Sec. 754.  No partially hydrogenated oils as defined in the 
     order published by the Food and Drug Administration in the 
     Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et 
     seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the meaning of section 
     409(a) and no food that is introduced or delivered for 
     introduction into interstate commerce that bears or contains 
     a partially hydrogenated oil shall be deemed adulterated 
     under sections 402(a)(1) or 402(a)(2)(C)(i) by virtue of 
     bearing or containing a partially hydrogenated oil until the 
     compliance date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018).
       Sec. 755.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall implement section 
     12106 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 and the amendments made 
     by such section (21 U.S.C. 601 note; Public Law 113-79), 
     including any regulation or guidance the Secretary of 
     Agriculture issues to carry out such section or the 
     amendments made by such section; and
       (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     implement section 403(t) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(t)), including any regulation or 
     guidance the Secretary of Health and Human Services issues to 
     carry out such section.
       Sec. 756.  There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for the 
     purposes of section 727 of division A of Public Law 112-55.
       Sec. 757.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 
     U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
     agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 
     lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
       Sec. 758.  The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2016, an 
     amount of funds made available in title III under the 
     headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, 
     Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance 
     Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Account, Rural 
     Business Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund Program 
     Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
     equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to 
     funds provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal 
     year any such funds were obligated under such headings for 
     REAP Zones.
       Sec. 759. (a) Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 
     of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), 
     (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and 
     (7), respectively; and
       (3) in paragraph (1)(A) (as so redesignated)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``beef,'' and ``, pork,''; 
     and
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``ground beef,'' and ``, 
     ground pork,''.
       (b) Section 282 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
     (7 U.S.C. 1638a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``beef,'' and ``pork,'';
       (B) by striking ``beef,'' and ``pork,'' each place it 
     appears in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); and
       (C) in subparagraph (E)--
       (i) in the heading, by striking ``beef, pork,''; and
       (ii) by striking ``ground beef, ground pork,'' each place 
     it appears; and
       (2) in subsection (f)(2)--
       (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
       Sec. 760.  The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary's 
     designees are hereby granted the same access to information 
     and subject to the same requirements applicable to the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as provided in 
     section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) 
     and section 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 (26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix)) to verify the income for 
     individuals participating in sections 502, 504, 521, and 542 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 
     1490r).
       Sec. 761. (a) During fiscal year 2016, the Food and Drug 
     Administration (FDA) shall not allow the introduction or 
     delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 
     food that contains genetically engineered salmon until FDA 
     publishes final labeling guidelines for informing consumers 
     of such content; and
       (b) Of the amounts made available to the Food and Drug 
     Administration, Salaries and Expenses, not less than $150,000 
     shall be used to develop labeling guidelines and implement a 
     program to disclose to consumers whether salmon offered for 
     sale to consumers is a genetically engineered variety.
       Sec. 762.  The Secretary may charge a fee for lenders to 
     access Department loan guarantee systems in connection with 
     such lenders' participation in loan guarantee programs of the 
     Rural Housing Service:  Provided, That the funds collected 
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     fees shall be made available to the Secretary without further 
     appropriation and such funds shall be deposited into the 
     Rural Development Salaries and Expense Account and shall 
     remain available until expended for obligation and 
     expenditure by the Secretary for administrative expenses of 
     the Rural Housing Service Loan Guarantee Program in addition 
     to other available funds:  Provided further, That such fees 
     collected shall not exceed $50 per loan.
       Sec. 763.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used--
       (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural 
     Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or
       (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or 
     use of industrial hemp that is grown or cultivated in 
     accordance with subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural 
     Act of 2014, within or outside the State in which the 
     industrial hemp is grown or cultivated.
       Sec. 764.  For an additional amount for ``Animal and Plant 
     Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, for 
     one-time control and management and associated activities 
     directly related to the multiple-agency response to citrus 
     greening.
       Sec. 765.  Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended by striking 
     ``the last day'' and all that follows through the period at 
     the end and inserting ``September 30, 2016.''.
       Sec. 766.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     purposes of applying the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)--
       (1) the acceptable market name of Gadus chalcogrammus, 
     formerly known as Theragra chalcogramma, is ``pollock''; and
       (2) the term ``Alaskan Pollock'' or `` `Alaska Pollock' '' 
     may be used in labeling to refer solely to ``pollock'' 
     harvested in the State waters of Alaska or the exclusive 
     economic zone (as that term is defined in section 3 of the 
     Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1802)) adjacent to Alaska.
       Sec. 767.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel--
       (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
       (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
     Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     note; Public Law 104-127); or
       (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.

     DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     operations and administration

       For necessary expenses for international trade activities 
     of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for 
     engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including 
     expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose 
     of promoting exports of United States firms, without regard 
     to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; 
     full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
     families of employees stationed overseas and employees 
     temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 
     employees of the International Trade Administration between 
     two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of title 
     49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United 
     States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space 
     abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of 
     alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction 
     of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use 
     abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in 
     the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United 
     States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not 
     to exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 
     abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
     abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining 
     insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie 
     lines, $493,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be 
     retained and used by the International Trade Administration, 
     notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: 
      Provided, That, of amounts provided under this heading, not 
     less than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and 
     countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts provided for the 
     International Trade Administration under this title, 
     $5,000,000 shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure until 15 days after the Undersecretary of 
     Commerce for International Trade submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     the report and certification detailed in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That 
     the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and 
     all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 
     apply in carrying out these activities; and that for the 
     purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of 
     the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
     shall include payment for assessments for services provided 
     as part of these activities.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security

                     operations and administration

       For necessary expenses for export administration and 
     national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
     including costs associated with the performance of export 
     administration field activities both domestically and abroad; 
     full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
     families of employees stationed overseas; employment of 
     citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for 
     services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
     authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
     28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 
     countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 
     expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under 
     the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 
     section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 
     U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with 
     special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without 
     regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, 
     $112,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) 
     and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and 
     Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) 
     shall apply in carrying out these activities:  Provided 
     further, That payments and contributions collected and 
     accepted for materials or services provided as part of such 
     activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of 
     such activities, and for providing information to the public 
     with respect to the export administration and national 
     security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
     export control programs of the United States and other 
     governments.

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

       For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
     by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for 
     trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by 
     section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 
     of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), $222,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $15,000,000 shall be for grants 
     under such section 27.

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
     development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
     $39,000,000:  Provided, That these funds may be used to 
     monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
     Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 
     1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and the Community 
     Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     minority business development

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
     fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
     enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
     other agreements with public or private organizations, 
     $32,000,000.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
     and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
     Commerce, $109,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017.

                          Bureau of the Census

                      current surveys and programs

       For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, 
     analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for 
     by law, $270,000,000:  Provided, That, from amounts provided 
     herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
     marketing activities:  Provided further, That the Bureau of 
     the Census shall collect and analyze data for the Annual 
     Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population 
     Survey using the same health insurance questions included in 
     previous years, in addition to the revised questions 
     implemented in the Current Population Survey beginning in 
     February 2014.

                     periodic censuses and programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, 
     analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic 
     censuses and programs provided for by law, $1,100,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, 
     from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for 
     promotion, outreach, and marketing activities:  Provided 
     further, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,551,000 
     shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' 
     account for activities associated with carrying out 
     investigations and

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     audits related to the Bureau of the Census:  Provided 
     further, That not more than 50 percent of the amounts made 
     available under this heading for information technology 
     related to 2020 census delivery, including the Census 
     Enterprise Data Collection and Processing (CEDCaP) program, 
     may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate a plan for expenditure that: (1) identifies 
     for each CEDCaP project/investment over $25,000: (A) the 
     functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and 
     the mission benefits to be realized; (B) the estimated 
     lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well 
     as maintenance and operations; and (C) key milestones to be 
     met; (2) details for each project/investment: (A) reasons for 
     any cost and schedule variances; and (B) top risks and 
     mitigation strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the 
     Government Accountability Office.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
     (NTIA), $39,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the 
     Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs 
     incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and 
     related services, and such fees shall be retained and used as 
     offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as 
     offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
     transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
     incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
     related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
     Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
     under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
     Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

    public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

       For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
     unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are 
     available for the administration of all open grants until 
     their expiration.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
     Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 
     defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
     Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, 
     $3,272,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
     fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and 
     surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law 
     are received during fiscal year 2016, so as to result in a 
     fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general fund 
     estimated at $0:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2016, should the total amount of such offsetting collections 
     be less than $3,272,000,000 this amount shall be reduced 
     accordingly:  Provided further, That any amount received in 
     excess of $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and deposited in 
     the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That the 
     Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
     preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as 
     a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
     be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
     compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
     Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance 
     with the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 
     States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries and Expenses'' 
     account:  Provided further, That from amounts provided 
     herein, not to exceed $900 shall be made available in fiscal 
     year 2016 for official reception and representation expenses: 
      Provided further, That in fiscal year 2016 from the amounts 
     made available for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for the USPTO, 
     the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 
     percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 
     employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 
     8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 
     Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO's specific use, of basic 
     pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of 
     that title, and (2) the present value of the otherwise 
     unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's 
     specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-
     retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees 
     who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) 
     and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be 
     transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
     Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and 
     shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 
     accounts:  Provided further, That any differences between the 
     present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series 
     benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's 
     specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 
     USPTO's financial statements, where applicable:  Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are 
     available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 
     35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the 
     Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29):  
     Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
     $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector 
     General'' account for activities associated with carrying out 
     investigations and audits related to the USPTO.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology (NIST), $690,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 
     may be transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund'':  
     Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, 
     That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
     undergraduate research fellowship program participants.

                     industrial technology services

       For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
     $155,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 
     Extension Partnership, and of which $25,000,000 shall be for 
     the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation.

                  construction of research facilities

       For construction of new research facilities, including 
     architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and 
     maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided 
     for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as 
     authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-
     278e), $119,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the 
     budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to 
     Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 
     submitted with the budget of the President under section 
     1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology construction 
     project having a total multi-year program cost of more than 
     $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justification 
     materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
     requirements for each such project for each of the 5 
     subsequent fiscal years.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
     vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
     organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
     pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of 
     facilities, $3,305,813,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, except that funds provided for 
     cooperative enforcement shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2018:  Provided, That fees and donations 
     received by the National Ocean Service for the management of 
     national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the 
     salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 
     notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: 
      Provided further, That in addition, $130,164,000 shall be 
     derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote and 
     Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American 
     Fisheries'', which shall only be used for fishery activities 
     related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative 
     Research, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring 
     Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish 
     Information Networks:  Provided further, That of the 
     $3,453,477,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
     heading, $3,305,813,000 is appropriated from the general 
     fund, $130,164,000 is provided by transfer and $17,500,000 is 
     derived from recoveries of prior year obligations:  Provided 
     further, That the total amount available for National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration corporate services 
     administrative support costs shall not exceed $226,300,000:  
     Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
     designated for specific activities in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 
     deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in 
     previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth 
     in section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That in 
     addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
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     Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
     retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents 
     Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may be 
     necessary.

               procurement, acquisition and construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital 
     assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     $2,400,416,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
     except that funds provided for acquisition and construction 
     of vessels and construction of facilities shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
     $2,413,416,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
     heading, $2,400,416,000 is appropriated from the general fund 
     and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year 
     obligations:  Provided further, That any deviation from the 
     amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 
     deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in 
     previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth 
     in section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification 
     materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support 
     of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the 
     budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or 
     construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 
     and simultaneously the budget justification shall include an 
     estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
     for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years:  Provided further, 
     That within the amounts appropriated, $80,050,000 shall not 
     be available for obligation or expenditure until 15 days 
     after the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
     Atmosphere submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate a fleet modernization 
     and recapitalization plan:  Provided further, That, within 
     the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to 
     the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities 
     associated with carrying out investigations and audits 
     related to satellite procurement, acquisition and 
     construction.

                    pacific coastal salmon recovery

       For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
     Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, of the funds 
     provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants 
     to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, 
     California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recognized 
     tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including 
     Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
     and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or 
     endangered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to 
     be so listed, for maintaining populations necessary for 
     exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native 
     subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal 
     salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be 
     developed by the Secretary of Commerce:  Provided further, 
     That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 
     other merit principles and shall not be available for 
     marketing activities:  Provided further, That funds disbursed 
     to States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 
     or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent of 
     the Federal funds.

                      fishermen's contingency fund

       For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 
     95-372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts 
     collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until 
     expended.

                   fisheries finance program account

       Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, during fiscal year 2016, obligations of direct loans 
     may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans 
     and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct loans 
     as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the management of the Department 
     of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed 
     $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
     $58,000,000:  Provided, That within amounts provided, the 
     Secretary of Commerce may use up to $2,500,000 to engage in 
     activities to provide businesses and communities with 
     information about and referrals to relevant Federal, State, 
     and local government programs.

                      renovation and modernization

       For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization 
     of Department of Commerce facilities, $19,062,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $32,000,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101.  During the current fiscal year, applicable 
     appropriations and funds made available to the Department of 
     Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities 
     specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to 
     the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced 
     payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification 
     of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that 
     such payments are in the public interest.
       Sec. 102.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
     made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for 
     salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
     1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms 
     or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
     5902).
       Sec. 103.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available for the current fiscal year for the Department 
     of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, 
     That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
     as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 
     of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset 
     (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically 
     provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds 
     for the Department of Commerce.
       Sec. 104.  The requirements set forth by section 105 of the 
     Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by 
     section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 113-6, are 
     hereby adopted by reference and made applicable with respect 
     to fiscal year 2016:  Provided, That the life cycle cost for 
     the Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,322,125,000 and the 
     life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational 
     Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $10,828,059,000.
       Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to 
     utilities, telecommunications, and security services) 
     necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 
     improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 
     are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative 
     Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in the 
     Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
     buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 
     which has been delegated to the Secretary from the 
     Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a 
     reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as 
     reimbursement for services provided under this section or the 
     authority under which the use or occupancy of the space is 
     authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the 
     appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such 
     services.
       Sec. 106.  Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
     prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 
     copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 
     its networks.
       Sec. 107.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their 
     consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits of 
     available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, 
     personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
     government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 
     possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
     any foreign government or international organization, for 
     purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 
     statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration.
       Sec. 108.  The National Technical Information Service shall 
     not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document 
     generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has 
     provided information to the customer on how an electronic 
     copy of such report or document may be accessed and 
     downloaded for free online. Should a customer still require 
     the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the 
     report or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering 
     the Service's cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering 
     such report or document.
       Sec. 109.  The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 
     requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect to 
     contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of 
     vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to 
     payment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast 
     and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).
       Sec. 110. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     or any other appropriations

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     Act may be used by the Secretary of Commerce for management 
     activities pursuant to the Fishery Management Plan for the 
     Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico or any amendment to 
     such Plan unless such management is conducted beyond the 
     seaward boundary of a coastal State as set out under 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
     purpose of carrying out activities pursuant to the Fishery 
     Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of 
     Mexico or any amendment to such Plan, the seaward boundary of 
     a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 nautical 
     miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial 
     sea of the United States is measured.
       Sec. 111.  To carry out the responsibilities of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the 
     Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants 
     and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non-
     reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and 
     facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds made 
     available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State 
     or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal government, 
     territory, or possession or any subdivisions thereof:  
     Provided, That funds received for permitting and related 
     regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be 
     deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and 
     Facilities'' and shall remain available until September 30, 
     2018, for such purposes:  Provided further, That all funds 
     within this section and their corresponding uses are subject 
     to section 505 of this Act.
       Sec. 112.  Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior 
     appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for 
     necessary expenses of the programs of the Economics and 
     Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, 
     including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of 
     Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau, shall be 
     available for expenses of cooperative agreements with 
     appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or local 
     governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid 
     and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities 
     which further the purposes for which such amounts have been 
     made available.
        This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
     Department of Justice, $111,500,000, of which not to exceed 
     $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of 
     Justice facilities shall remain available until expended.

                 justice information sharing technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
     including planning, development, deployment and departmental 
     direction, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer up to 
     $35,400,000 to this account, from funds available to the 
     Department of Justice for information technology, to remain 
     available until expended, for enterprise-wide information 
     technology initiatives:  Provided further, That the transfer 
     authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority contained in this Act.

                   administrative review and appeals

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
     clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, 
     $426,791,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review 
     fees deposited in the ``Immigration Examinations Fee'' 
     account:  Provided, That of the amount available for the 
     Executive Office for Immigration Review, not to exceed 
     $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $93,709,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 
     unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
     Commission as authorized, $13,308,000:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the 
     expiration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the 
     Commissioner may continue to act until a successor has been 
     appointed.

                            Legal Activities

            salaries and expenses, general legal activities

       For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
     Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including 
     not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to 
     be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
     solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 
     rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of 
     Columbia, $893,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 
     for litigation support contracts shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of the amount provided for INTERPOL 
     Washington dues payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be 
     available to INTERPOL Washington for official reception and 
     representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 
     by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require 
     additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 
     Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to 
     ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'' from 
     available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 
     Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
     circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
     to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
     under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
     obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, That 
     of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 
     shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 
     and expenses associated with the election monitoring program 
     under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
     10305) and to reimburse the Office of Personnel Management 
     for such salaries and expenses:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts provided under this heading for the election 
     monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until 
     expended.
       In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 
     Department of Justice associated with processing cases under 
     the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to 
     exceed $9,358,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
     Compensation Trust Fund.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

       For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
     kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 
     under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 
     1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 
     (and estimated to be $124,000,000 in fiscal year 2016), shall 
     be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
     appropriation, and shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
     general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
     are received during fiscal year 2016, so as to result in a 
     final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general fund 
     estimated at $40,977,000.

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

       For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
     Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative 
     agreements, $2,000,000,000:  Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be available 
     for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That each United 
     States Attorney shall establish or participate in a task 
     force on human trafficking.

                   united states trustee system fund

       For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
     Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, deposits to the United States Trustee 
     System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be 
     available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
     due depositors:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, fees collected pursuant to section 
     589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall be retained 
     and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
     That to the extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2016, 
     net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, 
     exceed $225,908,000, those excess amounts shall be available 
     in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 
     in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the sum 
     herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
     (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2016, net of 
     amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, (estimated 
     at $162,400,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 
     general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts 
     deposited in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not 
     otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal 
     year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
     $0.

      salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

       For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
     Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     $2,374,000.

                     fees and expenses of witnesses

       For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 
     contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 
     witnesses, for private

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     counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of 
     foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 is for 
     construction of buildings for protected witness safesites; 
     not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and maintenance 
     of armored and other vehicles for witness security caravans; 
     and not to exceed $13,000,000 is for the purchase, 
     installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure 
     telecommunications equipment and a secure automated 
     information network to store and retrieve the identities and 
     locations of protected witnesses:  Provided, That amounts 
     made available under this heading may not be transferred 
     pursuant to section 205 of this Act.

           salaries and expenses, community relations service

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
     $14,446,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of 
     this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
     emergent circumstances require additional funding for 
     conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of the 
     Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may 
     transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, 
     from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
     the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to 
     such circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer 
     pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
     available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
     with the procedures set forth in that section.

                         assets forfeiture fund

       For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) 
     of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, 
     $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice 
     Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                     United States Marshals Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
     Service, $1,230,581,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall 
     be available for official reception and representation 
     expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended.

                              construction

       For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized 
     by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding 
     and related support, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                       federal prisoner detention

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners 
     in the custody of the United States Marshals Service as 
     authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, 
     $1,454,414,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered 
     ``funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement 
     assistance'' pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United 
     States Code:  Provided further, That the United States 
     Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the 
     Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System:  Provided 
     further, That any unobligated balances available from funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``General Administration, 
     Detention Trustee'' shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation under this heading.

                       National Security Division

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
     National Security Division, $95,000,000, of which not to 
     exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 
     by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require 
     additional funding for the activities of the National 
     Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 
     amounts to this heading from available appropriations for the 
     current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
     necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided 
     further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
     shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

       For necessary expenses for the identification, 
     investigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with 
     the most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 
     laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to 
     include inter-governmental agreements with State and local 
     law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
     prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
     trafficking, $512,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That any amounts 
     obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used 
     under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed 
     from this appropriation.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution 
     of crimes against the United States, $8,489,786,000, of which 
     not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $184,500 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                              construction

       For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, 
     furniture, and information technology requirements, related 
     to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and 
     sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
     conversion, modification and extension of federally owned 
     buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects; 
     $308,982,000, to remain available until expended.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet 
     unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
     to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses 
     for conducting drug education and training programs, 
     including travel and related expenses for participants in 
     such programs and the distribution of items of token value 
     that promote the goals of such programs, $2,080,000,000, of 
     which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

          Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
     Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and local law 
     enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including 
     training in connection with the training and acquisition of 
     canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and 
     for provision of laboratory assistance to State and local law 
     enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
     $1,240,000,000, of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' 
     fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United 
     States Code, and not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act 
     upon applications for relief from Federal firearms 
     disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That such funds shall be available 
     to investigate and act upon applications filed by 
     corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 
     under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or 
     activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
     Explosives to other agencies or Departments.

                         Federal Prison System

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
     administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal 
     and correctional institutions, and for the provision of 
     technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues 
     to foreign governments, $6,948,500,000:  Provided, That the 
     Attorney General may transfer to the Department of Health and 
     Human Services such amounts as may be necessary for direct 
     expenditures by that Department for medical relief for 
     inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions:  
     Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
     System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a 
     fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to 
     determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of 
     the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to 
     individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 
     System:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses: 
      Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall 
     remain available for necessary operations until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for 
     contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended to make payments in advance for 
     grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
     expenses:  Provided further, That the Director of the Federal 
     Prison System may accept donated property and services 
     relating to the operation of the prison card program from a 
     not-for-profit entity which has operated such program in the 
     past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit 
     entity furnishes services under contracts to the Federal 
     Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release 
     services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities.

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                        buildings and facilities

       For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new 
     facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 
     remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
     correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
     thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
     remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 
     at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
     all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
     account, $530,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which $444,000,000 shall be available only for costs related 
     to construction of new facilities:  Provided, That labor of 
     United States prisoners may be used for work performed under 
     this appropriation.

                federal prison industries, incorporated

       The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with 
     the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
     regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 
     of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 
     carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the 
     current fiscal year for such corporation.

   limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
                              incorporated

       Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 
     Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 
     administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 
     section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed 
     on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the 
     corporation's current prescribed accounting system, and such 
     amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of 
     claims, and expenditures which such accounting system 
     requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
     acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
     expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, 
     construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
     protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 
     belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                    Office on Violence Against Women

       violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence 
     against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (``the 1968 
     Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
     1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Victims of 
     Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 
     Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the 
     Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
     21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims 
     of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 
     Law 106-386) (``the 2000 Act''); the Violence Against Women 
     and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
     Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Violence Against Women 
     Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 
     Act''); and the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act of 2015 
     (Public Law 114-22) (``the 2015 Act''); and for related 
     victims services, $480,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $379,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
     from amounts available for obligation in this Act from the 
     Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II 
     of Public Law 98-473 (42 U.S.C. 10601), notwithstanding 
     section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the 
     amounts otherwise made available under this heading:  
     Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to 
     exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this heading 
     may be used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and 
     technical assistance:  Provided further, That of the amount 
     provided--
       (1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
     women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act;
       (2) $30,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance 
     grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
     stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of 
     the 1994 Act;
       (3) $5,000,000 is for the National Institute of Justice for 
     research and evaluation of violence against women and related 
     issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence 
     Against Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research, 
     Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by the Office 
     of Justice Programs;
       (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services 
     to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 
     violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
     assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence; 
     programs to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; 
     and assistance to middle and high school students through 
     education and other services related to such violence:  
     Provided, That unobligated balances available for the 
     programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 
     41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 
     Act, shall be available for this program:  Provided further, 
     That 10 percent of the total amount available for this grant 
     program shall be available for grants under the program 
     authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act:  Provided 
     further, That the definitions and grant conditions in section 
     40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
       (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest policies 
     as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 
     is for a homicide reduction initiative;
       (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 
     as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
       (7) $34,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
     abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
     40295 of the 1994 Act;
       (8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes 
     against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 
     2005 Act;
       (9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as 
     authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
       (10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to 
     end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as 
     authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;
       (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support families in the 
     justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 
     Act:  Provided, That unobligated balances available for the 
     programs authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and 
     section 41002 of the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by 
     the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program;
       (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training to end 
     violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as 
     authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;
       (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource Center on 
     Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, 
     as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
       (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence 
     against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 
     of the 2005 Act:  Provided, That such funds may be 
     transferred to ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for 
     administration by the Office of Justice Programs;
       (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides 
     training and technical assistance on issues relating to 
     sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;
       (16) $2,500,000 is for grants to assist tribal governments 
     in exercising special domestic violence criminal 
     jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of the 2013 Act:  
     Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of 
     the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and
       (17) $2,500,000 for the purposes authorized under the 2015 
     Act.

                       Office of Justice Programs

                  research, evaluation and statistics

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 1974 
     Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 
     et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end 
     the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 
     108-21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
     405); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 
     Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
     101-647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); 
     the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the 
     Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 
     Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our 
     Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle D of 
     title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
     107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments 
     Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the Violence Against Women 
     Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 
     Act''); and other programs, $116,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which--
       (1) $41,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 
     programs, and other activities, as authorized by part C of 
     title I of the 1968 Act;
       (2) $36,000,000 is for research, development, and 
     evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by 
     part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II 
     of the 2002 Act;
       (3) $35,000,000 is for regional information sharing 
     activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 
     Act; and
       (4) $4,000,000 is for activities to strengthen and enhance 
     the practice of forensic sciences, of which $3,000,000 is for 
     transfer to the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology to support Scientific Area Committees.

               state and local law enforcement assistance

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 
     Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 
     (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
     (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the

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     Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 
     (Public Law 109-164); the Violence Against Women and 
     Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
     and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh 
     Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 
     Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386); the NICS Improvement 
     Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); subtitle D of 
     title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
     107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Second Chance Act of 2007 
     (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing Resources and 
     Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public 
     Law 110-403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 
     98-473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime 
     Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 
     Law 110-416); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 
     of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and other 
     programs, $1,408,500,000, to remain available until expended 
     as follows--
       (1) $476,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
     Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E 
     of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and 
     the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of 
     title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this 
     Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $15,000,000 
     is for an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial initiative on 
     Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer 
     Resilience and Survivability (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use 
     by the National Institute of Justice for research targeted 
     toward developing a better understanding of the domestic 
     radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based 
     strategies for effective intervention and prevention, 
     $5,000,000 is for an initiative to support evidence-based 
     policing, $2,500,000 is for an initiative to enhance 
     prosecutorial decision-making, $100,000,000 is for grants for 
     law enforcement activities associated with the presidential 
     nominating conventions, and $2,400,000 is for the 
     operationalization, maintenance and expansion of the National 
     Missing and Unidentified Persons System;
       (2) $210,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
     Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)):  
     Provided, That no jurisdiction shall request compensation for 
     any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal immigration 
     and other detainees housed in State and local detention 
     facilities;
       (3) $45,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of 
     trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 
     106-386, for programs authorized under Public Law 109-164, or 
     programs authorized under Public Law 113-4;
       (4) $42,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 
     1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
       (5) $10,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and 
     juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts 
     V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill 
     Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and 
     Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416);
       (6) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse 
     Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of 
     title I of the 1968 Act;
       (7) $2,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant 
     Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108-405, 
     and for grants for wrongful conviction review;
       (8) $13,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet 
     crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 
     401 of Public Law 110-403;
       (9) $2,000,000 for a student loan repayment assistance 
     program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110-315;
       (10) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as 
     authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
       (11) $8,000,000 for an initiative relating to children 
     exposed to violence;
       (12) $22,500,000 for the matching grant program for law 
     enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of 
     title I of the 1968 Act:  Provided, That $1,500,000 is 
     transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards 
     and Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for 
     research, testing and evaluation programs;
       (13) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 
     Website;
       (14) $6,500,000 for competitive and evidence-based programs 
     to reduce gun crime and gang violence;
       (15) $73,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 
     and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 
     Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 
     shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS 
     Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180);
       (16) $13,500,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
     Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
       (17) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and 
     activities, of which--
       (A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 
     enhancement program and for other local, State, and Federal 
     forensic activities, including the purposes authorized under 
     section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
     (Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant 
     Program):  Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 
     available under this paragraph may be used for the purposes 
     described in the DNA Training and Education for Law 
     Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers 
     program (Public Law 108-405, section 303);
       (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described in the Kirk 
     Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (Public Law 
     108-405, section 412); and
       (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program 
     grants, including as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 
     108-405;
       (18) $45,000,000 for a grant program for community-based 
     sexual assault response reform;
       (19) $9,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
     program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
       (20) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes;
       (21) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs and 
     research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
     (Public Law 110-199), without regard to the time limitations 
     specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed 
     $6,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and 
     tribal probation or parole supervision efforts and 
     strategies, $5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated 
     Parents Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental and 
     family relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or 
     recidivism reduction strategy, and $4,000,000 is for 
     additional replication sites employing the Project HOPE 
     Opportunity Probation with Enforcement model implementing 
     swift and certain sanctions in probation, and for a research 
     project on the effectiveness of the model:  Provided, That up 
     to $7,500,000 of funds made available in this paragraph may 
     be used for performance-based awards for Pay for Success 
     projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for 
     Success programs implementing the Permanent Supportive 
     Housing Model;
       (22) $6,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts program;
       (23) $13,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription 
     drugs and scheduled listed chemical products;
       (24) $10,500,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution 
     grants to States and units of local government, and other 
     programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
     2003 (Public Law 108-79);
       (25) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School Safety 
     Initiative:  Provided, That section 213 of this Act shall not 
     apply with respect to the amount made available in this 
     paragraph; and
       (26) $70,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-
     community relations, of which $22,500,000 is for a 
     competitive matching grant program for purchases of body-worn 
     cameras for State, local and tribal law enforcement, 
     $27,500,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative, for 
     activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism 
     reduction, $5,000,000 is for research and statistics on body-
     worn cameras and community trust issues, and $15,000,000 is 
     for an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation 
     program:
       Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 
     the funds made available under this heading to increase the 
     number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 
     government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 
     enforcement officers who perform non-administrative public 
     sector safety service.

                       juvenile justice programs

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the 
     Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 
     Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 
     et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end 
     the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 
     108-21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
     101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
     and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh 
     Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
     (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and other juvenile 
     justice programs, $270,160,000, to remain available until 
     expended as follows--
       (1) $58,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of 
     the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to 
     assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants 
     process:  Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
     paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
     grant program to support emergency planning among State, 
     local and tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
       (2) $90,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
       (3) $17,500,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized 
     by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to 
     sections 261 and 262 thereof--
       (A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;

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       (B) $5,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence 
     education, prevention and intervention, and related 
     activities;
       (C) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site providing 
     information and resources on children of incarcerated 
     parents; and
       (D) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing on 
     girls in the juvenile justice system;
       (4) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of 
     Child Abuse Act of 1990;
       (5) $8,000,000 for community-based violence prevention 
     initiatives, including for public health approaches to 
     reducing shootings and violence;
       (6) $72,160,000 for missing and exploited children 
     programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 
     405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of 
     the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401) 
     shall not apply for purposes of this Act);
       (7) $2,000,000 for child abuse training programs for 
     judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by 
     section 222 of the 1990 Act; and
       (8) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent 
     defense:
       Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may 
     be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities 
     designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized:  
     Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the amounts 
     designated under paragraphs (1) through (4) and (7) may be 
     used for training and technical assistance:  Provided 
     further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to 
     grants and projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 
     262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children 
     programs.

                     public safety officer benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payments and expenses authorized under section 
     1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including 
     amounts for administrative costs), to remain available until 
     expended; and $16,300,000 for payments authorized by section 
     1201(b) of such Act and for educational assistance authorized 
     by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
     Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
     emergent circumstances require additional funding for such 
     disability and education payments, the Attorney General may 
     transfer such amounts to ``Public Safety Officer Benefits'' 
     from available appropriations for the Department of Justice 
     as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  
     Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 
     proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
     of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

             community oriented policing services programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 
     Act''); and the Violence Against Women and Department of 
     Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) 
     (``the 2005 Act''), $212,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That any balances made available through 
     prior year deobligations shall only be available in 
     accordance with section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading--
       (1) $11,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-related 
     activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration upon enactment of this Act;
       (2) $187,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title 
     I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring and 
     rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under 
     part Q of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such 
     section:  Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of 
     such title (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-3(c)), funding for hiring or 
     rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 
     $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Community 
     Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from this 
     limitation:  Provided further, That within the amounts 
     appropriated under this paragraph, $30,000,000 is for 
     improving tribal law enforcement, including hiring, 
     equipment, training, and anti-methamphetamine activities:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
     paragraph, $10,000,000 is for community policing development 
     activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701:  
     Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated under 
     this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for the collaborative reform 
     model of technical assistance in furtherance of the purposes 
     in section 1701;
       (3) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law 
     enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of 
     precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, 
     and laboratory dump seizures:  Provided, That funds 
     appropriated under this paragraph shall be utilized for 
     investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit 
     activities, including precursor diversion, laboratories, or 
     methamphetamine traffickers; and
       (4) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 
     enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary 
     treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids:  Provided, 
     That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
     to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
     activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful 
     distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and 
     prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
     collaboration.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 201.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     in this title for official reception and representation 
     expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
     appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall 
     be available to the Attorney General for official reception 
     and representation expenses.
       Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated by this title 
     shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
     life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
     carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest:  Provided, 
     That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by 
     a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 
     and void.
       Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated under this title 
     shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate 
     in any way the performance of, any abortion.
       Sec. 204.  Nothing in the preceding section shall remove 
     the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to 
     provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 
     receive such service outside the Federal facility:  Provided, 
     That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect 
     of section 203 intended to address the philosophical beliefs 
     of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
       Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available for the current fiscal year for the Department 
     of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
     otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
     than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, That any 
     transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 
     with the procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 206.  Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, 
     with respect to any fiscal year, under the heading ``Bureau 
     of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and 
     Expenses'' shall be available for retention pay for any 
     employee who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in pay 
     upon termination of the Bureau's Personnel Management 
     Demonstration Project (as transferred to the Attorney General 
     by section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public 
     Law 107-296 (28 U.S.C. 599B)):  Provided, That such retention 
     pay shall comply with section 5363 of title 5, United States 
     Code, and related Office of Personnel Management regulations, 
     except as provided in this section:  Provided further, That 
     such retention pay shall be paid at the employee's rate of 
     pay immediately prior to the termination of the demonstration 
     project and shall not be subject to the limitation set forth 
     in section 5304(g)(1) of title 5, United States Code, and 
     related regulations.
       Sec. 207.  None of the funds made available under this 
     title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the 
     United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
     transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
     conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
     classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than 
     to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau 
     of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a 
     prisoner.
       Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television 
     services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic 
     media or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.
       (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, 
     maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media 
     or equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
     programs.
       Sec. 209.  None of the funds made available under this 
     title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced 
     information technology program having total estimated 
     development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the 
     Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board 
     certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate that the information 
     technology program has appropriate program management 
     controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and 
     that the program is compatible with the enterprise 
     architecture of the Department of Justice.
       Sec. 210.  The notification thresholds and procedures set 
     forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations 
     from the amounts designated for specific activities in this 
     Act and in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
     (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
     Act), and to any use of

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     deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in 
     previous years.
       Sec. 211.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or 
     approve a public-private competition under the Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any successor 
     administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work 
     performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 
     Prison Industries, Incorporated.
       Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or 
     expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or 
     additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his 
     designee that exempt that United States Attorney from the 
     residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, United 
     States Code.
       Sec. 213.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, and 
     in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available 
     (or authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to 
     funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
     ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'', ``State and Local 
     Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice 
     Programs''--
       (1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office 
     of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may 
     be used by such Office to provide training and technical 
     assistance; and
       (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or 
     reimbursement programs under such headings, except for 
     amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, 
     or statistical programs administered by the National 
     Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
     shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided to the 
     National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice 
     Statistics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 
     statistical purposes, without regard to the authorizations 
     for such grant or reimbursement programs.
       Sec. 214.  Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney 
     General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the 
     Attorney General may, with respect to funds appropriated in 
     this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 
     2013 through 2016 for the following programs, waive the 
     following requirements:
       (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 
     reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)), the requirements under section 
     2976(g)(1) of such part.
       (2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part 
     FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w-2(e)(1) 
     and (2)), the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) 
     of such part.
       (3) For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to 
     prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 
     (42 U.S.C. 3797q-3), the requirements under section 2904 of 
     such part.
       (4) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities 
     as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act 
     of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section 
     6(c)(3) of such Act.
       Sec. 215.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
     Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
     13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 
     or any other Act.
       Sec. 216.  None of the funds made available under this Act, 
     other than for the national instant criminal background check 
     system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 
     Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by 
     a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer 
     of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law 
     enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is 
     an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel 
     of the United States continuously monitor or control the 
     firearm at all times.
       Sec. 217. (a) None of the income retained in the Department 
     of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public 
     Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be 
     available for obligation during fiscal year 2016, except up 
     to $40,000,000 may be obligated for implementation of a 
     unified Department of Justice financial management system.
       (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances 
     transferred to the capital account of the Department of 
     Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public 
     Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be 
     available for obligation in fiscal year 2016, and any use, 
     obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
     Act.
       (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated 
     balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, 
     United States Code, shall be available for obligation during 
     fiscal year 2016, and any use, obligation, transfer or 
     allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming 
     of funds under section 505 of this Act.
       (d) Subsections (a) through (c) of this section shall 
     sunset on September 30, 2016.
       Sec. 218. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     each of the headings ``General Administration--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', ``United States Marshals Service--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', ``Federal Bureau of Investigation--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', ``Drug Enforcement Administration--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', and ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
     Explosives--Salaries and Expenses'', $20,000,000 shall not be 
     available for obligation until the Attorney General 
     demonstrates to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate that all recommendations 
     included in the Office of Inspector General of the Department 
     of Justice, Evaluation and Inspections Division Report 15-04 
     entitled ``The Handling of Sexual Harassment and Misconduct 
     Allegations by the Department's Law Enforcement Components'', 
     dated March, 2015, have been implemented or are in the 
     process of being implemented.
       (b) The Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
     shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate not later than 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act on the status of the 
     Department's implementation of recommendations included in 
     the report specified in subsection (a).
       Sec. 219.  Discretionary funds that are made available in 
     this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to 
     participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized 
     under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113-76, section 
     524 of division G of Public Law 113-235, and such authorities 
     as are enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in an 
     appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                               TITLE III

                                SCIENCE

                Office of Science and Technology Policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the 
     National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
     Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
     section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
     $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
     $5,555,000.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                science

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of science research and development 
     activities, including research, development, operations, 
     support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
     planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and 
     communications activities; program management; personnel and 
     related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
     States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 
     and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $5,589,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That the formulation and development costs (with 
     development cost as defined under section 30104 of title 51, 
     United States Code) for the James Webb Space Telescope shall 
     not exceed $8,000,000,000:  Provided further, That should the 
     individual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
     30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for the 
     James Webb Space Telescope determine that the development 
     cost of the program is likely to exceed that limitation, the 
     individual shall immediately notify the Administrator and the 
     increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30 percent 
     threshold described in subsection (f) of section 30104:  
     Provided further, That, of the amounts provided, $175,000,000 
     is for an orbiter with a lander to meet the science goals for 
     the Jupiter Europa mission as outlined in the most recent 
     planetary science decadal survey:  Provided further, That the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall use the 
     Space Launch System as the launch vehicle for the Jupiter 
     Europa mission, plan for a launch no later than 2022, and 
     include in the fiscal year 2017 budget the 5-year funding 
     profile necessary to achieve these goals.

                              aeronautics

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of aeronautics research and development 
     activities, including research, development, operations, 
     support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
     planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and 
     communications activities; program management; personnel and 
     related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
     States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 
     and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $640,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                            space technology

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of space technology research and 
     development activities, including research, development, 
     operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
     facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 
     control, and

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     communications activities; program management; personnel and 
     related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
     States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 
     and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $686,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That $133,000,000 shall be for the RESTORE 
     satellite servicing program for completion of pre-formulation 
     and initiation of formulation activities for RESTORE and such 
     funds shall not support activities solely needed for the 
     asteroid redirect mission.

                              exploration

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of exploration research and development 
     activities, including research, development, operations, 
     support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
     planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and 
     communications activities; program management; personnel and 
     related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
     States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 
     and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $4,030,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That not less than $1,270,000,000 shall be for the 
     Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle:  Provided further, That not 
     less than $2,000,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 
     (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
     less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core elements 
     and an enhanced upper stage developed simultaneously:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, not 
     less than $85,000,000 shall be for enhanced upper stage 
     development:  Provided further, That $410,000,000 shall be 
     for exploration ground systems:  Provided further, That the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual 
     budget submission, a 5-year budget profile and funding 
     projection that adheres to a 70 percent Joint Confidence 
     Level and is consistent with the Key Decision Point C (KDP-C) 
     for the SLS and with the management agreement contained in 
     the KDP-C for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle:  Provided 
     further, That $350,000,000 shall be for exploration research 
     and development.

                            space operations

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of space operations research and 
     development activities, including research, development, 
     operations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft 
     control and communications activities, including operations, 
     production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
     planning and design; program management; personnel and 
     related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
     States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
     operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $5,029,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                               education

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education 
     research and development activities, including research, 
     development, operations, support, and services; program 
     management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
     or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
     5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
     lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
     administrative aircraft, $115,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, of which $18,000,000 shall be for 
     the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
     and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College 
     program.

                 safety, security and mission services

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
     technology, exploration, space operations and education 
     research and development activities, including research, 
     development, operations, support, and services; maintenance 
     and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
     spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
     management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
     or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
     5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
     $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
     and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $2,768,600,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017.

       construction and environmental compliance and restoration

       For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
     including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and 
     modification of facilities, construction of new facilities 
     and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and 
     design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of 
     real property, as authorized by law, and environmental 
     compliance and restoration, $388,900,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That proceeds from 
     leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
     period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided in 
     annual appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That such 
     proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be 
     available for obligation for fiscal year 2016 in an amount 
     not to exceed $9,470,300:  Provided further, That each annual 
     budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
     receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds 
     collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United 
     States Code.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
     $37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall 
     remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the 
     prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
       Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
     for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration in this Act may be transferred between 
     such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
     otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
     than 10 percent by any such transfers. Balances so 
     transferred shall be merged with and available for the same 
     purposes and the same time period as the appropriations to 
     which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
     shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
     505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.
       The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by 
     NASA at the theme, program, project and activity level. The 
     spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount 
     established in that spending plan that meets the notification 
     requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as 
     a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
     be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
     compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
       The unexpired balances for Commercial Spaceflight 
     Activities contained within the Exploration account may be 
     transferred to the Space Operations account for such 
     activities. Balances so transferred shall be merged with the 
     funds in the Space Operations account and shall be available 
     under the same terms, conditions and period of time as 
     previously appropriated.
       For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and 
     associated programs, amounts that have expired but have not 
     been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Operations, Human 
     Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Exploration 
     Capabilities appropriations accounts shall remain available 
     through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of valid 
     obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001 
     through fiscal year 2013.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
     Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public 
     Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized 
     by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; maintenance 
     and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for 
     research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized 
     travel; $6,033,645,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, of which not to exceed $540,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for polar research and operations 
     support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for 
     operational and science support and logistical and other 
     related activities for the United States Antarctic program:  
     Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and 
     materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 
     other National Science Foundation supported research 
     facilities may be credited to this appropriation.

          major research equipment and facilities construction

       For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
     commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, 
     facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the 
     National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et 
     seq.), including authorized travel, $200,310,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                     education and human resources

       For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics 
     and engineering education and human resources programs and 
     activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 
     1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     authorized travel, and rental of conference

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     rooms in the District of Columbia, $880,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017.

                 agency operations and award management

       For agency operations and award management necessary in 
     carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
     U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of 
     title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
     sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; rental 
     of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and 
     reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for 
     security guard services; $330,000,000:  Provided, That not to 
     exceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation 
     expenses:  Provided further, That contracts may be entered 
     into under this heading in fiscal year 2016 for maintenance 
     and operation of facilities and for other services to be 
     provided during the next fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
     of the amount provided for costs associated with the 
     acquisition, occupancy, and related costs of new headquarters 
     space, not more than $30,770,000 shall remain available until 
     expended.

                  office of the national science board

       For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
     authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and 
     the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
     of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out 
     section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
     U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
     $4,370,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
     $15,160,000, of which $400,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                        administrative provision

       Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
     for the current fiscal year for the National Science 
     Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer 
     pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
     of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
     available for obligation except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section.
       This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations 
     Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
     including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,200,000:  
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
     paragraph may be used to employ any individuals under 
     Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 
     Federal Regulations exclusive of one special assistant for 
     each Commissioner:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
     Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
     exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
     days:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
     in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense 
     that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil 
     Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a).

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 
     the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities 
     Act of 1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
     the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Non-
     Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233), the 
     ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), and the 
     Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), 
     including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
     United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
     authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
     Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
     $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
     agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
     $364,500,000:  Provided, That the Commission is authorized to 
     make available for official reception and representation 
     expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds:  Provided 
     further, That the Commission may take no action to implement 
     any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization 
     until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified of 
     such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming 
     requirements of section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or 
     donation to carry out the work of the Commission.

                     International Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
     States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, $88,500,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

       For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
     the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 
     $385,000,000, of which $352,000,000 is for basic field 
     programs and required independent audits; $5,000,000 is for 
     the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may 
     be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of 
     recipients; $19,000,000 is for management and grants 
     oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self-help and information 
     technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and 
     $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance:  Provided, That 
     the Legal Services Corporation may continue to provide 
     locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater 
     than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, 
     DC-based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, 
     United States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the 
     Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)):  Provided 
     further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of this 
     Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation:  
     Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of 
     this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be considered 
     an agency of the United States Government.

          administrative provision--legal services corporation

       None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
     Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose 
     prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
     provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of 
     Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to 
     the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
     terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
     all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall 
     be deemed to refer instead to 2015 and 2016, respectively.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
     authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
     1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,431,000.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
     Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     $54,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                        State Justice Institute

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
     authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act 
     of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which 
     $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses:  Provided 
     further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, 
     the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of 
     the United States Government.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
     authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 503.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 504.  If any provision of this Act or the application 
     of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be 
     held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of 
     each provision to persons or circumstances other than those 
     as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
       Sec. 505.  None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
     provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
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     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new 
     program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a program, 
     project or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any 
     means for any project or activity for which funds have been 
     denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; 
     (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or activities; 
     (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments 
     existing programs, projects or activities in excess of 
     $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 
     percent funding for any program, project or activity, or 
     numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any 
     general savings, including savings from a reduction in 
     personnel, which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, projects or activities as approved by Congress; 
     unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 
     notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds by 
     agencies (excluding agencies of the Department of Justice) 
     funded by this Act and 45 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds by agencies of the Department of 
     Justice funded by this Act.
       Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court 
     or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 
     label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any 
     inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
     States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 
     contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
     this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
     ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
     9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to 
     authorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
     available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
     are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
     States, its territories or possessions.
       (2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given 
     the term in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
       Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
     National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     a quarterly report on the status of balances of 
     appropriations at the account level. For unobligated, 
     uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances the 
     quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts 
     attributable to each source year of appropriation from which 
     the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, 
     but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately 
     identify amounts by the year of obligation.
       (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
       (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
     aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) 
     due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the 
     department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum 
     extent practicable under such accounting system and shall 
     identify and describe in each quarterly report the extent to 
     which such aspect is not fulfilled.
       Sec. 508.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
     funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, 
     personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions 
     included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total 
     budgetary resources available to such department or agency:  
     Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between 
     appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
     section is provided in addition to authorities included 
     elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That use of funds 
     to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
     of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
     available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
     with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided 
     further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section 
     shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection 
     of loan collateral or grant property.
       Sec. 509.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
     available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco 
     products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 
     country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or 
     tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
     applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
     same type.
       Sec. 510.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by 
     section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 
     (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal year in excess of 
     $3,042,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
     the following fiscal year:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from 
     the Fund for obligation, $10,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended to the Department of Justice Office of 
     Inspector General for oversight and auditing purposes.
       Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
     against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
     students who participate in programs for which financial 
     assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 
     legal guardians of such students.
       Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 513.  Any funds provided in this Act used to implement 
     E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures 
     set forth in section 505 of this Act.
       Sec. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of 
     Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, 
     and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, 
     pursuant to the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of 
     grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated by this 
     Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of 
     such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a 
     description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days 
     after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter 
     until any such audit is completed.
       (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
     described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 
     completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, 
     Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make the 
     results of the audit available to the public on the Internet 
     website maintained by the Department, Administration, 
     Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall 
     be made available in redacted form to exclude--
       (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, 
     United States Code; and
       (2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 
     public access to which could be used to commit identity theft 
     or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
       (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by 
     amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to 
     the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the 
     Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
     certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
     will be made available through a subcontract or in any other 
     manner to another person who has a financial interest in the 
     person awarded the grant or contract.
       (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 
     section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the Director of the Office of Government 
     Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and 
     requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in 
     such subsections, consistently apply under the executive 
     branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, 
     and entities.
       Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available under this Act may be used by the Departments 
     of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire 
     a high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as 
     defined for security categorization in the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information 
     Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for Security 
     Categorization of Federal Information and Information 
     Systems'' unless the agency has--
       (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
     systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform 
     acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact 
     information systems within the Federal Government;
       (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
     awardee against available and relevant threat information 
     provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and 
     other appropriate agencies; and
       (3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate 
     Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-
     espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such 
     system, including any risk associated with such system being 
     produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
     identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber 
     threat, including but not limited to, those that may be 
     owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact 
     or moderate-impact information system reviewed and assessed 
     under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity 
     described in subsection (a) has--
       (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain 
     risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any 
     identified risks;
       (2) determined that the acquisition of such system is in 
     the national interest of the United States; and
       (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
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     of Representatives and the Senate and the agency Inspector 
     General.
       (c) During fiscal year 2016--
       (1) the FBI shall develop best practices for supply chain 
     risk management; and
       (2) the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
     Science Foundation shall incorporate such practices into 
     their information technology procurement practices to the 
     maximum extent practicable.
       Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the 
     use of torture by any official or contract employee of the 
     United States Government.
       Sec. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act or any other Act may be expended or 
     obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States to pay administrative expenses or to compensate 
     an officer or employee of the United States in connection 
     with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of 
     components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms 
     listed in Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms 
     Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) 
     with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any 
     transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) 
     of this section are met by the exporting party for such 
     articles.
       (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 
     license--
       (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's 
     Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
     from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
     States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles 
     enumerated in subsection (a); and
       (2) does not permit the export without a license of--
       (A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts for 
     such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal 
     Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 
     Canada;
       (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete 
     breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, other 
     than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial 
     or Municipal Government of Canada; or
       (C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign 
     destination.
       (c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors 
     of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or 
     temporary export without a license of any unclassified 
     articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in 
     Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of 
     Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United 
     States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
       (d) The President may require export licenses under this 
     section on a temporary basis if the President determines, 
     upon publication first in the Federal Register, that the 
     Government of Canada has implemented or maintained inadequate 
     import controls for the articles specified in subsection (a), 
     such that a significant diversion of such articles has and 
     continues to take place for use in international terrorism or 
     in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The 
     President shall terminate the requirements of a license when 
     reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.
       Sec. 518.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
     receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act 
     shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay 
     administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or 
     employee of the United States to deny any application 
     submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified 
     pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to 
     import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, 
     parts, or ammunition.
       Sec. 519.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade 
     agreement the text of--
       (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
     Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
       (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
     Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
       (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
     Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
       Sec. 520.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in 
     contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national security 
     letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic 
     Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; 
     The National Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA 
     FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.
       Sec. 521.  If at any time during any quarter, the program 
     manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
     Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation 
     totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to 
     believe that the total program cost has increased by 10 
     percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform 
     the respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The 
     Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in 
     writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: 
     the date on which such determination was made; a statement of 
     the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed 
     to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; 
     changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and 
     the degree to which such changes have contributed to the 
     increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new 
     estimates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
     statement validating that the project's management structure 
     is adequate to control total project or procurement costs.
       Sec. 522.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
     available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for 
     intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to 
     be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of 
     section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the 
     Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016.
       Sec. 523.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in 
     an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in 
     excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or 
     grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the 
     contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and 
     belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax 
     returns required during the three years preceding the 
     certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense 
     under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more 
     than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any 
     unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an 
     installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been 
     approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in 
     default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 
     administrative or judicial proceeding.

                              (rescissions)

       Sec. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
     appropriations available to the Department of Commerce's 
     Economic Development Administration, Economic Development 
     Assistance Programs, $10,000,000 are rescinded, not later 
     than September 30, 2016.
       (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
     of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not 
     later than September 30, 2016, from the following accounts in 
     the specified amounts--
       (1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $69,000,000;
       (2) ``United States Marshals Service, Federal Prisoner 
     Detention'', $195,974,000;
       (3) ``Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and 
     Expenses'', $80,767,000 from fees collected to defray 
     expenses for the automation of fingerprint identification and 
     criminal justice information services and associated costs;
       (4) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on 
     Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and 
     Prosecution Programs'', $15,000,000;
       (5) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office of 
     Justice Programs'', $40,000,000;
       (6) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community 
     Oriented Policing Services'', $10,000,000; and
       (7) ``Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund'', 
     $458,000,000.
       (c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
     September 1, 2016, specifying the amount of each rescission 
     made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).
       Sec. 525.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of 
     title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 526.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
     than 50 employees from a Federal department or agency, who 
     are stationed in the United States, at any single conference 
     occurring outside the United States unless such conference is 
     a law enforcement training or operational conference for law 
     enforcement personnel and the majority of Federal employees 
     in attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside 
     the United States.
       Sec. 527.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, 
     release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 
     the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 
     Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
       (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
     of Defense.
       Sec. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this or any

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     other Act may be used to construct, acquire, or modify any 
     facility in the United States, its territories, or 
     possessions to house any individual described in subsection 
     (c) for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
     custody or under the effective control of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
     individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
       (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is--
       (A) in the custody or under the effective control of the 
     Department of Defense; or
       (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       Sec. 529.  To the extent practicable, funds made available 
     in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are 
     ``Energy Star'' qualified or have the ``Federal Energy 
     Management Program'' designation.
       Sec. 530.  The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States receiving funds 
     appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 
     expired grant accounts and include in its annual performance 
     plan and performance and accountability reports the 
     following:
       (1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
     instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
     expired grant accounts.
       (2) The method that the department, agency, or 
     instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired 
     grant accounts.
       (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 
     accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 
     States.
       (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 
     number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances 
     (on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, 
     agency, or instrumentality and the total finances that have 
     not been obligated to a specific project remaining in the 
     accounts.
       Sec. 531. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology 
     Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, 
     implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or 
     contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or 
     coordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-
     owned company unless such activities are specifically 
     authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
       (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
     at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA.
       (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) 
     shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has 
     certified--
       (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
     technology, data, or other information with national security 
     or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned 
     company; and
       (2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials 
     who have been determined by the United States to have direct 
     involvement with violations of human rights.
       (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in 
     question and shall include a description of the purpose of 
     the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and its 
     location and timing.
       Sec. 532.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, 
     or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any 
     model of shotgun if--
       (1) all other requirements of law with respect to the 
     proposed importation are met; and
       (2) no application for the importation of such model of 
     shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 
     Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that 
     the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily 
     adaptable to sporting purposes.
       Sec. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 
     enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
       Sec. 534.  The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
     Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal 
     Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade 
     Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal 
     Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and 
     the United States Trade Representative, and the State Justice 
     Institute shall submit spending plans, signed by the 
     respective department or agency head, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 535. (a) The head of any executive branch department, 
     agency, board, commission, or office funded by this Act shall 
     submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior 
     ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, 
     regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to 
     each conference held by any such department, agency, board, 
     commission, or office during fiscal year 2016 for which the 
     cost to the United States Government was more than $100,000.
       (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each 
     conference described in subsection (a) held during the 
     applicable period--
       (1) a description of its purpose;
       (2) the number of participants attending;
       (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
     Government, including--
       (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
       (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
       (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and from 
     the conference; and
       (D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine which 
     costs relate to the conference; and
       (4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
     including--
       (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis; 
     and
       (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the 
     departmental component or office in evaluating potential 
     contractors for the conference.
       (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any 
     executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or 
     office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2016 for which 
     the cost to the United States Government was more than 
     $20,000, the head of any such department, agency, board, 
     commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General or 
     senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 
     General, of the date, location, and number of employees 
     attending such conference.
       (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
     this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the 
     costs of a banquet or conference that is not directly and 
     programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant 
     or contract was awarded, such as a banquet or conference held 
     in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or 
     other routine purposes related to a project funded by the 
     grant or contract.
       (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used for travel and conference activities that are not in 
     compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-
     12-12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
     memorandum.
       Sec. 536.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
     until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for 
     the Treaty.
       Sec. 537.  The head of any executive branch department, 
     agency, board, commission, or office funded by this Act shall 
     require that all contracts within their purview that provide 
     award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 
     specifying the terms of cost, schedule, and performance.
       Sec. 538.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for 
     contractor performance that has been judged to be below 
     satisfactory performance or for performance that does not 
     meet the basic requirements of a contract.
       Sec. 539. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration, during 
     fiscal year 2016, with respect to Internet domain name system 
     functions, including responsibility with respect to the 
     authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned 
     Numbers Authority functions.
       (b) Nothwithstanding any other law, subsection (a) of this 
     section shall not apply in fiscal year 2017.
       Sec. 540.  No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
     deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
     to any records, documents, or other materials available to 
     the department or agency over which that Inspector General 
     has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
     or to prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to 
     such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
     provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
     refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 
     Inspector General's right of access. A department or agency 
     covered by this section shall provide its Inspector General 
     with access to all such records, documents, and other 
     materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall 
     ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure 
     relevant to the information provided by the establishment 
     over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under 
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     General Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this 
     section shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
     days any failures to comply with this requirement.
       Sec. 541.  The Department of Commerce, the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
     Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 
     employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose 
     of such travel.
       Sec. 542.  None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of 
     the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 
     Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, 
     Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 
     Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
     New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North 
     Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, 
     Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, 
     Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of 
     Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them from 
     implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 
     distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical 
     marijuana.
       Sec. 543.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of 
     Industrial Hemp Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
     (Public Law 113-79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration.
       This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, 
     Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.

       DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active 
     duty (except members of reserve components provided for 
     elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant 
     to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
     402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military 
     Retirement Fund, $41,045,562,000.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active 
     duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), 
     midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to 
     section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 
     note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
     Fund, $27,835,183,000.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps on 
     active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for 
     elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of 
     Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to 
     the Department
     of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $12,859,152,000.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on 
     active duty (except members of reserve components provided 
     for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of 
     the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments 
     pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military 
     Retirement Fund, $27,679,066,000.

                        Reserve Personnel, Army

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army 
     Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active 
     duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
     in connection with performing duty specified in section 
     12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
     duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 
     of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
     Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
     $4,463,164,000.

                        Reserve Personnel, Navy

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy 
     Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 
     section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 
     connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
     expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United 
     States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
     Military Retirement Fund, $1,866,891,000.

                    Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 
     Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 
     section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 
     connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
     for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and 
     expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United 
     States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
     Military Retirement Fund, $702,481,000.

                      Reserve Personnel, Air Force

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 
     Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active 
     duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
     in connection with performing duty specified in section 
     12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
     duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 
     of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
     Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
     $1,682,942,000.

                     National Guard Personnel, Army

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army 
     National Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 
     12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
     Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
     title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
     in connection with performing duty specified in section 
     12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
     other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 
     10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of 
     Defense Military Retirement Fund, $7,892,327,000.

                  National Guard Personnel, Air Force

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air 
     National Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 
     of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, 
     or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 
     or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in 
     connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
     other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 
     10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of 
     Defense Military Retirement Fund, $3,201,890,000.

                                TITLE II

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, 
     $32,399,440,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 
     can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be 
     expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 
     Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
     necessity for confidential military purposes.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
     as authorized by law, $39,600,172,000:  Provided, That not to 
     exceed $15,055,000 can be used for emergencies and 
     extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 
     authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be 
     made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
     military purposes.

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
     by law, $5,718,074,000.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by 
     law, $35,727,457,000:  Provided, That not to exceed 
     $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
     expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
     Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his

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     certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the 
     Department of Defense (other than the military departments), 
     as authorized by law, $32,105,040,000:  Provided, That not 
     more than $15,000,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander 
     Initiative Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, 
     United States Code:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $36,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
     expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
     Secretary of Defense, and payments may be made on his 
     certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes:  
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading, not less than $35,045,000 shall be made available 
     for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative 
     Agreement Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be 
     available for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D):  
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be used to plan or 
     implement the consolidation of a budget or appropriations 
     liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 
     office of the Secretary of a military department, or the 
     service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a 
     legislative affairs or legislative liaison office:  Provided 
     further, That $9,031,000, to remain available until expended, 
     is available only for expenses relating to certain classified 
     activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the 
     Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance 
     appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation 
     appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the 
     same time period as the appropriations to which transferred:  
     Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item 
     unit cost of items that may be purchased with operation and 
     maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds described in 
     the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That the transfer 
     authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

                Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities 
     and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
     transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of 
     services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, 
     $2,646,911,000.

                Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities 
     and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
     transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of 
     services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, 
     $998,481,000.

            Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of 
     facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; 
     procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
     communications, $274,526,000.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of 
     facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; 
     procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
     communications, $2,980,768,000.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

       For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
     Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
     and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, 
     operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; personnel services in the National 
     Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other than mileage), as 
     authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army 
     National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders 
     while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
     Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, 
     National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 
     National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 
     modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
     equipment (including aircraft), $6,595,483,000.

             Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

       For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
     Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
     and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, 
     operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; 
     transportation of things, hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     supplying and equipping the Air National Guard, as authorized 
     by law; expenses for repair, modification, maintenance, and 
     issue of supplies and equipment, including those furnished 
     from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department 
     of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same 
     basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel 
     on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
     while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
     Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, 
     National Guard Bureau, $6,820,569,000.

          United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

       For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States 
     Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,078,000, of which 
     not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official representation 
     purposes.

                    Environmental Restoration, Army

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Army, $234,829,000, to remain 
     available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
     the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination 
     that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
     appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
     herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
     provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
     transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

                    Environmental Restoration, Navy

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Navy, $300,000,000, to remain 
     available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
     the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of the Navy, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination 
     that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
     appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
     herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
     provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
     transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

                  Environmental Restoration, Air Force

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Air Force, $368,131,000, to 
     remain available until transferred:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that such 
     funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction 
     and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
     and debris of the Department of the Air Force, or for similar 
     purposes, transfer the funds made available by this 
     appropriation to other appropriations made available to the 
     Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be 
     available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
     as the appropriations to which transferred:  Provided 
     further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
     funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary 
     for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be 
     transferred back to this appropriation:  Provided further, 
     That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
     addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
     in this Act.

                Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of Defense, $8,232,000, to remain 
     available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
     the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination 
     that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
     appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
     herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
     provided under this heading is

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     in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
     elsewhere in this Act.

         Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Army, $231,217,000, to remain 
     available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at 
     sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination 
     that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
     appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
     herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
     provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
     transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

             Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid

       For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 
     Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense 
     (consisting of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 
     404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), 
     $103,266,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                  Cooperative Threat Reduction Account

       For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union 
     and, with appropriate authorization by the Department of 
     Defense and Department of State, to countries outside of the 
     former Soviet Union, including assistance provided by 
     contract or by grants, for facilitating the elimination and 
     the safe and secure transportation and storage of nuclear, 
     chemical and other weapons; for establishing programs to 
     prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and 
     weapon-related technology and expertise; for programs 
     relating to the training and support of defense and military 
     personnel for demilitarization and protection of weapons, 
     weapons components, and weapons technology and expertise, and 
     for defense and military contacts, $358,496,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2018.

                               TITLE III

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, 
     ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories 
     therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
     expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
     $5,866,367,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                       Missile Procurement, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, 
     ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories 
     therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
     expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
     $1,600,957,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including 
     ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 
     the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
     may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
     equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
     private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
     owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
     foregoing purposes, $1,951,646,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2018.

                    Procurement of Ammunition, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
     by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
     $1,245,426,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                        Other Procurement, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked 
     combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only; communications and electronic equipment; 
     other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and 
     accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
     devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
     the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 
     such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
     $5,718,811,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, 
     spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; 
     expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
     necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 
     be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
     equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
     private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
     owned equipment layaway, $17,521,209,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2018.

                       Weapons Procurement, Navy

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and 
     related support equipment including spare parts, and 
     accessories therefor; expansion of public and private plants, 
     including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and 
     interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
     prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
     procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
     machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
     Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
     $3,049,542,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
     by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
     $651,920,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                   Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

       For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, 
     or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including 
     armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and 
     machine tools and installation thereof in public and private 
     plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
     equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long lead time 
     components and designs for vessels to be constructed or 
     converted in the future; and expansion of public and private 
     plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and 
     interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
     prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows:
       Carrier Replacement Program, $1,569,571,000;
       Carrier Replacement Program (AP), $862,358,000;
       Virginia Class Submarine, $3,346,370,000;
       Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $1,971,840,000;
       CVN Refueling Overhauls, $637,588,000;
       CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $14,951,000;
       DDG-1000 Program, $433,404,000;
       DDG-51 Destroyer, $4,132,650,000;
       Littoral Combat Ship, $1,331,591,000;
       LPD-17, $550,000,000;
       Afloat Forward Staging Base, $635,000,000;
       LHA Replacement (AP), $476,543,000;
       LX(R) (AP), $250,000,000;
       Joint High Speed Vessel, $225,000,000;
       TAO Fleet Oiler, $674,190,000;
       T-ATS(X) Fleet Tug, $75,000,000;
       LCU Replacement, $34,000,000;

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       Moored Training Ship (AP), $138,200,000;
       Ship to Shore Connector, $210,630,000;
       Service Craft, $30,014,000;
       LCAC Service Life Extension Program, $80,738,000;
       YP Craft Maintenance/ROH/SLEP, $21,838,000; and
       For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first 
     destination transportation, $613,758,000.
       Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, 
     $389,305,000.
       In all: $18,704,539,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That additional 
     obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2020, for 
     engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such 
     budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of 
     ship construction:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided under this heading for the construction or 
     conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards 
     in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities 
     for the construction of major components of such vessel:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
     heading shall be used for the construction of any naval 
     vessel in foreign shipyards.

                        Other Procurement, Navy

       For procurement, production, and modernization of support 
     equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy 
     ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and 
     ships authorized for conversion); the purchase of passenger 
     motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and 
     such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
     $6,484,257,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                       Procurement, Marine Corps

       For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, 
     and modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, 
     spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, 
     appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in 
     public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
     contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles for the Marine 
     Corps, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants, 
     including land necessary therefor, and such lands and 
     interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
     prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 
     $1,186,812,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft 
     and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized 
     ground handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, 
     and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of 
     public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
     installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
     and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
     layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
     purposes including rents and transportation of things, 
     $15,756,853,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, and modification of 
     missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
     parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, 
     and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
     Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
     plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
     the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
     may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; reserve plant and Government and 
     contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses 
     necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and 
     transportation of things, $2,912,131,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2018.

                      Space Procurement, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, and modification of 
     spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
     parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, 
     and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
     Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
     plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
     the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
     may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; reserve plant and Government and 
     contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses 
     necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and 
     transportation of things, $2,812,159,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2018.

                  Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
     by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
     $1,744,993,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

       For procurement and modification of equipment (including 
     ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground 
     electronic and communication equipment), and supplies, 
     materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided 
     for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
     only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and expansion of 
     public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
     installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
     and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; 
     reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
     layaway, $18,311,882,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2018.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

       For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department 
     of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary 
     for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, 
     supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise 
     provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, 
     equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection 
     of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing 
     purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be 
     acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; reserve plant and Government and 
     contractor-owned equipment layaway, $5,245,443,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2018.

                    Defense Production Act Purchases

       For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to 
     sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act 
     of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), 
     $76,640,000, to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE IV

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

       For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
     research, development, test and evaluation, including 
     maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment, $7,565,327,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2017.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

       For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
     research, development, test and evaluation, including 
     maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment, $18,117,677,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
     That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available 
     for the V-22 may be used to meet unique operational 
     requirements of the Special Operations Forces.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

       For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
     research, development, test and evaluation, including 
     maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment, $25,217,148,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2017.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department 
     of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary 
     for basic and applied scientific research, development, test 
     and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be 
     designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
     pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
     operation of facilities and equipment, $18,695,955,000, to 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That, of the funds made available in this 
     paragraph, $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation 
     Program shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise 
     provided for, to include program management and oversight, to 
     conduct research, development, test and evaluation to include 
     proof of concept demonstration; engineering, testing, and 
     validation; and transition to full-scale production:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer 
     funds provided herein for

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     the Defense Rapid Innovation Program to appropriations for 
     research, development, test and evaluation to accomplish the 
     purpose provided herein:  Provided further, That this 
     transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
     authority available to the Department of Defense:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 
     30 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, 
     notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
     details of any such transfer.

                Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and 
     Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of operational 
     test and evaluation, including initial operational test and 
     evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in support of, 
     production decisions; joint operational testing and 
     evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 
     therewith, $188,558,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2017.

                                TITLE V

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                     Defense Working Capital Funds

       For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,738,768,000.

                     National Defense Sealift Fund

       For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and 
     activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve 
     Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship 
     Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the 
     necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
     merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 
     United States, $474,164,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 
     paragraph shall be used to award a new contract that provides 
     for the acquisition of any of the following major components 
     unless such components are manufactured in the United States: 
     auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard 
     services; propulsion system components (engines, reduction 
     gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for 
     shipboard cranes:  Provided further, That the exercise of an 
     option in a contract awarded through the obligation of 
     previously appropriated funds shall not be considered to be 
     the award of a new contract:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to award a 
     new contract for the construction, acquisition, or conversion 
     of vessels, including procurement of critical, long lead time 
     components and designs for vessels to be constructed or 
     converted in the future:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of the military department responsible for such 
     procurement may waive the restrictions in the first proviso 
     on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not 
     available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a 
     timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in 
     order to acquire capability for national security purposes.

                                TITLE VI

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and 
     health care programs of the Department of Defense as 
     authorized by law, $32,329,490,000; of which $29,842,167,000 
     shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to 
     exceed one percent shall remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2017, and of which up to $14,579,612,000 
     may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE 
     program; of which $365,390,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2018, shall be for 
     procurement; and of which $2,121,933,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2017, shall be for 
     research, development, test and evaluation:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount 
     made available under this heading for research, development, 
     test and evaluation, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 
     available for HIV prevention educational activities 
     undertaken in connection with United States military 
     training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities 
     conducted primarily in African nations:  Provided further, 
     That of the funds provided under this heading for research, 
     development, test and evaluation, not less than $943,300,000 
     shall be made available to the United States Army Medical 
     Research and Materiel Command to carry out the 
     congressionally directed medical research programs.

           Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical 
     agents and munitions in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 
     1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction of other 
     chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical 
     weapon stockpile, $699,821,000, of which $118,198,000 shall 
     be for operation and maintenance, of which no less than 
     $50,743,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency 
     Preparedness Program, consisting of $21,289,000 for 
     activities on military installations and $29,454,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, to assist State 
     and local governments; $2,281,000 shall be for procurement, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2018, of which 
     $2,281,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency 
     Preparedness Program to assist State and local governments; 
     and $579,342,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017, shall be for research, development, test and 
     evaluation, of which $569,339,000 shall only be for the 
     Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.

         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the 
     Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
     available to the Department of Defense for military personnel 
     of the reserve components serving under the provisions of 
     title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for operation and 
     maintenance; for procurement; and for research, development, 
     test and evaluation, $1,050,598,000, of which $716,109,000 
     shall be for counter-narcotics support; $121,589,000 shall be 
     for the drug demand reduction program; $192,900,000 shall be 
     for the National Guard counter-drug program; and $20,000,000 
     shall be for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 
      Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
     and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 
     transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination 
     that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
     appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
     herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
     provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
     transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended, $312,559,000, of which 
     $310,459,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which 
     not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies and 
     extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval or 
     authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made 
     on the Inspector General's certificate of necessity for 
     confidential military purposes; and of which $2,100,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for 
     research, development, test and evaluation.

                               TITLE VII

                            RELATED AGENCIES

   Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund

       For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
     and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding 
     level for continuing the operation of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 
     $514,000,000.

               Intelligence Community Management Account

       For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community 
     Management Account, $505,206,000.

                               TITLE VIII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 8001.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
     authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 8002.  During the current fiscal year, provisions of 
     law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment 
     of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not 
     apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:  Provided, 
     That salary increases granted to direct and indirect hire 
     foreign national employees of the Department of Defense 
     funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess of the 
     percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees 
     of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the 
     provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by 
     the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever 
     is higher:  Provided further, That this section shall not 
     apply to Department of Defense foreign service national 
     employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose 
     pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980:  Provided further, That the limitations 
     of this provision shall not apply to foreign national 
     employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of 
     Turkey.
       Sec. 8003.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 8004.  No more than 20 percent of the appropriations 
     in this Act which are limited for obligation during the 
     current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 
     months of the fiscal year:  Provided, That this section shall 
     not apply to obligations for support of active duty training 
     of reserve components

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     or summer camp training of the Reserve Officers' Training 
     Corps.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8005.  Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
     that such action is necessary in the national interest, he 
     may, with the approval of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 of working 
     capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made 
     available in this Act to the Department of Defense for 
     military functions (except military construction) between 
     such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to 
     be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and 
     for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
     which transferred:  Provided, That such authority to transfer 
     may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on 
     unforeseen military requirements, than those for which 
     originally appropriated and in no case where the item for 
     which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
     the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this 
     authority or any other authority in this Act:  Provided 
     further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available to prepare or present a request to the Committees 
     on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for 
     higher priority items, based on unforeseen military 
     requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
     and in no case where the item for which reprogramming is 
     requested has been denied by the Congress:  Provided further, 
     That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using 
     authority provided in this section shall be made prior to 
     June 30, 2016:  Provided further, That transfers among 
     military personnel appropriations shall not be taken into 
     account for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds 
     that may be transferred under this section.
       Sec. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific 
     programs, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 
     and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such 
     programs, projects, and activities) contained in the tables 
     titled ``Explanation of Project Level Adjustments'' in the 
     explanatory statement regarding this Act, the obligation and 
     expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act for those programs, projects, and 
     activities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the 
     amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried 
     out in the manner provided by such tables to the same extent 
     as if the tables were included in the text of this Act.
       (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in 
     subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of 
     appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act:  
     Provided, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the 
     amounts described in subsection (a) occur between 
     appropriation accounts.
       Sec. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to 
     the congressional defense committees to establish the 
     baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
     authorities for fiscal year 2016:  Provided, That the report 
     shall include--
       (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the President's budget request, adjustments made 
     by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
     appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
       (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
     by budget activity and program, project, and activity as 
     detailed in the Budget Appendix; and
       (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       (b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the 
     funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
     reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 
     subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 
     committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
     writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
     reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
     requirement:  Provided, That this subsection shall not apply 
     to transfers from the following appropriations accounts:
       (1) ``Environmental Restoration, Army'';
       (2) ``Environmental Restoration, Navy'';
       (3) ``Environmental Restoration, Air Force'';
       (4) ``Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide''; and
       (5) ``Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
     Sites''.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8008.  During the current fiscal year, cash balances 
     in working capital funds of the Department of Defense 
     established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United 
     States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are 
     necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from 
     such funds:  Provided, That transfers may be made between 
     such funds:  Provided further, That transfers may be made 
     between working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency 
     Fluctuations, Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and 
     Maintenance'' appropriation accounts in such amounts as may 
     be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval 
     of the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 
     transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense has 
     notified the Congress of the proposed transfer:  Provided 
     further, That except in amounts equal to the amounts 
     appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no 
     obligations may be made against a working capital fund to 
     procure or increase the value of war reserve material 
     inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 
     Congress prior to any such obligation.
       Sec. 8009.  Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used 
     to initiate a special access program without prior 
     notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congressional 
     defense committees.
       Sec. 8010.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs 
     economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 
     in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded 
     contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a 
     contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear 
     contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in 
     excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the 
     congressional defense committees have been notified at least 
     30 days in advance of the proposed contract award:  Provided, 
     That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
     be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the 
     economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at 
     least to the limits of the Government's liability:  Provided 
     further, That no part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement 
     contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 
     of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless 
     specifically provided in this Act:  Provided further, That no 
     multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 30-
     day prior notification to the congressional defense 
     committees:  Provided further, That the execution of 
     multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value 
     analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual 
     procurement:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear contract 
     executed after the date of the enactment of this Act unless 
     in the case of any such contract--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a 
     budget request for full funding of units to be procured 
     through the contract and, in the case of a contract for 
     procurement of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit 
     to be procured through the contract for which procurement 
     funds are requested in that budget request for production 
     beyond advance procurement activities in the fiscal year 
     covered by the budget, full funding of procurement of such 
     unit in that fiscal year;
       (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include 
     consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the 
     contractor associated with the production of unfunded units 
     to be delivered under the contract;
       (3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 
     under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 
     costs on funded units; and
       (4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 
     based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.
       Sec. 8011.  Within the funds appropriated for the operation 
     and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby 
     appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 
     States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 
     under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 
     may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance 
     costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to 
     authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported 
     as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United States 
     Code:  Provided, That funds available for operation and 
     maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and 
     similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust 
     Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated 
     states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free 
     Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239:  Provided 
     further, That upon a determination by the Secretary of the 
     Army that such action is beneficial for graduate medical 
     education programs conducted at Army medical facilities 
     located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize 
     the provision of medical services at such facilities and 
     transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable 
     basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall 
     Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.
       Sec. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2016, the civilian 
     personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on 
     the basis of any end-strength, and the management of such 
     personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any 
     constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength) on the 
     number of such personnel who may be employed on the last day 
     of such fiscal year.
       (b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Department 
     of Defense as well as all justification material and other 
     documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017 Department of 
     Defense budget request shall be prepared and submitted to the 
     Congress as if subsections

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     (a) and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to 
     fiscal year 2017.
       (c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 
     U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Department of 
     Army Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories may not 
     be managed on the basis of the Table of Distribution and 
     Allowances, and the management of the workforce strength 
     shall be done in a manner consistent with the budget 
     available with respect to such Laboratories.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to 
     military (civilian) technicians.
       Sec. 8013.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to 
     influence congressional action on any legislation or 
     appropriation matters pending before the Congress.
       Sec. 8014.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any 
     member of the Army participating as a full-time student and 
     receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund when 
     time spent as a full-time student is credited toward 
     completion of a service commitment:  Provided, That this 
     section shall not apply to those members who have reenlisted 
     with this option prior to October 1, 1987:  Provided further, 
     That this section applies only to active components of the 
     Army.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8015.  Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for 
     the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be 
     transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act 
     solely for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protege 
     Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant to 
     section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), 
     as amended, under the authority of this provision or any 
     other transfer authority contained in this Act.
       Sec. 8016.  None of the funds in this Act may be available 
     for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its 
     departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 
     mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless the 
     anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United 
     States from components which are substantially manufactured 
     in the United States:  Provided, That for the purpose of this 
     section, the term ``manufactured'' shall include cutting, 
     heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and welding 
     (including the forging and shot blasting process):  Provided 
     further, That for the purpose of this section substantially 
     all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be 
     considered to be produced or manufactured in the United 
     States if the aggregate cost of the components produced or 
     manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 
     of the components produced or manufactured outside the United 
     States:  Provided further, That when adequate domestic 
     supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
     requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service 
     responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on 
     a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be 
     made in order to acquire capability for national security 
     purposes.
       Sec. 8017.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Working 
     Capital Fund, Army'', $145,000,000 shall be available to 
     maintain competitive rates at the arsenals.
       Sec. 8018.  None of the funds available to the Department 
     of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 
     Carbines, M-1 Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, 
     .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or 
     destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that 
     are not otherwise prohibited from commercial sale under 
     Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition 
     components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or 
     designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use.
       Sec. 8019.  No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated 
     or made available in this Act shall be used during a single 
     fiscal year for any single relocation of an organization, 
     unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense into 
     or within the National Capital Region:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-
     case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional 
     defense committees that such a relocation is required in the 
     best interest of the Government.
       Sec. 8020.  Of the funds made available in this Act, 
     $15,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments 
     authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 
     (25 U.S.C. 1544):  Provided, That a prime contractor or a 
     subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award to 
     any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 of 
     title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned and 
     controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
     section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be 
     considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed 
     additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian 
     Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime 
     contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves 
     the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making 
     appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to 
     any fiscal year:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section 
     shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition 
     of supplies or services, including any contract and any 
     subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items 
     produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, by any 
     subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 
     25, United States Code, or a small business owned and 
     controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
     section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.
       Sec. 8021.  Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 
     Media Activity shall not be used for any national or 
     international political or psychological activities.
       Sec. 8022.  During the current fiscal year, the Department 
     of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to 
     exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 
     2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 
     receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait, 
     under that section:  Provided, That, upon receipt, such 
     contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be credited 
     to the appropriations or fund which incurred such 
     obligations.
       Sec. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
     less than $39,500,000 shall be available for the Civil Air 
     Patrol Corporation, of which--
       (1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol 
     Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-
     drug activities, and drug demand reduction activities 
     involving youth programs;
       (2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft 
     Procurement, Air Force''; and
       (3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement, 
     Air Force'' for vehicle procurement.
       (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive 
     reimbursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
     counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
     local government agencies.
       Sec. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     are available to establish a new Department of Defense 
     (department) federally funded research and development center 
     (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity 
     administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or 
     as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a 
     consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities.
       (b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, 
     Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or 
     any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant 
     to any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical 
     advisory capacity, may be compensated for his or her services 
     as a member of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more 
     than one FFRDC in a fiscal year:  Provided, That a member of 
     any such entity referred to previously in this subsection 
     shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized 
     under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in 
     the performance of membership duties.
       (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
     funds available to the department from any source during 
     fiscal year 2016 may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a 
     fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new 
     buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by 
     Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or 
     for certain charitable contributions, not to include employee 
     participation in community service and/or development:  
     Provided, That up to 1 percent of funds provided in this Act 
     for support of defense FFRDCs may be used for planning and 
     design of scientific or engineering facilities:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
     congressional defense committees 15 days in advance of 
     exercising the authority in the previous proviso.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
     funds available to the department during fiscal year 2016, 
     not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort (staff 
     years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs:  Provided, That, of 
     the specific amount referred to previously in this 
     subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years may be funded for 
     the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs:  Provided further, 
     That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in 
     the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military 
     Intelligence Program (MIP).
       (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of 
     the department's fiscal year 2017 budget request, submit a 
     report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of 
     technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC 
     during that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates.
       (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby 
     reduced by $65,000,000.
       Sec. 8025.  None of the funds appropriated or made 
     available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
     or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facility 
     or property under the control of the Department of Defense 
     which were not melted and rolled in the United States or 
     Canada:  Provided, That these procurement restrictions

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     shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, 
     American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American 
     Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 
     alloy or armor steel plate:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of the military department responsible for the 
     procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
     basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 
     Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 
     such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
     capability for national security purposes:  Provided further, 
     That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which 
     are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 8026.  For the purposes of this Act, the term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' means the Armed Services 
     Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services 
     Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 
     Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives.
       Sec. 8027.  During the current fiscal year, the Department 
     of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance 
     and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the 
     production of components and other Defense-related articles, 
     through competition between Department of Defense depot 
     maintenance activities and private firms:  Provided, That the 
     Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or 
     Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall 
     certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of 
     all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 
     bids:  Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget 
     Circular A-76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under 
     this section.
       Sec. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 
     consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
     determines that a foreign country which is party to an 
     agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms 
     of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of 
     products produced in the United States that are covered by 
     the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the 
     Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 
     respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
     country.
       (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
     reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding, 
     between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to 
     which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the 
     Buy American Act for certain products in that country.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a 
     report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from 
     foreign entities in fiscal year 2016. Such report shall 
     separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the 
     Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement 
     described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 
     1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement 
     to which the United States is a party.
       (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American 
     Act'' means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
       Sec. 8029.  During the current fiscal year, amounts 
     contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
     Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 
     2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 
     (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be available 
     until expended for the payments specified by section 
     2921(c)(2) of that Act.
       Sec. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the 
     Air Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in 
     the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
     Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington relocatable 
     military housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, 
     Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force Base, 
     Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are 
     excess to the needs of the Air Force.
       (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost 
     to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) 
     in accordance with the request for such units that are 
     submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield 
     Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of 
     Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, 
     Minnesota, and Washington. Any such conveyance shall be 
     subject to the condition that the housing units shall be 
     removed within a reasonable period of time, as determined by 
     the Secretary.
       (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any 
     conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units 
     under subsection (a) before submitting requests to the 
     Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b).
       (d) In this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' means any 
     recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 
     published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 
     of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public 
     Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a-1).
       Sec. 8031.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
     which are available to the Department of Defense for 
     operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 
     having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
     $250,000.
       Sec. 8032.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to--
       (1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in accordance with 
     Department of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 
     26, 2006; or
       (2) close, downgrade from host to extension center, or 
     place on probation a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
     program in accordance with the information paper of the 
     Department of the Army titled ``Army Senior Reserve Officers' 
     Training Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria'', dated 
     January 27, 2014.
       Sec. 8033.  The Secretary of Defense shall issue 
     regulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-
     related products in military resale outlets in the United 
     States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 
     most competitive price in the local community:  Provided, 
     That such regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco 
     or tobacco-related products in overseas military retail 
     outlets shall be within the range of prices established for 
     military retail system stores located in the United States.
       Sec. 8034. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
     appropriations or funds available to the Department of 
     Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase 
     of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new 
     inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the 
     current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers 
     of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an 
     item would not have been chargeable to the Department of 
     Defense Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and 
     if the purchase of such an investment item would be 
     chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations 
     made to the Department of Defense for procurement.
       (b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Department 
     of Defense as well as all justification material and other 
     documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017 Department of 
     Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted to the 
     Congress on the basis that any equipment which was classified 
     as an end item and funded in a procurement appropriation 
     contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed 
     fiscal year 2017 procurement appropriation and not in the 
     supply management business area or any other area or category 
     of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
       Sec. 8035.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain 
     available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
     except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 
     Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017:  Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or 
     otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Central 
     Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or 
     subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: 
      Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred 
     to the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and 
     development acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert 
     action programs authorized by the President under section 503 
     of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017.
       Sec. 8036.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence 
     Agency may be used for the design, development, and 
     deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program 
     intelligence communications and intelligence information 
     systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, 
     and the component commands.
       Sec. 8037.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Defense under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-Wide'', not less than $12,000,000 shall be made 
     available only for the mitigation of environmental impacts, 
     including training and technical assistance to tribes, 
     related administrative support, the gathering of information, 
     documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system 
     for prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete 
     estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from 
     Department of Defense activities.
       Sec. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense 
     unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the 
     Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term 
     ``Buy American Act'' means chapter 83 of title 41, United 
     States Code.
       (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person 
     has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing 
     a ``Made in America'' inscription to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the 
     Secretary shall determine, in accordance with section 2410f 
     of title 10, United States Code, whether the person should be 
     debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense.

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       (c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
     appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of 
     the Congress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in 
     expending the appropriation, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products, provided that American-made equipment 
     and products are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and 
     available in a timely fashion.
       Sec. 8039.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act and 
     hereafter shall be available for a contract for studies, 
     analysis, or consulting services entered into without 
     competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless 
     the head of the activity responsible for the procurement 
     determines--
       (1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one 
     source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work;
       (2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an 
     unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific or 
     technological promise, represents the product of original 
     thinking, and was submitted in confidence by one source; or
       (3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of 
     unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a 
     specific concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of 
     a specific concern is given financial support:  Provided, 
     That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in an 
     amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to 
     improvements of equipment that is in development or 
     production, or contracts as to which a civilian official of 
     the Department of Defense, who has been confirmed by the 
     Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in the 
     interest of the national defense.
       Sec. 8040. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and 
     (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used--
       (1) to establish a field operating agency; or
       (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or 
     civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 
     reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or 
     employee's place of duty remains at the location of that 
     headquarters.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 
     department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a 
     case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the 
     waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the 
     financial requirements of the department.
       (c) This section does not apply to--
       (1) field operating agencies funded within the National 
     Intelligence Program;
       (2) an Army field operating agency established to 
     eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised 
     explosive devices, and, as determined by the Secretary of the 
     Army, other similar threats;
       (3) an Army field operating agency established to improve 
     the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities 
     and to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the 
     Department of Defense; or
       (4) an Air Force field operating agency established to 
     administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and 
     Mortuary Operations for the Department of Defense and 
     authorized Federal entities.
       Sec. 8041. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be available to convert to contractor performance an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by 
     Department of Defense civilian employees unless--
       (1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-
     private competition that includes a most efficient and cost 
     effective organization plan developed by such activity or 
     function;
       (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 
     all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers 
     for performance of the activity or function, the cost of 
     performance of the activity or function by a contractor would 
     be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
     equals or exceeds the lesser of--
       (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's 
     personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or 
     function by Federal employees; or
       (B) $10,000,000; and
       (3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
     proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of 
     Defense by--
       (A) not making an employer-sponsored health insurance plan 
     available to the workers who are to be employed in the 
     performance of that activity or function under the contract; 
     or
       (B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored health 
     benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute less 
     towards the premium or subscription share than the amount 
     that is paid by the Department of Defense for health benefits 
     for civilian employees under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to 
     subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) 
     of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 
     notwithstanding any administrative regulation, requirement, 
     or policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter 
     into a contract for the performance of any commercial or 
     industrial type function of the Department of Defense that--
       (A) is included on the procurement list established 
     pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (section 
     8503 of title 41, United States Code);
       (B) is planned to be converted to performance by a 
     qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified 
     nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals 
     in accordance with that Act; or
       (C) is planned to be converted to performance by a 
     qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an 
     Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in 
     section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     637(a)(15)).
       (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or 
     contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 
     and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.
       (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
     Department of Defense under the authority provided by this 
     section shall be credited toward any competitive or 
     outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be 
     established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 
     to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, 
     subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States 
     Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial 
     activities.

                             (rescissions)

       Sec. 8042.  Of the funds appropriated in Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby 
     rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
     specified amounts:  Provided, That no amounts may be 
     rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
     for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
     Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
       ``Cooperative Threat Reduction Account'', 2014/2016, 
     $15,000,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2014/2016, $9,295,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Army'', 2014/2016, $40,000,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 2014/2016, $53,415,000;
       ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 2014/2016, $888,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2014/2016, $2,300,000;
       ``Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force'', 2014/2016, 
     $6,300,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Air Force'', 2014/2016, $90,000,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', 2015/2017, $25,000,000;
       ``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
     Army'', 2015/2017, $7,500,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Army'', 2015/2017, $30,000,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 2015/2017, $11,702,000;
       ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 2015/2017, $15,422,000;
       ``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps'', 2015/
     2017, $8,906,000;
       ``Procurement, Marine Corps'', 2015/2017, $66,477,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2015/2017, 
     $199,046,000;
       ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', 2015/2017, 
     $212,000,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Air Force'', 2015/2017, $17,000,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', 2015/
     2016, $9,299,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', 2015/
     2016, $228,387,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'', 
     2015/2016, $718,500,000; and
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
     Wide'', 2015/2016, $2,500,000.
       Sec. 8043.  None of the funds available in this Act may be 
     used to reduce the authorized positions for military 
     technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air 
     National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the 
     purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian 
     personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military 
     technicians (dual status), unless such reductions are a 
     direct result of a reduction in military force structure.
       Sec. 8044.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for 
     assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
     unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
       Sec. 8045.  Funds appropriated in this Act for operation 
     and maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant 
     Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available for 
     reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 
     would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 
     National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard 
     and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence 
     support to Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint 
     Intelligence Activities, including the activities and 
     programs included within the National Intelligence Program 
     and the Military Intelligence Program:  Provided, That 
     nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established 
     Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures.

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       Sec. 8046. (a) None of the funds available to the 
     Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug 
     interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 
     any other department or agency of the United States except as 
     specifically provided in an appropriations law.
       (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence 
     Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-
     drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
     agency of the United States except as specifically provided 
     in an appropriations law.
       Sec. 8047.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other 
     than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic 
     origin:  Provided, That the Secretary of the military 
     department responsible for such procurement may waive this 
     restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic 
     supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
     requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 
     must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
     security purposes:  Provided further, That this restriction 
     shall not apply to the purchase of ``commercial items'', as 
     defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code, 
     except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller 
     bearings purchased as end items.
       Sec. 8048.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competitive 
     procurements may be used unless the competitive procurements 
     are open for award to all certified providers of Evolved 
     Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems:  Provided, That the 
     award shall be made to the provider that offers the best 
     value to the government:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, award may be made 
     to a launch service provider competing with any certified 
     launch vehicle in its inventory regardless of the country of 
     origin of the rocket engine that will be used on its launch 
     vehicle, in order to ensure robust competition and continued 
     assured access to space.
       Sec. 8049.  In addition to the amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $44,000,000 
     is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense:  
     Provided, That upon the determination of the Secretary of 
     Defense that it shall serve the national interest, the 
     Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified as 
     follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations and 
     $24,000,000 to the Red Cross.
       Sec. 8050.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the 
     United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
     the congressional defense committees that such an acquisition 
     must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
     security purposes that is not available from United States 
     manufacturers.
       Sec. 8051.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this 
     Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program and the 
     Small Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall 
     be taken proportionally from all programs, projects, or 
     activities to the extent they contribute to the extramural 
     budget.
       Sec. 8052.  None of the funds available to the Department 
     of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
     pay a contractor under a contract with the Department of 
     Defense for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an 
     employee when--
       (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of 
     the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
       (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
     with a business combination.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8053.  During the current fiscal year, no more than 
     $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the 
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be 
     transferred to appropriations available for the pay of 
     military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available 
     for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in 
     connection with support and services for eligible 
     organizations and activities outside the Department of 
     Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       Sec. 8054.  During the current fiscal year, in the case of 
     an appropriation account of the Department of Defense for 
     which the period of availability for obligation has expired 
     or which has closed under the provisions of section 1552 of 
     title 31, United States Code, and which has a negative 
     unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or an 
     adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current 
     appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or 
     closed account if--
       (1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 
     (except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 
     the end of the period of availability or closing of that 
     account;
       (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 
     any current appropriation account of the Department of 
     Defense; and
       (3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is 
     not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department 
     of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, 
     Public Law 101-510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note):  
     Provided, That in the case of an expired account, if 
     subsequent review or investigation discloses that there was 
     not in fact a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in 
     the account, any charge to a current account under the 
     authority of this section shall be reversed and recorded 
     against the expired account:  Provided further, That the 
     total amount charged to a current appropriation under this 
     section may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the 
     total appropriation for that account.
       Sec. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of 
     equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by 
     any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable 
     basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish 
     the amount of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case 
     basis.
       (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
     credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance 
     Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
     associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
     that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
     purposes without fiscal year limitation.
       Sec. 8056.  None of the funds available to the Department 
     of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control 
     relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and 
     administrative control of United States Navy forces assigned 
     to the Pacific fleet:  Provided, That the command and control 
     relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall remain 
     in force unless changes are specifically authorized in a 
     subsequent Act:  Provided further, That this section does not 
     apply to administrative control of Navy Air and Missile 
     Defense Command.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8057.  Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide'', 
     $25,000,000 shall be for continued implementation and 
     expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims' Counsel 
     Program:  Provided, That the funds are made available for 
     transfer to the Department of the Army, the Department of the 
     Navy, and the Department of the Air Force:  Provided further, 
     That funds transferred shall be merged with and available for 
     the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
     appropriations to which the funds are transferred:  Provided 
     further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority provided in this Act.
       Sec. 8058.  None of the funds appropriated in title IV of 
     this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to 
     military forces for operational training, operational use or 
     inventory requirements:  Provided, That this restriction does 
     not apply to end-items used in development, prototyping, and 
     test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for 
     operational use:  Provided further, That this restriction 
     does not apply to programs funded within the National 
     Intelligence Program:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 
     by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in 
     the national security interest to do so.
       Sec. 8059. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-
     case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each 
     limitation on the procurement of defense items from foreign 
     sources provided in law if the Secretary determines that the 
     application of the limitation with respect to that country 
     would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between 
     the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would 
     invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of 
     defense items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and the country does not discriminate 
     against the same or similar defense items produced in the 
     United States for that country.
       (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
       (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 
     after such date under contracts that are entered into before 
     such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason 
     other than the application of a waiver granted under 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding 
     construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, 
     food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by section 
     XI (chapters 50-65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
     United States and products classified under headings 4010, 
     4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 
     7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 
     8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
       Sec. 8060.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relocate 
     any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engineer 
     Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED 
     HORSE) outside of the United States until the Secretary of 
     the Air Force--
       (1) completes an analysis and comparison of the cost and 
     infrastructure investment required to consolidate or relocate 
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     HORSE squadron outside of the United States versus within the 
     United States;
       (2) provides to the congressional defense committees a 
     report detailing the findings of the cost analysis; and
       (3) certifies in writing to the congressional defense 
     committees that the preferred site for the consolidation or 
     relocation yields the greatest savings for the Air Force:
       Provided, That the term ``United States'' in this section 
     does not include any territory or possession of the United 
     States.
       Sec. 8061.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this or other Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the 
     purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 
     family housing units of the Department of Defense, including 
     areas in such military family housing units that may be used 
     for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense 
     business.
       Sec. 8062.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any new 
     start advanced concept technology demonstration project or 
     joint capability demonstration project may only be obligated 
     45 days after a report, including a description of the 
     project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy and 
     its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in 
     writing to the congressional defense committees:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 
     case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 
     committees that it is in the national interest to do so.
       Sec. 8063.  The Secretary of Defense shall continue to 
     provide a classified quarterly report to the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on 
     certain matters as directed in the classified annex 
     accompanying this Act.
       Sec. 8064.  Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, 
     United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National 
     Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 
     502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in 
     support of the ground-based elements of the National 
     Ballistic Missile Defense System.
       Sec. 8065.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition 
     held by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire 
     cartridge and a United States military nomenclature 
     designation of ``armor penetrator'', ``armor piercing (AP)'', 
     ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or ``armor-piercing 
     incendiary tracer (API-T)'', except to an entity performing 
     demilitarization services for the Department of Defense under 
     a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the 
     satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing 
     projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by 
     the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture 
     ammunition pursuant to a contract with the Department of 
     Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant 
     to a License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Military 
     Articles issued by the Department of State.
       Sec. 8066.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may 
     waive payment of all or part of the consideration that 
     otherwise would be required under section 2667 of title 10, 
     United States Code, in the case of a lease of personal 
     property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any 
     organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United 
     States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal 
     nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief of the 
     National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on a case-by-case 
     basis.
       Sec. 8067.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds 
     activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt 
     beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale 
     (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on a 
     military installation located in the United States unless 
     such malt beverages and wine are procured within that State, 
     or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the 
     District of Columbia, in which the military installation is 
     located:  Provided, That, in a case in which the military 
     installation is located in more than one State, purchases may 
     be made in any State in which the installation is located:  
     Provided further, That such local procurement requirements 
     for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic 
     beverages only for military installations in States which are 
     not contiguous with another State:  Provided further, That 
     alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages, in 
     contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be 
     procured from the most competitive source, price and other 
     factors considered.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8068.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $76,611,750 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
     Defense is authorized to transfer such funds to other 
     activities of the Federal Government:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and 
     carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, 
     construction, personal services, and operations related to 
     projects carrying out the purposes of this section:  Provided 
     further, That contracts entered into under the authority of 
     this section may provide for such indemnification as the 
     Secretary determines to be necessary:  Provided further, That 
     projects authorized by this section shall comply with 
     applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum 
     extent consistent with the national security, as determined 
     by the Secretary of Defense.
       Sec. 8069. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or 
     any other Act may be used to take any action to modify--
       (1) the appropriations account structure for the National 
     Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation 
     of a new appropriation or new appropriation account;
       (2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request is 
     presented in the unclassified P-1, R-1, and O-1 documents 
     supporting the Department of Defense budget request;
       (3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
     appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or
       (4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
     appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed.
       (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit 
     the merger of programs or changes to the National 
     Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure 
     Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accordance 
     with paragraphs (a)(1)-(3).
       (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
     of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving 
     auditable financial statements and improving fiscal 
     reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 
     alternative financial management processes. Such study shall 
     include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment 
     to ensure that none of the alternative processes will 
     adversely affect counterintelligence.
       (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined 
     under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence 
     and the Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected 
     agencies;
       (2) receive certification from all affected agencies 
     attesting that the proposed alternatives will help achieve 
     auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and will not 
     adversely affect counterintelligence; and
       (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary 
     certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed 
     alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense 
     and intelligence committees.
       (e) This section shall not be construed to alter or affect 
     the application of section 1633 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to the amounts made 
     available by this Act.
       Sec. 8070.  In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in 
     this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
     of Defense, to remain available for obligation until 
     expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, that upon the determination of the Secretary of 
     Defense that it shall serve the national interest, these 
     funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher House 
     Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and furnishing of 
     additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family 
     members when confronted with the illness or hospitalization 
     of an eligible military beneficiary.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8071.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
     the headings ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', 
     $487,595,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs:  
     Provided, That of this amount, $55,000,000 shall be for the 
     Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel 
     for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to 
     counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-
     Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; 
     $286,526,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile 
     Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense 
     research and development under the SRBMD program, of which 
     $150,000,000 shall be for production activities of SRBMD 
     missiles in the United States and in Israel to meet Israel's 
     defense requirements consistent with each nation's laws, 
     regulations, and procedures, of which not more than 
     $90,000,000, subject to previously established transfer 
     procedures, may be obligated or expended until establishment 
     of a U.S.-Israeli production agreement for SRBMD; $89,550,000 
     shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile 
     Defense Architecture, of which not more than $15,000,000, 
     subject to previously established transfer procedures, may be 
     obligated or expended until establishment of a U.S.-Israeli 
     production agreement; and $56,519,000 shall be for the Arrow 
     System Improvement Program including development of a long 
     range, ground and airborne, detection suite:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this provision for 
     production of missiles and missile components may be 
     transferred to appropriations available for the procurement 
     of weapons and equipment, to be merged with and to be 
     available for the same time period and the same purposes as

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     the appropriation to which transferred:  Provided further, 
     That the transfer authority provided under this provision is 
     in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this 
     Act.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8072.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
     $389,305,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, to 
     fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases:  Provided, That 
     upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
     transfer funds to the following appropriations in the amounts 
     specified:  Provided further, That the amounts transferred 
     shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes 
     as the appropriations to which transferred to:
       (1) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2008/2016: Carrier Replacement Program $123,760,000;
       (2) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2009/2016: LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program 
     $22,860,000;
       (3) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2012/2016: CVN Refueling Overhauls Program 
     $20,029,000;
       (4) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2012/2016: DDG-51 Destroyer $75,014,000;
       (5) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2012/2016: Littoral Combat Ship $82,674,000;
       (6) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2012/2016: LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program 
     $38,733,000;
       (7) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2012/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel $22,597,000; and
       (8) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'', 2013/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel $3,638,000.
       Sec. 8073.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
     available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for 
     intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
     authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 
     year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.
       Sec. 8074.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 
     program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 
     or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of 
     national security and only after written prior notification 
     to the congressional defense committees.
       Sec. 8075.  The budget of the President for fiscal year 
     2017 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall include separate budget 
     justification documents for costs of United States Armed 
     Forces' participation in contingency operations for the 
     Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Maintenance 
     accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation accounts:  Provided, That 
     these documents shall include a description of the funding 
     requested for each contingency operation, for each military 
     service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and 
     for each appropriations account:  Provided further, That 
     these documents shall include estimated costs for each 
     element of expense or object class, a reconciliation of 
     increases and decreases for each contingency operation, and 
     programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop 
     strength for each Active and Reserve component, and estimates 
     of the major weapons systems deployed in support of each 
     contingency:  Provided further, That these documents shall 
     include budget exhibits OP-5 and OP-32 (as defined in the 
     Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for 
     all contingency operations for the budget year and the two 
     preceding fiscal years.
       Sec. 8076.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
     research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or 
     deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense 
     system.
       Sec. 8077.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange 
     rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby 
     reduced by $1,500,789,000.
       Sec. 8078.  None of the funds appropriated or made 
     available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
     the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of 
     the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC-130 
     Weather Reconnaissance mission below the levels funded in 
     this Act:  Provided, That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd 
     Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in 
     support of national defense requirements during the non-
     hurricane season.
       Sec. 8079.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available for integration of foreign intelligence information 
     unless the information has been lawfully collected and 
     processed during the conduct of authorized foreign 
     intelligence activities:  Provided, That information 
     pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled in 
     accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment 
     of the United States Constitution as implemented through 
     Executive Order No. 12333.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8080.  The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds 
     from any available Department of the Navy appropriation to 
     any available Navy ship construction appropriation for the 
     purpose of liquidating necessary changes resulting from 
     inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any 
     ship construction program appropriated in law:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $20,000,000 
     under the authority provided by this section:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may not transfer any funds until 
     30 days after the proposed transfer has been reported to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, unless a response from the Committees is 
     received sooner:  Provided further, That any funds 
     transferred pursuant to this section shall retain the same 
     period of availability as when originally appropriated:  
     Provided further, That the transfer authority provided by 
     this section is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     contained elsewhere in this Act.
       Sec. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used to transfer research and development, 
     acquisition, or other program authority relating to current 
     tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army.
       (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and 
     operational control of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial 
     Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of Defense in 
     matters relating to the employment of unmanned aerial 
     vehicles.
       Sec. 8082.  Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' may be 
     made available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative 
     Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to 
     execute Theater Security Cooperation activities such as 
     humanitarian assistance, and payment of incremental and 
     personnel costs of training and exercising with foreign 
     security forces:  Provided, That funds made available for 
     this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other funding 
     authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance 
     or combined exercise expenses:  Provided further, That funds 
     may not be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign 
     country that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type 
     of assistance under any other provision of law.
       Sec. 8083.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     programs of the Office of the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
     current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 
     research and technology, which shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.
       Sec. 8084.  For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, 
     United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in 
     this Act under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'' shall be considered to be for the same purpose as any 
     subdivision under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'' appropriations in any prior fiscal year, and the 1 
     percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the 
     appropriation.
       Sec. 8085. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
     shall submit a report to the congressional intelligence 
     committees to establish the baseline for application of 
     reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2016:  
     Provided, That the report shall include--
       (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the President's budget request, adjustments made 
     by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
     appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
       (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by 
     Expenditure Center and project; and
       (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       (b) None of the funds provided for the National 
     Intelligence Program in this Act shall be available for 
     reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 
     subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
     committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 
     certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence 
     committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 
     as an emergency requirement.
       Sec. 8086.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army 
     Contracting Command-New Jersey or make disproportionate 
     personnel reductions at any Army Contracting Command-New 
     Jersey sites without 30-day prior notification to the 
     congressional defense committees.
       Sec. 8087.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to retire, divest, realign, or transfer RQ-4B 
     Global Hawk aircraft, or to disestablish or convert units 
     associated with such aircraft.
       Sec. 8088.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     for excess defense articles, assistance under section 1206 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
     (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3456), or peacekeeping 
     operations for the countries designated annually to be in 
     violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention 
     Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c-1) may be 
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     training or operation that includes child soldiers, as 
     defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless 
     such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 of 
     the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8089.  Of the funds appropriated in the Intelligence 
     Community Management Account for the Program Manager for the 
     Information Sharing Environment, $20,000,000 is available for 
     transfer by the Director of National Intelligence to other 
     departments and agencies for purposes of Government-wide 
     information sharing activities:  Provided, That funds 
     transferred under this provision are to be merged with and 
     available for the same purposes and time period as the 
     appropriation to which transferred:  Provided further, That 
     the Office of Management and Budget must approve any 
     transfers made under this provision.
       Sec. 8090. (a) None of the funds provided for the National 
     Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
     shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section 
     102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3024(d)) that--
       (1) creates a new start effort;
       (2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of 
     $10,000,000 or more;
       (3) transfers funding into or out of the National 
     Intelligence Program; or
       (4) transfers funding between appropriations, unless the 
     congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in 
     advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification 
     period may be reduced for urgent national security 
     requirements.
       (b) None of the funds provided for the National 
     Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
     shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section 
     102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease of 
     the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying the 
     Act unless the congressional intelligence committees are 
     notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 
     this notification period may be reduced for urgent national 
     security requirements.
       Sec. 8091.  The Director of National Intelligence shall 
     submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that the 
     President's budget is submitted to Congress that year under 
     section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a future-
     years intelligence program (including associated annexes) 
     reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed 
     appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years 
     intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with respect 
     to which the budget is submitted and at least the four 
     succeeding fiscal years.
       Sec. 8092.  For the purposes of this Act, the term 
     ``congressional intelligence committees'' means the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate.
       Sec. 8093.  The Department of Defense shall continue to 
     report incremental contingency operations costs for Operation 
     Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, and any named 
     successor operations, on a monthly basis and any other 
     operation designated and identified by the Secretary of 
     Defense for the purposes of section 127a of title 10, United 
     States Code, on a semi-annual basis in the Cost of War 
     Execution Report as prescribed in the Department of Defense 
     Financial Management Regulation Department of Defense 
     Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 ``Contingency 
     Operations'', Annex 1, dated September 2005.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8094.  During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 
     $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II 
     of this Act for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', 
     ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Air Force'' may be transferred by the military 
     department concerned to its central fund established for 
     Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) of title 
     10, United States Code.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8095.  Funds appropriated by this Act for operation 
     and maintenance may be available for the purpose of making 
     remittances and transfer to the Defense Acquisition Workforce 
     Development Fund in accordance with section 1705 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 8096. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
     this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
     the public Web site of that agency any report required to be 
     submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the 
     determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
     the national interest.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
     security; or
       (2) the report contains proprietary information.
       (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     only after such report has been made available to the 
     requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
     than 45 days.
       Sec. 8097. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal 
     contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the 
     contractor agrees not to--
       (1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees or 
     independent contractors that requires, as a condition of 
     employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree 
     to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of 
     the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or 
     arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including 
     assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
     distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, 
     supervision, or retention; or
       (2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 
     agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 
     mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 
     through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
     Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of 
     sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
     intentional infliction of emotional distress, false 
     imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be expended for any Federal 
     contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 
     each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 
     not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
     agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
     subsection (a), with respect to any employee or independent 
     contractor performing work related to such subcontract. For 
     purposes of this subsection, a ``covered subcontractor'' is 
     an entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a 
     contract subject to subsection (a).
       (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
     respect to a contractor's or subcontractor's agreements with 
     employees or independent contractors that may not be enforced 
     in a court of the United States.
       (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of 
     subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
     subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
     subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary 
     personally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
     harm to national security interests of the United States, and 
     that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer 
     than necessary to avoid such harm. The determination shall 
     set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiver and for 
     the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall state 
     any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the 
     reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm to 
     national security interests of the United States. The 
     Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and 
     simultaneously make public, any determination under this 
     subsection not less than 15 business days before the contract 
     or subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8098.  From within the funds appropriated for 
     operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in 
     this Act, up to $121,000,000, shall be available for transfer 
     to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance 
     with the provisions of section 1704 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 111-84:  
     Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the facility 
     operations funded are operations of the integrated Captain 
     James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the 
     North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 
     Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated 
     as a combined Federal medical facility as described by 
     section 706 of Public Law 110-417:  Provided further, That 
     additional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated 
     for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
     to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
     notification by the Secretary of Defense to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       Sec. 8099.  Appropriations available to the Department of 
     Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and light 
     armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 
     for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per 
     vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations 
     applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.
       Sec. 8100.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act or any other Act may be used by 
     the Department of Defense or a component thereof in 
     contravention of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, 
     United States Code (as added by section 1671 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016).
       Sec. 8101.  The Secretary of Defense shall report quarterly 
     the numbers of civilian personnel end strength by 
     appropriation account for each and every appropriation 
     account used to finance Federal civilian personnel salaries 
     to the congressional defense

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     committees within 15 days after the end of each fiscal 
     quarter.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8102.  Upon a determination by the Director of 
     National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
     the national interest, the Director may, with the approval of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed 
     $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the National Intelligence Program:  Provided, That such 
     authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher 
     priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence 
     requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
     and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
     has been denied by the Congress:  Provided further, That a 
     request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority 
     provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 
     2016.
       Sec. 8103.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
     transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
     within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
     Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
       (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
     of Defense.
       Sec. 8104. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
     construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
     States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
     individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 
     detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
     effective control of the Department of Defense.
       (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
     individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
       (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is--
       (A) in the custody or under the effective control of the 
     Department of Defense; or
       (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       Sec. 8105.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this Act may be used to transfer any 
     individual detained at United States Naval Station Guantanamo 
     Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the individual's 
     country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other 
     foreign entity except in accordance with sections 1033 and 
     1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2016.
       Sec. 8106.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 
     U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8107.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 shall be available for 
     transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
     Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the 
     John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and 
     Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105).
       Sec. 8108.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used by the Department of Defense or any other Federal 
     agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, for any 
     executive fleet, or for any agency's fleet inventory, except 
     in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet 
     Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
       Sec. 8109. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this or any other Act may be used by the 
     Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the 
     Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum 
     of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or make a 
     grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to 
     Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of Rosoboronexport.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in 
     subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
     determines that it is in the vital national security interest 
     of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to 
     the congressional defense committees that, to the best of the 
     Secretary's knowledge:
       (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal 
     military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal 
     military equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab 
     Republic;
       (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation have 
     withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on 
     military bases subject to agreements in force between the 
     Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of 
     Ukraine; and
       (3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking 
     active measures to destabilize the control of the Government 
     of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.
       (c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
     shall conduct a review of any action involving 
     Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 
     Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 
     later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is 
     issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     containing the results of the review conducted with respect 
     to such waiver.
       Sec. 8110.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag of the 
     United States unless such flags are treated as covered items 
     under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code.
       Sec. 8111. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
     the Department of Defense, amounts may be made available, 
     under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may 
     prescribe, to local military commanders appointed by the 
     Secretary, or by an officer or employee designated by the 
     Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex gratia payments 
     in amounts consistent with subsection (d) of this section for 
     damage, personal injury, or death that is incident to combat 
     operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign country.
       (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided 
     only if--
       (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 
     determined by the local military commander to be friendly to 
     the United States;
       (2) a claim for damages would not be compensable under 
     chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code (commonly known 
     as the ``Foreign Claims Act''); and
       (3) the property damage, personal injury, or death was not 
     caused by action by an enemy.
       (c) Nature of Payments.--Any payments provided under a 
     program under subsection (a) shall not be considered an 
     admission or acknowledgement of any legal obligation to 
     compensate for any damage, personal injury, or death.
       (d) Amount of Payments.--If the Secretary of Defense 
     determines a program under subsection (a) to be appropriate 
     in a particular setting, the amounts of payments, if any, to 
     be provided to civilians determined to have suffered harm 
     incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces under the 
     program should be determined pursuant to regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary and based on an assessment, which 
     should include such factors as cultural appropriateness and 
     prevailing economic conditions.
       (e) Legal Advice.--Local military commanders shall receive 
     legal advice before making ex gratia payments under this 
     subsection. The legal advisor, under regulations of the 
     Department of Defense, shall advise on whether an ex gratia 
     payment is proper under this section and applicable 
     Department of Defense regulations.
       (f) Written Record.--A written record of any ex gratia 
     payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 
     commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appropriate 
     office in the Department of Defense as determined by the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       (g) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall report to the 
     congressional defense committees on an annual basis the 
     efficacy of the ex gratia payment program including the 
     number of types of cases considered, amounts offered, the 
     response from ex gratia payment recipients, and any 
     recommended modifications to the program.
       Sec. 8112.  None of the funds available in this Act to the 
     Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for 
     necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance 
     activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce 
     the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery 
     vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in the 
     report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 1042 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2012.
       Sec. 8113.  The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
     awards on a public Web site in a searchable format.
       Sec. 8114.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to realign forces at Lajes Air Force Base, 
     Azores, Portugal, until the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
     the congressional defense committees that the Secretary of 
     Defense has determined, based on an analysis of operational 
     requirements, that Lajes Air Force Base is not an optimal 
     location for the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex.
       Sec. 8115.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to fund the performance of a flight demonstration 
     team at a location outside of the United States:  Provided, 
     That this prohibition applies only if a performance of a 
     flight demonstration team at a location within the United 
     States was canceled during the current fiscal year due to 
     insufficient funding.
       Sec. 8116.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used by the National Security Agency to--
       (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose 
     of targeting a United States person; or
       (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term 
     is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States 
     Code) of any electronic communication of a United States

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     person from a provider of electronic communication services 
     to the public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8117.  In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in 
     this Act for basic allowance for housing for military 
     personnel, including active duty, reserve and National Guard 
     personnel, $300,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense and made available for transfer only to 
     military personnel accounts:  Provided, That the transfer 
     authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
       Sec. 8118.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade 
     Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification 
     for the Treaty.
       Sec. 8119.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or 
     employee of any agency funded by this Act who approves or 
     implements the transfer of administrative responsibilities or 
     budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity 
     financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of another Federal 
     agency not financed by this Act without the express 
     authorization of Congress:  Provided, That this limitation 
     shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for 
     in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts 
     providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of 
     Defense.
       Sec. 8120.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used in contravention of 
     section 1054 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016, regarding transfer of AH-64 Apache 
     helicopters from the Army National Guard to regular Army.
       Sec. 8121.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be obligated for activities authorized under section 1208 
     of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1621) to 
     initiate support for, or expand support to, foreign forces, 
     irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless the 
     congressional defense committees are notified in accordance 
     with the direction contained in the classified annex 
     accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before 
     initiating such support:  Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used under section 1208 for 
     any activity that is not in support of an ongoing military 
     operation being conducted by United States Special Operations 
     Forces to combat terrorism:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibitions in this 
     section if the Secretary determines that such waiver is 
     required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not later 
     than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the 
     congressional defense committees of such waiver.
       Sec. 8122.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of the War 
     Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the 
     introduction of United States armed forces into hostilities 
     in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent involvement 
     in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or 
     into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters while equipped for 
     combat, in contravention of the congressional consultation 
     and reporting requirements of sections 3 and 4 of such 
     Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543).
       Sec. 8123.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage 
     or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to divest, 
     retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup aircraft 
     inventory status, any A-10 aircraft, or to disestablish any 
     units of the active or reserve component associated with such 
     aircraft.
       Sec. 8124.  Of the funds provided for ``Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' in this Act, 
     not less than $2,800,000 shall be used to support the 
     Department's activities related to the implementation of the 
     Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (Public Law 113-
     101; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) and to support the implementation 
     of a uniform procurement instrument identifier as described 
     in subpart 4.16 of Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
     include changes in business processes, workforce, or 
     information technology.
       Sec. 8125.  None of the funds provided in this Act for the 
     T-AO(X) program shall be used to award a new contract that 
     provides for the acquisition of the following components 
     unless those components are manufactured in the United 
     States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) for shipboard 
     services; propulsion equipment (including engines, reduction 
     gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for 
     shipboard cranes:  Provided, That the Secretary of the 
     military department responsible for such procurement may 
     waive these restrictions on a case-by-case basis by 
     certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate 
     domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
     Defense requirements on a timely and cost competitive basis 
     and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
     capability for national security purposes.
       Sec. 8126.  The amounts appropriated in title II of this 
     Act are hereby reduced by $389,000,000 to reflect excess cash 
     balances in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as 
     follows:
       (1) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $138,000,000;
       (2) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', 
     $251,000,000.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 8127.  Of the unobligated balances available to the 
     Department of Defense, the following funds are permanently 
     rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
     specified amounts to reflect excess cash balances in 
     Department of Defense Working Capital Funds:  Provided, That 
     no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
       From ``Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense, X'', 
     $1,037,000,000.
       Sec. 8128.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated fuel 
     costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this Act 
     is hereby reduced by $2,576,000,000.
       Sec. 8129.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to divest or retire, or to prepare to divest or 
     retire, KC-10 aircraft.
       Sec. 8130.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage 
     or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to divest, 
     retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup aircraft 
     inventory status, any EC-130H aircraft.
       Sec. 8131.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by 
     military or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense 
     for gaming, or for entertainment that includes topless or 
     nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited by 
     Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and Department 
     of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3, 14a and 14b).
       Sec. 8132.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or 
     additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.

                                TITLE IX

        OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'', 
     $1,846,356,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
     on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
     $251,011,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
     on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine 
     Corps'', $171,079,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air 
     Force'', $726,126,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                        Reserve Personnel, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Army'', 
     $24,462,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Reserve Personnel, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', 
     $12,693,000:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

       For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Marine 
     Corps'', $3,393,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                      Reserve Personnel, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Air 
     Force'', $18,710,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/

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     Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                     National Guard Personnel, Army

       For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, 
     Army'', $166,015,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                  National Guard Personnel, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, 
     Air Force'', $2,828,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Army'', $14,994,833,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Navy'', $7,169,611,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Marine Corps'', $1,372,534,000:  Provided, That such amount 
     is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air Force'', $11,128,813,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-Wide'', $5,665,633,000:  Provided, That of the funds 
     provided under this heading, not to exceed $1,160,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for 
     payments to reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical, 
     military, and other support, including access, provided to 
     United States military and stability operations in 
     Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
     Levant:  Provided further, That such reimbursement payments 
     may be made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 
     the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in 
     consultation with the Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget, may determine, based on documentation determined 
     by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account for the 
     support provided, and such determination is final and 
     conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States, 
     and 15 days following notification to the appropriate 
     congressional committees:  Provided further, That these funds 
     may be used for the purpose of providing specialized training 
     and procuring supplies and specialized equipment and 
     providing such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-
     reimbursable basis to coalition forces supporting United 
     States military and stability operations in Afghanistan and 
     to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and 15 
     days following notification to the appropriate congressional 
     committees:  Provided further, That these funds may be used 
     to support the Governments of Jordan and Lebanon, in such 
     amounts as the Secretary of Defense may determine, to enhance 
     the ability of the armed forces of Jordan to increase or 
     sustain security along its borders and the ability of the 
     armed forces of Lebanon to increase or sustain security along 
     its borders, upon 15 days prior written notification to the 
     congressional defense committees outlining the amounts 
     intended to be provided and the nature of the expenses 
     incurred:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
     this heading, up to $30,000,000 shall be for Operation 
     Observant Compass:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
     defense committees on the use of funds provided in this 
     paragraph:  Provided further, That such amount is designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Army Reserve'', $99,559,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Navy Reserve'', $31,643,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

            Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Marine Corps Reserve'', $3,455,000:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air Force Reserve'', $58,106,000:  Provided, That such amount 
     is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Army National Guard'', $135,845,000:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

             Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air National Guard'', $19,900,000:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                   Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the ``Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund'', 
     $1,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That such funds shall be available to provide 
     support and assistance to foreign security forces or other 
     groups or individuals to conduct, support, or facilitate 
     counterterrorism and crisis response activities:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the 
     funds provided herein to other appropriations provided for in 
     this Act to be merged with and to be available for the same 
     purposes and subject to the same authorities and for the same 
     time period as the appropriation to which transferred:  
     Provided further, That the transfer authority under this 
     heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     provided elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That the 
     funds available under this heading are available for transfer 
     only to the extent that the Secretary of Defense submits a 
     prior approval reprogramming request to the congressional 
     defense committees:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Defense shall comply with the appropriate vetting standards 
     and procedures established in division C of the Consolidated 
     and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (Public Law 
     113-235) for any recipient of training, equipment, or other 
     assistance:  Provided further, That the amount provided under 
     this heading is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Afghanistan Security Forces Fund

       For the ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'', 
     $3,652,257,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
     Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Combined 
     Security Transition Command--Afghanistan, or the Secretary's 
     designee, to provide assistance, with the concurrence of the 
     Secretary of State, to the security forces of Afghanistan, 
     including the provision of equipment, supplies, services, 
     training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, 
     construction, and funding:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend funds made 
     available to the Department of Defense in this title for 
     additional costs associated with existing projects previously 
     funded with amounts provided under the heading ``Afghanistan 
     Infrastructure Fund'' in prior Acts:  Provided further, That 
     such costs shall be limited to contract changes resulting 
     from inflation, market fluctuation, rate adjustments, and 
     other necessary contract actions to complete existing 
     projects, and associated supervision and administration costs 
     and costs for design during construction:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may not

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     use more than $50,000,000 under the authority provided in 
     this section:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     notify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in 
     annual reports to the congressional defense committees:  
     Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance 
     under this heading is in addition to any other authority to 
     provide assistance to foreign nations:  Provided further, 
     That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein 
     from any person, foreign government, or international 
     organization may be credited to this Fund, to remain 
     available until expended, and used for such purposes:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
     the congressional defense committees in writing upon the 
     receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, 
     delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received and 
     the specific use of such contributions:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 
     prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 
     the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
     details of any such obligation:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
     committees of any proposed new projects or transfer of funds 
     between budget sub-activity groups in excess of $20,000,000:  
     Provided further, That the United States may accept equipment 
     procured using funds provided under this heading in this or 
     prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces of 
     Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United States: 
      Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 
     provided under this heading in this or prior Acts, and not 
     yet transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan or 
     transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and 
     returned by such forces to the United States, may be treated 
     as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written 
     notification to the congressional defense committees:  
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for recruitment 
     and retention of women in the Afghanistan National Security 
     Forces, and the recruitment and training of female security 
     personnel:  Provided further, That such amount is designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Iraq Train and Equip Fund

       For the ``Iraq Train and Equip Fund'', $715,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide 
     assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, 
     supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair, 
     renovation, and sustainment, to military and other security 
     forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq, 
     including Kurdish and tribal security forces or other local 
     security forces, with a national security mission, to counter 
     the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior to 
     providing assistance to elements of any forces such elements 
     are appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing 
     such elements for associations with terrorist groups or 
     groups associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 
     commitments from such elements to promote respect for human 
     rights and the rule of law:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 
     including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 
     including the Government of Iraq, and other entities, to 
     carry out assistance authorized under this heading:  Provided 
     further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 
     provided herein from any foreign government or other 
     entities, may be credited to this Fund, to remain available 
     until expended, and used for such purposes:  Provided 
     further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be obligated or expended 
     until not fewer than 15 days after: (1) the Secretary of 
     Defense submits a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees, describing the plan for the provision of such 
     training and assistance and the forces designated to receive 
     such assistance; and (2) the President submits a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees on how assistance 
     provided under this heading supports a larger regional 
     strategy:  Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, not more than 60 percent may be obligated 
     or expended until not fewer than 15 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that an amount equal to not less 
     than 40 percent of the amount provided under this heading has 
     been contributed by other countries and entities for the 
     purposes for which funds are provided under this heading, of 
     which at least 50 percent shall have been contributed or 
     provided by the Government of Iraq:  Provided further, That 
     the limitation in the preceding proviso shall not apply if 
     the Secretary of Defense determines, in writing, that the 
     national security objectives of the United States will be 
     compromised by the application of the limitation to such 
     assistance, and notifies the appropriate congressional 
     committees not less than 15 days in advance of the exemption 
     taking effect, including a justification for the Secretary's 
     determination and a description of the assistance to be 
     exempted from the application of such limitation:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provision 
     of law relating to the acquisition of items and support 
     services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines 
     such provisions of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or 
     otherwise limit the provision of such assistance and a notice 
     of and justification for such waiver is submitted to the 
     appropriate congressional committees:  Provided further, That 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' under this 
     heading means the ``congressional defense committees'', the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives:  Provided further, 
     That amounts made available under this heading are designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, 
     Army'', $161,987,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Missile Procurement, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Army'', 
     $37,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Weapons and 
     Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army'', $486,630,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                    Procurement of Ammunition, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, 
     Army'', $222,040,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        Other Procurement, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Army'', 
     $1,175,596,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
      Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, 
     Navy'', $210,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

       For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, 
     Navy and Marine Corps'', $117,966,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                        Other Procurement, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Navy'', 
     $12,186,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Procurement, Marine Corps

       For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Marine Corps'', 
     $56,934,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Air 
     Force'', $128,900,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to

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     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Air 
     Force'', $289,142,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, 
     Air Force'', $228,874,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Air 
     Force'', $3,477,001,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2018:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

       For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 
     $173,918,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account

       For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tactical 
     and support vehicles; other weapons; and other procurement 
     items for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, 
     $1,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2018:  Provided, That the Chiefs of National 
     Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 30 days 
     after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the 
     congressional defense committees the modernization priority 
     assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve 
     component:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available by this paragraph may be used to procure manned 
     fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify missiles, 
     munitions, or ammunition:  Provided further, That such amount 
     is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Army'', $1,500,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Navy'', $35,747,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Air Force'', $17,100,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

       For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $177,087,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                     Defense Working Capital Funds

       For an additional amount for ``Defense Working Capital 
     Funds'', $88,850,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
  


                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

       For an additional amount for ``Defense Health Program'', 
     $272,704,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

       For an additional amount for ``Drug Interdiction and 
     Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'', $186,000,000:  Provided, 
     That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

             Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the ``Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund'', 
     $349,464,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary 
     of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     the purpose of allowing the Director of the Joint Improvised 
     Explosive Device Defeat Organization to investigate, develop 
     and provide equipment, supplies, services, training, 
     facilities, personnel and funds to assist United States 
     forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer 
     funds provided herein to appropriations for military 
     personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; research, 
     development, test and evaluation; and defense working capital 
     funds to accomplish the purpose provided herein:  Provided 
     further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority available to the Department of 
     Defense:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
     shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to making transfers from 
     this appropriation, notify the congressional defense 
     committees in writing of the details of any such transfer:  
     Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Inspector 
     General'', $10,262,000:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 9001.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds made available in this title are in addition to amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department 
     of Defense for fiscal year 2016.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 9002.  Upon the determination of the Secretary of 
     Defense that such action is necessary in the national 
     interest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Office 
     of Management and Budget, transfer up to $4,500,000,000 
     between the appropriations or funds made available to the 
     Department of Defense in this title:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer 
     made pursuant to the authority in this section:  Provided 
     further, That the authority provided in this section is in 
     addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
     Department of Defense and is subject to the same terms and 
     conditions as the authority provided in section 8005 of this 
     Act.
       Sec. 9003.  Supervision and administration costs and costs 
     for design during construction associated with a construction 
     project funded with appropriations available for operation 
     and maintenance or the ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'' 
     provided in this Act and executed in direct support of 
     overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan, may be 
     obligated at the time a construction contract is awarded:  
     Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, supervision 
     and administration costs and costs for design during 
     construction include all in-house Government costs.
       Sec. 9004.  From funds made available in this title, the 
     Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military and 
     civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the United 
     States Central Command area of responsibility: (1) passenger 
     motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) 
     heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security of 
     personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 
     $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other 
     limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 
     vehicles.
       Sec. 9005.  Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts 
     appropriated by this title under the heading ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Army'' may be used, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, to fund the Commanders' Emergency Response 
     Program (CERP), for the purpose of enabling military 
     commanders in Afghanistan to respond to urgent, small-scale, 
     humanitarian relief and

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     reconstruction requirements within their areas of 
     responsibility:  Provided, That each project (including any 
     ancillary or related elements in connection with such 
     project) executed under this authority shall not exceed 
     $2,000,000:  Provided further, That not later than 45 days 
     after the end of each 6 months of the fiscal year, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report regarding the source of funds and 
     the allocation and use of funds during that 6-month period 
     that were made available pursuant to the authority provided 
     in this section or under any other provision of law for the 
     purposes described herein:  Provided further, That, not later 
     than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the 
     Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     quarterly commitment, obligation, and expenditure data for 
     the CERP in Afghanistan:  Provided further, That, not less 
     than 15 days before making funds available pursuant to the 
     authority provided in this section or under any other 
     provision of law for the purposes described herein for a 
     project with a total anticipated cost for completion of 
     $500,000 or more, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a written notice containing 
     each of the following:
       (1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed 
     project, including how the project is intended to advance the 
     military campaign plan for the country in which it is to be 
     carried out.
       (2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, 
     and completion date for the proposed project, including any 
     other CERP funding that has been or is anticipated to be 
     contributed to the completion of the project.
       (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed project, 
     including the agreement with either the host nation, a non-
     Department of Defense agency of the United States Government 
     or a third-party contributor to finance the sustainment of 
     the activities and maintenance of any equipment or facilities 
     to be provided through the proposed project.
       Sec. 9006.  Funds available to the Department of Defense 
     for operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, to provide supplies, services, 
     transportation, including airlift and sealift, and other 
     logistical support to coalition forces supporting military 
     and stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the 
     Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 
     congressional defense committees regarding support provided 
     under this section.
       Sec. 9007.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or 
     expended by the United States Government for a purpose as 
     follows:
       (1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
     purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
     States Armed Forces in Iraq.
       (2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
     of Iraq.
       (3) To establish any military installation or base for the 
     purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
     States Armed Forces in Afghanistan.
       Sec. 9008.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or 
     regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations 
     Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or 
     Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at New York on 
     December 10, 1984):
       (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.
       (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105-277; 
     112 Stat. 2681-822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations 
     prescribed thereto, including regulations under part 208 of 
     title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 
     22, Code of Federal Regulations.
       (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes 
     in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-148).
       Sec. 9009.  None of the funds provided for the 
     ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'' (ASFF) may be obligated 
     prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan by the 
     Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) of the 
     Department of Defense:  Provided, That the AROC must approve 
     the requirement and acquisition plan for any service 
     requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually and any non-
     standard equipment requirements in excess of $100,000,000 
     using ASFF:  Provided further, That the Department of Defense 
     must certify to the congressional defense committees that the 
     AROC has convened and approved a process for ensuring 
     compliance with the requirements in the preceding proviso and 
     accompanying report language for the ASFF.
       Sec. 9010.  Funds made available in this title to the 
     Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be 
     used to purchase items having an investment unit cost of not 
     more than $250,000:  Provided, That, upon determination by 
     the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to 
     meet the operational requirements of a Commander of a 
     Combatant Command engaged in contingency operations overseas, 
     such funds may be used to purchase items having an investment 
     item unit cost of not more than $500,000.
       Sec. 9011.  From funds made available to the Department of 
     Defense in this title under the heading ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Air Force'', up to $80,000,000 may be used by 
     the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, to support United States Government transition 
     activities in Iraq by funding the operations and activities 
     of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security 
     assistance teams, including life support, transportation and 
     personal security, and facilities renovation and 
     construction, and site closeout activities prior to returning 
     sites to the Government of Iraq:  Provided, That to the 
     extent authorized under the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2016, the operations and activities that 
     may be carried out by the Office of Security Cooperation in 
     Iraq may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
     include non-operational training activities in support of 
     Iraqi Minister of Defense and Counter Terrorism Service 
     personnel in an institutional environment to address 
     capability gaps, integrate processes relating to 
     intelligence, air sovereignty, combined arms, logistics and 
     maintenance, and to manage and integrate defense-related 
     institutions:  Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
     following the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     and the Secretary of State shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a plan for transitioning any such training 
     activities that they determine are needed after the end of 
     fiscal year 2016, to existing or new contracts for the sale 
     of defense articles or defense services consistent with the 
     provisions of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
     seq.):  Provided further, That, not less than 15 days before 
     making funds available pursuant to the authority provided in 
     this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a written notice containing 
     a detailed justification and timeline for the operations and 
     activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at 
     each site where such operations and activities will be 
     conducted during fiscal year 2016 : Provided further, That 
     amounts made available by this section are designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 9012.  Up to $600,000,000 of funds appropriated by 
     this Act for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund may be 
     used to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to 
     support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security 
     along its borders.
       Sec. 9013.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     under the heading ``Iraq Train and Equip Fund'' may be used 
     to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems.
       Sec. 9014.  For the ``Ukraine Security Assistance 
     Initiative'', $250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That such 
     funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide 
     assistance, including training; equipment; lethal weapons of 
     a defensive nature; logistics support, supplies and services; 
     sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 
     national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement of 
     any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Government 
     of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 
     15 days prior to obligating funds provided under this 
     heading, notify the congressional defense committees in 
     writing of the details of any such obligation:  Provided 
     further, That the United States may accept equipment procured 
     using funds provided under this heading in this or prior Acts 
     that was transferred to the security forces of Ukraine and 
     returned by such forces to the United States:  Provided 
     further, That equipment procured using funds provided under 
     this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred 
     to the military or National Security Forces of Ukraine or 
     returned by such forces to the United States, may be treated 
     as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written 
     notification to the congressional defense committees:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available by this section 
     are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 9015.  Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
     available for replacement of funds for items provided to the 
     Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States 
     to the extent specifically provided for in section 9014 of 
     this Act.
       Sec. 9016.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     under section 9014 for ``Assistance and Sustainment to the 
     Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine'' may be 
     used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems.
       Sec. 9017. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act under the heading ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for payments under section 1233 
     of Public Law 110-181 for reimbursement to the Government of 
     Pakistan

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     may be made available unless the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the 
     congressional defense committees that the Government of 
     Pakistan is--
       (1) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism 
     efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura 
     Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and 
     other domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including 
     taking steps to end support for such groups and prevent them 
     from basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 
     border attacks into neighboring countries;
       (2) not supporting terrorist activities against United 
     States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's 
     military and intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-
     judicially into political and judicial processes in Pakistan;
       (3) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks 
     and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture 
     of IEDs;
       (4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related 
     material and expertise;
       (5) implementing policies to protect judicial independence 
     and due process of law;
       (6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 
     visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance 
     programs in Pakistan; and
       (7) providing humanitarian organizations access to 
     detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani 
     civilians affected by the conflict.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in subsection 
     (a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
     congressional defense committees that it is in the national 
     security interest to do so:  Provided, That if the Secretary 
     of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
     exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries shall report 
     to the congressional defense committees on both the 
     justification for the waiver and on the requirements of this 
     section that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: 
      Provided further, That such report may be submitted in 
     classified form if necessary.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 9018.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     in this Act, $500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense and made available for transfer only to 
     the operation and maintenance, military personnel, and 
     procurement accounts, to improve the intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the 
     Department of Defense:  Provided, That the transfer authority 
     provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, 
     That not later than 30 days prior to exercising the transfer 
     authority provided in this section, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees 
     on the proposed uses of these funds:  Provided further, That 
     the funds provided in this section may not be transferred to 
     any program, project, or activity specifically limited or 
     denied by this Act:  Provided further, That amounts made 
     available by this section are designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, 
     That the authority to provide funding under this section 
     shall terminate on September 30, 2016.
       Sec. 9019.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of the War 
     Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the 
     introduction of United States armed or military forces into 
     hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria where imminent 
     involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 
     circumstances, or into Syrian territory, airspace, or waters 
     while equipped for combat, in contravention of the 
     congressional consultation and reporting requirements of 
     sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543).
       Sec. 9020.  None of the funds in this Act may be made 
     available for the transfer of additional C-130 cargo aircraft 
     to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or the 
     Afghanistan Air Force until the Department of Defense 
     provides a report to the congressional defense committees of 
     the Afghanistan Air Force's medium airlift requirements. The 
     report should identify Afghanistan's ability to utilize and 
     maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory and 
     the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide 
     additional support to the Afghanistan Air Force's current 
     medium airlift capacity.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 9021.  Of the funds appropriated in Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby 
     rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
     specified amounts:  Provided, That such amounts are 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended:
       ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'', 2015/2016, 
     $400,000,000.
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                       CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

       The following appropriations shall be expended under the 
     direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of 
     the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the 
     Department of the Army pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
     and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic 
     ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.
  


                             investigations

       For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 
     collection and study of basic information pertaining to river 
     and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
     protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 
     for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and 
     specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm 
     damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem 
     restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
     construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
     miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
     surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of 
     projects prior to construction, $121,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
     initiate up to, but not more than, 10 new study starts during 
     fiscal year 2016:  Provided further, That the new study 
     starts will consist of seven studies where the majority of 
     the benefits are derived from navigation transportation 
     savings or from flood and storm damage reduction and three 
     studies where the majority of benefits are derived from 
     environmental restoration:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall not deviate from the new starts proposed in 
     the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.

                              construction

       For expenses necessary for the construction of river and 
     harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, 
     aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects 
     authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans 
     and specifications, of such projects (including those 
     involving participation by States, local governments, or 
     private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by 
     law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 
     shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 
     construction); $1,862,250,000, to remain available until 
     expended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the 
     Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the 
     Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived 
     from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by 
     Public Law 104-303; and of which such sums as are necessary 
     to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, 
     rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
     shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except 
     as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary may initiate up to, but not more than, six 
     new construction starts during fiscal year 2016:  Provided 
     further, That the new construction starts will consist of 
     five projects where the majority of the benefits are derived 
     from navigation transportation savings or from flood and 
     storm damage reduction and one project where the majority of 
     the benefits are derived from environmental restoration:  
     Provided further, That for new construction projects, project 
     cost sharing agreements shall be executed as soon as 
     practicable but no later than August 31, 2016:  Provided 
     further, That no allocation for a new start shall be 
     considered final and no work allowance shall be made until 
     the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate an out-year 
     funding scenario demonstrating the affordability of the 
     selected new starts and the impacts on other projects:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may not deviate from the 
     new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.

                   mississippi river and tributaries

       For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects 
     and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley 
     below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, 
     $345,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
     eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors 
     shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

                       operation and maintenance

       For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and 
     care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
     reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
     projects authorized by law; providing security for 
     infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including 
     administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor 
     channels provided by a State, municipality,

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     or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
     of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and 
     charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting 
     waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing 
     obstructions to navigation, $3,137,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary 
     to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and 
     maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for 
     inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
     Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from the 
     special account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived 
     from that account for resource protection, research, 
     interpretation, and maintenance activities related to 
     resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation 
     is available; and of which such sums as become available from 
     fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall 
     be used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 
     dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees have 
     been collected:  Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount 
     of funds provided for each of the programs, projects, or 
     activities funded under this heading shall not be allocated 
     to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 
     fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for 
     use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency 
     activities as the Chief of Engineers determines to be 
     necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers 
     shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining funds 
     which have not been used for emergency activities 
     proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for 
     the programs, projects, or activities.

                           regulatory program

       For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
     pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
     $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

            formerly utilized sites remedial action program

       For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 
     in the United States resulting from work performed as part of 
     the Nation's early atomic energy program, $112,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

       For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and 
     other natural disasters and support emergency operations, 
     repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters 
     as authorized by law, $28,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                                expenses

       For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
     administration of the civil works program in the headquarters 
     of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division 
     Engineers; and for costs of management and operation of the 
     Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for 
     Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and 
     Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of 
     Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil works 
     program, $179,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for 
     official reception and representation purposes and only 
     during the current fiscal year:  Provided, That no part of 
     any other appropriation provided in this title shall be 
     available to fund the civil works activities of the Office of 
     the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction 
     and management activities of the division offices:  Provided 
     further, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies 
     appropriation may be used to fund the supervision and general 
     administration of emergency operations, repairs, and other 
     activities in response to any flood, hurricane, or other 
     natural disaster.

     office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works

       For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
     Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
     $4,750,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That not more than 50 percent of such amount may be 
     obligated or expended until the Assistant Secretary submits 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress a work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of 
     the additional funding provided under each heading in this 
     title (as designated under such heading in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act)) to specific programs, 
     projects, or activities.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this 
     Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the 
     agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that 
     remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
     2016, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
     through a reprogramming of funds that:
       (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or 
     activity;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
     or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
     this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations;
       (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
     for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received 
     from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;
       (5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 
     activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs 
     (6) through (10), unless prior approval is received from the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;
       (6) Investigations.--For a base level over $100,000, 
     reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
     of $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  
     Provided, That for a base level less than $100,000, the 
     reprogramming limit is $25,000:  Provided further, That up to 
     $25,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or 
     activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 
     obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;
       (7) Construction.--For a base level over $2,000,000, 
     reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
     of $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  
     Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the 
     reprogramming limit is $300,000:  Provided further, That up 
     to $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor 
     claims, changed conditions, or real estate deficiency 
     judgments:  Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be 
     reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did 
     not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
     concomitant administrative expenses;
       (8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming 
     authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to 
     emergencies:  Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 
     notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
     these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable:  
     Provided further, That for a base level over $1,000,000, 
     reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
     of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed:  
     Provided further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, 
     the reprogramming limit is $150,000:  Provided further, That 
     $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or 
     activity that did not receive an appropriation;
       (9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--The reprogramming 
     guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the 
     Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance 
     portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, 
     respectively; and
       (10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--
     Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the 
     receiving project is permitted.
       (b) De Minimus Reprogrammings.--In no case should a 
     reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) 
     shall not apply to any project or activity funded under the 
     continuing authorities program.
       (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the 
     baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
     authorities for the current fiscal year which shall include:
       (1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the President's budget request, adjustments made 
     by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
     applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level;
       (2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
     by object class and program, project and activity as detailed 
     in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and
       (3) An identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
     available in this Act solely in accordance with the 
     provisions of this Act and the explanatory statement 
     described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
     this consolidated Act), including the determination and 
     designation of new starts.
       Sec. 103.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to award or modify any contract that commits 
     funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that program, 
     project, or activity that remain unobligated, except that 
     such amounts may include any funds that have been made 
     available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101.
       Sec. 104.  The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service 
     may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds provided in 
     this title under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' to 
     mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers 
     projects.
       Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act making appropriations for Energy and Water 
     Development for any fiscal year may be used by the Corps of 
     Engineers during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 
     to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any 
     change to

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     the regulations in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to 
     the definitions of the terms ``fill material'' or ``discharge 
     of fill material'' for the purposes of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
       Sec. 106.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     an open lake placement alternative of dredged material, after 
     evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable 
     manner for the disposal or management of dredged material 
     originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it 
     is approved under a State water quality certification 
     pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1341.
       Sec. 107. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall execute a transfer 
     agreement with the South Florida Water Management District 
     for the project identified as the ``Ten Mile Creek Water 
     Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project'', carried out 
     under section 528(b)(3) of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3768).
       (b) The transfer agreement under subsection (a) shall 
     require the South Florida Water Management District to 
     operate the transferred project as an environmental 
     restoration project to provide water storage and water 
     treatment options.
       (c) Upon execution of the transfer agreement under 
     subsection (a), the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area 
     Critical Restoration Project shall no longer be authorized as 
     a Federal project.
       Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used for any acquisition that is not consistent with 
     48 CFR 225.7007.
       Sec. 109.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or 
     fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) for the activities identified in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)).

                                TITLE II

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project

                central utah project completion account

       For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah 
     Project Completion Act, $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be deposited into 
     the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for 
     use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
     Commission:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
     heading, $1,350,000 shall be available until September 30, 
     2017, for expenses necessary in carrying out related 
     responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior:  Provided 
     further, That for fiscal year 2016, of the amount made 
     available to the Commission under this Act or any other Act, 
     the Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for 
     administrative expenses.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

       The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
     authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:

                      water and related resources

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For management, development, and restoration of water and 
     related natural resources and for related activities, 
     including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of 
     reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling 
     related Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and 
     related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, 
     State and local governments, federally recognized Indian 
     tribes, and others, $1,118,972,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $22,000 shall be available for transfer to 
     the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $5,899,000 shall be 
     available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin 
     Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary 
     may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund:  Provided, 
     That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the 
     overall appropriation under this heading:  Provided further, 
     That of the total appropriated, the amount for program 
     activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or 
     the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 
     16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account:  
     Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 
     are available until expended for the purposes for which the 
     funds were contributed:  Provided further, That funds 
     advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this 
     account and are available until expended for the same 
     purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts provided herein, funds 
     may be used for high-priority projects which shall be carried 
     out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 
     U.S.C. 1706.

                central valley project restoration fund

       For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
     restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
     Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $49,528,000, to be 
     derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
     Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 
     3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102-575, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the Bureau of 
     Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount 
     of the additional mitigation and restoration payments 
     authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102-575:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
     this heading may be used for the acquisition or leasing of 
     water for in-stream purposes if the water is already 
     committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or 
     order.

                    california bay-delta restoration

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 
     Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent 
     with plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 
     $37,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     such amounts as may be necessary to carry out such activities 
     may be transferred to appropriate accounts of other 
     participating Federal agencies to carry out authorized 
     purposes:  Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be 
     used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program 
     management:  Provided further, That CALFED implementation 
     shall be carried out in a balanced manner with clear 
     performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 
     achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.

                       policy and administration

       For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and 
     related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
     Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
     of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     $59,500,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be 
     nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377:  Provided, That 
     no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be 
     available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and 
     administration expenses.

                        administrative provision

       Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
     available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor 
     vehicles, which are for replacement only.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Sec. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of 
     this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by 
     previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
     funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related 
     Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2016, shall be available for obligation or 
     expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
       (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or 
     activity;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 
     unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate;
       (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity 
     for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior 
     approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate;
       (5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, 
     unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:
       (A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity for 
     which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning of the 
     fiscal year; or
       (B) $300,000 for any program, project or activity for which 
     less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the 
     fiscal year;
       (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 
     Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the 
     Resources Management and Development category to any program, 
     project, or activity in the other category, unless prior 
     approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate; or
       (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
     obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
     $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled contractor 
     claims, increased contractor earnings due to accelerated 
     rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, 
     unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of 
     funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
     Rehabilitation category.
       (c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer means 
     any movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or 
     activity.
       (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a 
     quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all the 
     funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or 
     categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be 
     submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.

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       Sec. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 
     point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis 
     Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the 
     water quality standards of the State of California as 
     approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis 
     drainage waters.
       (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
     and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program 
     shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as 
     reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 
     repaid pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--Alternative 
     Repayment Plan'' and the ``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment 
     Plan'' described in the report entitled ``Repayment Report, 
     Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley 
     Drainage Program, February 1995'', prepared by the Department 
     of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future 
     obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or 
     providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the 
     San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit 
     beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal 
     reclamation law.
       Sec. 203.  The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is 
     amended by--
       (1) striking ``Construction'' and inserting ``Except as 
     provided in section 5B, construction'' in section 3; and
       (2) inserting after section 5A (43 U.S.C. 509a) the 
     following:
       ``Sec. 5B.  Notwithstanding section 3, if the Secretary, in 
     her judgment, determines that additional project benefits, 
     including but not limited to additional conservation storage 
     capacity, are necessary and in the interests of the United 
     States and the project and are feasible and not inconsistent 
     with the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to 
     develop additional project benefits through the construction 
     of new or supplementary works on a project in conjunction 
     with the Secretary's activities under section 2 of this Act 
     and subject to the conditions described in the feasibility 
     study, provided a cost share agreement related to the 
     additional project benefits is reached among non-Federal and 
     Federal funding participants and the costs associated with 
     developing the additional project benefits are allocated 
     exclusively among beneficiaries of the additional project 
     benefits and repaid consistent with all provisions of Federal 
     Reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 43 U.S.C. 371 et 
     seq.) and acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act.''.
       Sec. 204.  Section 5 of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act 
     of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is amended in the first sentence--
        (a) by inserting ``and effective October 1, 2015, not to 
     exceed an additional $1,100,000,000 (October 1, 2003, price 
     levels),'' after ``(October 1, 2003, price levels),'';
       (b) in the proviso--
       (1) by striking ``$1,250,000'' and inserting 
     ``$20,000,000''; and
       (2) by striking ``Congress'' and inserting ``Committee on 
     Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate''; 
     and
       (3) by adding at the end the following: ``For modification 
     expenditures between $1,800,000 and $20,000,000 (October 1, 
     2015, price levels), the Secretary of the Interior shall, at 
     least 30 days before the date on which the funds are 
     expended, submit written notice of the expenditures to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives and Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
     of the Senate that provides a summary of the project, the 
     cost of the project, and any alternatives that were 
     considered.''.
       Sec. 205.  The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
     the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall--
       (1) complete the feasibility studies described in clauses 
     (i)(I) and (ii)(II) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 
     108-361 (118 Stat. 1684) and submit such studies to the 
     appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and 
     the Senate not later than December 31, 2015;
       (2) complete the feasibility studies described in clauses 
     (i)(II) and (ii)(I) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 
     108-361 and submit such studies to the appropriate committees 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 
     November 30, 2016;
       (3) complete the feasibility study described in section 
     103(f)(1)(A) of Public Law 108-361 (118 Stat. 1694) and 
     submit such study to the appropriate committees of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate not later than December 31, 
     2017; and
       (4) provide a progress report on the status of the 
     feasibility studies referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) 
     to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and each 180 days thereafter until 
     December 31, 2017, as applicable. The report shall include 
     timelines for study completion, draft environmental impact 
     statements, final environmental impact statements, and 
     Records of Decision.
       Sec. 206.  Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 
     (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking ``$300,000,000'' 
     and inserting ``$350,000,000''.
       Sec. 207.  Title I of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-
     Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by 
     section 210 of Public Law 111-85, is amended by striking 
     ``2016'' each place it appears and inserting ``2017''.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
     and other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and 
     renewable energy activities in carrying out the purposes of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,073,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
     amount, $155,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
     2017, for program direction:  Provided further, That of the 
     amount provided under this heading, the Secretary may 
     transfer up to $45,000,000 to the Defense Production Act Fund 
     for activities of the Department of Energy pursuant to the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061, et 
     seq.).

              Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

       For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
     and other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and 
     energy reliability activities in carrying out the purposes of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, $206,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
     amount, $28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
     2017, for program direction.

                             Nuclear Energy

       For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
     and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
     facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
     or expansion, $986,161,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 2017, for program direction 
     including official reception and representation expenses not 
     to exceed $10,000.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
     fossil energy research and development activities, under the 
     authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, 
     including defeasible and equitable interests in any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition 
     or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological 
     investigations and research concerning the extraction, 
     processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without 
     objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 
     1602, and 1603), $632,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of such amount $114,202,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 2017, for program direction.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out 
     naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
     $17,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated 
     funds remaining from prior years shall be available for all 
     naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and 
     program management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
     and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $212,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast 
     Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management 
     activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,600,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                   Energy Information Administration

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
     the activities of the Energy Information Administration, 
     $122,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and

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     other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental 
     cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
     Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, $255,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
     uranium enrichment facility decontamination and 
     decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities of 
     title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 
     subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $673,749,000, 
     to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
     Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of 
     which $32,959,000 shall be available in accordance with title 
     X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                Science

       For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
     and other expenses necessary for science activities in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility 
     or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
     expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 passenger motor 
     vehicles for replacement only, including one ambulance and 
     one bus, $5,350,200,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That of such amount, $185,000,000 shall be 
     available until September 30, 2017, for program direction:  
     Provided further, That of such amount, not more than 
     $115,000,000 shall be made available for the in-kind 
     contributions and related support activities of ITER:  
     Provided further, That not later than May 2, 2016, the 
     Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report 
     recommending either that the United States remain a partner 
     in the ITER project after October 2017 or terminate 
     participation, which shall include, as applicable, an 
     estimate of either the full cost, by fiscal year, of all 
     future Federal funding requirements for construction, 
     operation, and maintenance of ITER or the cost of 
     termination.

               Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
     the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America 
     COMPETES Act (Public Law 110-69), $291,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
     $29,250,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 
     program direction.

         Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

       Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 
     borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be 
     collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided, That for 
     necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 
     Guarantee program, $42,000,000 is appropriated, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
     $25,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) 
     of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as 
     offsetting collections to this account to cover 
     administrative expenses and shall remain available until 
     expended, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $17,000,000:  Provided further, That fees collected 
     under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appropriated 
     for administrative expenses shall not be available until 
     appropriated:  Provided further, That the Department of 
     Energy shall not subordinate any loan obligation to other 
     financing in violation of section 1702 of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any 
     loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 
     of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

        Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

       For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 
     in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles 
     Manufacturing Loan Program, $6,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017.

                      Departmental Administration

       For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
     necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the 
     purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $248,142,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, including the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles and official reception and representation expenses 
     not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts as 
     necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost 
     of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the 
     Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.):  Provided, That 
     such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 
     increases of the same or greater amount:  Provided further, 
     That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous 
     revenues estimated to total $117,171,000 in fiscal year 2016 
     may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
     account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, 
     notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302:  Provided 
     further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as 
     collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
     result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the 
     general fund estimated at not more than $130,971,000:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
     under this heading, $31,297,000 is for Energy Policy and 
     Systems Analysis.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, $46,424,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Weapons Activities

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy 
     defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, $8,846,948,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
     amount, $97,118,000 shall be available until September 30, 
     2017, for program direction:  Provided further, That funding 
     made available under this heading may be made available for 
     project engineering and design for the Albuquerque Complex 
     Project.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear 
     nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,940,302,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                             Naval Reactors

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval 
     reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or 
     otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, 
     facilities, and facility expansion, $1,375,496,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
     $42,504,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 
     program direction.

                     Federal Salaries and Expenses

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in 
     the National Nuclear Security Administration, $383,666,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017, including 
     official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
     $12,000:  Provided, That of the unobligated balances from 
     prior year appropriations available under this heading, 
     $19,900,000 is hereby rescinded:  Provided further, That no 
     amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                     Defense Environmental Cleanup

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 
     environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes 
     of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
     et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
     real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of 
     not to exceed one fire apparatus pumper truck and one armored 
     vehicle for replacement only, $5,289,742,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount 
     $281,951,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 
     program direction.

                        Other Defense Activities

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, 
     other defense activities, and classified activities, in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
     facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
     or expansion, $776,425,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $249,137,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 2017, for program direction.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

       Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
     established pursuant

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     to Public Law 93-454, are approved for the Shoshone Paiute 
     Trout Hatchery, the Spokane Tribal Hatchery, the Snake River 
     Sockeye Weirs and, in addition, for official reception and 
     representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000:  
     Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, no new direct loan 
     obligations may be made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

       For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of 
     power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
     power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
     ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 
     Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
     southeastern power area, $6,900,000, including official 
     reception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
     exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the 
     Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,900,000 collected by the 
     Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power and 
     related services shall be credited to this account as 
     discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available 
     until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual 
     expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration:  Provided 
     further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses 
     shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
     fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 
     appropriation estimated at not more than $0:  Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
     $66,500,000 collected by the Southeastern Power 
     Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to 
     recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be 
     credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain 
     available until expended for the sole purpose of making 
     purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses 
     means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same 
     year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
     wheeling expenses).

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

       For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of 
     power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
     power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
     transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
     and for administrative expenses, including official reception 
     and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 
     in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 
     (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power 
     Administration, $47,361,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and 
     section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
     up to $35,961,000 collected by the Southwestern Power 
     Administration from the sale of power and related services 
     shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
     collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
     purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern 
     Power Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
     appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as 
     collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
     result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at 
     not more than $11,400,000:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $63,000,000 collected 
     by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
     Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
     wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as 
     offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
     for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
     expenditures:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
     appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
     generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
     (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

       For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
     section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
     7152), and other related activities including conservation 
     and renewable resources programs as authorized, $307,714,000, 
     including official reception and representation expenses in 
     an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $302,000,000 shall be derived from the 
     Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood 
     Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the 
     Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), 
     up to $214,342,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
     Administration from the sale of power and related services 
     shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
     collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
     purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western Area 
     Power Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
     appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as 
     collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
     result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at 
     not more than $93,372,000, of which $87,658,000 is derived 
     from the Reclamation Fund:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $352,813,000 collected 
     by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the 
     Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 
     1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be 
     credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain 
     available until expended for the sole purpose of making 
     purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses 
     means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same 
     year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
     wheeling expenses).

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

       For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
     hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, 
     $4,490,000, to remain available until expended, and to be 
     derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance 
     Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in 
     section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255):  
     Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that Act and 
     of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,262,000 collected by the Western 
     Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related 
     services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited 
     to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to 
     remain available until expended for the sole purpose of 
     funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities 
     of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
     Administration activities:  Provided further, That the sum 
     herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as 
     collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
     result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at 
     not more than $228,000:  Provided further, That for purposes 
     of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures 
     that are generally recovered in the same year that they are 
     incurred:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, the 
     Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may 
     accept up to $460,000 in funds contributed by United States 
     power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit 
     into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 
     and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which 
     contributed in like manner as if said sums had been 
     specifically appropriated for such purpose:  Provided 
     further, That any such funds shall be available without 
     further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation for 
     use by the Commissioner of the United States Section of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission for the sole 
     purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
     replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these 
     Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 
     Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers.
  


                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of 
     Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official reception 
     and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, $319,800,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, not to exceed $319,800,000 of 
     revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and 
     collections in fiscal year 2016 shall be retained and used 
     for expenses necessary in this account, and shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That the sum 
     herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as 
     revenues are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result 
     in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general 
     fund estimated at not more than $0.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

             (including transfer and rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made 
     available by this title for the Department of Energy shall be 
     used to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity 
     or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar 
     arrangements (including Requests for Quotations, Requests for 
     Information, and Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a 
     program, project, or activity if the program, project, or 
     activity has not been funded by Congress.
       (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
     least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds made 
     available in this title may be used to--
       (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
     totaling $1,000,000 or more;
       (B) make a discretionary contract award or Other 
     Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including 
     a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
       (C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
     or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or 
     (B); or
       (D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
     award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 
     (A) or (B).

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       (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days 
     of the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each 
     grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less 
     than $1,000,000 provided during the previous quarter.
       (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the 
     report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient 
     of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 
     which the funds for the award were appropriated, the account 
     and program, project, or activity from which the funds are 
     being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief description 
     of the activity for which the award is made.
       (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any 
     program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made 
     available in this title under the heading ``Department of 
     Energy--Energy Programs'', enter into a multiyear contract, 
     award a multiyear grant, or enter into a multiyear 
     cooperative agreement unless--
       (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
     for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 
     of award; or
       (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes 
     a clause conditioning the Federal Government's obligation on 
     the availability of future year budget authority and the 
     Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance.
       (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
     the amounts made available by this title shall be expended as 
     authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activities 
     specified in the ``Final Bill'' column in the ``Department of 
     Energy'' table included under the heading ``Title III--
     Department of Energy'' in the explanatory statement described 
     in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
     consolidated Act).
       (e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
     reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
     Department shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of 
     any proposed reprogramming that would cause any program, 
     project, or activity funding level to increase or decrease by 
     more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during 
     the time period covered by this Act.
       (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming of funds that--
       (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, 
     or activity;
       (2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
     or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
     Act; or
       (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a 
     specific program, project, or activity by this Act.
       (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement or 
     restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds 
     made available for the Department of Energy if compliance 
     with such requirement or restriction would pose a substantial 
     risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national 
     security.
       (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under 
     paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 
     days after the date of the activity to which a requirement or 
     restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall 
     include an explanation of the substantial risk under 
     paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver.
       Sec. 302.  The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
     provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
     same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
     pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged with 
     funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter 
     may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
     originally enacted.
       Sec. 303.  Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 
     made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for 
     intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
     authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 
     year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016.
       Sec. 304.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be used for the construction of facilities classified 
     as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 
     unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of 
     Independent Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is 
     in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
       Sec. 305.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
     decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any 
     successive departmental guidance, for construction projects 
     where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a 
     separate independent cost estimate has been developed for the 
     project for that critical decision.
       Sec. 306.  Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, none 
     of the funds made available under the heading ``Department of 
     Energy--Energy Programs--Science'' in this or any subsequent 
     Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
     appropriations Act for any fiscal year may be used for a 
     multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other 
     Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or less unless the 
     contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction 
     Agreement is funded for the full period of performance as 
     anticipated at the time of award.
       Sec. 307. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any prior Act under the heading ``Defense Nuclear 
     Nonproliferation'' may be made available to enter into new 
     contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, 
     the Russian Federation.
       (b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in 
     subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such activity 
     is in the national security interests of the United States. 
     This waiver authority may not be delegated.
       (c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective 
     until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress, in classified form if necessary, a report on the 
     justification for the waiver.
       Sec. 308. (a) New Regional Reserves.--The Secretary of 
     Energy may not establish any new regional petroleum product 
     reserve unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum 
     product reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an 
     annual budget submission and approved by the Congress in an 
     appropriations Act.
       (b) The budget request or notification shall include--
       (1) the justification for the new reserve;
       (2) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and 
     maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;
       (3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including 
     the conditions upon which the products may be released;
       (4) the location of the reserve; and
       (5) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.
       Sec. 309.  Of the amounts made available by this Act for 
     ``National Nuclear Security Administration--Weapons 
     Activities'', up to $50,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 
     such account for Domestic Uranium Enrichment, subject to the 
     notice requirement in section 301(e).
       Sec. 310. (a) Unobligated balances available from 
     appropriations are hereby rescinded from the following 
     accounts of the Department of Energy in the specified 
     amounts:
       (1) ``Energy Programs--Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
     Energy'', $1,355,149.00 from Public Law 110-161; $627,299.24 
     from Public Law 111-8; and $1,824,051.94 from Public Law 111-
     85.
       (2) ``Energy Programs--Science'', $3,200,000.00.
       (b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section from 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       Sec. 311.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     provisions of 40 U.S.C. 11319 shall not apply to funds 
     appropriated in this title to Federally Funded Research and 
     Development Centers sponsored by the Department of Energy.
       Sec. 312.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used--
       (1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, 
     Code of Federal Regulations; or
       (2) to implement or enforce the standards established by 
     the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy 
     Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with 
     respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent 
     reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps.
       Sec. 313. (a) Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts under 
     the headings ``Fossil Energy Research and Development'' and 
     ``Clean Coal Technology'' for prior solicitations under the 
     Clean Coal Power Initiative and FutureGen, not less than 
     $160,000,000 from projects selected under such solicitations 
     that have not reached financial close and have not secured 
     funding sufficient to construct the project prior to 30 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act shall be deobligated, 
     if necessary, shall be utilized for previously selected 
     demonstration projects under such solicitations that have 
     reached financial close or have otherwise secured funding 
     sufficient to construct the project prior to 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, and shall be allocated 
     among such projects in proportion to the total financial 
     contribution by the recipients to those projects stipulated 
     in their respective cooperative agreements.
       (b) Funds utilized pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
     administered in accordance with the provisions in the Act in 
     which the funds for those demonstration projects were 
     originally appropriated, except that financial assistance for 
     costs in excess of those estimated as of the date of award of 
     the original financial assistance may be provided in excess 
     of the proportion of costs borne by the Government in the 
     original agreement and shall not be limited to 25 percent of 
     the original financial assistance.
       (c) No amounts may be repurposed pursuant to this section 
     from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

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       (d) This section shall be fully implemented not later than 
     60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

       For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
     by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, 
     notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for expenses necessary 
     for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the 
     Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 
     share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles, $146,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
     Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456, 
     section 1441, $29,150,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                        Delta Regional Authority

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and 
     to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta 
     Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 
     382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $25,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

                           Denali Commission

       For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including 
     the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and 
     capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 
     $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) 
     of the Denali Commission Act of 1998:  Provided, That funds 
     shall be available for construction projects in an amount not 
     to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed 
     communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali 
     Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 
     105-277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, 
     Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-280), and an amount not 
     to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities.

                  Northern Border Regional Commission

       For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional 
     Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle 
     V of title 40, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That such amounts shall 
     be available for administrative expenses, notwithstanding 
     section 15751(b) of title 40, United States Code.

                 Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

       For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional 
     Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle 
     V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out 
     the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $990,000,000, including official 
     representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated herein, not more than $7,500,000 may be made 
     available for salaries, travel, and other support costs for 
     the Office of the Commission, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, of which, notwithstanding section 
     201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only be 
     approved by a majority vote of the Commission:  Provided 
     further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection 
     services, and other services and collections estimated at 
     $872,864,000 in fiscal year 2016 shall be retained and used 
     for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
     received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final 
     fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 
     $117,136,000:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
     university research and development in areas relevant to 
     their respective organization's mission, and $5,000,000 shall 
     be for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that 
     will support multiyear projects that do not align with 
     programmatic missions but are critical to maintaining the 
     discipline of nuclear science and engineering.

                      office of inspector general

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $12,136,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, 
     inspection services, and other services and collections 
     estimated at $10,060,000 in fiscal year 2016 shall be 
     retained and be available until September 30, 2017, for 
     necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
     notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: 
      Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
     reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 
     2016 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 
     appropriation estimated at not more than $2,076,000:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
     heading, $958,000 shall be for Inspector General services for 
     the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which shall not 
     be available from fee revenues.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical 
     Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 
     5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

       Sec. 401.  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply 
     with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal 
     Commission Procedures when responding to Congressional 
     requests for information.
       Sec. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for 
     the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any 
     program, project, or activity, and the Commission shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 
     reprogramming that would cause any program funding level to 
     increase or decrease by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, 
     whichever is less, during the time period covered by this 
     Act.
       (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the 
     notification requirement in (a) if compliance with such 
     requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health, 
     the environment, welfare, or national security.
       (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
     any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
     not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
     a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
     Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
     risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver and shall 
     provide a detailed report to the Committees of such waiver 
     and changes to funding levels to programs, projects, or 
     activities.
       (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), 
     the amounts made available by this title for ``Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' shall be 
     expended as directed in the explanatory statement described 
     in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
     consolidated Act).
       (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
     through a reprogramming of funds that increases funds or 
     personnel for any program, project, or activity for which 
     funds are denied or restricted by this Act.
       (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
     which includes the following for each program, project, or 
     activity, including any prior year appropriations--
       (1) total budget authority;
       (2) total unobligated balances; and
       (3) total unliquidated obligations.
       Sec. 403.  Public Law 105-277, division A, section 101(g) 
     (title III, section 329(a), (b)) is amended by inserting, in 
     subsection (b), after ``State law'' and before the period the 
     following: ``or for the construction and repair of barge 
     mooring points and barge landing sites to facilitate pumping 
     fuel from fuel transport barges into bulk fuel storage 
     tanks.''.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
     congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
     matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to 
     Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
       Sec. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III 
     of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
     pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided 
     in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal 
     year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority 
     whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States Government may provide goods or services to 
     another department, agency, or instrumentality.
       (b) None of the funds made available for any department, 
     agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
     may be transferred to accounts funded in title III of this 
     Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
     authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
     Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the 
     explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
     preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any 
     authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of

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     the United States Government may provide goods or services to 
     another department, agency, or instrumentality.
       (c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded in 
     this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, except 
     for any authority whereby a department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government may provide 
     goods or services to another department, agency, or 
     instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and in the 
     year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts 
     transferred and the purposes for which they were transferred, 
     and shall not replace or modify existing notification 
     requirements for each authority.
       Sec. 503.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of 
     February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental 
     Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations).
       This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water 
     Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.

 DIVISION E--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
     including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building 
     and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, 
     repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
     insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned 
     overseas, when necessary for the performance of official 
     business; executive direction program activities; 
     international affairs and economic policy activities; 
     domestic finance and tax policy activities, including 
     technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and Treasury-wide 
     management policies and programs activities, $222,500,000:  
     Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading--
       (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses;
       (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of 
     a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
     accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and
       (3) not to exceed $22,200,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, for--
       (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
     Internal Control Program;
       (B) information technology modernization requirements;
       (C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the Gulf 
     Coast Restoration Trust Fund; and
       (D) the development and implementation of programs within 
     the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and 
     Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative 
     agreements.

             office of terrorism and financial intelligence

                         salaries and expenses

       For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and 
     Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system 
     against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist 
     facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, 
     money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security 
     threats, $117,000,000:  Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading: (1) not to exceed 
     $27,100,000 is available for administrative expenses; and (2) 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

        department-wide systems and capital investments programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For development and acquisition of automatic data 
     processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs 
     and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of the 
     Treasury, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2018:  Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to 
     accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the 
     requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
     organizations:  Provided further, That this transfer 
     authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided in this Act:  Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
     support or supplement ``Internal Revenue Service, Operations 
     Support'' or ``Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems 
     Modernization''.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $35,416,000, including hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 
     for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
     allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 
     General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017, shall be for audits and 
     investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the 
     Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist 
     Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States 
     Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed 
     $1,000 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

           treasury inspector general for tax administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General 
     for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
     determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; 
     $167,275,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2017; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 
     shall be available for official travel expenses; of which not 
     to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen 
     emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and 
     expended under the direction of the Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

    special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 
     Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     343), $40,671,000.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel 
     and training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government 
     personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with 
     domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law 
     enforcement, and financial regulation; services authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal 
     law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
     $112,979,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018.

                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $700,000,000 are rescinded.

                      Bureau of the Fiscal Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the 
     Fiscal Service, $363,850,000; of which not to exceed 
     $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, is 
     for information systems modernization initiatives; of which 
     $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 
     $19,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, is 
     to support the Department's activities related to 
     implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency 
     Act (DATA Act; Public Law 113-101), including changes in 
     business processes, workforce, or information technology to 
     support high quality, transparent Federal spending 
     information.
       In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and 
     personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
     authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101-380.

                Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, $106,439,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; not to 
     exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and development 
     programs for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory 
     assistance to State and local agencies with or without 
     reimbursement:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of 
     accelerating the processing of formula and label 
     applications.

                           United States Mint

               united states mint public enterprise fund

       Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, 
     the United States Mint is provided funding through the United 
     States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with 
     the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and 
     protective services, including both operating expenses and 
     capital investments:  Provided, That the aggregate amount of 
     new liabilities and obligations incurred during fiscal year 
     2016 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and 
     protective service capital investments of the United States 
     Mint shall not exceed $20,000,000.

   Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account

       To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
     Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of 
     Public Law 103-325), including services authorized by section 
     3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per

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     diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX-3, $233,523,000. Of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading--
       (1) not less than $153,423,000, notwithstanding section 
     108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard 
     to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
     Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 
     30, 2017, for financial assistance and technical assistance 
     under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), 
     respectively, of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) 
     and (B)), of which up to $3,102,500 may be used for the cost 
     of direct loans:  Provided, That the cost of direct and 
     guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000;
       (2) not less than $15,500,000, notwithstanding section 
     108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is 
     available until September 30, 2017, for financial assistance, 
     technical assistance, training and outreach programs designed 
     to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan 
     Native communities and provided primarily through qualified 
     community development lender organizations with experience 
     and expertise in community development banking and lending in 
     Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and 
     tribal organizations, and other suitable providers;
       (3) not less than $19,000,000 is available until September 
     30, 2017, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;
       (4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
     (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 
     4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2017, for 
     a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial 
     assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to 
     community development financial institutions for the purpose 
     of offering affordable financing and technical assistance to 
     expand the availability of healthy food options in distressed 
     communities;
       (5) up to $23,600,000 is available until September 30, 
     2016, for administrative expenses, including administration 
     of CDFI fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, 
     of which not less than $1,000,000 is for capacity building to 
     expand CDFI investments in underserved rural areas, and up to 
     $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program; and
       (6) during fiscal year 2016, none of the funds available 
     under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
     commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A 
     of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory 
     Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a):  Provided, That 
     commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 
     114A shall not exceed $750,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     such section 114A shall remain in effect until September 30, 
     2016.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                           taxpayer services

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
     provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
     and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy 
     services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
     $2,156,554,000, of which not less than $6,500,000 shall be 
     for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not 
     less than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income 
     taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less than 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax 
     Assistance matching grants program for tax return preparation 
     assistance, of which not less than $206,000,000 shall be 
     available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate 
     Service:  Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
     the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
     be for identity theft casework.

                              enforcement

       For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of 
     the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed 
     taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to conduct 
     criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related 
     to violations of internal revenue laws and other financial 
     crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehicles (31 
     U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
     Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not to exceed 
     $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     and of which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the 
     Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program.

                           operations support

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
     support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including 
     rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; 
     physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide 
     administration activities; research and statistics of income; 
     telecommunications; information technology development, 
     enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the 
     operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
     and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
     rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
     $3,638,446,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017; of which not to 
     exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and 
     renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2018, for 
     research; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, 
     That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, 
     the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United 
     States detailing the cost and schedule performance for its 
     major information technology investments, including the 
     purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 
     for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such 
     investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is 
     using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental 
     milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the 
     next quarter:  Provided further, That the Internal Revenue 
     Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal 
     year 2017, a summary of cost and schedule performance 
     information for its major information technology systems.

                     business systems modernization

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service's 
     business systems modernization program, $290,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2018, for the capital 
     asset acquisition of information technology systems, 
     including management and related contractual costs of said 
     acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service 
     labor costs, and contractual costs associated with operations 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  Provided, That not later than 
     30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 
     Service shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing 
     the cost and schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized 
     e-File information technology investments, including the 
     purposes and life-cycle stages of the investments; the 
     reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of 
     such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue 
     Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected 
     developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be 
     incurred in the next quarter.

          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
     may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
     appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 102.  The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an 
     employee training program, which shall include the following 
     topics: taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with 
     taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the 
     impartial application of tax law.
       Sec. 103.  The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
     enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
     confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers 
     against identity theft.
       Sec. 104.  Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved 
     facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and 
     effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
     Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 
     Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority 
     and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time 
     to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to 
     victims of tax-related crimes.
       Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available to the Internal 
     Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make a video 
     unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board determines in 
     advance that making the video is appropriate, taking into 
     account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of the video.
       Sec. 106.  The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 
     notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 
     employer making employment tax payments, and such notice 
     shall be sent to both the employer's former and new address 
     and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service 
     shall give special consideration to an offer-in-compromise 
     from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a third 
     party payroll tax preparer.
       Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
     citizens of the United States for exercising any right 
     guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
     the United States.
       Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for 
     regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.

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       Sec. 109.  None of funds made available by this Act to the 
     Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on 
     conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 
     verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
     policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Capital 
     Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the 
     recommendations in the report published on May 31, 2013, by 
     the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 
     entitled ``Review of the August 2010 Small Business/Self-
     Employed Division's Conference in Anaheim, California'' 
     (Reference Number 2013-10-037).
       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended--
       (1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, award, 
     or recognition program; or
       (2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with 
     respect to re-hiring a former employee,
     unless such program or process takes into account the conduct 
     and Federal tax compliance of such employee or former 
     employee.
       Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and 
     disclosure of returns and return information).
       Sec. 112.  Except to the extent provided in section 6014, 
     6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no 
     funds in this or any other Act shall be available to the 
     Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person a proposed 
     final return or statement for use by such person to satisfy a 
     filing or reporting requirement under such Code.
       Sec. 113.  In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
     available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 
     $290,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2017, shall 
     be transferred by the Commissioner to the ``Taxpayer 
     Services'', ``Enforcement'', or ``Operations Support'' 
     accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 
     amount to be used solely for measurable improvements in the 
     customer service representative level of service rate, to 
     improve the identification and prevention of refund fraud and 
     identity theft, and to enhance cybersecurity to safeguard 
     taxpayer data:  Provided, That such funds shall supplement, 
     not supplant any other amounts made available by the Internal 
     Revenue Service for such purpose:  Provided further, That 
     such funds shall not be available until the Commissioner 
     submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a spending plan for such 
     funds:  Provided further, That such funds shall not be used 
     to support any provision of Public Law 111-148, Public Law 
     111-152, or any amendment made by either such Public Law.

         Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 114.  Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
     in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
     maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for 
     official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; 
     purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general 
     purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used 
     overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts 
     with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and 
     medical services to employees and their dependents serving in 
     foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 115.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
     this title made available under the headings ``Departmental 
     Offices--Salaries and Expenses'', ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', ``Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 
     Relief Program'', ``Financial Crimes Enforcement Network'', 
     ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'', and ``Alcohol and Tobacco 
     Tax and Trade Bureau'' may be transferred between such 
     appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:  Provided, That, upon advance approval of such 
     Committees, not to exceed 2 percent of any such 
     appropriations may be transferred to the ``Office of 
     Terrorism and Financial Intelligence'':  Provided further, 
     That no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 
     any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 116.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
     made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
     may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That no transfer 
     may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 
     2 percent.
       Sec. 117.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act or 
     otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the 
     $1 Federal Reserve note.
       Sec. 118.  The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
     from the ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and 
     Expenses'' to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 
     the costs of debt collection:  Provided, That such amounts 
     shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
     from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.
       Sec. 119.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
     States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the 
     explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee 
     on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       Sec. 120.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act or source to the 
     Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
     Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or 
     collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
     of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States 
     Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 
     Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 121.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
     available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the 
     Department of the Treasury's intelligence or intelligence 
     related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
     by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2016 
     until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016.
       Sec. 122.  Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
     from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Industrial 
     Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 
     representation expenses.
       Sec. 123.  The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a 
     Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
     30 days following the submission of the annual budget 
     submitted by the President:  Provided, That such Capital 
     Investment Plan shall include capital investment spending 
     from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury, 
     including but not limited to the Department-wide Systems and 
     Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund 
     account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account:  Provided 
     further, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include 
     expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each 
     capital investment project that has not been fully completed.
       Sec. 124. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
     quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of 
     Financial Research shall submit reports on their activities 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       (1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
     object class, office, and activity;
       (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the 
     fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
       (3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
     during the previous quarter;
       (4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
     each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
       (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
     performance measures of each office.
       (c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
     subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 
     Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 
     to testify on the contents of the reports required under 
     subsection (a).
       Sec. 125.  Within 45 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
     itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
     total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
     including the amount charged for each service provided by the 
     Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the 
     services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each 
     service is calculated, and a description of the role 
     customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund.
       Sec. 126.  The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
     with the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, and 
     commissions that have expertise in terrorism and complex 
     financial instruments, shall provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House 
     of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs of the Senate not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act on economic warfare and 
     financial terrorism.
       Sec. 127.  During fiscal year 2016--
       (1) none of the funds made available in this or any other 
     Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including 
     the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize 
     any regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited 
     to a particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 
     used

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     to determine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
     for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 
     501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the 
     proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 
     (November 29, 2013)); and
       (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 1, 
     2010, which are used to make such determinations shall apply 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes of 
     determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of 
     organizations created on, before, or after such date.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE II

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT

                            The White House

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by 
     law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence 
     expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be 
     expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
     $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 
     U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, to be available for allocation 
     within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
     necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the 
     White House, $12,723,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
     provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.

                         reimbursable expenses

       For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
     the White House, such sums as may be necessary:  Provided, 
     That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive 
     Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 
     this paragraph:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, such amount for reimbursable 
     operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the 
     Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive 
     offsetting collections, for such expenses:  Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall require each person 
     sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance 
     an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, and all 
     such advance payments shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall require the national committee of 
     the political party of the President to maintain on deposit 
     $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for 
     expenses relating to reimbursable political events sponsored 
     by such committee during such fiscal year:  Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
     notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating 
     expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
     such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, 
     and that such amount is collected within 30 days after the 
     submission of such notice:  Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
     penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not 
     reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
     interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding 
     debt on a United States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 
     3717:  Provided further, That each such amount that is 
     reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, shall 
     be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:  
     Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare 
     and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later 
     than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
     Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating 
     expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 
     fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, the 
     amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official 
     and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists 
     of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each 
     such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the 
     report:  Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
     maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 
     reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that 
     includes a standard for the classification of any such 
     expense as political or nonpolitical:  Provided further, That 
     no provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 
     Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement of 
     subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
     Code.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
     Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
     105(d), $750,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     required maintenance, resolution of safety and health issues, 
     and continued preventative maintenance.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers 
     in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 
     1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,195,000.

        National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and 
     the Homeland Security Council, including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,800,000.

                        Office of Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     $96,116,000, of which not to exceed $7,994,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for continued modernization of 
     information resources within the Executive Office of the 
     President.

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and 
     to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
     Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, $95,000,000, of which not to exceed 
     $3,000 shall be available for official representation 
     expenses:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
     this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used 
     for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing 
     orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions 
     of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
     601 et seq.):  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 
     may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 
     testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, before the Committees on 
     Appropriations or their subcommittees:  Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available for the Office of Management 
     and Budget by this Act, no less than one full-time equivalent 
     senior staff position shall be dedicated solely to the Office 
     of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 
     prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the 
     Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating or 
     determining if water resource project or study reports 
     submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the 
     Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applicable 
     laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the Civil 
     Works water resource planning process:  Provided further, 
     That the Office of Management and Budget shall have not more 
     than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of 
     water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has 
     reported:  Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 
     authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60-day 
     review is initiated:  Provided further, That if water 
     resource reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate 
     authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days after 
     the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period 
     based on the notification from the Director, Congress shall 
     assume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the 
     report and act accordingly.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
     2006 (Public Law 109-469); not to exceed $10,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; and for participation 
     in joint projects or in the provision of services on matters 
     of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public 
     organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
     $20,047,000:  Provided, That the Office is authorized to 
     accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
     personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
     for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
     Office.

                     federal drug control programs

             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Program, $250,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, for drug control activities consistent with the 
     approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity 
     Drug Trafficking Areas (``HIDTAs''), of which not less than 
     51 percent shall be transferred to State and local entities 
     for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later 
     than 120 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided, That up 
     to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and 
     departments in amounts determined by the Director of the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
     $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services

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     and associated activities:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding the requirements of Public Law 106-58, any 
     unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2014 may be 
     used for any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject 
     to reprogramming requirements:  Provided further, That each 
     HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2015, shall be funded at 
     not less than the fiscal year 2015 base level, unless the 
     Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 
     changes to those levels based on clearly articulated 
     priorities and published Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy performance measures of effectiveness:  Provided 
     further, That the Director shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2016 
     funding among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 
     of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses 
     of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation 
     with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That upon a 
     determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
     from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
     provided herein and upon notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
     appropriation.

                  other federal drug control programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For other drug control activities authorized by the Office 
     of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 
     (Public Law 109-469), $109,810,000, to remain available until 
     expended, which shall be available as follows: $95,000,000 
     for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which $2,000,000 
     shall be made available as directed by section 4 of Public 
     Law 107-82, as amended by Public Law 109-469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 
     note); $2,000,000 for drug court training and technical 
     assistance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,060,000 
     for the United States membership dues to the World Anti-
     Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available as 
     directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109-469:  Provided, 
     That amounts made available under this heading may be 
     transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to 
     carry out such activities.

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
     unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
     security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
     the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
     $800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

              Information Technology Oversight and Reform

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, 
     efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
     technology in the Federal Government, $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget may transfer these funds to 
     one or more other agencies to carry out projects to meet 
     these purposes.

                  Special Assistance to the President

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
     provide assistance to the President in connection with 
     specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses 
     as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
     accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, $4,228,000.

                Official Residence of the Vice President

                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to 
     the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, 
     including electric power and fixtures, of the official 
     residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
     106(b)(2), $299,000:  Provided, That advances, repayments, or 
     transfers from this appropriation may be made to any 
     department or agency for expenses of carrying out such 
     activities.

Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
                     Appropriated to the President

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 201.  From funds made available in this Act under the 
     headings ``The White House'', ``Executive Residence at the 
     White House'', ``White House Repair and Restoration'', 
     ``Council of Economic Advisers'', ``National Security Council 
     and Homeland Security Council'', ``Office of 
     Administration'', ``Special Assistance to the President'', 
     and ``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such 
     other officer as the President may designate in writing), 
     may, with advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such 
     appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 
     with and available for the same time and for the same 
     purposes as the appropriation to which transferred:  
     Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
     increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers:  
     Provided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
     ``Special Assistance to the President'' or ``Official 
     Residence of the Vice President'' without the approval of the 
     Vice President.
       Sec. 202.  Within 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this section, the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203). Such 
     report shall include--
       (1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary obligations 
     of funds through fiscal year 2018, by Federal agency and by 
     fiscal year, including--
       (A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs such as rent, 
     information technology, contracts, and personnel;
       (B) the methodology and data sources used to calculate such 
     estimated obligations; and
       (C) the specific section of such Act that requires the 
     obligation of funds; and
       (2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 2018 from 
     assessments, user fees, and other fees by the Federal agency 
     making the collections, by fiscal year, including--
       (A) the methodology and data sources used to calculate such 
     estimated collections; and
       (B) the specific section of such Act that authorizes the 
     collection of funds.
       Sec. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2016, any Executive order 
     or Presidential memorandum issued by the President shall be 
     accompanied by a written statement from the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, 
     including costs, benefits, and revenues, of such order or 
     memorandum.
       (b) Any such statement shall include--
       (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
     order or memorandum on the Federal Government;
       (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
     and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed 
     by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal year period 
     beginning in fiscal year 2016; and
       (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government as the 
     result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal-year 
     period beginning in fiscal year 2016.
       (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is 
     issued during fiscal year 2016 due to a national emergency, 
     the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may issue 
     the statement required by subsection (a) not later than 15 
     days after the date that such order or memorandum is issued.
       (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
     memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
     estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
     $100,000,000.
       This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the 
     President Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                               TITLE III

                             THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 
     Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and 
     grounds, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
     authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
     miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice 
     may approve, $75,838,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
     justice and associate justices of the court.

                    care of the building and grounds

       For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
     Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
     the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $9,964,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary 
     expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $30,872,000.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
     judge and judges of the court.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 
     services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized 
     by law, $18,160,000.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
     judge and judges of the court.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         salaries and expenses

       For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and 
     employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically 
     provided for, necessary expenses of

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     the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of 
     uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as 
     authorized by law, $4,918,969,000 (including the purchase of 
     firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 
     shall remain available until expended for space alteration 
     projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 
     space alteration and construction projects.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit and 
     district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
     of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
     judges retired from office or from regular active service.
       In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the 
     National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
     660), not to exceed $6,050,000, to be appropriated from the 
     Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

                           defender services

       For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
     appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 
     3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of expenses 
     of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and other 
     services for such representations as authorized by law; the 
     compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 18 U.S.C. 
     3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed 
     to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has 
     waived representation by counsel; the compensation and 
     reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent 
     jurors in civil actions for the protection of their 
     employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the 
     compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
     appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with 
     certain judicial civil forfeiture proceedings; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of 
     guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for 
     necessary training and general administrative expenses, 
     $1,004,949,000, to remain available until expended.

                    fees of jurors and commissioners

       For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
     1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as 
     authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of 
     commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
     rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
     U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $44,199,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the compensation of 
     land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of 
     the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.

                             court security

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     incident to the provision of protective guard services for 
     United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
     Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
     and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United 
     States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
     operations, including building ingress-egress control, 
     inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 
     perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 
     Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 
     authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and 
     Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $538,196,000, of 
     which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the 
     United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible 
     for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program 
     consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts and the Attorney General.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
     United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor 
     vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and 
     rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $85,665,000, 
     of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
     authorized by Public Law 90-219, $27,719,000; of which 
     $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2017, 
     to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; 
     and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
     $17,570,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 301.  Appropriations and authorizations made in this 
     title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be 
     available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 302.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
     in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
     but no such appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, 
     District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender 
     Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
     Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', 
     shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
     transfers:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this 
     section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
     sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available 
     for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in section 608.
       Sec. 303.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     salaries and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, 
     District Courts, and Other Judicial Services'' shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses 
     of the Judicial Conference of the United States:  Provided, 
     That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall 
     be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of 
     the Judicial Conference.
       Sec. 304.  Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, 
     shall be applied by substituting ``Federal'' for 
     ``executive'' each place it appears.
       Sec. 305.  In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States 
     Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its 
     Director may designate in consultation with the Director of 
     the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for 
     purposes of a pilot program, the security services that 40 
     U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to 
     provide, except for the services specified in 40 U.S.C. 
     1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services at 
     these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States 
     Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland 
     Security.
       Sec. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 
     Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is 
     amended in the second sentence (relating to the District of 
     Kansas) following paragraph (12), by striking ``24 years and 
     6 months'' and inserting ``25 years and 6 months''.
       (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing 
     and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
     Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is 
     amended in the second sentence (relating to the eastern 
     District of Missouri) by striking ``22 years and 6 months'' 
     and inserting ``23 years and 6 months''.
       (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of 
     Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273; 
     28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence by striking ``13 years'' and 
     inserting ``14 years'';
       (2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 
     District of California), by striking ``12 years and 6 
     months'' and inserting ``13 years and 6 months''; and
       (3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 
     of North Carolina), by striking ``11 years'' and inserting 
     ``12 years''.
       Sec. 307.  Section 3602(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) by inserting after the first sentence: ``A person 
     appointed as a probation officer in one district may serve in 
     another district with the consent of the appointing court and 
     the court in the other district.''; and
       (2) by inserting in the last sentence ``appointing'' before 
     ``court may, for cause''.
       This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations 
     Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE IV

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                             Federal Funds

              federal payment for resident tuition support

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
     deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program 
     to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia 
     resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That such funds, including any 
     interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible 
     District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon 
     the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at 
     public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to 
     $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher 
     education:  Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
     may be prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic 
     merit, the income and need of eligible students and such 
     other factors as may be authorized:  Provided further, That 
     the District of Columbia government shall maintain a 
     dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support Program 
     that shall consist of the

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     Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any 
     subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from 
     prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any 
     fiscal year:  Provided further, That the account shall be 
     under the control of the District of Columbia Chief Financial 
     Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of 
     carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program:  Provided 
     further, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall 
     provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 
     made and the purpose therefor.

   federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the 
                          district of columbia

       For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined 
     by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
     consultation with the elected county or city officials of 
     surrounding jurisdictions, $13,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
     events related to the presence of the National Capital in the 
     District of Columbia, including support requested by the 
     Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying out 
     protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 
     respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or 
     attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding 
     jurisdictions.

           federal payment to the district of columbia courts

       For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
     Courts, $274,401,000 to be allocated as follows: for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,192,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 
     District of Columbia, $123,638,000, of which not to exceed 
     $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 
     for the District of Columbia Court System, $73,981,000, of 
     which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and $62,590,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, for capital improvements for 
     District of Columbia courthouse facilities:  Provided, That 
     funds made available for capital improvements shall be 
     expended consistent with the District of Columbia Courts 
     master plan study and facilities condition assessment:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned 
     quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
     obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
     agencies:  Provided further, That 30 days after providing 
     written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, the District of 
     Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of 
     the funds provided under this heading among the items and 
     entities funded under this heading:  Provided further, That 
     the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the 
     District of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program 
     substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter 
     II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, for 
     employees of the District of Columbia Courts.

  federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts

       For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
     11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation 
     provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice 
     Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the 
     Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or 
     pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad 
     litem representation, training, technical assistance, and 
     such other services as are necessary to improve the quality 
     of guardian ad litem representation, payments for counsel 
     appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 
     16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 
     21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided 
     under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective 
     Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 
     $49,890,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That funds provided under this heading shall be administered 
     by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the 
     District of Columbia:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
     appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
     manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal 
     agencies.

 federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency 
                      for the district of columbia

       For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
     of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as 
     authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997, $244,763,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses related to Community Supervision and 
     Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed 
     $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 
     implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
     Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which 
     $182,406,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 
     Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include 
     expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject to 
     protection orders or the provision of services for or related 
     to such persons, of which up to $3,159,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018, for the relocation of 
     offender supervision field offices; and of which $62,357,000 
     shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
     by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
     expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
     salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies:  Provided 
     further, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
     programmatic incentives for offenders and defendants 
     successfully meeting terms of supervision:  Provided further, 
     That the Director is authorized to accept and use gifts in 
     the form of in-kind contributions of the following: space and 
     hospitality to support offender and defendant programs; 
     equipment, supplies, clothing, and professional development 
     and vocational training services and items necessary to 
     sustain, educate, and train offenders and defendants, 
     including their dependent children; and programmatic 
     incentives for offenders and defendants meeting terms of 
     supervision:  Provided further, That the Director shall keep 
     accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of 
     any gift under the previous proviso, and shall make such 
     records available for audit and public inspection:  Provided 
     further, That the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
     Agency Director is authorized to accept and use reimbursement 
     from the District of Columbia Government for space and 
     services provided on a cost reimbursable basis.

  federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service

       For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
     of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
     Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 
     Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
     $40,889,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
     apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
     and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 
     31, United States Code, and in addition to the authority 
     provided by the District of Columbia Code Section 2-1607(b), 
     upon approval of the Board of Trustees, the District of 
     Columbia Public Defender Service may accept and use voluntary 
     and uncompensated services for the purpose of aiding or 
     facilitating the work of the District of Columbia Public 
     Defender Service:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     District of Columbia Code section 2-1603(d), for the purpose 
     of any action brought against the Board of the Trustees of 
     the District of Columbia Public Defender Service at any time 
     during fiscal year 2016 or any previous fiscal year, the 
     trustees shall be deemed to be employees of the Public 
     Defender Service.

 federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and 
     Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer 
     Overflow Long-Term Plan:  Provided, That the District of 
     Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent 
     match for this payment.

      federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council

       For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
     Council, $1,900,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     support initiatives related to the coordination of Federal 
     and local criminal justice resources in the District of 
     Columbia.

                federal payment for judicial commissions

       For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and 
     Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, 
     $270,000.

                 federal payment for school improvement

       For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in 
     the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarship 
     for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 
     112-10):  Provided, That, to the extent that funds are 
     available for opportunity scholarships and following the 
     priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, the 
     Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available to 
     students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act (Public 
     Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who were not 
     offered a scholarship during any previous school year:  
     Provided further, That within funds provided for opportunity 
     scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for the activities

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     specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of the 
     Act.

      federal payment for the district of columbia national guard

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 
     Guard, $435,000, to remain available until expended for the 
     Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia 
     National Guard Retention and College Access Program.

         federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the 
     testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals 
     with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
     immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
     $5,000,000.

                       District of Columbia Funds

       Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia 
     for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the 
     District of Columbia (``General Fund'') for programs and 
     activities set forth under the heading ``District of Columbia 
     Funds Summary of Expenses'' and at the rate set forth under 
     such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget 
     Request Act of 2015 submitted to the Congress by the District 
     of Columbia as amended as of the date of enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1-204.50a, D.C. Official 
     Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47-369.01 
     and 47-369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this 
     Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
     expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2016 
     under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included in 
     the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act of 2015 submitted to 
     Congress by the District of Columbia as amended as of the 
     date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 
     revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year:  
     Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 
     increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
     expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital 
     needs:  Provided further, That such increases shall be 
     approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply 
     with all reserve requirements contained in the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act:  Provided further, That the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such 
     steps as are necessary to assure that the District of 
     Columbia meets these requirements, including the apportioning 
     by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and 
     funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2016, 
     except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
     operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or 
     other obligations issued for capital projects.
       This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE V

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Administrative Conference of the United States

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., 
     $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of 
     which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
     awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
     Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $125,000,000, of which 
     not less than $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, to reduce the costs of third party 
     testing associated with certification of children's products 
     under section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
     U.S.C. 2063).

                     Election Assistance Commission

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
     Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252), $9,600,000, of which 
     $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology for election reform activities 
     authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
     Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not 
     to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
     counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $339,844,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That in addition, $44,168,497 shall be made available until 
     expended for necessary expenses associated with moving to a 
     new facility or reconfiguring the existing space to 
     significantly reduce space consumption:  Provided further, 
     That $384,012,497 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 
     and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
     Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for 
     necessary expenses and shall remain available until expended: 
      Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
     reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 
     appropriation estimated at $0:  Provided further, That any 
     offsetting collections received in excess of $384,012,497 in 
     fiscal year 2016 shall not be available for obligation:  
     Provided further, That remaining offsetting collections from 
     prior years collected in excess of the amount specified for 
     collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available 
     on October 1, 2015, shall not be available for obligation:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 
     309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding 
     system that may be retained and made available for obligation 
     shall not exceed $117,000,000 for fiscal year 2016:  Provided 
     further, That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $11,600,000 shall be for the salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of Inspector General.

      administrative provisions--federal communications commission

       Sec. 501.  Section 302 of the Universal Service 
     Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
     striking ``December 31, 2016'', each place it appears and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2017''.
       Sec. 502.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
     amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal 
     service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 
     recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
     Service regarding single connection or primary line 
     restrictions on universal service support payments.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                    office of the inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $34,568,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
     Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC 
     Resolution Fund.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $76,119,000, of which 
     $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     for lease expiration and replacement lease expenses; and of 
     which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
     and representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
     Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
     1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
     including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and including official reception and 
     representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
     $26,200,000:  Provided, That public members of the Federal 
     Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 
     diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
     5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government 
     service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds 
     received from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 
     labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to 
     and merged with this account, to be available without further 
     appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 
     conferences.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
     including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $306,900,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to 
     contract with a person or persons for collection services in 
     accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718:  Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $124,000,000 of offsetting collections derived 
     from fees collected for premerger notification filings under 
     the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
     U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be 
     retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in 
     offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to 
     implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 
     promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and 
     Abuse Prevention Act (15

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     U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this account, and 
     be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
     appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
     offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2016, 
     so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation 
     from the general fund estimated at not more than 
     $168,900,000:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to 
     implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).

                    General Services Administration

                        real property activities

                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections 
     deposited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary 
     expenses of real property management and related activities 
     not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, 
     and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; 
     rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration 
     of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including 
     space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 
     in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer 
     of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or 
     servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of 
     federally owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and 
     appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 
     preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
     buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as 
     otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
     purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
     federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
     projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
     buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and 
     payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for 
     public buildings acquired by installment purchase and 
     purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 
     $10,196,124,000, of which--
       (1) $1,607,738,000 shall remain available until expended 
     for construction and acquisition (including funds for sites 
     and expenses, and associated design and construction 
     services) as follows:
       (A) $341,000,000 shall be for the DHS Consolidation at St. 
     Elizabeths;
       (B) $105,600,000 shall be for the Alexandria Bay, New York, 
     Land Port of Entry;
       (C) $85,645,000 shall be for the Columbus, New Mexico, Land 
     Port of Entry;
       (D) $947,760,000 shall be for new construction projects of 
     the Federal Judiciary as prioritized in the ``Federal 
     Judiciary Courthouse Project Priorities'' plan approved by 
     the Judicial Conference of the United States on September 17, 
     2015, and submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on September 28, 2015;
       (E) $52,733,000 shall be for new construction and 
     acquisition projects that are joint United States courthouses 
     and Federal buildings, including U.S. Post Offices, on the 
     ``FY2015-FY2019 Five-Year Capital Investment Plan'' submitted 
     by the General Services Administration to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations with the agency's fiscal 
     year 2016 Congressional Justification; and
       (F) $75,000,000 shall be for construction management and 
     oversight activities, and other project support costs, for 
     the FBI Headquarters Consolidation:
       Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 
     construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the 
     extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 
     not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in a 
     transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval 
     is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 
     greater amount;
       (2) $735,331,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
     construction services, of which--
       (A) $310,331,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations;
       (B) $300,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; and
       (C) $125,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs, of 
     which--
       (i) $20,000,000 is for Fire and Life Safety;
       (ii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Capital Security;
       (iii) $10,000,000 is for Energy and Water Retrofit and 
     Conservation Measures; and
       (iv) $75,000,000 is for Consolidation Activities:  
     Provided, That consolidation projects result in reduced 
     annual rent paid by the tenant agency:  Provided further, 
     That no consolidation project exceed $20,000,000 in costs:  
     Provided further, That consolidation projects are approved by 
     each of the committees specified in section 3307(a) of title 
     40, United States Code:  Provided further, That preference is 
     given to consolidation projects that achieve a utilization 
     rate of 130 usable square feet or less per person for office 
     space:  Provided further, That the obligation of funds under 
     this paragraph for consolidation activities may not be made 
     until 10 days after a proposed spending plan and explanation 
     for each project to be undertaken, including estimated 
     savings, has been submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:
       Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 
     Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
     shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
     identified for each project, except each project in this or 
     any previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 
     10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:  Provided 
     further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have 
     been fully approved may be funded under this category only if 
     advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That the amounts provided 
     in this or any prior Act for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may 
     be used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
     improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
     standards for security in accordance with current law and in 
     compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 
     appropriate Committees of the House and Senate:  Provided 
     further, That the difference between the funds appropriated 
     and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under 
     the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', may be transferred 
     to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized 
     increases in prospectus projects:  Provided further, That the 
     amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs 
     and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the 
     Government arising from any projects under the heading 
     ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund authorized 
     increases in prospectus projects;
       (3) $5,579,055,000 for rental of space to remain available 
     until expended; and
       (4) $2,274,000,000 for building operations to remain 
     available until expended, of which $1,137,000,000 is for 
     building services, and $1,137,000,000 is for salaries and 
     expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of 
     any appropriation made available under this paragraph for 
     building operations may be transferred between and merged 
     with such appropriations upon notification to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
     than 5 percent by any such transfers:  Provided further, That 
     section 508 of this title shall not apply with respect to 
     funds made available under this heading for building 
     operations:  Provided further, That the total amount of funds 
     made available from this Fund to the General Services 
     Administration shall not be available for expenses of any 
     construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 
     which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
     been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 
     for each project for required expenses for the development of 
     a proposed prospectus:  Provided further, That funds 
     available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for 
     emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That amounts 
     necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other 
     agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide 
     such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
     facilities on private or other property not in Government 
     ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the 
     United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
     functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from 
     such revenues and collections:  Provided further, That 
     revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this 
     Fund during fiscal year 2016, excluding reimbursements under 
     40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 
     obligational authority authorized for Real Property 
     Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall 
     remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
     except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

                           general activities

                         government-wide policy

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
     associated with the management of real and personal property 
     assets and certain administrative services; Government-wide 
     policy support responsibilities relating to acquisition, 
     travel, motor vehicles, information technology management, 
     and related technology activities; and services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000.

                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide activities associated with utilization 
     and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real 
     property; agency-wide policy direction, management, and 
     communications; the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,560,000, of 
     which $25,979,000 is for Real and Personal Property 
     Management and Disposal; $23,397,000 is for the Office of the 
     Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official 
     reception and representation expenses; and $9,184,000 is for 
     the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals:  Provided, That not 
     to exceed 5 percent of the appropriation made available under 
     this heading for Office of the

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     Administrator may be transferred to the appropriation for the 
     Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal upon 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate, but the appropriation for 
     the Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal may 
     not be increased by more than 5 percent by any such transfer.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000, of 
     which $2,000,000 is available until expended:  Provided, That 
     not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for 
     information and detection of fraud against the Government, 
     including payment for recovery of stolen Government property: 
      Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
     available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies 
     and private citizens in recognition of efforts and 
     initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General 
     effectiveness.

           allowances and office staff for former presidents

       For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
     1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $3,277,000.

                  pre-election presidential transition

                      (including transfer of funds)

       For activities authorized by the Pre-Election Presidential 
     Transition Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-283), not to exceed 
     $13,278,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That such amounts may be transferred and credited 
     to ``Acquisition Services Fund'' or ``Federal Buildings 
     Fund'' to reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes 
     provided herein in fiscal year 2015 and 2016:  Provided 
     further, That amounts made available under this heading shall 
     be in addition to any other amounts available for such 
     purposes.
  


                     federal citizen services fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services 
     and Innovative Technologies, including services authorized by 
     40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses 
     in support of interagency projects that enable the Federal 
     Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities 
     electronically, through the development and implementation of 
     innovative uses of information technology; $55,894,000, to be 
     deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  Provided, 
     That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal 
     agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen 
     Services Fund:  Provided further, That the appropriations, 
     revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited into the 
     Fund shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
     of Federal Citizen Services and other activities that enable 
     the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 
     activities electronically in the aggregate amount not to 
     exceed $90,000,000:  Provided further, That appropriations, 
     revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 
     Fund during fiscal year 2016 in excess of such amount shall 
     remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
     except as authorized in appropriations Acts:  Provided 
     further, That any appropriations provided to the Electronic 
     Government Fund that remain unobligated may be transferred to 
     the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  Provided further, That 
     the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition 
     to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.

       administrative provisions--general services administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 510.  Funds available to the General Services 
     Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles.
       Sec. 511.  Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
     available for fiscal year 2016 for Federal Buildings Fund 
     activities may be transferred between such activities only to 
     the extent necessary to meet program requirements:  Provided, 
     That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 512.  Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
     funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a 
     fiscal year 2017 request for United States Courthouse 
     construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
     standards for construction as established and approved by the 
     General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; 
     (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the 
     United States as set out in its approved 5-year construction 
     plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization 
     study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or 
     expanded.
       Sec. 513.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
     provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
     other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings 
     Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per square 
     foot assessment for space and services as determined by the 
     General Services Administration in consideration of the 
     Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
       Sec. 514.  From funds made available under the heading 
     Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of 
     Revenue, claims against the Government of less than $250,000 
     arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of 
     buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other 
     construction projects with prior notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.
       Sec. 515.  In any case in which the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
     authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by 
     the Administrator of the General Services Administration 
     under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the 
     delineated area of procurement is identical to the delineated 
     area included in the prospectus for all lease agreements, 
     except that, if the Administrator determines that the 
     delineated area of the procurement should not be identical to 
     the delineated area included in the prospectus, the 
     Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each 
     of such committees and the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to 
     exercising any lease authority provided in the resolution.
       Sec. 516.  With respect to each project funded under the 
     heading ``Major Repairs and Alterations'' or ``Judiciary 
     Capital Security Program'', and with respect to E-Government 
     projects funded under the heading ``Federal Citizen Services 
     Fund'', the Administrator of General Services shall submit a 
     spending plan and explanation for each project to be 
     undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 517.  With respect to each project funded under the 
     heading of ``new construction projects of the Federal 
     Judiciary'', the General Services Administration, in 
     consultation with the Administrative Office of the United 
     States Courts, shall submit a spending plan and description 
     for each project to be undertaken to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       Sec. 518.  With respect to each project funded under the 
     heading of ``joint United States courthouses and Federal 
     buildings, including U.S. Post Offices'', the General 
     Services Administration shall submit a spending plan and 
     explanation for the projects to be undertaken to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

                 Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

                         salaries and expenses

       For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation 
     Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93-642, 
     $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and 
     the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 
     note), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
     elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct 
     procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, $44,490,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017, and in addition 
     not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, for administrative expenses to adjudicate 
     retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the 
     Merit Systems Protection Board.

            Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

            morris k. udall and stewart l. udall trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
     Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
     Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,995,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding 
     sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to $50,000 shall be used 
     to conduct financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of 
     Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-289); and (2) up to 
     $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities 
     authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102-259 and section 
     817(a) of Public Law 106-568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)):  Provided, 
     That of the total amount made available under this heading 
     $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 
     General of the Department of the Interior, to remain 
     available until expended, for audits and investigations of 
     the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 
     consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.).

                 environmental dispute resolution fund

       For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to 
     carry out activities

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     authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict 
     Resolution Act of 1998, $3,400,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses in connection with the 
     administration of the National Archives and Records 
     Administration and archived Federal records and related 
     activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary 
     for the review and declassification of documents, the 
     activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the 
     operations and maintenance of the electronic records 
     archives, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for 
     uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 
     $372,393,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
     Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110-409, 122 Stat. 4302-16 
     (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     $4,180,000.

                        repairs and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
     facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
     $7,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That from amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Laws 111-8 and 111-117 for necessary expenses related to the 
     repair and renovation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt 
     Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, the 
     remaining unobligated balances shall be available to 
     implement the National Archives and Records Administration 
     Capital Improvement Plan.

         national historical publications and records commission

                             grants program

       For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
     historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
     U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.
  


                  National Credit Union Administration

               community development revolving loan fund

       For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program 
     as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 
     shall be available until September 30, 2017, for technical 
     assistance to low-income designated credit unions.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
     of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading 
     on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $15,742,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
     examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on 
     a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
     to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of 
     OPM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses 
     incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
     as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
     allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
     require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post of 
     duty, $120,688,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for Federal investigations 
     enhancements, and of which $616,000 may be for strengthening 
     the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce 
     (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, 
     as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the 
     recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 
     workforce and information technology in support of 
     acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management 
     solutions to improve acquisition management; and in addition 
     $124,550,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred 
     from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard to 
     other statutes, including direct procurement of printed 
     materials, for the retirement and insurance programs:  
     Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not 
     affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as 
     provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 
     8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 
     Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive Order 
     No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like 
     purpose:  Provided further, That the President's Commission 
     on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 
     11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2016, 
     accept donations of money, property, and personal services:  
     Provided further, That such donations, including those from 
     prior years, may be used for the development of publicity 
     materials to provide information about the White House 
     Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
     travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the 
     salaries of employees of such Commission.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,365,000, and in 
     addition, not to exceed $22,479,000 for administrative 
     expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight 
     of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and 
     insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate 
     trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as 
     determined by the Inspector General:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia and elsewhere.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
     of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
     454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 
     101-12) as amended by Public Law 107-304, the Whistleblower 
     Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-199), and 
     the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
     of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
     witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     $24,119,000.

                      Postal Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability 
     and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435), $15,200,000, to be 
     derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended 
     as authorized by section 603(a) of such Act.

              Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 
     U.S.C. 2000ee), $21,297,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
     in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
     $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $1,605,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
     not less than $11,315,971 shall be for the Office of 
     Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be 
     available for a permanent secretariat for the International 
     Organization of Securities Commissions; of which not to 
     exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for 
     consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
     of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
     securities matters, such expenses to include necessary 
     logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of 
     Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance 
     including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel 
     and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; 
     and of which not less than $68,223,000 shall be for the 
     Division of Economic and Risk Analysis:  Provided, That fees 
     and charges authorized by section 31 of the Securities 
     Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to 
     this account as offsetting collections:  Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $1,605,000,000 of such offsetting 
     collections shall be available until expended for necessary 
     expenses of this account:  Provided further, That the total 
     amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
     for fiscal year 2016 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees 
     are received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 
     2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
     more than $0.

                        Selective Service System

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
     including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
     for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
     System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

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     4101-4118 for civilian employees; hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to 
     exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; $22,703,000:  Provided, That during the current 
     fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
     the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
     deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national 
     defense:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection 
     with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the 
     United States.

                     Small Business Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     Small Business Administration, including hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of 
     title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed $3,500 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, $268,000,000, 
     of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for 
     examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: 
      Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge 
     fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 
     Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, 
     including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small 
     Business Act:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
     U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities shall 
     be credited to this account, to remain available until 
     expended, for carrying out these purposes without further 
     appropriations:  Provided further, That the Small Business 
     Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed 
     $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance 
     with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108-447, 
     during fiscal year 2016:  Provided further, That $6,100,000 
     shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
     System, to be available until September 30, 2017:  Provided 
     further, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State 
     Technology Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d).

                  entrepreneurial development programs

       For necessary expenses of programs supporting 
     entrepreneurial and small business development, $231,100,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     $117,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for 
     performance in fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017 as 
     authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act:  Provided 
     further, That $25,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
     and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
     make microloans under the microloan program:  Provided 
     further, That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
     States to carry out export programs that assist small 
     business concerns authorized under section 1207 of Public Law 
     111-240.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $19,900,000.

                           office of advocacy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
     carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94-305 
     (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
     of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                     business loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $3,338,172, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974:  Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016 
     commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
     $7,500,000,000:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2016 commitments for general business loans authorized under 
     section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 
     $26,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans 
     and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by 
     revolving loans:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2016 commitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) 
     of section 502(7) of The Small Business Investment Act of 
     1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000:  
     Provided further, That during fiscal year 2016 commitments to 
     guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
     $4,000,000,000:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2016, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 
     5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal 
     amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative 
     expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan 
     programs, $152,725,828, which may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

                     disaster loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
     program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
     $186,858,000, to be available until expended, of which 
     $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of 
     disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriations for the 
     Office of Inspector General; of which $176,858,000 is for 
     direct administrative expenses of loan making and servicing 
     to carry out the direct loan program, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
     Salaries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for 
     indirect administrative expenses for the direct loan program, 
     which may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

        administrative provisions--small business administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 520.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
     Business Administration in this Act may be transferred 
     between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
     be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  
     Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall 
     be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 608 of 
     this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section.
       Sec. 521. (a) Subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)), as 
     in effect on September 25, 2012, shall be in effect in any 
     fiscal year during which the cost to the Federal Government 
     of making guarantees under such subparagraph (C) and section 
     503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
     697) is zero, except that--
       (1) subclause (I)(bb) and subclause (II) of clause (iv) of 
     such subparagraph (C) shall not be in effect;
       (2) unless, upon application by a development company and 
     after determining that the refinance loan is needed for good 
     cause, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
     waives this paragraph, a development company shall limit its 
     financings under section 502 of the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696) so that, during any fiscal year, 
     new financings under such subparagraph (C) shall not exceed 
     50 percent of the dollars loaned under title V of the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) 
     during the previous fiscal year; and
       (3) clause (iv)(I)(aa) of such subparagraph (C) shall be 
     applied by substituting ``job creation and retention'' for 
     ``job creation''.
       (b) Section 303(b)(2)(B) of the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
     ``$225,000,000'' and inserting ``$350,000,000''.

                      United States Postal Service

                   payment to the postal service fund

       For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
     on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) 
     and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
     $55,075,000:  Provided, That mail for overseas voting and 
     mail for the blind shall continue to be free:  Provided 
     further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall 
     continue at not less than the 1983 level:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service 
     by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, 
     or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or 
     local child support enforcement agency, or any individual 
     participating in a State or local program of child support 
     enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
     concerning an address of a postal customer:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post 
     offices.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $248,600,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
     Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 
     603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act 
     (Public Law 109-435).

                        United States Tax Court

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
     other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,300,000:  
     Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid 
     upon the written certificate of the judge.

                                TITLE VI

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

                         (including rescission)

       Sec. 601.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 602.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may

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     any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
     so provided herein.
       Sec. 603.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 604.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 605.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary 
     of any Government employee where funding an activity or 
     paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a 
     decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that 
     would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 
     Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
       Sec. 606.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
     be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 
     83 of title 41, United States Code.
       Sec. 607.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act shall be made available to any 
     person or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
     83 of title 41, United States Code.
       Sec. 608.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
     project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for 
     any program, project, or activity for which funds have been 
     denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use 
     funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee on 
     Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 
     programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 
     10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, 
     projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
     whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, 
     programs, or activities unless prior approval is received 
     from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That prior to any 
     significant reorganization or restructuring of offices, 
     programs, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this 
     Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided 
     further, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the 
     baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
     authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided further, 
     That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for 
     each appropriation with a separate column to display the 
     President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 
     adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and 
     the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table 
     for each appropriation both by object class and program, 
     project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
     the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of 
     items of special congressional interest:  Provided further, 
     That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 
     expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
     for each day after the required date that the report has not 
     been submitted to the Congress.
       Sec. 609.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
     fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2017, for each such account for the purposes 
     authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the 
     expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these 
     requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used by the Executive Office of the President to 
     request--
       (1) any official background investigation report on any 
     individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
       (2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
     organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
     501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or 
     the Internal Revenue Service.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply--
       (1) in the case of an official background investigation 
     report, if such individual has given express written consent 
     for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of 
     such request and during the same presidential administration; 
     or
       (2) if such request is required due to extraordinary 
     circumstances involving national security.
       Sec. 611.  The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
     chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply 
     with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 612.  For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
     implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
     nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office 
     of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without 
     regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
     imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the 
     Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.
       Sec. 613.  No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
     expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
     employees health benefits program which provides any benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       Sec. 614.  The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
     act of rape or incest.
       Sec. 615.  In order to promote Government access to 
     commercial information technology, the restriction on 
     purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
     forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code 
     (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
     the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
     technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 
     States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 
     section 103 of title 41, United States Code).
       Sec. 616.  Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
     States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency 
     or commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that 
     agency, nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or 
     reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, 
     subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of enabling 
     an officer or employee to attend and participate in any 
     meeting or similar function relating to the official duties 
     of the officer or employee when the entity offering payment 
     or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to regulation 
     by such agency or commission, or represents a person or 
     entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, 
     unless the person or entity is an organization described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
     exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
       Sec. 617.  Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds 
     made available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
     and the Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any 
     other Act may be used for the interagency funding and 
     sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on 
     emerging regulatory issues.
       Sec. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
     authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
     construction or alteration of real property for office, 
     meeting, storage, or other space must consult with the 
     General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation 
     for offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in 
     the case of succeeding leases, before entering into 
     negotiations with the current lessor.
       (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
     emergency lease may do so during any period declared by the 
     President to require emergency leasing authority with respect 
     to such agency.
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive 
     agency covered by this Act'' means any Executive agency 
     provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
     Services Administration or the United States Postal Service.
       Sec. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
     activities the amounts required under current law:
       (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102).
       (2) Payments to--
       (A) the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
     377(o));
       (B) the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 
     376(c)); and
       (C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' 
     Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)).
       (3) Payment of Government contributions--
       (A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
     employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
       (B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
     employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
       (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
     increased annuity benefits

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     under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 
     U.S.C. 8348).
       (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
     Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
     provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
     84 of title 5, United States Code.
       (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
     amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise 
     applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in this 
     Act.
       Sec. 620.  The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
     (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds for the 
     scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) of the 
     Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-204) in an 
     aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds collected 
     by the Board as of December 31, 2015, including accrued 
     interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary 
     penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2016 
     shall remain available until expended.
       Sec. 621.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
     report entitled ``Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed 
     to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to 
     Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts'' unless the 
     Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children 
     complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
       Sec. 622.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the following 
     positions:
       (1) Director, White House Office of Health Reform.
       (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate 
     Change.
       (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury 
     assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry 
     and Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy.
       (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs.
       Sec. 623.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
     the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a 
     contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a 
     contract to a contractor conducting the final quality review 
     processes for background investigation fieldwork services or 
     background investigation support services that, as of the 
     date of the award of the contract, are being conducted by 
     that contractor.
       Sec. 624. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
     funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
     Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
     decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
     information technology.
       (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
     funded by this Act that are available for information 
     technology shall be allocated within the agency, consistent 
     with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budget 
     guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as specified 
     by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the 
     agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of 
     the agency and budget officials.
       Sec. 625.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 
     44, United States Code.
       Sec. 626.  From the unobligated balances available in the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established 
     by section 991 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
     Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203), $25,000,000 are 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 627.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 
     a provider of electronic communication service to the public 
     or remote computing service of the contents of a wire or 
     electronic communication that is in electronic storage with 
     the provider (as such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 
     2711 of title 18, United States Code) in a manner that 
     violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States.
       Sec. 628.  Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
     in the current fiscal year and continuing through September 
     30, 2025, the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 
     Report and Order adopted by the Federal Communications 
     Commission on March 31, 2014 (FCC 14-28), and the amendments 
     to the rules of the Commission adopted in such Further Notice 
     of Proposed Rulemaking and Report and Order, shall not apply 
     to a joint sales agreement (as defined in Note 2(k) to 
     section 73.3555 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations) 
     that was in effect on March 31, 2014, and a rule of the 
     Commission amended by such an amendment shall apply to such 
     agreement as such rule was in effect on the day before the 
     effective date of such amendment. A party to a joint sales 
     agreement that was in effect on March 31, 2014, shall not be 
     considered to be in violation of the ownership limitations of 
     section 73.3555 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, by 
     reason of the application of the rule in Note 2(k)(2), as so 
     amended, to the joint sales agreement.
       Sec. 629.  During fiscal year 2016, none of the amounts 
     made available by this Act may be used to finalize or 
     implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway 
     Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
     in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 
     68964) until after--
       (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
     the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
     Department of Defense, completes a study to determine--
       (A) the technical validity of the lateral stability and 
     vehicle handling requirements proposed by such standard for 
     purposes of reducing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway 
     Vehicle (referred to in this section as ``ROV'') rollovers in 
     the off-road environment, including the repeatability and 
     reproducibility of testing for compliance with such 
     requirements;
       (B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be prevented if 
     the proposed requirements were adopted;
       (C) whether there is a technical basis for the proposal to 
     provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about a ROV's 
     rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and
       (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United 
     States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
     and
       (2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
     under paragraph (1) is delivered to--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       Sec. 630.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     to exceed $2,266,085 of unobligated balances from ``Election 
     Assistance Commission, Election Reform Programs'' shall be 
     available to record a disbursement previously incurred under 
     that heading in fiscal year 2014 against a 2008 cancelled 
     account.
       Sec. 631.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
     amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission 
     for universal service high-cost support for competitive 
     eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that is 
     inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
     54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
     on July 15, 2015:  Provided, That this section shall not 
     prohibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
     adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
     Mobility Fund Phase II.
       Sec. 632. (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall 
     provide to each affected individual as defined in subsection 
     (b) complimentary identity protection coverage that--
       (1) is not less comprehensive than the complimentary 
     identity protection coverage that the Office provided to 
     affected individuals before the date of enactment of this 
     Act;
       (2) is effective for a period of not less than 10 years; 
     and
       (3) includes not less than $5,000,000 in identity theft 
     insurance.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``affected 
     individual'' means any individual whose Social Security 
     Number was compromised during--
       (1) the data breach of personnel records of current and 
     former Federal employees, at a network maintained by the 
     Department of the Interior, that was announced by the Office 
     of Personnel Management on June 4, 2015; or
       (2) the data breach of systems of the Office of Personnel 
     Management containing information related to the background 
     investigations of current, former, and prospective Federal 
     employees, and of other individuals.
       Sec. 633.  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 ``October 1, 2016'' for ``October 1, 2015''.
       Sec. 634. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Banking institution.--The term ``banking institution'' 
     means an insured depository institution, Federal credit 
     union, State credit union, bank holding company, or savings 
     and loan holding company.
       (2) Basel iii capital requirements.--The term ``Basel III 
     capital requirements'' means the Global Regulatory Framework 
     for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems issued by the 
     Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on December 16, 2010, 
     as revised on June 1, 2011.
       (3) Federal banking agencies.--The term ``Federal banking 
     agencies'' means the Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the 
     Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the 
     National Credit Union Administration.
       (4) Mortgage servicing assets.--The term ``mortgage 
     servicing assets'' means those assets that result from 
     contracts to service loans secured by real estate, where such 
     loans are owned by third parties.
       (5) NCUA capital requirements.--The term ``NCUA capital 
     requirements'' means the final rule of the National Credit 
     Union Administration entitled ``Risk-Based Capital'' (80 Fed. 
     Reg. 66625 (October 29, 2015)).
       (6) Other definitions.--
       (A) Banking definitions.--The terms ``bank holding 
     company'', ``insured depository institution'', and ``savings 
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     holding company'' have the meanings given those terms in 
     section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1813).
       (B) Credit union definitions.--The terms ``Federal credit 
     union'' and ``State credit union'' have the meanings given 
     those terms in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act 
     (12 U.S.C. 1752).
       (b) Study of the Appropriate Capital for Mortgage Servicing 
     Assets.--
       (1) In general.--The Federal banking agencies shall jointly 
     conduct a study of the appropriate capital requirements for 
     mortgage servicing assets for banking institutions.
       (2) Issues to be studied.--The study required under 
     paragraph (1) shall include, with a specific focus on banking 
     institutions--
       (A) the risk to banking institutions of holding mortgage 
     servicing assets;
       (B) the history of the market for mortgage servicing 
     assets, including in particular the market for those assets 
     in the period of the financial crisis;
       (C) the ability of banking institutions to establish a 
     value for mortgage servicing assets of the institution 
     through periodic sales or other means;
       (D) regulatory approaches to mortgage servicing assets and 
     capital requirements that may be used to address concerns 
     about the value of and ability to sell mortgage servicing 
     assets;
       (E) the impact of imposing the Basel III capital 
     requirements and the NCUA capital requirements on banking 
     institutions on the ability of those institutions--
       (i) to compete in the mortgage servicing business, 
     including the need for economies of scale to compete in that 
     business; and
       (ii) to provide service to consumers to whom the 
     institutions have made mortgage loans;
       (F) an analysis of what the mortgage servicing marketplace 
     would look like if the Basel III capital requirements and the 
     NCUA capital requirements on mortgage servicing assets--
       (i) were fully implemented; and
       (ii) applied to both banking institutions and nondepository 
     residential mortgage loan servicers;
       (G) the significance of problems with mortgage servicing 
     assets, if any, in banking institution failures and problem 
     banking institutions, including specifically identifying 
     failed banking institutions where mortgage servicing assets 
     contributed to the failure; and
       (H) an analysis of the relevance of the Basel III capital 
     requirements and the NCUA capital requirements on mortgage 
     servicing assets to the banking systems of other 
     significantly developed countries.
       (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this title, the Federal banking agencies 
     shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services 
     of the House of Representatives a report containing--
       (A) the results of the study required under paragraph (1);
       (B) any analysis on the specific issue of mortgage 
     servicing assets undertaken by the Federal banking agencies 
     before finalizing regulations implementing the Basel III 
     capital requirements and the NCUA capital requirements; and
       (C) any recommendations for legislative or regulatory 
     actions that would address concerns about the value of and 
     ability to sell and the ability of banking institutions to 
     hold mortgage servicing assets.
       Sec. 635.  In addition to amounts otherwise provided in 
     this Act for ``National Archives and Records Administration, 
     Operating Expenses'', there is appropriated $7,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for the repair, alteration, 
     and improvement of an additional leased facility to provide 
     adequate storage for holdings of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.
  


                               TITLE VII

                  GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 701.  No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 2016 shall obligate or expend any 
     such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
     instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
     in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
     of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
     or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
     and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.
       Sec. 702.  Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
     maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
     accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States 
     Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
     (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 
     protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), 
     is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which 
     the maximum shall be $19,997:  Provided, That these limits 
     may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type 
     vehicles:  Provided further, That the limits set forth in 
     this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for 
     electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
     the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 
     Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:  Provided 
     further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 
     exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 
     vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the 
     cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles:  Provided 
     further, That the limits set forth in this section shall not 
     apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 
     operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to 
     electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell 
     vehicles.
       Sec. 703.  Appropriations of the executive departments and 
     independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
     available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
     activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
     allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
       Sec. 704.  Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
     current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
     in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of 
     the United States (including any agency the majority of the 
     stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
     States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
     States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
     States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 
     permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 
     8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as a 
     refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 
     U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 
     become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when 
     eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
     United States:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
     affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered 
     prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
     with respect to his or her status are being complied with:  
     Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and 
     (3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment 
     and updated thereafter as necessary:  Provided further, That 
     any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
     felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than 
     $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both:  
     Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
     addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
     provisions of existing law:  Provided further, That any 
     payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the 
     provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by 
     the Federal Government:  Provided further, That this section 
     shall not apply to any person who is an officer or employee 
     of the Government of the United States on the date of 
     enactment of this Act, or to international broadcasters 
     employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to 
     temporary employment of translators, or to temporary 
     employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a 
     result of emergencies:  Provided further, That this section 
     does not apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for 
     not more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the 
     Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 
     pursuant to an agreement with another country.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations available to any department or 
     agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
     including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
     available for payment to the General Services Administration 
     for charges for space and services and those expenses of 
     renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which 
     constitute public improvements performed in accordance with 
     the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public 
     Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other 
     applicable law.
       Sec. 706.  In addition to funds provided in this or any 
     other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
     use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
     Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
     recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
     Such funds shall be available until expended for the 
     following purposes:
       (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
     recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13423 
     (January 24, 2007), including any such programs adopted prior 
     to the effective date of the Executive order.
       (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
     including, but not limited to, the development and 
     implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
     prevention programs.
       (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
     deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
       Sec. 707.  Funds made available by this or any other Act 
     for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
     corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
     United States Code, shall be available, in addition to 
     objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
     rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 
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     U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all 
     the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
     expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
     Act by which they are made available:  Provided, That in the 
     event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are 
     subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the 
     limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
     correspondingly reduced.
       Sec. 708.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing 
     of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
     councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
     are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
     specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
     more than one agency or instrumentality.
       Sec. 709.  None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
     provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 
     implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 
     been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted 
     in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.
       Sec. 710.  During the period in which the head of any 
     department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
     employee of the Federal Government appointed by the President 
     of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated 
     or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 
     office of such department head, agency head, officer, or 
     employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
     any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
     redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ``office'' 
     shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the 
     individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
     individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
     individual.
       Sec. 711.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 
     of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
     by this or any other Act shall be available for the 
     interagency funding of national security and emergency 
     preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
     multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as 
     provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
       Sec. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, 
     agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 
     pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a 
     position of a confidential or policy-determining character 
     that is excepted from the competitive service under section 
     3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to schedule C 
     of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations) unless the head of the applicable department, 
     agency, or other instrumentality employing such schedule C 
     individual certifies to the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management that the schedule C position occupied by 
     the individual was not created solely or primarily in order 
     to detail the individual to the White House.
       (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
     Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed to 
     or from an element of the intelligence community (as that 
     term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
       Sec. 713.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the 
     salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
     who--
       (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
     prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
     Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
     communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
     subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
     pertaining to the employment of such other officer or 
     employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
     other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
     such communication or contact is at the initiative of such 
     other officer or employee or in response to the request or 
     inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
       (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
     reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or 
     efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
     transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
     employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
     condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
     the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit 
     any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other 
     officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
     contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
     committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in 
     paragraph (1).
       Sec. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
     training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 715.  No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
     other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
     relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
     the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
     booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 
     designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
     Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
       Sec. 716.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal 
     employee's home address to any labor organization except when 
     the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such 
     disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent 
     jurisdiction.
       Sec. 717.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used to provide any non-public information 
     such as mailing, telephone or electronic mailing lists to any 
     person or any organization outside of the Federal Government 
     without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 718.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
     including by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda 
     purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized 
     by Congress.
       Sec. 719. (a) In this section, the term ``agency''--
       (1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
     105; and
       (2) includes a military department, as defined under 
     section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal 
     Regulatory Commission.
       (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
     to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
     shall use official time in an honest effort to perform 
     official duties. An employee not under a leave system, 
     including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 
     6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a 
     reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the 
     performance of official duties.
       Sec. 720.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
     of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
     by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which 
     is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 
     Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate 
     share of FASAB administrative costs.
       Sec. 721.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
     of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
     is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General 
     Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the 
     approval of the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
     this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and 
     other contracts:  Provided, That these funds shall be 
     administered by the Administrator of General Services to 
     support Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, 
     information technology, procurement, and other management 
     innovations, initiatives, and activities, including improving 
     coordination and reducing duplication, as approved by the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-
     agency groups designated by the Director (including the 
     President's Management Council for overall management 
     improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council 
     for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information 
     Officers Council for information technology initiatives, the 
     Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital 
     initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for 
     procurement initiatives, and the Performance Improvement 
     Council for performance improvement initiatives):  Provided 
     further, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
     not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
     duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 
     Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and 
     not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 
     initiatives, and activities:  Provided further, That the 
     funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ``General 
     Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' during 
     fiscal year 2016 shall remain available for obligation 
     through September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That such 
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     made after 15 days following notification of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate by the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget.
       Sec. 722.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
     woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal 
     building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child 
     are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
       Sec. 723.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 
     of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
     by this or any other Act shall be available for the 
     interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, 
     and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 
     Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order 
     No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
     agencies, or entities:  Provided, That the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
     budget of and resources connected with the National Science 
     and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     the House Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 724.  Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
     application, form, notification, press release, or other 
     publications involving the distribution of Federal funds 
     shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of 
     title 2, Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided, That this 
     section shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 
     grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.
       Sec. 725. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
     Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available 
     in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--
       (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
     derived from any means, that includes any personally 
     identifiable information relating to an individual's access 
     to or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the 
     agency; or
       (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
     (including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
     obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
     includes any personally identifiable information relating to 
     an individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental 
     Internet site.
       (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply to--
       (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
     particular persons;
       (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
     information;
       (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
     supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
       (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a 
     system security action taken by the operator of an Internet 
     site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet 
     site services or to protecting the rights or property of the 
     provider of the Internet site.
       (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
     implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
       (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the 
     agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety 
     and soundness, overall financial condition, management 
     practices and policies and compliance with applicable 
     standards as provided in law.
       Sec. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes 
     a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except 
     where the contract also includes a provision for 
     contraceptive coverage.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
     with--
       (1) any of the following religious plans:
       (A) Personal Care's HMO; and
       (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
       (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the 
     plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious 
     beliefs.
       (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
     or renews a contract under this section may not subject any 
     individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual 
     refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives 
     because such activities would be contrary to the individual's 
     religious beliefs or moral convictions.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
     coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
       Sec. 727.  The United States is committed to ensuring the 
     health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, 
     and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport 
     through testing, adjudication, education, and research as 
     performed by nationally recognized oversight authorities.
       Sec. 728.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated for official travel to Federal departments 
     and agencies may be used by such departments and agencies, if 
     consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
     126 regarding official travel for Government personnel, to 
     participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot 
     program.
       Sec. 729.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds appropriated or made available under this or any 
     other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce 
     restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional 
     Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations 
     of the Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 
     through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
     number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of 
     executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
       Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease 
     any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to 
     existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting 
     Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval 
     of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 
     temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or 
     other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in 
     existing Center facilities.
       Sec. 731.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
     none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be 
     used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged 
     news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the 
     United States, unless the story includes a clear notification 
     within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that 
     the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
     executive branch agency.
       Sec. 732.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United 
     States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act), and 
     regulations implementing that section.
       Sec. 733. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
     used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign 
     incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic 
     corporation under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
     of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an 
     entity.
       (b) Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) 
     with respect to any Federal Government contract under the 
     authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that 
     the waiver is required in the interest of national security.
       (2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a waiver 
     under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal 
     Government contract entered into before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant 
     to such contract.
       Sec. 734.  During fiscal year 2016, for each employee who--
       (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of 
     title 5, United States Code; or
       (2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of 
     chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a 
     payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency 
     shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
     Fund an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management's 
     average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the 
     preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until 
     expended to the Office of Personnel Management and shall be 
     deemed to be an administrative expense under section 
     8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity 
     submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of 
     the following information as a condition of submitting the 
     offer:
       (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, 
     independent expenditure, or disbursement for an 
     electioneering communication that is made by the entity, its 
     officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
     subsidiaries to a candidate for election for Federal office 
     or to a political committee, or that is otherwise made with 
     respect to any election for Federal office.
       (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment 
     described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers 
     or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any 
     person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the 
     person will use the funds to make a payment described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) In this section, each of the terms ``contribution'', 
     ``expenditure'', ``independent expenditure'', 
     ``electioneering communication'', ``candidate'', 
     ``election'', and ``Federal office'' has the meaning given 
     such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.).
       Sec. 736.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait 
     of an officer or employee of the Federal government, 
     including the President, the Vice President, a member of 
     Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to 
     Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as defined 
     in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head 
     of an office of the legislative branch.

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       Sec. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no 
     part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016, 
     by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing 
     rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 
     United States Code--
       (A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
     limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
     fiscal years until the normal effective date of the 
     applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in 
     fiscal year 2016, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable 
     for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage 
     schedule in accordance with such section; and
       (B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
     year 2016, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
     survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) by 
     more than the sum of--
       (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 
     2016 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in 
     the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and
       (ii) the difference between the overall average percentage 
     of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in 
     fiscal year 2016 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
     adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage 
     of such payments which was effective in the previous fiscal 
     year under such section.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
     of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
     employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
     during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a 
     rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
     paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee.
       (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable 
     to an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is 
     paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2015, 
     shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the 
     Office of Personnel Management.
       (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
     premium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not 
     be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2015, 
     except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel 
     Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 
     subsection.
       (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
     service performed after September 30, 2015.
       (6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
     (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, 
     retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) 
     that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes 
     any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of 
     salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 
     after the application of this subsection shall be treated as 
     the rate of salary or basic pay.
       (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
     permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 
     subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 
     payable were this subsection not in effect.
       (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for 
     exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if 
     the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 
     ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates 
     of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in 
     fiscal year 2016 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be--
       (1) not less than the percentage received by employees in 
     the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
     pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and 
     5304 of title 5, United States Code:  Provided, That 
     prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no 
     employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 
     and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
     employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United 
     States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay 
     locality designated as ``Rest of United States'' pursuant to 
     section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of 
     this subsection; and
       (2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable 
     pay period beginning after September 30, 2015.
       Sec. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a pay 
     raise in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding the rate 
     adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States 
     Code, or any other provision of law.
       (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, 
     or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by 
     statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive a pay 
     rate increase in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding schedule 
     adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, United States 
     Code, or any other provision of law, except as provided in 
     subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection applies only to 
     employees who are holding a position under a political 
     appointment.
       (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not 
     receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2016, 
     notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (Public Law 96-465) or any other provision of law, 
     except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i).
       (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, 
     United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be received 
     in calendar year 2016 (except as provided in subsection (g), 
     (h), or (i)) by--
       (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
     paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule; or
       (2) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
     in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political 
     appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV 
     of the Executive Schedule.
       (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any 
     locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
     States Code, or similar authority) at or above level IV of 
     the Executive Schedule who serves under a political 
     appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar 
     year 2016, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
     as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection 
     does not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay 
     system or the Foreign Service pay system, or to employees 
     appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, 
     or to employees in another pay system whose position would be 
     classified at GS-15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United 
     States Code, applied to them.
       (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
     employees who do not serve under a political appointment from 
     receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 
     applicable law.
       (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who 
     receives a Presidential appointment and who makes an election 
     to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay entitlements 
     under section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, is not 
     subject to this section.
       (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a 
     Presidential appointment to any position in the executive 
     branch and who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign 
     Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) is not subject to 
     this section.
       (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
     employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate 
     increase upon an authorized movement to a different covered 
     position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 
     higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 
     must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay 
     limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.
       (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 
     individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
     during the period of time subject to this section, the 
     initial pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and 
     applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.
       (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) 
     is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar 
     year 2016 but ends in calendar year 2017, the bar on the 
     employee's receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through 
     the end of that pay period.
       Sec. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 
     agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any 
     other appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the 
     Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 
     without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and 
     contracting procedures related to each conference held by any 
     such department, agency, board, commission, or office during 
     fiscal year 2016 for which the cost to the United States 
     Government was more than $100,000.
       (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each 
     conference described in subsection (a) held during the 
     applicable period--
       (1) a description of its purpose;
       (2) the number of participants attending;
       (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
     Government, including--
       (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
       (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
       (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and from 
     the conference; and
       (D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine which 
     costs relate to the conference; and
       (4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
     including--
       (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis; 
     and
       (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the 
     departmental component or office in evaluating potential 
     contractors for the conference.
       (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any 
     Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or 
     office funded by this or any other appropriations Act during 
     fiscal year 2016 for which the cost to the United States 
     Government was more than $20,000, the head of any such 
     department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify 
     the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any 
     entity without an Inspector General, of the date, location, 
     and number of employees attending such conference.
       (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
     this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 
     purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in 
     subsection (c) that is not directly and programmatically 
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     which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference 
     held in connection with planning, training, assessment, 
     review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded 
     by the grant or contract.
       (e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
     appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference 
     activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
     Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012 
     or any subsequent revisions to that memorandum.
       Sec. 740.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, 
     or reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as 
     proposed in the President's budget request for a fiscal year 
     until such proposed change is subsequently enacted in an 
     appropriation Act, or unless such change is made pursuant to 
     the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or any other 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 741.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or 
     apply the rule entitled ``Competitive Area'' published by the 
     Office of Personnel Management in the Federal Register on 
     April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.).
       Sec. 742.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or 
     announce a study or public-private competition regarding the 
     conversion to contractor performance of any function 
     performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
     administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
       Sec. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this or any other Act may be available for 
     a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity 
     that requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking 
     to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
     confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or 
     otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from 
     lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a 
     designated investigative or law enforcement representative of 
     a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 
     information.
       (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene 
     requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or 
     any other form issued by a Federal department or agency 
     governing the nondisclosure of classified information.
       Sec. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other 
     Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in 
     Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other 
     nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, 
     form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: 
     ``These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, 
     conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, 
     rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or 
     Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) 
     communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 
     General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 
     mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, 
     or a substantial and specific danger to public health or 
     safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The 
     definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, 
     and liabilities created by controlling Executive orders and 
     statutory provisions are incorporated into this agreement and 
     are controlling.'':  Provided, That notwithstanding the 
     preceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy 
     form or agreement that is to be executed by a person 
     connected with the conduct of an intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
     officer of the United States Government, may contain 
     provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which 
     such document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at 
     a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any 
     classified information received in the course of such 
     activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
     United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also 
     make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, 
     or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the 
     Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a 
     substantial violation of law.
       (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
     implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it 
     complies with the requirements for such agreement that were 
     in effect when the agreement was entered into.
       (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
     used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into 
     during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially 
     similar language to that required in subsection (a).
       Sec. 745.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
     to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation 
     that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been 
     assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies 
     have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being 
     paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the 
     authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where 
     the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, 
     unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
     debarment of the corporation and has made a determination 
     that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
     interests of the Government.
       Sec. 746.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
     to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation 
     that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any 
     Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the 
     awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal 
     agency has considered suspension or debarment of the 
     corporation and has made a determination that this further 
     action is not necessary to protect the interests of the 
     Government.
       Sec. 747. (a) The Act entitled ``An Act providing for the 
     incorporation of certain persons as Group Hospitalization and 
     Medical Services, Inc.'', approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 
     1412), is amended--
       (1) by redesignating section 11 as section 12; and
       (2) by inserting after section 10 the following:
       ``Sec. 11.  The surplus of the corporation is for the 
     benefit and protection of all of its certificate holders and 
     shall be available for the satisfaction of all obligations of 
     the corporation regardless of the jurisdiction in which such 
     surplus originated or such obligations arise. The corporation 
     shall not divide, attribute, distribute, or reduce its 
     surplus pursuant to any statute, regulation, or order of any 
     jurisdiction without the express agreement of the District of 
     Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia--
       ``(1) that the entire surplus of the corporation is 
     excessive; and
       ``(2) to any plan for reduction or distribution of 
     surplus.''.
       (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to the surplus of Group Hospitalization and Medical 
     Services, Inc. for any year after 2011.
       Sec. 748. (a) During fiscal year 2016, on the date on which 
     a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with 
     section 1017 of Public Law 111-203, the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.
       (b) Any notification required by this section shall be made 
     available on the Bureau's public Web site.
       Sec. 749. (a) Notwithstanding the time limitations 
     specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, or 
     any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of 
     certain medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces, the 
     President may award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of 
     such title to Charles S. Kettles for the acts of valor during 
     the Vietnam War described in subsection (b).
       (b) The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the 
     actions of Charles S. Kettles during combat operations on May 
     15, 1967, while serving as Flight Commander, 176th Aviation 
     Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, Task Force Oregon, Republic 
     of Vietnam, for which he was previously awarded the 
     Distinguished Service Cross.
       Sec. 750. (a) None of the funds made available under this 
     or any other Act may be used to--
       (1) implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, or 
     enforce Executive Order 13690, entitled ``Establishing a 
     Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for 
     Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input'' 
     (issued January 30, 2015), other than for--
       (A) acquiring, managing, or disposing of Federal lands and 
     facilities;
       (B) providing federally undertaken, financed, or assisted 
     construction or improvements; or
       (C) conducting Federal activities or programs affecting 
     land use, including water and related land resources 
     planning, regulating, and licensing activities;
       (2) implement Executive Order 13690 in a manner that 
     modifies the non-grant components of the National Flood 
     Insurance Program; or
       (3) apply Executive Order 13690 or the Federal Flood Risk 
     Management Standard by any component of the Department of 
     Defense, including the Army Corps of Engineers in a way that 
     changes the ``floodplain'' considered when determining 
     whether or not to issue a Department of the Army permit under 
     section 404 of the Clean Water Act or section 10 of the 
     Rivers and Harbors Act.
       (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be in effect 
     during the period beginning on October 1, 2016 and ending on 
     September 30, 2017.
       Sec. 751.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
     reference to ``this Act'' contained in any title other than 
     title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.

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                               TITLE VIII

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 801.  There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
     making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or 
     judgments that have been entered against the District of 
     Columbia government.
       Sec. 802.  None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
     implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 
     support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
     State legislature.
       Sec. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this 
     Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and 
     District government agencies, that remain available for 
     obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided 
     from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
     derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
     funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
     expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds 
     which--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility 
     center;
       (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
     limited or increased under this Act;
       (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     program, project, or responsibility center for which funds 
     have been denied or restricted;
       (5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
     deferred through reprogramming;
       (6) augments any existing program, project, or 
     responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
       (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a 
     specific program, project or responsibility center,
     unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
     approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of 
     local funds under this title through November 7, 2016.
       Sec. 804.  None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for 
     salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
     offices of United States Senator or United States 
     Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
     Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
     Law 3-171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-123).
       Sec. 805.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
     none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other 
     Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the 
     District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the 
     officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance 
     of the officer's or employee's official duties. For purposes 
     of this section, the term ``official duties'' does not 
     include travel between the officer's or employee's residence 
     and workplace, except in the case of--
       (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police 
     Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is 
     otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;
       (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or 
     employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency 
     Medical Services Department who resides in the District of 
     Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
       (3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department of 
     Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of 
     Columbia Department of Corrections who resides in the 
     District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
       (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
     officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical 
     Examiner who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
     call 24 hours a day;
       (5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland 
     Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 
     employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
     Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 
     24 hours a day;
       (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
       (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
     Columbia.
       Sec. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
     Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General 
     or any other officer or entity of the District government to 
     provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action 
     which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
     representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
       (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
     Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
     private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the 
     District government regarding such lawsuits.
       Sec. 807.  None of the Federal funds contained in this Act 
     may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 
     purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in 
     any location that has been determined by the local public 
     health or local law enforcement authorities to be 
     inappropriate for such distribution.
       Sec. 808.  Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
     the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
     addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
     coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of 
     Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should 
     include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for 
     religious beliefs and moral convictions.
       Sec. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
     Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 
     regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
     associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
     schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
       (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to 
     enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise 
     reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or 
     distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 
     tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.
       Sec. 810.  None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of 
     the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
     term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape 
     or incest.
       Sec. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for 
     the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the 
     District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating 
     budget in the format of the budget that the District of 
     Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the 
     District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 
     1-204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia 
     government for fiscal year 2016 that is in the total amount 
     of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted 
     data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 
     respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
       (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which 
     the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia 
     certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
     unanticipated changes in program requirements.
       Sec. 812.  No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for 
     the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council for the 
     District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating 
     budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools that 
     aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The revised 
     appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the 
     budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
     pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-204.42).
       Sec. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating 
     funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia's 
     enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once 
     transferred, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
     with the provisions of this Act.
       (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
     reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds 
     transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal 
     years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 
     amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 
     appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
     this Act.
       (c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
     reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from 
     bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital 
     projects.
       Sec. 814.  None of the Federal funds appropriated in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 
     appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 815.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 
     or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated 
     balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 
     from appropriations of Federal funds made available for 
     salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2017, for each such 
     account for the purposes authorized:  Provided, That a 
     request shall be submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  
     Provided further, That these requests shall be made in 
     compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
     803 of this Act.
       Sec. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2017, during a period in 
     which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or 
     a regular District of Columbia appropriation bill is in 
     effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount provided 
     for any project or activity for which local funds are 
     provided in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Act of 2016 
     as submitted to Congress (subject to any modifications 
     enacted by the District of Columbia as of the beginning of 
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     which this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by 
     such Act.
       (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 
     available--
       (1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
     continuing resolution for fiscal year 2017 is in effect; or
       (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District of 
     Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2017.
       (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided 
     under the authority and conditions as provided under this Act 
     and shall be available to the extent and in the manner that 
     would be provided by this Act.
       (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 
     obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or 
     activity during the portion of fiscal year 2017 for which 
     this section applies to such project or activity.
       (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
     during any period of fiscal year 2017 if any other provision 
     of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)--
       (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
     grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
     such period; or
       (2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
     made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
     be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
     period.
       (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
     obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
     mandated by other law.
       Sec. 817. (a) This section may be cited as the ``D.C. 
     Opportunity Scholarship Program School Certification 
     Requirements Act''.
       (b) Section 3007(a) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and 
     Results Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 203) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4)--
       (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G)(i) is provisionally or fully accredited by a national 
     or regional accrediting agency that is recognized in the 
     District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38-
     1802.02(16)(A)-(G), D.C. Official Code) or any other 
     accrediting body deemed appropriate by the Office of the 
     State Superintendent for Schools for the purposes of 
     accrediting an elementary or secondary school; or
       ``(ii) in the case of a school that is a participating 
     school as of the day before the date of enactment of the D.C. 
     Opportunity Scholarship Program School Certification 
     Requirements Act and, as of such day, does not meet the 
     requirements of clause (i)--

       ``(I) by not later than 1 year after such date of 
     enactment, is pursuing accreditation by a national or 
     regional accrediting agency recognized in the District of 
     Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38-1802.02(16)(A)-
     (G), D.C. Official Code) or any other accrediting body deemed 
     appropriate by the Office of the State Superintendent for 
     Schools for the purposes of accrediting an elementary or 
     secondary school; and
       ``(II) by not later than 5 years after such date of 
     enactment, is provisionally or fully accredited by such 
     accrediting agency, except that an eligible entity may grant 
     not more than one 1-year extension to meet this requirement 
     for each participating school that provides evidence to the 
     eligible entity from such accrediting agency that the 
     school's application for accreditation is in process and the 
     school will be awarded accreditation before the end of the 1-
     year extension period;

       ``(H) conducts criminal background checks on school 
     employees who have direct and unsupervised interaction with 
     students; and
       ``(I) complies with all requests for data and information 
     regarding the reporting requirements described in section 
     3010.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) New participating schools.--If a school is not a 
     participating school as of the date of enactment of the D.C. 
     Opportunity Scholarship Program School Certification 
     Requirements Act, the school shall not become a participating 
     school and none of the funds provided under this division for 
     opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student 
     to enroll in that school unless the school--
       ``(A) is actively pursuing provisional or full 
     accreditation by a national or regional accrediting agency 
     that is recognized in the District of Columbia School Reform 
     Act of 1995 (sec. 38-1802.02(16)(A)-(G), D.C. Official Code) 
     or any other accrediting body deemed appropriate by the 
     Office of the State Superintendent for Schools for the 
     purposes of accrediting an elementary or secondary school; 
     and
       ``(B) meets all of the other requirements for participating 
     schools under this Act.
       ``(6) Enrolling in another school.--An eligible entity 
     shall assist the parents of a participating eligible student 
     in identifying, applying to, and enrolling in an another 
     participating school for which opportunity scholarship funds 
     may be used, if--
       ``(A) such student is enrolled in a participating private 
     school and may no longer use opportunity scholarship funds 
     for enrollment in that participating private school because 
     such school fails to meet a requirement under paragraph 4, or 
     any other requirement of this Act; or
       ``(B) a participating eligible student is enrolled in a 
     school that ceases to be a participating school.''.
       (c) Report to Eligible Entities.--Section 3010 of the 
     Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (Public Law 112-
     10; 125 Stat. 203) is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Reports to Eligible Entities.--The eligible entity 
     receiving funds under section 3004(a) shall ensure that each 
     participating school under this division submits to the 
     eligible entity beginning not later than 5 years after the 
     date of the enactment of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship 
     Program School Certification Requirements Act, a 
     certification that the school has been awarded provisional or 
     full accreditation, or has been granted an extension by the 
     eligible entity in accordance with section 3007(a)(4)(G).''.
       (d) Unless specifically provided otherwise, this section, 
     and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect 1 
     year after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 818.  Subparagraph (G) of section 3(c)(2) of the 
     District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 
     106-98), as amended, is further amended:
       (1) by inserting after ``(G)'', ``(i) for individuals who 
     began an undergraduate course of study prior to school year 
     2015-2016,''; and
       (2) by inserting the following before the period at the 
     end: ``and (ii) for individuals who begin an undergraduate 
     course of study in or after school year 2016-2017, is from a 
     family with a taxable annual income of less than $750,000. 
     Beginning with school year 2017-2018, the Mayor shall adjust 
     the amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) for inflation, as 
     measured by the percentage increase, if any, from the 
     preceding fiscal year in the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
     of the Department of Labor''.
       Sec. 819.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
     reference to ``this Act'' contained in this title or in title 
     IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
     this title or of title IV.
       This division may be cited as the ``Financial Services and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 2016''.

  DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

            Office of the Secretary and Executive Management

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and executive 
     management of the Department of Homeland Security, as 
     authorized by law, $137,466,000:  Provided, That not to 
     exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and 
     representation expenses:  Provided further, That all official 
     costs associated with the use of government aircraft by 
     Department of Homeland Security personnel to support official 
     travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be 
     paid from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of 
     the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy 
     Secretary:  Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 
     the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives, the comprehensive plan for implementation of 
     the biometric entry and exit data system as required under 
     this heading in Public Law 114-4 and a report on visa 
     overstay data by country as required by section 1376 of title 
     8, United States Code:  Provided further, That the report on 
     visa overstay data shall also include--
       (1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa categories under 
     the immigration laws, delineated by each of the classes and 
     sub-classes of such categories; and
       (2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for each class 
     and sub-class of such nonimmigrant categories on a per-
     country basis:
       Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 
     the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management until 
     both the comprehensive plan and the report are submitted.

              Office of the Under Secretary for Management

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Management, as authorized by sections 701 through 705 of 
     the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), 
     $196,810,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, 
     That of

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     the total amount made available under this heading, 
     $4,456,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     solely for the alteration and improvement of facilities, 
     tenant improvements, and relocation costs to consolidate 
     Department headquarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue 
     Complex; and $7,778,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, for the Human Resources Information 
     Technology program:  Provided further, That the Under 
     Secretary for Management shall include in the President's 
     budget proposal for fiscal year 2017, submitted pursuant to 
     section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a 
     Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report, which shall include 
     the information required under the heading ``Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Management'' under title I of division D 
     of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
     74), and shall submit quarterly updates to such report not 
     later than 45 days after the completion of each quarter.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $56,420,000:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, at the time the President's budget proposal 
     for fiscal year 2017 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 
     of title 31, United States Code, the Future Years Homeland 
     Security Program, as authorized by section 874 of Public Law 
     107-296 (6 U.S.C. 454).

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department-
     wide technology investments, $309,976,000; of which 
     $109,957,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 
     and of which $200,019,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, shall be available for development and 
     acquisition of information technology equipment, software, 
     services, and related activities for the Department of 
     Homeland Security.

                        Analysis and Operations

       For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 
     operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 
     of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 
     $264,714,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses; of which not 
     to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs 
     associated with secure space at fusion centers, including 
     improvements to buildings; and of which $111,021,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $137,488,000; of which not to exceed 
     $300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational 
     expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended 
     at the direction of the Inspector General.

                                TITLE II

               SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to 
     border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 
     inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 
     animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied minor 
     aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for 
     replacement only) police-type vehicles; and contracting with 
     individuals for personal services abroad; $8,628,902,000; of 
     which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
     Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the 
     collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 
     9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
     9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which 
     $30,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 
     solely for the purpose of recruiting, hiring, training, and 
     equipping law enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents; 
     of which not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses; of which such sums as 
     become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums 
     subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), 
     shall be derived from that account; of which not to exceed 
     $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in 
     connection with preclearance operations; and of which not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 
     informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
     of the Secretary of Homeland Security:  Provided, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading for Inspection and 
     Detection Technology Investments, $18,500,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018:  Provided further, That 
     for fiscal year 2016, the overtime limitation prescribed in 
     section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 
     267(c)(1)) shall be $35,000; and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be available to compensate any employee of U.S. Customs 
     and Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in 
     an amount that exceeds such limitation, except in individual 
     cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
     the designee of the Secretary, to be necessary for national 
     security purposes, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of 
     immigration emergencies:  Provided further, That the Border 
     Patrol shall maintain an active duty presence of not less 
     than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents protecting the 
     borders of the United States in the fiscal year.

                        automation modernization

       For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection for operation and improvement of automated 
     systems, including salaries and expenses, $829,460,000; of 
     which $465,732,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2018; and of which not less than $151,184,000 shall be for 
     the development of the Automated Commercial Environment.

        border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology

       For necessary expenses for border security fencing, 
     infrastructure, and technology, $447,461,000; of which 
     $273,931,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     for operations and maintenance; and of which $173,530,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2018, for 
     development and deployment.

                       air and marine operations

       For necessary expenses for the operations, maintenance, and 
     procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, unmanned aerial 
     systems, the Air and Marine Operations Center, and other 
     related equipment of the air and marine program, including 
     salaries and expenses, operational training, and mission-
     related travel, the operations of which include the 
     following: the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the 
     provision of support to Federal, State, and local agencies in 
     the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the 
     Department of Homeland Security; and, at the discretion of 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of 
     assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law 
     enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; $802,298,000; 
     of which $300,429,000 shall be available for salaries and 
     expenses; and of which $501,869,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That no aircraft or 
     other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that 
     are one of a kind and have been identified as excess to U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft that 
     have been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any 
     other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the 
     Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2016 
     without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives:  Provided 
     further, That funding made available under this heading shall 
     be available for customs expenses when necessary to maintain 
     or to temporarily increase operations in Puerto Rico.

                 construction and facilities management

       For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 
     renovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain 
     buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 
     for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating 
     to customs, immigration, and border security, $340,128,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2020.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration and 
     customs laws, detention and removals, and investigations, 
     including intellectual property rights and overseas vetted 
     units operations; and purchase and lease of up to 3,790 
     (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; 
     $5,779,041,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 
     available until expended for conducting special operations 
     under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 
     U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed $11,475 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses; of which not 
     to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 
     informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
     of the Secretary of Homeland Security; of which not less than 
     $305,000 shall be for promotion of public awareness of the 
     child pornography tipline and activities to counter child 
     exploitation; of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used 
     to facilitate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); of 
     which not to exceed $45,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, is for maintenance, construction, and 
     leasehold improvements at owned and leased facilities; and of 
     which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or 
     reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated 
     with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled 
     aliens unlawfully present in the United States:  Provided, 
     That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
     $100,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
     Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement submits 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a report detailing the number of 
     full-time equivalent employees hired and lost through 
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     the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on June 
     30, 2016:  Provided further, That of the total amount made 
     available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be withheld 
     from obligation until the Director of U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement briefs the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives on efforts to 
     increase the number of communities and law enforcement 
     agencies participating in the Priority Enforcement Program, 
     including details as to the jurisdictions and law enforcement 
     agencies approached and the level of participation on a by-
     community basis:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available under this heading shall be available to 
     compensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount in 
     excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that 
     amount as necessary for national security purposes and in 
     cases of immigration emergencies:  Provided further, That of 
     the total amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for 
     activities to enforce laws against forced child labor, of 
     which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
     available, not less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to 
     identify aliens convicted of a crime who may be deportable, 
     and to remove them from the United States once they are 
     judged deportable:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and 
     removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of 
     that crime:  Provided further, That funding made available 
     under this heading shall maintain a level of not less than 
     34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2016:  Provided 
     further, That of the total amount provided, not less than 
     $3,217,942,000 is for enforcement, detention, and removal 
     operations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor 
     aliens:  Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
     Custody Operations in the previous proviso, $45,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided further, 
     That of the total amount provided for the Visa Security 
     Program and international investigations, $13,300,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, 
     That not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for 
     investigation of intellectual property rights violations, 
     including operation of the National Intellectual Property 
     Rights Coordination Center:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds provided under this heading may be used to continue 
     a delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under 
     section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 
     Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement 
     governing the delegation of authority have been materially 
     violated:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     under this heading may be used to continue any contract for 
     the provision of detention services if the two most recent 
     overall performance evaluations received by the contracted 
     facility are less than ``adequate'' or the equivalent median 
     score in any subsequent performance evaluation system:  
     Provided further, That nothing under this heading shall 
     prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 
     exercising those authorities provided under the immigration 
     laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority 
     operations pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime:  
     Provided further, That without regard to the limitation as to 
     time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the 
     Secretary may propose to reprogram and transfer funds within 
     and into this appropriation necessary to ensure the detention 
     of aliens prioritized for removal.

                        automation modernization

       For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement 
     automated systems, $53,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2018.

                 Transportation Security Administration

                           aviation security

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration related to providing civil aviation security 
     services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 
     Act (Public Law 107-71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), 
     $5,719,437,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017; 
     of which not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 
     and representation expenses:  Provided, That any award to 
     deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on risk, 
     the airport's current reliance on other screening solutions, 
     lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, 
     high injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost 
     effectiveness:  Provided further, That security service fees 
     authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United States 
     Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
     collections and shall be available only for aviation 
     security:  Provided further, That the sum appropriated under 
     this heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a 
     dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are 
     received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final 
     fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
     not more than $3,589,437,000:  Provided further, That the 
     funds deposited pursuant to section 44945 of title 49, United 
     States Code, that are currently unavailable for obligation 
     are hereby permanently cancelled:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United States 
     Code, for fiscal year 2016, any funds in the Aviation 
     Security Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of 
     title 49, United States Code, may be used for the procurement 
     and installation of explosives detection systems or for the 
     issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of 
     funding projects described in section 44923(a) of such title: 
      Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, for the current fiscal year and each fiscal year 
     hereafter, mobile explosives detection systems purchased and 
     deployed using funds made available under this heading may be 
     moved and redeployed to meet evolving passenger and baggage 
     screening security priorities at airports:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
     for any recruiting or hiring of personnel into the 
     Transportation Security Administration that would cause the 
     agency to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 full-time 
     equivalent screeners:  Provided further, That the preceding 
     proviso shall not apply to personnel hired as part-time 
     employees:  Provided further, That not later than 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     a detailed report on--
       (1) the Department of Homeland Security efforts and 
     resources being devoted to develop more advanced integrated 
     passenger screening technologies for the most effective 
     security of passengers and baggage at the lowest possible 
     operating and acquisition costs, including projected funding 
     levels for each fiscal year for the next 5 years or until 
     project completion, whichever is earlier;
       (2) how the Transportation Security Administration is 
     deploying its existing passenger and baggage screener 
     workforce in the most cost-effective manner; and
       (3) labor savings from the deployment of improved 
     technologies for passenger and baggage screening, including 
     high-speed baggage screening, and how those savings are being 
     used to offset security costs or reinvested to address 
     security vulnerabilities:
       Provided further, That Members of the United States House 
     of Representatives and the United States Senate, including 
     the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and 
     commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under 
     Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 
     Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy 
     Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United 
     States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office 
     of the President, including the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal 
     passenger and baggage screening.

                    surface transportation security

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration related to surface transportation security 
     activities, $110,798,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017.

                        intelligence and vetting

       For necessary expenses for the development and 
     implementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 
     $236,693,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                    transportation security support

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration related to transportation security support 
     pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act 
     (Public Law 107-71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), 
     $924,015,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                              Coast Guard

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operations and maintenance 
     of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase or 
     lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which 
     shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of small 
     boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at a unit 
     cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and service-life 
     replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; purchase 
     or lease of boats necessary for overseas deployments and 
     activities; purchase or lease of other equipment (at a unit 
     cost of no more than $250,000); minor shore construction 
     projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any 
     location; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-
     377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and 
     welfare; $7,061,490,000, of which $500,002,000 shall be for 
     defense-related activities, of which $160,002,000 is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived 
     from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
     purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
     1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed 
     $23,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses:  Provided, That none of the funds made available by 
     this Act shall be for expenses incurred for recreational 
     vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, 
     except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 
     and credited to this

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     appropriation:  Provided further, That to the extent fees are 
     insufficient to pay expenses of recreational vessel 
     documentation under such section 12114, and there is a 
     backlog of recreational vessel applications, then personnel 
     performing non-recreational vessel documentation functions 
     under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States 
     Code, may perform documentation under section 12114:  
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading, $85,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 
     Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates until a future-years 
     capital investment plan for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, 
     as specified under the heading ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, 
     Construction, and Improvements'' of this Act, is submitted to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism may be allocated by 
     program, project, and activity, notwithstanding section 503 
     of this Act:  Provided further, That without regard to the 
     limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this 
     Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to 
     or from Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with 
     subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503.

                environmental compliance and restoration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 
     compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under 
     chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $13,221,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020.

                            reserve training

       For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
     authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast 
     Guard reserve program; personnel and training costs; and 
     equipment and services; $110,614,000.

              acquisition, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
     renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
     facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment 
     related thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
     operation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 
     $1,945,169,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 
     the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 
     of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
     U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the following amounts shall 
     be available until September 30, 2020 (except as subsequently 
     specified): $21,000,000 for military family housing; 
     $1,264,400,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, 
     or improve vessels, small boats, and related equipment; 
     $295,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, 
     or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; 
     $65,100,000 for other acquisition programs; $181,600,000 for 
     shore facilities and aids to navigation, including facilities 
     at Department of Defense installations used by the Coast 
     Guard; and $118,069,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2016, for personnel compensation and benefits and related 
     costs:  Provided, That of the funds provided by this Act, not 
     less than $640,000,000 shall be immediately available and 
     allotted to contract for the production of the ninth National 
     Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for 
     post-production costs:  Provided further, That the Commandant 
     of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Congress, at the time 
     the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is 
     submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
     States Code, a future-years capital investment plan as 
     described in the second proviso under the heading ``Coast 
     Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'' in the 
     Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (Public Law 114-4), which shall be subject to the 
     requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
     heading.

              research, development, test, and evaluation

       For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 
     development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, 
     rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 
     equipment; as authorized by law; $18,019,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2018, of which $500,000 shall 
     be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
     out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
     Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)):  Provided, That there may 
     be credited to and used for the purposes of this 
     appropriation funds received from State and local 
     governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 
     foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, 
     development, testing, and evaluation.

                              retired pay

       For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
     otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this 
     purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
     Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
     status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-related 
     special compensation under the National Defense Authorization 
     Act, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and 
     their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
     Code, $1,604,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                      United States Secret Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
     including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-
     type use for replacement only; hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United States; 
     hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates 
     as may be determined by the Director of the United States 
     Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District of 
     Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
     facilities on private or other property not in Government 
     ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform 
     protective functions; payment of per diem or subsistence 
     allowances to employees in cases in which a protective 
     assignment on the actual day or days of the visit of a 
     protectee requires an employee to work 16 hours per day or to 
     remain overnight at a post of duty; conduct of and 
     participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 
     travel of United States Secret Service employees on 
     protective missions without regard to the limitations on such 
     expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is obtained 
     in advance from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives; research and 
     development; grants to conduct behavioral research in support 
     of protective research and operations; and payment in advance 
     for commercial accommodations as may be necessary to perform 
     protective functions; $1,854,526,000; of which not to exceed 
     $19,125 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide 
     technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 
     organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 
     $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of 
     investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 
     $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 
     investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017; and of which not 
     less than $12,000,000 shall be for activities related to 
     training in electronic crimes investigations and forensics:  
     Provided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
     of the amounts made available under this heading for security 
     improvements at the White House complex, $8,200,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, 
     That $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events shall 
     remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the 
     United States Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds 
     in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agencies and 
     entities, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
     Code, for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James 
     J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obligations at 
     the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary 
     resources available under this heading at the end of the 
     fiscal year:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available to compensate 
     any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 
     $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
     the designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as 
     necessary for national security purposes:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available to the United States 
     Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts 
     may be made available for the protection of the head of a 
     Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: 
      Provided further, That the Director of the United States 
     Secret Service may enter into an agreement to provide such 
     protection on a fully reimbursable basis:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available to the United States 
     Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts 
     may be obligated for the purpose of opening a new permanent 
     domestic or overseas office or location unless the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     obligation:  Provided further, That for purposes of section 
     503 of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
     less, may be reprogrammed between Protection of Persons and 
     Facilities and Domestic Field Operations.

     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

       For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 
     repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and 
     technological infrastructure, $79,019,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2018.

                               TITLE III

            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

              National Protection and Programs Directorate

                     management and administration

       For the management and administration of the National 
     Protection and Programs Directorate, and support for 
     operations and information technology, $62,132,000:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

           infrastructure protection and information security

       For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection and 
     information security programs and activities, as authorized 
     by title

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     II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et 
     seq.), $1,291,000,000, of which $289,650,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017.

                       federal protective service

       The revenues and collections of security fees credited to 
     this account shall be available until expended for necessary 
     expenses related to the protection of federally owned and 
     leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
     Protective Service:  Provided, That the Director of the 
     Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time the 
     President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is submitted 
     pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
     a strategic human capital plan that aligns fee collections to 
     personnel requirements based on a current threat assessment.

                office of biometric identity management

       For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric Identity 
     Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the Intelligence 
     Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), 
     $282,473,000, of which $159,054,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2018.

                        Office of Health Affairs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, 
     $125,369,000; of which $27,010,000 is for salaries and 
     expenses and $82,078,000 is for BioWatch operations:  
     Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
     heading, $16,281,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017, for biosurveillance, chemical defense, medical and 
     health planning and coordination, and workforce health 
     protection.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, $960,754,000, including activities authorized by the 
     National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 
     seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Cerro Grande 
     Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (division C, title I, 114 Stat. 
     583), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
     7701 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
     App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 405), Reorganization 
     Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the National Dam Safety 
     Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the Homeland Security 
     Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing 
     Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public 
     Law 110-53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
     1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency 
     Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 
     1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 
     (Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood 
     Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-89):  
     Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, 
     That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
     $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue Response 
     System, of which none is available for Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency administrative costs:  Provided further, 
     That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
     $27,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     for capital improvements and other expenses related to 
     continuity of operations at the Mount Weather Emergency 
     Operations Center:  Provided further, That of the total 
     amount made available, $3,422,000 shall be for the Office of 
     National Capital Region Coordination.

                        state and local programs

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated as 
     follows:
       (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security 
     Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 
     of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $55,000,000 shall be for 
     Operation Stonegarden:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2016, 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to local 
     and tribal governments amounts provided to the Commonwealth 
     of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with 
     subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.
       (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Security 
     Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which $20,000,000 shall be for 
     organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
     section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack.
       (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transportation 
     Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-
     the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, 
     and 1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
     Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 
     1163, and 1182), of which $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak 
     security and $3,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus 
     Security:  Provided, That such public transportation security 
     assistance shall be provided directly to public 
     transportation agencies.
       (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security Grants in 
     accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107.
       (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current operations for 
     training, exercises, technical assistance, and other 
     programs, of which $162,991,000 shall be for training of 
     State, local, and tribal emergency response providers:
       Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), 
     applications for grants shall be made available to eligible 
     applicants not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit 
     applications not later than 80 days after the grant 
     announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the receipt 
     of an application:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provision of law, a grantee 
     may not use more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made 
     available under this heading for expenses directly related to 
     administration of the grant:  Provided further, That for 
     grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of 
     communications towers is not considered construction of a 
     building or other physical facility:  Provided further, That 
     grantees shall provide reports on their use of funds, as 
     determined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 509 of this 
     Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to acquire 
     real property for the purpose of establishing or 
     appropriately extending the security buffer zones around 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency training facilities.

                     firefighter assistance grants

       For grants for programs authorized by the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), 
     $690,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     of which $345,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
     33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and $345,000,000 shall be 
     available to carry out section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
     2229a).

                emergency management performance grants

       For emergency management performance grants, as authorized 
     by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 
     et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 
     Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et 
     seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
     $350,000,000.

              radiological emergency preparedness program

       The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2016, as 
     authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall 
     not be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by 
     the Department of Homeland Security necessary for its 
     radiological emergency preparedness program for the next 
     fiscal year:  Provided, That the methodology for assessment 
     and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable and shall 
     reflect costs of providing such services, including 
     administrative costs of collecting such fees:  Provided 
     further, That fees received under this heading shall be 
     deposited in this account as offsetting collections and will 
     become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2016, 
     and remain available until expended.
  


                   united states fire administration

       For necessary expenses of the United States Fire 
     Administration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 
     Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
     2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     101 et seq.), $44,000,000.

                          disaster relief fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,374,693,000 to remain available 
     until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector 
     General for audits and investigations related to disasters:  
     Provided, That the reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) 
     and (2) under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, Disaster Relief Fund'' in the Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114-4) shall be 
     applied in fiscal year 2016 with respect to budget year 2017 
     and current fiscal year 2016, respectively, by substituting 
     ``fiscal year 2017'' for ``fiscal year 2016'' in paragraph 
     (1):  Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
     this heading, $6,712,953,000 shall be for major disasters 
     declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.):  
     Provided further, That the amount in the preceding proviso is 
     designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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             flood hazard mapping and risk analysis program

       For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, 
     under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), and under sections 100215, 100216, 
     100226, 100230, and 100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood 
     Insurance Reform Act of 2012, (Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 
     916), $190,000,000, and such additional sums as may be 
     provided by State and local governments or other political 
     subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under section 
     1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain 
     available until expended.

                     national flood insurance fund

       For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection 
     Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters 
     Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-141, 126 
     Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability 
     Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-89; 128 Stat. 1020), 
     $181,198,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017, and shall be derived from offsetting amounts 
     collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which 
     $25,299,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses 
     associated with flood management and flood insurance 
     operations and $155,899,000 shall be available for flood 
     plain management and flood mapping:  Provided, That any 
     additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
     National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) 
     shall be credited as an offsetting collection to this 
     account, to be available for flood plain management and flood 
     mapping:  Provided further, That in fiscal year 2016, no 
     funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 
     Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of:
       (1) $133,252,000 for operating expenses;
       (2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents;
       (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
     borrowings; and
       (4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until 
     expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood 
     mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the National 
     Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), 
     notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017):
       Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
     102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
     4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 
     Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood 
     Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as 
     available for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
     Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 
     1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)-(3)):  
     Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 
     exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation:  Provided 
     further, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out 
     section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act 
     of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033).

                  national predisaster mitigation fund

       For the predisaster mitigation grant program under section 
     203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $100,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                       emergency food and shelter

       To carry out the Emergency Food and Shelter program 
     pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That total 
     administrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the 
     total amount made available under this heading:  Provided 
     further, That if the President's budget proposal for fiscal 
     year 2017, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, proposes to move the Emergency Food and 
     Shelter program from the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or to 
     fund such program directly through the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development, a joint transition plan from the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall be submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives not later than 90 days after the date the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget is submitted to Congress:  Provided 
     further, That such plan shall include details on the 
     transition of programmatic responsibilities, efforts to 
     consult with stakeholders, and mechanisms to ensure that the 
     original purpose of the program will be retained.

                                TITLE IV

             RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES

           United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

       For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigration 
     services, $119,671,000 for the E-Verify Program, as described 
     in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), 
     to assist United States employers with maintaining a legal 
     workforce:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, funds otherwise made available to United 
     States Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to 
     acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for 
     replacement only, for areas where the Administrator of 
     General Services does not provide vehicles for lease:  
     Provided further, That the Director of United States 
     Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees 
     who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to 
     travel between the employees' residences and places of 
     employment.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, including materials and support costs of 
     Federal law enforcement basic training; the purchase of not 
     to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student athletic and 
     related activities; the conduct of and participation in 
     firearms matches and presentation of awards; public awareness 
     and enhancement of community support of law enforcement 
     training; room and board for student interns; a flat monthly 
     reimbursement to employees authorized to use personal mobile 
     phones for official duties; and services as authorized by 
     section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; $217,485,000; of 
     which up to $38,981,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, for materials and support costs of 
     Federal law enforcement basic training; and of which not to 
     exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and 
     representation expenses:  Provided, That the Center is 
     authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of 
     reimbursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by 
     the Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
     available at the end of the fiscal year:  Provided further, 
     That section 1202(a) of Public Law 107-206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 
     note), as amended under this heading in Public Law 114-4, is 
     further amended by striking ``December 31, 2017'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2018'':  Provided further, That the 
     Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall 
     schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or both, 
     at all four training facilities under the control of the 
     Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that such 
     training facilities are operated at the highest capacity 
     throughout the fiscal year:  Provided further, That the 
     Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, 
     including representatives from the Federal law enforcement 
     community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in 
     law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law 
     enforcement training accreditation process to continue the 
     implementation of measuring and assessing the quality and 
     effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, 
     facilities, and instructors.

     acquisitions, construction, improvements, and related expenses

       For acquisition of necessary additional real property and 
     facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, facility 
     improvements, and related expenses of the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center, $27,553,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That the Center is 
     authorized to accept reimbursement to this appropriation from 
     government agencies requesting the construction of special 
     use facilities.

                         Science and Technology

                     management and administration

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Science and Technology and for management and 
     administration of programs and activities, as authorized by 
     title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 
     et seq.), $131,531,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 
     shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
  


           research, development, acquisition, and operations

       For necessary expenses for science and technology research, 
     including advanced research projects, development, test and 
     evaluation, acquisition, and operations as authorized by 
     title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 
     et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 
     vehicles, $655,407,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2018.

                   Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

                     management and administration

       For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
     Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland Security 
     Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management and 
     administration of programs and activities, $38,109,000:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                 research, development, and operations

       For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 
     research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 
     $196,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018.

                          systems acquisition

       For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
     Office acquisition and deployment of radiological detection 
     systems

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     in accordance with the global nuclear detection architecture, 
     $113,011,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 502.  Subject to the requirements of section 503 of 
     this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
     provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
     appropriation accounts for such activities established 
     pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
     applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be 
     accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
     originally enacted.
       Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
     provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in 
     or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 
     remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
     2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
     United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that--
       (1) creates a new program, project, or activity;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted by the 
     Congress;
       (4) contracts out any function or activity presently 
     performed by Federal employees or any new function or 
     activity proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the 
     President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 for the 
     Department of Homeland Security;
       (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
     excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
       (6) reduces any program, project, or activity, or numbers 
     of personnel by 10 percent; or
       (7) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel that would result in a change in existing programs, 
     projects, or activities as approved by the Congress, unless 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.
       (b) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts may be transferred between such 
     appropriations.
       (c) Any transfer under this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under subsection (a) and shall not be 
     available for obligation unless the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer.
       (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds 
     shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
     appropriations based upon an initial notification provided 
     after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that 
     imminently threaten the safety of human life or the 
     protection of property.
       (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in 
     this section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances 
     of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 504.  The Department of Homeland Security Working 
     Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403 of Public 
     Law 103-356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue operations 
     as a permanent working capital fund for fiscal year 2016:  
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to the Department of Homeland Security may be 
     used to make payments to the Working Capital Fund, except for 
     the activities and amounts allowed in the President's fiscal 
     year 2016 budget:  Provided further, That funds provided to 
     the Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation 
     until expended to carry out the purposes of the Working 
     Capital Fund:  Provided further, That all Departmental 
     components shall be charged only for direct usage of each 
     Working Capital Fund service:  Provided further, That funds 
     provided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 
     purposes consistent with the contributing component:  
     Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid 
     in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return the full 
     cost of each service:  Provided further, That the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives shall be notified of any activity added to or 
     removed from the fund:  Provided further, That for any 
     activity added to the fund, the notification shall identify 
     sources of funds by program, project, and activity:  Provided 
     further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the Department 
     of Homeland Security shall submit a quarterly execution 
     report with activity level detail, not later than 30 days 
     after the end of each quarter.
       Sec. 505.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016, as 
     recorded in the financial records at the time of a 
     reprogramming request, but not later than June 30, 2017, from 
     appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2016 
     in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 
     2017, in the account and for the purposes for which the 
     appropriations were provided:  Provided, That prior to the 
     obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives for approval in accordance with section 503 
     of this Act.
       Sec. 506.  Funds made available by this Act for 
     intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
     authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
     year 2016 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 
     intelligence activities for fiscal year 2016.
       Sec. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and 
     (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
     to--
       (1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, contract, 
     other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
     Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, or 
     to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000;
       (2) award a task or delivery order requiring an obligation 
     of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multi-
     year Department of Homeland Security funds;
       (3) make a sole-source grant award; or
       (4) announce publicly the intention to make or award items 
     under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) including a contract covered 
     by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
       (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the 
     prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives at least 3 full business days in advance 
     of making an award or issuing a letter as described in that 
     subsection.
       (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
     compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to 
     human life, health, or safety, an award may be made without 
     notification, and the Secretary shall notify the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives not later than 5 full business days after 
     such an award is made or letter issued.
       (d) A notification under this section--
       (1) may not involve funds that are not available for 
     obligation; and
       (2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
     for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
     of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
     drawn.
       (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full business days 
     in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an 
     award under ``State and Local Programs''.
       Sec. 508.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
     facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
     locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
     law enforcement training without advance notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of 
     additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
     for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Center 
     facilities.
       Sec. 509.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for expenses for any 
     construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for 
     which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 of 
     title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, except 
     that necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
     required expenses for the development of a proposed 
     prospectus.
       Sec. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department 
     of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of 
     Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with 
     respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 
     manner as such sections applied to funds made available in 
     that Act.
       (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department of 
     Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 114), 
     shall hereafter not apply with respect to funds made 
     available in this or any other Act.
       (c) Section 525 of Public Law 109-90 is amended by striking 
     ``thereafter'', and section 554 of Public Law 111-83 is 
     amended by striking ``and shall report annually thereafter''.
       Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the 
     Buy American Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
     term ``Buy American Act'' means chapter 83 of title 41, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 
     337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448).
       Sec. 513.  Not later than 30 days after the last day of 
     each month, the Chief Financial

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     Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a monthly budget and staffing report 
     for that month that includes total obligations of the 
     Department for that month for the fiscal year at the 
     appropriation and program, project, and activity levels, by 
     the source year of the appropriation:  Provided, That total 
     obligations for staffing shall also be provided by 
     subcategory of on-board and funded full-time equivalent 
     staffing levels, respectively:  Provided further, That the 
     report shall specify the number of, and total obligations 
     for, contract employees for each office of the Department.
       Sec. 514.  Except as provided in section 44945 of title 49, 
     United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred to 
     Transportation Security Administration ``Aviation Security'', 
     ``Administration'', and ``Transportation Security Support'' 
     for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recovered or 
     deobligated shall be available only for the procurement or 
     installation of explosives detection systems, air cargo, 
     baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to 
     notification:  Provided, That semiannual reports shall be 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives on any funds that are 
     recovered or deobligated.
       Sec. 515.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to process or approve a competition under Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76 for services provided by 
     employees (including employees serving on a temporary or term 
     basis) of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
     of the Department of Homeland Security who are known as 
     Immigration Information Officers, Immigration Service 
     Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants, 
     or Immigration Services Officers.
       Sec. 516.  Any funds appropriated to ``Coast Guard, 
     Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'' for fiscal 
     years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the 110-123 foot 
     patrol boat conversion that are recovered, collected, or 
     otherwise received as the result of negotiation, mediation, 
     or litigation, shall be available until expended for the Fast 
     Response Cutter program.
       Sec. 517.  The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as 
     inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 
     Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
       Sec. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     submit a report not later than October 15, 2016, to the 
     Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
     listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means other 
     than full and open competition during fiscal year 2016.
       (b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 
     by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compliance with 
     applicable laws and regulations and report the results of 
     that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives not later than February 15, 
     2017.
       Sec. 519.  None of the funds provided by this or previous 
     appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any position 
     designated as a Principal Federal Official (or the successor 
     thereto) for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) declared 
     disasters or emergencies unless--
       (1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal Official 
     do not include operational functions related to incident 
     management, including coordination of operations, and are 
     consistent with the requirements of section 509(c) and 
     sections 503(c)(3) and 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security 
     Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 319(c), 313(c)(3), and 313(c)(4)(A)) 
     and section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143);
       (2) not later than 10 business days after the latter of the 
     date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security appoints the 
     Principal Federal Official and the date on which the 
     President issues a declaration under section 401 or section 
     501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respectively), the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notification of 
     the appointment of the Principal Federal Official and a 
     description of the responsibilities of such Official and how 
     such responsibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (3) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report specifying 
     timeframes and milestones regarding the update of operations, 
     planning and policy documents, and training and exercise 
     protocols, to ensure consistency with paragraph (1) of this 
     section.
       Sec. 520.  None of the funds provided or otherwise made 
     available in this Act shall be available to carry out section 
     872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) 
     unless explicitly authorized by Congress.
       Sec. 521. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or 
     previous appropriations Acts may be used to establish an 
     Office of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and 
     Explosives Defense until such time as Congress has authorized 
     such establishment.
       (b) Subject to the limitation in subsection (a) and 
     notwithstanding section 503 of this Act, the Secretary may 
     transfer funds for the purpose of executing authorization of 
     the Office of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, 
     and Explosives Defense.
       (c) Not later than 15 days before transferring funds 
     pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives on--
       (1) the transition plan for the establishment of the 
     office; and
       (2) the funds and positions to be transferred by source.
       Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
     to grant an immigration benefit unless the results of 
     background checks required by law to be completed prior to 
     the granting of the benefit have been received by United 
     States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the results 
     do not preclude the granting of the benefit.
       Sec. 523.  Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Until September 30, 
     2015,'' and inserting ``Until September 30, 2016,''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30, 
     2015,'' and inserting ``September 30, 2016,''.
       Sec. 524.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 
     that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security 
     that provide award fees link such fees to successful 
     acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be specified in 
     terms of cost, schedule, and performance).
       Sec. 525.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used 
     to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection 
     laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of 
     crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 
     consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of 
     Energy and Transportation and representatives from the United 
     States flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to 
     ensure the use of United States flag vessels:  Provided, That 
     the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
     House of Representatives within 2 business days of any 
     request for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
     pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b).
       Sec. 526.  None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 
     individual not in the business of importing a prescription 
     drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription 
     drug from Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act:  Provided, That this section shall apply 
     only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-
     use quantity of the prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day 
     supply:  Provided further, That the prescription drug may not 
     be--
       (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
     the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or
       (2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
       Sec. 527.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     reduce the Coast Guard's Operations Systems Center mission or 
     its government-employed or contract staff levels.
       Sec. 528.  The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds 
     available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United 
     States Code (as added by Public Law 102-393) from the 
     Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency 
     within the Department of Homeland Security:  Provided, That 
     none of the funds identified for such a transfer may be 
     obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives approve the proposed 
     transfers.
       Sec. 529.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a 
     national identification card.
       Sec. 530.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 
     competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
     76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast Guard 
     National Vessel Documentation Center.
       Sec. 531.  Any official that is required by this Act to 
     report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of 
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     the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 
     to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein.
       Sec. 532.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, 
     release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 
     the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 
     Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
       (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
     of Defense.
       Sec. 533.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies 
     funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.122 
     through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 534.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
       Sec. 535.  Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
     alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the 
     Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, 
     facilities design and construction centers, maintenance and 
     logistics commands, and the Coast Guard Academy, except that 
     none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce 
     operations within any civil engineering unit unless 
     specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 536.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for 
     contractor performance that has been judged to be below 
     satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet 
     the basic requirements of a contract.
       Sec. 537.  In developing any process to screen aviation 
     passengers and crews for transportation or national security 
     purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
     that all such processes take into consideration such 
     passengers' and crews' privacy and civil liberties consistent 
     with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
       Sec. 538. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 8, 
     United States Code, of the funds deposited into the 
     Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to $10,000,000 may 
     be allocated by United States Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services in fiscal year 2016 for the purpose of providing an 
     immigrant integration grants program.
       (b) None of the funds made available to United States 
     Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant 
     integration may be used to provide services to aliens who 
     have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
       Sec. 539.  For an additional amount for the ``Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Management'', $215,679,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for necessary expenses to plan, 
     acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, equip, 
     furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy buildings and 
     facilities for the Department headquarters consolidation 
     project and associated mission support consolidation:  
     Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives shall receive an expenditure 
     plan not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act detailing the allocation of these funds.
       Sec. 540.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Department of 
     Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract unless 
     such contract is entered into in accordance with the 
     requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, 
     or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is 
     otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without 
     regard to the above referenced statutes.
       Sec. 541. (a) For an additional amount for financial 
     systems modernization, $52,977,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.
       (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial 
     systems modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security between appropriations for the same 
     purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act.
       (c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 
     until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of such 
     transfer.
       Sec. 542. (a) For an additional amount for cybersecurity to 
     safeguard and enhance Department of Homeland Security systems 
     and capabilities, $100,000,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.
       (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for 
     cybersecurity may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security between appropriations for the same purpose, 
     notwithstanding section 503 of this Act.
       (c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 
     until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of such 
     transfer.
       Sec. 543. (a) For an additional amount for emergent threats 
     from violent extremism and from complex, coordinated 
     terrorist attacks, $50,000,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.
       (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for emergent 
     threats may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security between appropriations for the same purpose, 
     notwithstanding section 503 of this Act.
       (c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 
     until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of such 
     transfer.
       Sec. 544.  The Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer 
     to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to 
     $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Department 
     of Homeland Security:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer.
       Sec. 545.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
     enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in section 
     101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(a)(17))).
       Sec. 546. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 547.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate 
     the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the 
     Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the 
     individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless law 
     enforcement personnel of the United States continuously 
     monitor or control the firearm at all times.
       Sec. 548.  None of the funds provided in this or any other 
     Act may be obligated to implement the National Preparedness 
     Grant Program or any other successor grant programs unless 
     explicitly authorized by Congress.
       Sec. 549.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide funding for the position of Public 
     Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Immigration 
     and Customs Enforcement.
       Sec. 550.  Section 559(e)(3)(D) of Public Law 113-76 is 
     amended by striking ``five pilots per year'' and inserting 
     ``10 pilots per year''.
       Sec. 551.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 
     50 employees of a single component of the Department of 
     Homeland Security, who are stationed in the United States, at 
     a single international conference unless the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, or a designee, determines that such 
     attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives within at least 10 days of that determination 
     and the basis for that determination:  Provided, That for 
     purposes of this section the term ``international 
     conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
     United States attended by representatives of the United 
     States Government and of foreign governments, international 
     organizations, or nongovernmental organizations:  Provided 
     further, That the total cost to the Department of Homeland 
     Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000.
       Sec. 552.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 
     participation in a National Special Security Event.
       Sec. 553.  With the exception of countries with 
     preclearance facilities in service prior to 2013, none of the 
     funds made available in this Act may be used for new U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection air preclearance agreements 
     entering into force after February 1, 2014, unless: (1) the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that air 
     preclearance operations at the airport provide a homeland or 
     national security benefit to the United States; (2) U.S. 
     passenger air carriers are not precluded from operating at 
     existing preclearance locations; and (3) a U.S. passenger air 
     carrier is operating at all airports contemplated for 
     establishment of new air preclearance operations.
       Sec. 554.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used by the Administrator of the 
     Transportation Security Administration to implement, 
     administer, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility 
     described in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 
     Code, any requirement that airport operators provide airport-
     financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile 
     area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
     Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 
     2013.
       Sec. 555.  The administrative law judge annuitants 
     participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge Program 
     managed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
     under section 3323 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
     available on a temporary reemployment basis to conduct 
     arbitrations of disputes arising from delivery of assistance 
     under the Federal Emergency

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     Management Agency Public Assistance Program.
       Sec. 556.  As authorized by section 601(b) of the United 
     States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act 
     (Public Law 112-42) fees collected from passengers arriving 
     from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to 
     section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be 
     available until expended.
       Sec. 557.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may 
     be obligated for any structural pay reform that affects more 
     than 100 full-time equivalent employee positions or costs 
     more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the end of the 
     30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that 
     includes--
       (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee positions 
     affected by such change;
       (2) funding required for such change for the current year 
     and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program;
       (3) justification for such change; and
       (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change 
     that were considered by the Department.
       Sec. 558. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
     this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
     the public Web site of that agency any report required to be 
     submitted by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives in this Act, upon the 
     determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
     the national interest.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 
     or national security; or
       (2) the report contains proprietary information.
       (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     only after such report has been made available to the 
     requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
     than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law.
       Sec. 559. (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall not--
       (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 
     crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 
     the Northern border at a land port of entry; or
       (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a 
     border crossing fee.
       (b) Border Crossing Fee Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``border crossing fee'' means a fee that every pedestrian, 
     cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle 
     is required to pay for the privilege of crossing the Southern 
     border or the Northern border at a land port of entry.
       Sec. 560.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the 
     United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds 
     provided under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, State and Local Programs'' in this Act, Public Law 
     114-4, division F of Public Law 113-76, or division D of 
     Public Law 113-6 may be used by recipients or sub-recipients 
     for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to providing 
     humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and alien 
     adults accompanied by an alien minor where they are 
     encountered after entering the United States, provided that 
     such costs were incurred between January 1, 2014, and 
     December 31, 2014, or during the award period of performance.
       Sec. 561. (a) Each major acquisition program of the 
     Department of Homeland Security, as defined in Department of 
     Homeland Security Management Directive 102-2, shall meet 
     established acquisition documentation requirements for its 
     acquisition program baseline established in the Department of 
     Homeland Security Instruction Manual 102-01-001 and the 
     Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Instruction/
     Guidebook 102-01-001, Appendix K.
       (b) The Department shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     in the Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report and its 
     quarterly updates, required under the heading ``Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Management'' of this Act, on any major 
     acquisition program that does not meet such documentation 
     requirements and the schedule by which the program will come 
     into compliance with these requirements.
       (c) None of the funds made available by this or any other 
     Act for any fiscal year may be used for a major acquisition 
     program that is out of compliance with such documentation 
     requirements for more than two years except that funds may be 
     used solely to come into compliance with such documentation 
     requirements or to terminate the program.
       Sec. 562.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's budget proposal to the Congress of 
     the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
     Appropriations Subcommittees on the Department of Homeland 
     Security that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from 
     the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not 
     been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget 
     unless such budget submission identifies which additional 
     spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees 
     proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
     of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2017 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 563. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
     include, in the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 
     2017, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, and accompanying justification materials, 
     an account structure under which each appropriation under 
     each agency heading either remains the same as fiscal year 
     2016 or falls within the following categories of 
     appropriations:
       (1) Operations and Support.
       (2) Procurements, Construction, and Improvements.
       (3) Research and Development.
       (4) Federal Assistance.
       (b) The Under Secretary for Management, acting through the 
     Chief Financial Officer, shall determine and provide 
     centralized guidance to each agency on how to structure 
     appropriations for purposes of subsection (a).
       (c) Not earlier than October 1, 2016, the accounts 
     designated under subsection (a) may be established, and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security may execute appropriations of 
     the Department as provided pursuant to such subsection, 
     including any continuing appropriations made available for 
     fiscal year 2017 before enactment of a regular appropriations 
     Act.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer any appropriation 
     made available to the Department of Homeland Security by any 
     appropriations Acts to the accounts created pursuant to 
     subsection (c) to carry out the requirements of such 
     subsection, and shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 5 days 
     of each transfer.
       (e)(1) Not later than November 1, 2016, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall establish the preliminary baseline 
     for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities and 
     submit the report specified in paragraph (2) to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) The report required in this subsection shall include--
       (A) a delineation of the amount and account of each 
     transfer made pursuant to subsection (c) or (d);
       (B) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the President's budget proposal, adjustments made 
     by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
     appropriate, adjustments made pursuant to the transfer 
     authority in subsection (c) or (d), and the fiscal year 
     level;
       (C) a delineation in the table for each appropriation, 
     adjusted as described in paragraph (2), both by budget 
     activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in 
     the Budget Appendix; and
       (D) an identification of funds directed for a specific 
     activity.
       (f) The Secretary shall not exercise the authority provided 
     in subsections (c), (d), and (e) unless, not later than April 
     1, 2016, the Chief Financial Officer has submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives--
       (1) technical assistance on new legislative language in the 
     account structure under subsection (a);
       (2) comparison tables of fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 
     in the account structure under subsection (a);
       (3) cross-component comparisons that the account structure 
     under subsection (a) facilitates;
       (4) a copy of the interim financial management policy 
     manual addressing changes made in this Act;
       (5) an outline of the financial management policy manual 
     changes necessary for the account structure under subsection 
     (a);
       (6) proposed changes to transfer and reprogramming 
     requirements, including technical assistance on legislative 
     language;
       (7) certification by the Chief Financial Officer that the 
     Department's financial systems can report in the new account 
     structure; and
       (8) a plan for training and implementation of the account 
     structure under subsections (a) and (c).
       Sec. 564.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
     until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for 
     the Treaty.
       Sec. 565.  Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is amended by 
     striking ``2004, 2005, or 2006 shall not again be counted 
     toward such limitation during fiscal year 2007.'' and 
     inserting ``2013, 2014, or 2015 shall not again be counted 
     toward such limitation during fiscal year 2016.''.
       Sec. 566.  For an additional amount for ``U.S. Customs and 
     Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses'', $14,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts 
     collected and credited to this appropriation from amounts 
     authorized to be

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     collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 
     Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), 
     and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade 
     Enforcement Act of 2015:  Provided, That to the extent that 
     amounts realized from such collections exceed $14,000,000, 
     those amounts in excess of $14,000,000 shall be credited to 
     this appropriation and remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That this authority is contingent on 
     enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act 
     of 2015.

                             (rescissions)

       Sec. 567.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded 
     from the following accounts and programs in the specified 
     amounts:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 (Public Law 99-177):
       (1) $27,338,000 from Public Law 109-88;
       (2) $4,188,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 
     ``Analysis and Operations'';
       (3) $7,000,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 
     ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Automation 
     Modernization'';
       (4) $21,856,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 
     ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Security, 
     Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'';
       (5) $4,500,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 
     ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Construction and 
     Facilities Management'';
       (6) $158,414,000 from Public Law 114-4 under the heading 
     ``Transportation Security Administration, Aviation 
     Security'';
       (7) $14,000,000 from Public Law 114-4 under the heading 
     ``Transportation Security Administration, Surface 
     Transportation Security'';
       (8) $5,800,000 from Public Law 112-74 under the heading 
     ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'';
       (9) $16,445,000 from Public Law 113-76 under the heading 
     ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'';
       (10) $13,758,918 from ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation Fund'' account 70  
     0716;
       (11) $393,178 from Public Law 113-6 under the heading 
     ``Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition, 
     and Operations'';
       (12) $8,500,000 from Public Law 113-76 under the heading 
     ``Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition, 
     and Operations''; and
       (13) $1,106,822 from Public Law 114-4 under the heading 
     ``Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition, 
     and Operations''.

                             (rescissions)

       Sec. 568.  Of the funds transferred to the Department of 
     Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the following 
     funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and 
     programs in the specified amounts:
       (1) $417,017 from ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
     Salaries and Expenses'';
       (2) $15,238 from ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     Office of Domestic Preparedness''; and
       (3) $573,828 from ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     National Predisaster Mitigation Fund''.

                             (rescissions)

       Sec. 569.  The following unobligated balances made 
     available to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to 
     section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114-4) are rescinded:
       (1) $361,242 from ``Office of the Secretary and Executive 
     Management'';
       (2) $146,547 from ``Office of the Under Secretary for 
     Management'';
       (3) $25,859 from ``Office of the Chief Financial Officer'';
       (4) $507,893 from ``Office of the Chief Information 
     Officer'';
       (5) $301,637 from ``Analysis and Operations'';
       (6) $20,856 from ``Office of Inspector General'';
       (7) $598,201 from ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
     Salaries and Expenses'';
       (8) $254,322 from ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
     Automation Modernization'';
       (9) $450,806 from ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air 
     and Marine Operations'';
       (10) $2,461,665 from ``U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses'';
       (11) $8,653,853 from ``Coast Guard, Operating Expenses'';
       (12) $515,040 from ``Coast Guard, Reserve Training'';
       (13) $970,844 from ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, 
     Construction, and Improvements'';
       (14) $4,212,971 from ``United States Secret Service, 
     Salaries and Expenses'';
       (15) $27,360 from ``National Protection and Programs 
     Directorate, Management and Administration'';
       (16) $188,146 from ``National Protection and Programs 
     Directorate, Infrastructure Protection and Information 
     Security'';
       (17) $986 from ``National Protection and Programs 
     Directorate, Office of Biometric Identity Management'';
       (18) $20,650 from ``Office of Health Affairs'';
       (19) $236,332 from ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     United States Fire Administration'';
       (20) $3,086,173 from ``United States Citizenship and 
     Immigration Services'';
       (21) $558,012 from ``Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center, Salaries and Expenses'';
       (22) $284,796 from ``Science and Technology, Management and 
     Administration''; and
       (23) $83,861 from ``Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, 
     Management and Administration''.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 570.  From the unobligated balances made available in 
     the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by 
     section 9703 of title 31, United States Code (added by 
     section 638 of Public Law 102-393), $176,000,000 shall be 
     rescinded.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 571.  Of the unobligated balances made available to 
     ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Relief 
     Fund'', $1,021,879,000 shall be rescinded:  Provided, That no 
     amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:  
     Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from the 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as being for 
     disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 572.  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 ``September 30, 2016'' 
     for the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-53).
       Sec. 573.  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 ``September 30, 2016'' for the date specified in 
     section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 
     (Public Law 114-53).
       Sec. 574.  Section 220(c) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 
     note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2016'' 
     for the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-53).
       Sec. 575.  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 ``September 30, 2016'' for the date 
     specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations 
     Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-53).
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2016''.

   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

       For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
     development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 
     acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and 
     performance of other functions, including maintenance of 
     facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
     and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
     Land Management, including the general administration of the 
     Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
     pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 
     3150(a)), $1,072,675,000, to remain available until expended, 
     including all such amounts as are collected from permit 
     processing fees, as authorized but made subject to future 
     appropriation by section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral 
     Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit 
     processing fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses 
     associated with the processing of oil and gas applications 
     for permits to drill and related use of authorizations; of 
     which $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2016 
     subject to a match by at least an equal amount by the 
     National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared 
     projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and such 
     funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant 
     without regard to when expenses are incurred.
       In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration 
     program operations, including the cost of administering the 
     mining claim fee program, to remain available until expended, 
     to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited 
     to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and 
     location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal year 
     2016, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at 
     not more than $1,072,675,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, from communication site rental fees 
     established by the Bureau for the cost of administering 
     communication site activities.

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                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
     318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative 
     expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
     therein, $38,630,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.

                   oregon and california grant lands

       For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
     development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
     maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other 
     improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
     grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and 
     California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent 
     rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, 
     including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such 
     grant lands; $107,734,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
     receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested 
     Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a 
     charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
     shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in 
     accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of 
     title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f).

                           range improvements

       For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
     and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands 
     pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any 
     other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received 
     during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the 
     Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount 
     designated for range improvements from grazing fees and 
     mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands 
     transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to 
     law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

       For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
     processing application documents and other authorizations for 
     use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of 
     providing copies of official public land documents, for 
     monitoring construction, operation, and termination of 
     facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for 
     rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
     collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
     and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
     185), to remain available until expended:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 
     305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys 
     that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, 
     whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, 
     if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of 
     that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be 
     expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to 
     improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands 
     administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have 
     been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
     purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
     regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action 
     are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action:  
     Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess of 
     amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which 
     funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged 
     public lands.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

       In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
     existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as 
     may be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43 
     U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for 
     administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of 
     making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of 
     that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available until 
     expended.

                       administrative provisions

       The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 
     funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, 
     grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements 
     with public and private entities, including with States. 
     Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for 
     purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary 
     structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary 
     buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 
     States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
     concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
     miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
     activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
     accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to 
     exceed $10,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law 
     90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 
     cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, 
     procure printing services from cooperators in connection with 
     jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 
     the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the 
     Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
     accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That projects 
     to be funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State 
     government to provide an identified amount of money in 
     support of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a 
     reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not be 
     available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
     horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its 
     contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that 
     results in their destruction for processing into commercial 
     products.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

       For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
     and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
     performance of other authorized functions related to such 
     resources, $1,238,771,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That not to exceed $20,515,000 
     shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and 
     (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
     U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 
     issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other 
     steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 
     (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed 
     $4,605,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the 
     designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species listed 
     pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2014; of 
     which not to exceed $1,501,000 shall be used for any activity 
     regarding petitions to list species that are indigenous to 
     the United States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) and 
     (b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $1,504,000 shall be 
     used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of 
     section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
     1533) for species that are not indigenous to the United 
     States.

                              construction

       For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
     buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, 
     management, investigation, protection, and utilization of 
     fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and 
     interests therein; $23,687,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 
     54, United States Code, including administrative expenses, 
     and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 
     in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the 
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $68,500,000, to be 
     derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to 
     remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding 
     section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, not more than 
     $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation partnerships 
     authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, 
     including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: 
      Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
     land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any 
     administrative overhead, planning or other management costs.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $53,495,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $22,695,000 is 
     to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species 
     Conservation Fund; and of which $30,800,000 is to be derived 
     from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

       For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
     1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et 
     seq.), $35,145,000, to remain available until expended.

                neotropical migratory bird conservation

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
     Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
     $3,910,000, to remain available until expended.

                multinational species conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant 
     Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the 
     Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 
     et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
     6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 
     (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $11,061,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                    state and tribal wildlife grants

       For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
     District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
     Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 
     and Indian tribes under the provisions of the

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     Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife 
     Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of 
     programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 
     including species that are not hunted or fished, $60,571,000, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
     amount provided herein, $4,084,000 is for a competitive grant 
     program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining 
     provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That 
     $5,487,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 
     approved plans for States, territories, and other 
     jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the 
     regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not 
     subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 
     $9,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount 
     provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 
     of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a 
     sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and 
     (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 
     percent thereof:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 
     one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
     area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
     States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to 
     which the population of such State bears to the total 
     population of all such States:  Provided further, That the 
     amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted 
     equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which 
     is less than 1 percent of the amount available for 
     apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or 
     more than 5 percent of such amount:  Provided further, That 
     the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 
     percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal 
     share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent of 
     the total costs of such projects:  Provided further, That the 
     non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived from 
     Federal grant programs:  Provided further, That any amount 
     apportioned in 2016 to any State, territory, or other 
     jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 30, 
     2017, shall be reapportioned, together with funds 
     appropriated in 2018, in the manner provided herein.

                       administrative provisions

       The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 
     the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, 
     contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
     agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations 
     and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service shall be available for repair of damage to public 
     roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by 
     operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land 
     at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to 
     such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are 
     consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
     and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities 
     under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United 
     States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in 
     connection with management, and investigation of fish and 
     wildlife resources:  Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 
     501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and 
     partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
     services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced 
     publications for which the cooperators share at least one-
     half the cost of printing either in cash or services and the 
     Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
     accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That the 
     Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for 
     existing aircraft:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
     U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and 
     approval shall be deposited under the heading ``United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource Management'' and shall be 
     available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to 
     be used for expenses of processing of such non-toxic shot 
     type or coating applications and revising regulations as 
     necessary, and shall remain available until expended.

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

       For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
     maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
     National Park Service and for the general administration of 
     the National Park Service, $2,369,596,000, of which 
     $10,001,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
     support of Everglades restoration and $99,461,000 for 
     maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for 
     constructed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 of 
     Public Law 95-348 and section 204 of Public Law 93-486, as 
     amended by section 1(3) of Public Law 100-355.

                  national recreation and preservation

       For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
     natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership 
     programs, environmental compliance and review, international 
     park affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise 
     provided for, $62,632,000.

                       historic preservation fund

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
     Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of 
     title 54, United States Code), $65,410,000, to be derived 
     from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 is for 
     competitive grants for the survey and nomination of 
     properties to the National Register of Historic Places and as 
     National Historic Landmarks associated with communities 
     currently underrepresented, as determined by the Secretary, 
     and of which $8,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve 
     the sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement:  
     Provided, That such competitive grants shall be made without 
     imposing the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of 
     title 54, United States Code to States and Indian tribes as 
     defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian 
     organizations, local governments, including Certified Local 
     Governments, and nonprofit organizations.

                              construction

       For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of 
     physical facilities, including modifications authorized by 
     section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
     Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), $192,937,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project 
     initially funded in fiscal year 2016 with a future phase 
     indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line Item 
     Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 
     includes the full scope of the project:  Provided further, 
     That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
     availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18:  Provided 
     further, That National Park Service Donations, Park 
     Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made 
     available for the cost of adjustments and changes within the 
     original scope of effort for projects funded by the National 
     Park Service Construction appropriation:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 
     reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
     authorized by this section.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

       The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2016 by 
     section 200308 of title 54, United States Code, is rescinded.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

       For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 
     54, United States Code, including administrative expenses, 
     and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
     in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 
     National Park Service, $173,670,000, to be derived from the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 
     until expended, of which $110,000,000 is for the State 
     assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall be for the 
     American Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized 
     by chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code.

                          centennial challenge

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
     section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 
     challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 
     and programs:  Provided, That not less than 50 percent of the 
     total cost of each project or program shall be derived from 
     non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or a 
     pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of 
     credit.

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) 
     of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a 
     sub-account shall be available for expenditure by the 
     Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
     within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
     liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender 
     interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the 
     extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee 
     receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed 
     the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. 
     Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to 
     the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to 
     exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, 
     in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce 
     liability.
       For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) 
     of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 
     109-432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 
     percent of the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed 
     under such section, such retained amounts to remain available 
     until expended.
       National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
     Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
     Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. 
     Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA 
     administrative support costs.

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       In fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, any 
     amounts deposited into the National Park Service trust fund 
     accounts (31 U.S.C. 1321(a)(l7)-(18)) shall be invested by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury in interest bearing obligations 
     of the United States to the extent such amounts are not, in 
     his judgment, required to meet current withdrawals:  
     Provided, That interest earned by such investments shall be 
     available for obligation without further appropriation, to 
     the benefit of the project.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
     Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
     covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the 
     mineral and water resources of the United States, its 
     territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 
     43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
     mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to 
     power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
     licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
     U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
     affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 
     U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related 
     purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate 
     data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,062,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017; of which 
     $57,637,189 shall remain available until expended for 
     satellite operations; and of which $7,280,000 shall be 
     available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 
     improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost:  Provided, 
     That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research 
     activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 
     property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 
     property owner:  Provided further, That no part of this 
     appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 
     cost of topographic mapping or water resources data 
     collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 
     States and municipalities.

                       administrative provisions

       From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 
     United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary 
     shall be available for contracting for the furnishing of 
     topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other 
     specialized surveys when it is administratively determined 
     that such procedures are in the public interest; construction 
     and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
     facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations and 
     observation wells; expenses of the United States National 
     Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of 
     compensation and expenses of persons employed by the Survey 
     duly appointed to represent the United States in the 
     negotiation and administration of interstate compacts:  
     Provided, That activities funded by appropriations herein 
     made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, 
     grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in section 6302 
     of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
     United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or 
     cooperative agreements directly with individuals or 
     indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, 
     without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or 
     intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who 
     shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 
     and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
     compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of 
     title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but 
     shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other 
     purposes.

                   Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

                        ocean energy management

       For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, 
     rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other 
     minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
     Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, 
     as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as 
     authorized by law; for implementing other laws and to the 
     extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 
     and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, 
     $170,857,000, of which $74,235,000, is to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017 and of which $96,622,000 is to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That this total 
     appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the 
     Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions 
     to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 
     effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
     activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
     pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including 
     studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
     administrative activities:  Provided further, That the sum 
     herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are 
     received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
     fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 
     $74,235,000:  Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
     shall be available for reasonable expenses related to 
     promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities.

             Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

             offshore safety and environmental enforcement

       For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 
     related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
     for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-
     related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as 
     authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and 
     regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided 
     by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 
     grants or cooperative agreements, $124,772,000, of which 
     $67,565,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2017 
     and of which $57,207,000 is to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 
     reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to 
     this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from 
     increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
     and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the 
     Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to 
     the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, 
     assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative 
     activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are 
     received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
     fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 
     $67,565,000.
       For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
     Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which shall be 
     derived from non-refundable inspection fees collected in 
     fiscal year 2016, as provided in this Act:  Provided, That to 
     the extent that amounts realized from such inspection fees 
     exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized in excess of 
     $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 
     remain available until expended:  Provided further, That for 
     fiscal year 2016, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 
     fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
     Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission-
     related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 
     development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the 
     Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental 
     Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the 
     review of applications for permits to drill.

                           oil spill research

       For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, 
     title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, 
     section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $14,899,000, 
     which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
     Fund, to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       regulation and technology

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
     Law 95-87, $123,253,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017:  Provided, That appropriations for the Office of 
     Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for 
     the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal 
     personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
     Enforcement sponsored training.
       In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce 
     permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of 
     Public Law 95-87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That fees assessed and 
     collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall be 
     credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
     collections, to remain available until expended:  Provided 
     further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
     fund shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
     fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2016 
     appropriation estimated at not more than $123,253,000.

                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
     $27,303,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned 
     Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
      Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department 
     of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from 
     the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States 
     Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:  
     Provided further, That funds made available under title IV of 
     Public Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
     share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal 
     Government for the purpose of environmental restoration 
     related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from 
     abandoned mines:  Provided further, That such projects must 
     be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act:  Provided further, That 
     amounts provided under this heading may be used for the 
     travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel 
     attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
     Enforcement sponsored training.
       In addition, $90,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for grants to States for reclamation of abandoned 
     mine lands and other

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     related activities in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions in the explanatory statement described in section 
     4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
     Act):  Provided, That such additional amount shall be used 
     for economic and community development in conjunction with 
     the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining 
     Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)):  
     Provided further, That such additional amount shall be 
     distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with 
     the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities 
     described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section:  
     Provided further, That such additional amount shall be 
     allocated to States within 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

        Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

                      operation of indian programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
     programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
     November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
     2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 
     (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,267,924,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, except as otherwise provided 
     herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 
     reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
     $74,791,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments:  
     Provided, That, in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 
     Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided 
     herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities 
     affected by the disaster:  Provided further, That federally 
     recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of 
     federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 
     priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:  
     Provided further, That not to exceed $628,351,000 for school 
     operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 
     programs shall become available on July 1, 2016, and shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $43,813,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney 
     fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and the 
     Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not 
     limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
     U.S.C. 450f et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education 
     Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
     $73,276,000 within and only from such amounts made available 
     for school operations shall be available for administrative 
     cost grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 
     2016:  Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to 
     a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of 
     September 30, 2017, may be transferred during fiscal year 
     2018 to an Indian forest land assistance account established 
     for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the 
     holder's trust fund account:  Provided further, That any such 
     unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
     September 30, 2018:  Provided further, That, in order to 
     enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
     use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles 
     of clothing for personnel.

                         contract support costs

       For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
     contract support costs associated with Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2016, such sums 
     as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
     through September 30, 2017:  Provided, That amounts obligated 
     but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for 
     contract support costs for such agreements for the current 
     fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs 
     otherwise due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal 
     years:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
     heading shall be available for transfer to another budget 
     account.

                              construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
     irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
     facilities, including architectural and engineering services 
     by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; 
     and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of 
     the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 
     87-483, $193,973,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the 
     construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be 
     transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation:  Provided further, 
     That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 
     to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway 
     Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management 
     costs of the Bureau:  Provided further, That any funds 
     provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
     13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis:  
     Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, in implementing 
     new construction, replacement facilities construction, or 
     facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess of 
     $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under Public Law 
     100-297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the 
     Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for 
     Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the 
     regulatory requirements:  Provided further, That such grants 
     shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the 
     Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
     schedule of payments for the work to be performed:  Provided 
     further, That in considering grant applications, the 
     Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be 
     deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform 
     to applicable building standards and codes and Federal, 
     tribal, or State health and safety standards as required by 
     25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organizational and 
     financial management capabilities:  Provided further, That if 
     the Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary 
     shall follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): 
      Provided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
     and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the 
     disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e):  Provided further, 
     That in order to ensure timely completion of construction 
     projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and 
     all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
     date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
     appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not 
     completed the planning and design phase of the project and 
     commenced construction:  Provided further, That this 
     appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the 
     Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
     appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion 
     needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation.

 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

       For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
     implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements 
     pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, 100-580, 101-618, 111-11, and 
     111-291, and for implementation of other land and water 
     rights settlements, $49,475,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
     $7,748,000, of which $1,062,000 is for administrative 
     expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974:  
     Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
     any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 
     exceed $113,804,510.

                       administrative provisions

       The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of 
     Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in 
     cooperation with States and other organizations.
       Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     may contract for services in support of the management, 
     operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San 
     Carlos Irrigation Project.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
     oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services 
     (except executive direction and administrative services 
     funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, 
     and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available 
     for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements 
     with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the 
     Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance 
     Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
       In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
     action shall not diminish the Federal Government's trust 
     responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government 
     relationship between the United States and that tribe, or 
     that tribe's ability to access future appropriations.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the 
     amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 
     under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support 
     the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the 
     State of Alaska.
       No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall 
     be used to support expanded grades for any school or 
     dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by 
     the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of 
     Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, except 
     that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this prohibition 
     to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the 
     Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support 
     accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian 
     Education. Appropriations made available in this or any prior 
     Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, in 
     accordance with the Bureau's funding formula, only to the 
     schools in the Bureau

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     school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school or 
     school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds 
     made available under this Act may not be used to establish a 
     charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is 
     defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
     (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is in 
     existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that 
     has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 
     1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only if 
     the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of 
     funds to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and 
     personal property (including buses and vans), the funds of 
     the charter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau 
     funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for 
     charter school programs of the State in which the school is 
     located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees 
     of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter 
     school and performing functions related to the charter 
     school's operation and employees of a charter school shall 
     not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 
     171 of title 28, United States Code.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
     section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, 
     if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect 
     and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula 
     based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301, the Secretary 
     shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost 
     funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution 
     formula.
       Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 
     satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as 
     of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive 
     this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide 
     language and cultural immersion educational programs for non-
     public schools located within the jurisdictional area of the 
     tribal government which exclusively serve tribal members, do 
     not include grades beyond those currently served at the 
     existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational 
     environment with educator presence and academic facilities 
     comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all 
     applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety 
     standards, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and 
     demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a 
     satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, 
     such as for transportation or other impacts to students such 
     as those caused by busing students extended distances:  
     Provided, That no funds available under this Act may be used 
     to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction 
     or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are 
     not owned by the Bureau:  Provided further, That the term 
     ``satellite school'' means a school location physically 
     separated from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 
     miles but that forms part of the existing school in all other 
     respects.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Office of the Secretary

                        departmental operations

       For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
     the Interior, including the collection and disbursement of 
     royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for 
     grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, 
     $721,769,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017; 
     of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception 
     and representation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 
     shall be available for workers compensation payments and 
     unemployment compensation payments associated with the 
     orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of 
     which $12,618,000 for the Office of Valuation Services is to 
     be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
     shall remain available until expended; and of which 
     $38,300,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
     purpose of mineral revenue management activities:  Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 
     under this heading shall be available for refunds of 
     overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in 
     which the Secretary concurred with the claimed refund due, to 
     pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 
     prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.

                       administrative provisions

       For fiscal year 2016, up to $400,000 of the payments 
     authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901-
     6907) may be retained for administrative expenses of the 
     Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program:  Provided, That no payment 
     shall be made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible 
     units of local government if the computed amount of the 
     payment is less than $100:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
     6901-6907 for an individual county by the amount necessary to 
     correct prior year overpayments to that county:  Provided 
     further, That the amount needed to correct a prior year 
     underpayment to an individual county shall be paid from any 
     reductions for overpayments to other counties and the amount 
     necessary to cover any remaining underpayment is hereby 
     appropriated and shall be paid to individual counties:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount made available by 
     this title for ``Office of the Secretary--Departmental 
     Operations'', $452,000,000 shall be available to the 
     Secretary of the Interior for an additional amount for fiscal 
     year 2016 for payments in lieu of taxes under chapter 69 of 
     title 31, United States Code.

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

       For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other 
     jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108-
     188, $86,976,000, of which: (1) $77,528,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for territorial assistance, 
     including general technical assistance, maintenance 
     assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 
     activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants 
     to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 
     expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to 
     the Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 
     local revenues, for construction and support of governmental 
     functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
     authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as 
     authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
     241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available 
     until September 30, 2017, for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of Insular Affairs:  Provided, That all financial 
     transactions of the territorial and local governments herein 
     provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
     instrumentalities established or used by such governments, 
     may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at 
     its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, 
     United States Code:  Provided further, That Northern Mariana 
     Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 
     those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives 
     on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern 
     Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104-134:  Provided 
     further, That the funds for the program of operations and 
     maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize 
     routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital 
     infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 
     sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the 
     grantee's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
     assets:  Provided further, That any appropriation for 
     disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal 
     matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
     provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5170c).

                      compact of free association

       For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to remain 
     available until expended, as provided for in sections 
     221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the 
     Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of 
     Free Association for the Government of the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as 
     authorized by Public Law 99-658 and Public Law 108-188.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 
     transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided 
     under section 104(e) of Public Law 108-188 and Public Law 
     104-134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed 
     loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the 
     subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for 
     the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act for construction and repair projects in Guam, 
     and such funds shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     such loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard to 
     the population of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, 
     and restrictions on the types of eligible entities under the 
     Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of 
     the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  Provided 
     further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
     available to make or guarantee loans under such authorities.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
     $65,800,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $50,047,000.

           Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
     expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
     grants,

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     $139,029,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     not to exceed $22,120,000 from this or any other Act, may be 
     available for historical accounting:  Provided, That funds 
     for trust management improvements and litigation support may, 
     as needed, be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ``Operation of 
     Indian Programs'' account; the Office of the Solicitor, 
     ``Salaries and Expenses'' account; and the Office of the 
     Secretary, ``Departmental Operations'' account:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available through contracts or 
     grants obligated during fiscal year 2016, as authorized by 
     the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et 
     seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
     contractor or grantee:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of 
     performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
     activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or 
     less:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an 
     annual account statement and maintain a record of any such 
     accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to 
     be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account 
     holder:  Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 
     available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
     administrative errors of either disbursements from or 
     deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
     September 30, 2002:  Provided further, That erroneous 
     payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain 
     available in this account for this purpose:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall not be required to 
     reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less 
     than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives 
     proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant.

                        Department-wide Programs

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
     suppression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
     rehabilitation, hazardous fuels management activities, and 
     rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
     $816,745,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     not to exceed $6,427,000 shall be for the renovation or 
     construction of fire facilities:  Provided, That such funds 
     are also available for repayment of advances to other 
     appropriation accounts from which funds were previously 
     transferred for such purposes:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds provided $170,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management 
     activities:  Provided further, That of the funds provided 
     $18,970,000 is for burned area rehabilitation:  Provided 
     further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be 
     furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds 
     available from this appropriation:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or 
     office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection 
     rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of 
     United States property, may be credited to the appropriation 
     from which funds were expended to provide that protection, 
     and are available without fiscal year limitation:  Provided 
     further, That using the amounts designated under this title 
     of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
     procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
     hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes 
     activities, and for training and monitoring associated with 
     such hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes 
     activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land 
     for activities that benefit resources on Federal land:  
     Provided further, That the costs of implementing any 
     cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any 
     non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
     the affected parties:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the 
     Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels management and 
     resilient landscapes activities, may obtain maximum 
     practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, 
     or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, 
     Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109-154), or related 
     partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; 
     (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that 
     will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined 
     as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete 
     such contracts:  Provided further, That in implementing this 
     section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to 
     field units to ensure accountability and consistent 
     application of the authorities provided herein:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
     and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of 
     carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and 
     conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in 
     connection with wildland fire management activities:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use 
     wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real 
     property with local governments, at or below fair market 
     value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire 
     facilities on such leased properties, including but not 
     limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 
     initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 
     advance payments for any such lease or for construction 
     activity associated with the lease:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 
     for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to 
     exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such 
     transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire 
     management programs and projects:  Provided further, That 
     funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available 
     for support of Federal emergency response actions:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for assistance to or through the Department of 
     State in connection with forest and rangeland research, 
     technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, 
     and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be 
     available to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 
     related natural resource activities outside the United States 
     and its territories and possessions, including technical 
     assistance, education and training, and cooperation with 
     United States and international organizations.

                flame wildfire suppression reserve fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for large fire suppression 
     operations of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve 
     fund for suppression and Federal emergency response 
     activities, $177,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
      Provided, That such amounts are only available for transfer 
     to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' account following a 
     declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 
     of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a).

                    central hazardous materials fund

       For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior 
     and any of its component offices and bureaus for the response 
     action, including associated activities, performed pursuant 
     to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
     and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,010,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                natural resource damage assessment fund

       To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
     activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
     Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), 
     the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 
     Public Law 101-337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $7,767,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                          working capital fund

       For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
     financial and business management system, information 
     technology improvements of general benefit to the Department, 
     and the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout 
     the Department, $67,100,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
     this Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves 
     in the Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued 
     annual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, local and 
     tribal government employees for training services provided by 
     the National Indian Program Training Center, other than 
     training related to Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and 
     related facilities, equipment or professional services of the 
     National Indian Program Training Center to State, local and 
     tribal government employees or persons or organizations 
     engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities 
     (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States 
     Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, 
     equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National Indian 
     Program Training Center:  Provided further, That all funds 
     received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be 
     credited to this account, shall be available until expended, 
     and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of 
     the National Indian Program Training Center:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may enter into grants and 
     cooperative agreements to support the Office of Natural 
     Resource Revenue's collection and disbursement of royalties, 
     fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by 
     law.

                        administrative provision

       There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
     resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may 
     be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess 
     surplus property:  Provided, That existing aircraft being 
     replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
     used to offset the purchase price for the replacement 
     aircraft.

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             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

                     (including transfers of funds)

               emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau

       Sec. 101.  Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
     office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the 
     emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
     buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
     damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other 
     unavoidable causes:  Provided, That no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until funds specifically made 
     available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
     shall have been exhausted:  Provided further, That all funds 
     used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible.

             emergency transfer authority--department-wide

       Sec. 102.  The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
     transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
     addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of 
     the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
     prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
     emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
     jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
     actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
     unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
     actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
     assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
     releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 
     the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
     potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands 
     under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the 
     authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 
     7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 
     410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year 
     funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
     and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
     assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy 
     State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Act:  Provided, That appropriations made in 
     this title for wildland fire operations shall be available 
     for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding 
     fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies 
     for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in 
     connection with their use for wildland fire operations, such 
     reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently 
     available at the time of receipt thereof:  Provided further, 
     That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until the Secretary determines 
     that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire operations'' and 
     ``FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund'' shall be 
     exhausted within 30 days:  Provided further, That all funds 
     used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible:  Provided further, That such 
     replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
     basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.

                        authorized use of funds

       Sec. 103.  Appropriations made to the Department of the 
     Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to 
     exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, 
     including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment 
     of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 
     membership in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members.

            authorized use of funds, indian trust management

       Sec. 104.  Appropriations made in this Act under the 
     headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
     Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
     Indians and any unobligated balances from prior 
     appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
     available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust 
     management and reform activities. Total funding for 
     historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts 
     specifically designated in this Act for such purpose.

           redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs

       Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any 
     Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
     funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 
     funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
     overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution 
     methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal 
     Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
     year 2016. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, 
     overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution 
     methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.

                 ellis, governors, and liberty islands

       Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, 
     waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part 
     of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 
     and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and 
     maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and 
     accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty 
     Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, 
     by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise 
     fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and 
     the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into 
     leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agreements 
     for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 
     as the Secretary may determine reasonable.

                outer continental shelf inspection fees

       Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall 
     collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be 
     deposited in the ``Offshore Safety and Environmental 
     Enforcement'' account, from the designated operator for 
     facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c).
       (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 
     above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in 
     place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
     2016 shall be:
       (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
     processing equipment or gathering lines;
       (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any 
     combination of active or inactive wells; and
       (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 
     any combination of active or inactive wells.
       (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all 
     inspections completed in fiscal year 2016. Fees for fiscal 
     year 2016 shall be:
       (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water 
     depths of 500 feet or more; and
       (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water 
     depths of less than 500 feet.
       (d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 
     subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required within 
     30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 
     operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of 
     the month in which the inspection occurred, with payment 
     required within 30 days of billing.

     bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement 
                             reorganization

       Sec. 108.  The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
     implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
     Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer funds 
     among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected 
     by the reorganization only in conformance with the 
     reprogramming guidelines described in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act).

  contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities

       Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 
     cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and other 
     appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts 
     in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 of title 
     41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term 
     restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long-
     term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses 
     and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. 
     Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 
     years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.

                       mass marking of salmonids

       Sec. 110.  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
     shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
     threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a 
     system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for 
     harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
     federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
     fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked 
     fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 
     by commercial and recreational fishers.

                  exhaustion of administrative review

       Sec. 111.  Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division E of 
     Public Law 112-74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking 
     ``through 2016,'' in the first sentence and inserting 
     ``through 2018,''.

                     wild lands funding prohibition

       Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or 
     enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of 
     the Interior on December 22, 2010:  Provided, That nothing in 
     this section shall restrict the Secretary's authorities under 
     sections 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711 and 1712).

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              bureau of indian education operated schools

       Sec. 113.  Section 115(d) of division E of Public Law 112-
     74 (25 U.S.C. 2000 note) is amended by striking ``2017'' and 
     inserting ``2027''.

                          volunteers in parks

       Sec. 114.  Section 102301(d) of title 54, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``$3,500,000'' and inserting 
     ``$7,000,000''.

              contracts and agreements with indian affairs

       Sec. 115.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during fiscal year 2016, in carrying out work involving 
     cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 
     political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record 
     obligations against accounts receivable from any such 
     entities, except that total obligations at the end of the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
     available at the end of the fiscal year.

                             heritage areas

       Sec. 116. (a) Section 157(h)(1) of title I of Public Law 
     106-291 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking 
     ``$11,000,000'' and inserting ``$13,000,000''.
       (b) Division II of Public Law 104-333 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) 
     is amended--
       (1) in sections 409(a), 508(a), and 812(a) by striking 
     ``$15,000,000'' and inserting ``$17,000,000''; and
       (2) in sections 208, 310, and 607 by striking ``2015'' and 
     inserting ``2017''.

                              sage-grouse

       Sec. 117.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to 
     write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)--
       (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
     urophasianus);
       (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct 
     population segment of greater sage-grouse.

                    onshore pay authority extension

       Sec. 118.  For fiscal year 2016, funds made available in 
     this title for the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs may be used by the Secretary of the 
     Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay for 
     employees of the Department of the Interior carrying out the 
     inspection and regulation of onshore oil and gas operations 
     on public lands in the Petroleum Engineer (GS-0881) and 
     Petroleum Engineering Technician (GS-0802) job series at 
     grades 5 through 14 at rates no greater than 25 percent above 
     the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 
     higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through 
     (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.

                           republic of palau

       Sec. 119. (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), the 
     United States Government, through the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal 
     year 2016 grants in amounts equal to the annual amounts 
     specified in subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of 
     the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of Palau (48 
     U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Compact'').
       (b) Programmatic Assistance.--Subject to subsection (c), 
     the United States shall provide programmatic assistance to 
     the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2016 in amounts equal 
     to the amounts provided in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of 
     section 221 of the Compact.
       (c) Limitations on Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--The grants and programmatic assistance 
     provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall be provided to 
     the same extent and in the same manner as the grants and 
     assistance were provided in fiscal year 2009.
       (2) Trust fund.--If the Government of Palau withdraws more 
     than $5,000,000 from the trust fund established under section 
     211(f) of the Compact, amounts to be provided under 
     subsections (a) and (b) shall be withheld from the Government 
     of Palau.

   wildlife restoration extension of investment of unexpended amounts

       Sec. 120.  Section 3(b)(2)(C) of the Pittman-Robertson 
     Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(b)(2)(C)) is amended 
     by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2026''.

                      prohibition on use of funds

       Sec. 121. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona & 
     California Railroad Company's Right of Way for conveyance of 
     water shall not proceed unless the Secretary of the Interior 
     certifies that the proposed new use is within the scope of 
     the Right of Way.
       (b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
     the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to 
     any proposal to store water underground for the purpose of 
     export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar 
     authorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands 
     managed by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land 
     Management, or for carrying out any activities associated 
     with such right-of-way or similar approval.

                                TITLE II

                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                         Science and Technology

       For science and technology, including research and 
     development activities, which shall include research and 
     development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; necessary 
     expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; 
     procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; and other 
     operating expenses in support of research and development, 
     $734,648,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
     $14,100,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as 
     specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
     (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
     Act).

                 Environmental Programs and Management

       For environmental programs and management, including 
     necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
     and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
     purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or 
     associations which issue publications to members only or at a 
     price to members lower than to subscribers who are not 
     members; administrative costs of the brownfields program 
     under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
     Revitalization Act of 2002; and not to exceed $9,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, 
     $2,613,679,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
     $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: National 
     Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
     described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
     this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That of the funds 
     included under this heading, $427,737,000 shall be for 
     Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory statement 
     described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
     this consolidated Act).

            Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the 
     development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the 
     hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by 
     such section, $3,674,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2018.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017.

                        Buildings and Facilities

       For construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
     or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     $42,317,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), 
     and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,088,769,000, to remain 
     available until expended, consisting of such sums as are 
     available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2015, as 
     authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,088,769,000 
     as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance 
     Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
     SARA:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with 
     section 111(a) of CERCLA:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $9,939,000 shall be 
     paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, and $18,850,000 
     shall be paid to the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017.

          Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
     storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of 
     the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall be for 
     carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup 
     activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
     Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out the other 
     provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in 
     section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code:  Provided, That 
     the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 
     available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to 
     federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and 
     implementation of programs to manage underground storage 
     tanks.

                       Inland Oil Spill Programs

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
     Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
     Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.

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                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

       For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
     including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
     performance partnership grants, $3,518,161,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which--
       (1) $1,393,887,000 shall be for making capitalization 
     grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title 
     VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
     $863,233,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
     the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
     of the Safe Drinking Water Act:  Provided, That for fiscal 
     year 2016, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
     project applications and projects are consistent with State 
     Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds 
     made available under this title to each State for Clean Water 
     State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by 
     the State for projects to address green infrastructure, water 
     or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally 
     innovative activities:  Provided further, That for fiscal 
     year 2016, funds made available under this title to each 
     State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
     grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used for 
     projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy 
     efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
     activities:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the 
     limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control 
     revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
     fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in 
     loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2016 and prior years 
     where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
     to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable 
     by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other 
     assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 
     fund, including administration:  Provided further, That for 
     fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts 
     in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
     up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
     $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the 
     limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
     Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 
     appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State 
     Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
     Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section 
     1452(i) of such Acts:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
     2016, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 205(c) 
     of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent 
     of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
     Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved 
     under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the 
     Administrator for grants made under title II of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States 
     Virgin Islands:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, 
     notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in 
     section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 
     percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water 
     State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
     under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act:  
     Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
     under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
     Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent of the 
     funds made available under this title to each State for 
     Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 
     shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to 
     eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 
     negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of 
     these), and shall be so used by the State only where such 
     funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible 
     recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
     obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was 
     incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act;
       (2) $10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
     planning, design, construction and related activities in 
     connection with the construction of high priority water and 
     wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico 
     Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
     commission;  Provided, That no funds provided by this 
     appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other 
     critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United 
     States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 
     available to a county or municipal government unless that 
     government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or 
     other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the 
     development or construction of any additional colonia areas, 
     or the development within an existing colonia the 
     construction of any new home, business, or other structure 
     which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 
     infrastructure;
       (3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
     to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
     of rural and Alaska Native Villages:  Provided, That of these 
     funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
     percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
     for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State 
     of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide 
     priority list established in conjunction with the Agency and 
     the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 
     waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
     of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
     seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the 
     funds provided for projects in regional hub communities;
       (4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency 
     agreements, and associated program support costs:  Provided, 
     That not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated to 
     carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used for site 
     characterization, assessment, and remediation of facilities 
     described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA;
       (5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
     subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
       (6) $20,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions of the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act);
       (7) $1,060,041,000 shall be for grants, including 
     associated program support costs, to States, federally 
     recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and 
     air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single 
     media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
     activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions 
     set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for 
     making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 
     particulate matter monitoring and data collection activities 
     subject to terms and conditions specified by the 
     Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall be for carrying 
     out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for 
     Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including 
     associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be for 
     grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste 
     Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Leaking Underground Storage 
     Tank Trust Fund Program'' to carry out the provisions of the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid 
     Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for 
     grants under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act shall be for State participation in national- and 
     State-level statistical surveys of water resources and 
     enhancements to State monitoring programs:  Provided, That 
     for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, 
     notwithstanding other applicable provisions of law, the funds 
     appropriated for the Indian Environmental General Assistance 
     Program shall be available to federally recognized tribes for 
     solid waste and recovered materials collection, 
     transportation, backhaul, and disposal services; and
       (8) $21,000,000 shall be for grants to States and federally 
     recognized Indian tribes for implementation of environmental 
     programs and projects that complement existing environmental 
     program grants, including interagency agreements, as 
     specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
     (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
     Act).

       Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

             (including transfers and rescission of funds)

       For fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
     6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, in carrying out the Agency's function to implement 
     directly Federal environmental programs required or 
     authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal 
     program, may award cooperative agreements to federally 
     recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if 
     authorized by their member tribes, to assist the 
     Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs 
     for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, except that 
     no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds 
     designated for State financial assistance agreements.
       The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
     authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration 
     service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal 
     Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended by 
     Public Law 112-177, the Pesticide Registration Improvement 
     Extension Act of 2012.
       Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal 
     Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
     136w-8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA 
     (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2016.
       The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
     $300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 
     Restoration Initiative under the heading ``Environmental

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     Programs and Management'' to the head of any Federal 
     department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to 
     carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 
     Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 
     Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an 
     interagency agreement with the head of such Federal 
     department or agency to carry out these activities; and to 
     make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit 
     organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning, 
     research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in 
     furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the 
     Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
       The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and 
     Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance 
     Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
     Program Accounts, are available for the construction, 
     alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
     facilities provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 
     per project.
       For fiscal year 2016, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), 
     the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
     appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act 
     to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant 
     to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
       The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
     appropriated under the heading ``Environmental Programs and 
     Management'' for fiscal year 2016 to provide grants to 
     implement the Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration 
     Program.
       In addition to the amounts otherwise made available in this 
     Act for the Environmental Protection Agency, $27,000,000, to 
     be available until September 30, 2017, to be used solely to 
     meet Federal requirements for cybersecurity implementation, 
     including enhancing response capabilities and upgrading 
     incident management tools:  Provided, That such funds shall 
     supplement, not supplant, any other amounts made available to 
     the Environmental Protection Agency for such purpose:  
     Provided further, That solely for the purposes provided 
     herein, such funds may be transferred to and merged with any 
     other appropriation in this Title.
       Of the unobligated balances available for ``State and 
     Tribal Assistance Grants'' account, $40,000,000 are 
     permanently rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be 
     rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
     as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
     Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     forest and rangeland research

       For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
     authorized by law, $291,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of the funds provided, $75,000,000 
     is for the forest inventory and analysis program.

                       state and private forestry

       For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing 
     technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
     possessions, and others, and for forest health management, 
     including treatments of pests, pathogens, and invasive or 
     noxious plants and for restoring and rehabilitating forests 
     damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooperative forestry, 
     and education and land conservation activities and conducting 
     an international program as authorized, $237,023,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as authorized by law; of 
     which $62,347,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund.

                         national forest system

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and 
     utilization of the National Forest System, $1,509,364,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the funds 
     provided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 
     Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration 
     treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f):  Provided 
     further, That of the funds provided, $359,805,000 shall be 
     for forest products:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, up to $81,941,000 is for the Integrated Resource 
     Restoration pilot program for Region 1, Region 3 and Region 
     4:  Provided further, That of the funds provided for forest 
     products, up to $65,560,000 may be transferred to support the 
     Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program in the 
     preceding proviso:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may transfer to the Secretary of the Interior any 
     unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year for 
     operation of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, $364,164,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance 
     and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and 
     infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruction, 
     decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, including 
     unauthorized roads that are not part of the transportation 
     system, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the 
     Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 
     U.S.C. 101 and 205:  Provided, That $40,000,000 shall be 
     designated for urgently needed road decommissioning, road and 
     trail repair and maintenance and associated activities, and 
     removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas where 
     Forest Service roads may be contributing to water quality 
     problems in streams and water bodies which support 
     threatened, endangered, or sensitive species or community 
     water sources:  Provided further, That funds becoming 
     available in fiscal year 2016 under the Act of March 4, 1913 
     (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of 
     the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or 
     obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are 
     appropriated:  Provided further, That of the funds provided 
     for decommissioning of roads, up to $14,743,000 may be 
     transferred to the ``National Forest System'' to support the 
     Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 
     administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
     waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
     authority applicable to the Forest Service, $63,435,000, to 
     be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to 
     remain available until expended.

         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

       For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of 
     the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the 
     Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
     Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, 
     California, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be derived 
     from forest receipts.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

       For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 
     funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, 
     public school districts, or other public school authorities, 
     and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-
     Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, 
     pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to 
     remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 516-617a, 555a; 
     Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, 76-591; and Public Law 
     78-310).

                         range betterment fund

       For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, 
     and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the 
     prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on 
     lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant 
     to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, to remain 
     available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent 
     shall be available for administrative expenses associated 
     with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and 
     improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

       For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund 
     established pursuant to the above Act.

        management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
     Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
     of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
     (Public Law 96-487), $2,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
     activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
     fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands 
     under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels management 
     on or adjacent to such lands, emergency rehabilitation of 
     burned-over National Forest System lands and water, and for 
     State and volunteer fire assistance, $2,386,329,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That such funds 
     including unobligated balances under this heading, are 
     available for repayment of advances from other appropriations 
     accounts previously transferred for such purposes:  Provided 
     further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 
     State and other cooperating entities for services provided in 
     response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to 
     the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-
     fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 
     emergency management agency:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $6,914,000 of 
     funds appropriated under this appropriation shall be 
     available for the Forest Service in support of fire science 
     research authorized by the Joint Fire Science Program, 
     including all Forest Service authorities for the use of 
     funds, such as contracts, grants, research joint venture 
     agreements, and cooperative agreements:  Provided further, 
     That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use 
     of contracts,

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     grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the 
     Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also 
     available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science 
     Research:  Provided further, That funds provided shall be 
     available for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, 
     hazardous fuels management activities, support to Federal 
     emergency response, and wildfire suppression activities of 
     the Forest Service:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, $375,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management 
     activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities and to 
     make competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and 
     Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 
     et seq.), $78,000,000 is for State fire assistance, and 
     $13,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance under section 10 
     of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
     2106):  Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph may 
     be transferred to the ``National Forest System'', and 
     ``Forest and Rangeland Research'' accounts to fund forest and 
     rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Program, 
     vegetation and watershed management, heritage site 
     rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and 
     restoration:  Provided further, That the costs of 
     implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal 
     Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as 
     mutually agreed on by the affected parties:  Provided 
     further, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein 
     may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 
     procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 
     grants for hazardous fuels management activities and for 
     training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 
     management activities on Federal land or on non-Federal land 
     if the Secretary determines such activities benefit resources 
     on Federal land:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 
     106-393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 
     lands in accordance with authorities made available to the 
     Forest Service under the ``State and Private Forestry'' 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
     Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
     transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, 
     in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the 
     Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
     wildland fire management programs and projects:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels 
     management, not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make 
     grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service 
     under the ``State and Private Forestry'' appropriation, for 
     the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of 
     biomass from National Forest System lands:  Provided further, 
     That funds designated for wildfire suppression, including 
     funds transferred from the ``FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
     Reserve Fund'', shall be assessed for cost pools on the same 
     basis as such assessments are calculated against other agency 
     programs:  Provided further, That of the funds for hazardous 
     fuels management, up to $24,000,000 may be transferred to the 
     ``National Forest System'' to support the Integrated Resource 
     Restoration pilot program.

                flame wildfire suppression reserve fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for large fire suppression 
     operations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 
     fund for suppression and Federal emergency response 
     activities, $823,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
      Provided, That such amounts are only available for transfer 
     to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' account following a 
     declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 
     of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a).

               administrative provisions, forest service

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
     year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess 
     sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, 
     operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to 
     maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
     wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
     notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
     being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in 
     value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement 
     aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 
     exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) 
     purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 
     public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, 
     waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) 
     for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National 
     Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) 
     the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and 
     (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 
     U.S.C. 3718(c).
       Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
     may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
     appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency 
     rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
     under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
     burning conditions upon the Secretary's notification of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire 
     suppression funds appropriated under the headings ``Wildland 
     Fire Management'' and ``FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 
     Fund'' will be obligated within 30 days:  Provided, That all 
     funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by 
     a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
     Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, 
     technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, 
     and shall be available to support forestry and related 
     natural resource activities outside the United States and its 
     territories and possessions, including technical assistance, 
     education and training, and cooperation with U.S., private, 
     and international organizations. The Forest Service, acting 
     for the International Program, may sign direct funding 
     agreements with foreign governments and institutions as well 
     as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
     International Development, the Department of State, and the 
     Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 
     institutions and organizations to provide technical 
     assistance and training programs overseas on forestry and 
     rangeland management.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the 
     Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
     preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
     from National Forest System lands, and for the performance of 
     cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands.
       None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
     this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year 
     shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 
     702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 
     (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 
     7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-107 (7 U.S.C. 
     8316(b)).
       None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
     reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
     reprogramming procedures contained in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act).
       Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 
     Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of 
     the Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 
     of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred 
     to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable 
     Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing 
     in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of 
     reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest Service in 
     order to obtain services from the Department of Agriculture's 
     National Information Technology Center and the Department of 
     Agriculture's International Technology Service.
       Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
     the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out 
     by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out 
     under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 
     Public Law 103-82, as amended by Public Lands Corps Healthy 
     Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109-154.
       Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 
     available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
     reception and representation expenses.
       Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
     593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
     $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National 
     Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in 
     support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to when 
     the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects on or 
     benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
     Service programs:  Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
     available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses:  Provided further, 
     That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of 
     Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match 
     on at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the 
     Forest Service:  Provided further, That the Foundation may 
     transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal 
     recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient 
     has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
       Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to 
     $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
     be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a 
     lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without 
     regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting 
     National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
     programs:  Provided, That such funds shall be matched on at 
     least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-
     recipients:  Provided further, That the Foundation may 
     transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient 
     for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
     obtained the non-Federal matching funds.

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       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
     rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for 
     sustainable rural development purposes.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), 
     and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
       Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to 
     meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
     the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
       Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
     $65,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing 
     fire, administrative and other facilities maintenance and 
     decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur using a square 
     foot rate charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess 
     programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other support 
     services.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
     to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
     General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
     and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance 
     or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
     training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
     negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related matters. 
     Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and 
     the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
     previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
       An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
     funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
     U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service 
     shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of 
     chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 
     1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to the Indian Health Service, $3,566,387,000, 
     together with payments received during the fiscal year 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b, for services furnished 
     by the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That funds made 
     available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
     contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or 
     compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
     deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract 
     award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or 
     tribal organization without fiscal year limitation:  Provided 
     further, That, $914,139,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, 
     including $51,500,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
     Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That, of the funds provided, up to 
     $36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     implementation of the loan repayment program under section 
     108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act:  Provided 
     further, That, of the funds provided, $2,000,000 shall be 
     used to supplement funds available for operational costs at 
     tribal clinics operated under an Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act compact or contract where health 
     care is delivered in space acquired through a full service 
     lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and improvement 
     and equipment funds from the Indian Health Service, and 
     $2,000,000 shall be for accreditation emergencies:  Provided 
     further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
     as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health 
     Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the 
     preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be 
     deposited to the Fund authorized by section 108A of the Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain available until expended 
     and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 
     1616a-1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards 
     under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under 
     sections 104 and 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a):  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, the amounts made available within this account for 
     the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 
     initiative, for the domestic violence prevention initiative, 
     to improve collections from public and private insurance at 
     Indian Health Service and tribally operated facilities, and 
     for accreditation emergencies shall be allocated at the 
     discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
     That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual 
     contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, 
     provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the 
     funds are appropriated:  Provided further, That the amounts 
     collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the 
     purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable 
     conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act, except for those related to the 
     planning, design, or construction of new facilities:  
     Provided further, That funding contained herein for 
     scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
     organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
     available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
     until expended:  Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes 
     and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant 
     to Public Law 93-638, such individually identifiable health 
     information relating to disabled children as may be necessary 
     for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the 
     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, 
     et seq.):  Provided further, That the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out 
     activities typically funded under the Indian Health 
     Facilities account.

                         contract support costs

       For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
     contract support costs associated with Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
     the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2016, such sums as 
     may be necessary:  Provided, That amounts obligated but not 
     expended by a tribe or tribal organization for contract 
     support costs for such agreements for the current fiscal year 
     shall be applied to contract support costs otherwise due for 
     such agreements for subsequent fiscal years:  Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
     for transfer to another budget account.

                        indian health facilities

       For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and 
     equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
     including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
     specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
     and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
     and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
     facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
     of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-
     Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
     titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to environmental health and facilities support 
     activities of the Indian Health Service, $523,232,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 
     renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 
     of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on 
     which such facilities will be located:  Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian Health 
     Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of 
     Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and 
     tribal facilities:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used for 
     sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with 
     grants by the housing programs of the United States 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and 
     the ``Indian Health Services'' account may be used by the 
     Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian 
     Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an 
     existing interagency agreement between the Indian Health 
     Service and the General Services Administration:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a 
     Demolition Fund, to remain available until expended, and be 
     used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of 
     Federal buildings.

            administrative provisions--indian health service

       Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health 
     Service shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
     positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; 
     purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 
     modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 
     payments for telephone service in private residences in the 
     field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
     Secretary; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings 
     that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian 
     Health Service:  Provided, That in accordance with the 
     provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-
     Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally 
     administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 
     charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 
     the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-

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     2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility 
     providing the service and shall be available without fiscal 
     year limitation:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other law or regulation, funds transferred from the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian 
     Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86-121, 
     the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93-638:  
     Provided further, That funds appropriated to the Indian 
     Health Service in this Act, except those used for 
     administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
     subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
     and transportation:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 
     be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services unless identified in the budget 
     justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the 
     reprogramming process:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 
     or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization 
     through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I 
     or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated 
     and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title 
     I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act 
     and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal 
     organization without fiscal year limitation:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 
     Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the 
     final rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 
     1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
     relating to the eligibility for the health care services of 
     the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has 
     submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs 
     associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has 
     been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law:  
     Provided further, That with respect to functions transferred 
     by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal 
     organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to 
     provide goods and services to those entities on a 
     reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with 
     subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received 
     therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities 
     pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be 
     credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account from 
     which the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
     reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
     services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
     total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
     associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
     technical assistance:  Provided further, That the 
     appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 
     be altered without advance notification to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That 
     the Indian Health Service shall develop a strategic plan for 
     the Urban Indian Health program in consultation with urban 
     Indians and the National Academy of Public Administration, 
     and shall publish such plan not later than one year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.

                     National Institutes of Health

          national institute of environmental health sciences

       For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set 
     forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986, $77,349,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            toxic substances and environmental public health

       For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
     and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set 
     forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
     Act, $74,691,000, of which up to $1,000 per eligible employee 
     of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall 
     remain available until expended for Individual Learning 
     Accounts:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under 
     section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may 
     conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or 
     activities, including, without limitation, biomedical 
     testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 
     referral to accredited healthcare providers:  Provided 
     further, That in performing any such health assessment or 
     health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of 
     ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 
     104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles 
     pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2016, 
     and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                   Executive Office of the President

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

       For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
     the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
     Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
     of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to 
     exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, $3,000,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
     202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
     Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the 
     President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
     serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and 
     duties of the Council.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant 
     to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of 
     passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, and for services authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
     the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 
     senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $11,000,000:  
     Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
     Board (Board) shall have not more than three career Senior 
     Executive Service positions:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual 
     appointed to the position of Inspector General of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of 
     such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector General 
     of the Board:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Board 
     shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of 
     EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 
     Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 
     within the Board.

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
     Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act 
     are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups 
     including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands 
     residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and 
     all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
     preceding categories:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the 
     Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any 
     single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, 
     was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi 
     Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such 
     household:  Provided further, That no relocatee will be 
     provided with more than one new or replacement home:  
     Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any 
     certified eligible relocatees who have selected and received 
     an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a 
     replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the 
     land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10:  Provided 
     further, That $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of 
     Inspector General of the Department of the Interior, to 
     remain available until expended, for audits and 
     investigations of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
     Relocation, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.).

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        payment to the institute

       For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
     Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title 
     XV of Public Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $11,619,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
     authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
     science, and history; development, preservation, and 
     documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
     public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
     dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; 
     conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
     programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
     agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
     buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 
     for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, 
     rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 
     $696,045,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed 
     $48,233,000 for the instrumentation program, collections 
     acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum 
     of African American History and Culture, and the repatriation 
     of skeletal remains program shall remain available until 
     expended;

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     and including such funds as may be necessary to support 
     American overseas research centers:  Provided, That funds 
     appropriated herein are available for advance payments to 
     independent contractors performing research services or 
     participating in official Smithsonian presentations.

                           facilities capital

       For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
     alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian 
     Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by 
     section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and 
     for construction, including necessary personnel, 
     $144,198,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

       For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of 
     Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and 
     administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by 
     the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the 
     public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 
     Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the 
     treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, 
     and art associations or societies whose publications or 
     services are available to members only, or to members at a 
     price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and 
     cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
     5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for 
     protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, 
     alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
     and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
     repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
     contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 
     or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
     and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $124,988,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017, of which not to 
     exceed $3,578,000 for the special exhibition program shall 
     remain available until expended.

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

       For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
     renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
     occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
     otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 
     years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 years, 
     that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations 
     in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $22,564,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That contracts 
     awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and 
     exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National 
     Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors 
     and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well 
     as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       operations and maintenance

       For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
     security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
     Arts, $21,660,000.

                     capital repair and restoration

       For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration 
     of the existing features of the building and site of the John 
     F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $14,740,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
     the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) 
     including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,500,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $147,949,000 
     shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for 
     the support of projects and productions in the arts, 
     including arts education and public outreach activities, 
     through assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant 
     to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for 
     administering the functions of the Act, to remain available 
     until expended.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $147,942,000 to 
     remain available until expended, of which $137,042,000 shall 
     be available for support of activities in the humanities, 
     pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the 
     functions of the Act; and $10,900,000 shall be available to 
     carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section 
     10(a)(2) of the Act, including $8,500,000 for the purposes of 
     section 7(h):  Provided, That appropriations for carrying out 
     section 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in 
     such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
     bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted by 
     the chairman or by grantees of the National Endowment for the 
     Humanities under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 
     11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 
     which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                       Administrative Provisions

       None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any 
     grant or contract documents which do not include the text of 
     18 U.S.C. 1913:  Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     Humanities may be used for official reception and 
     representation expenses:  Provided further, That funds from 
     nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 
     reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, 
     That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts 
     may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the 
     amount of such grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums 
     appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year:  Provided 
     further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to 
     the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority 
     from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 
     91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,653,000:  Provided, 
     That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the 
     full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be 
     credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to 
     remain available until expended without further 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the Commission is 
     authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, 
     artwork, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
     and design of the Nation's Capital or the history and 
     activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of 
     artistic display, study or education.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

       For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 
     (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
     Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $6,080,000.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 
     Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $8,348,000:  Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the 
     funds provided under this heading may be used for official 
     reception and representational expenses associated with 
     hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and 
     physical development of world capitals.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                       holocaust memorial museum

       For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
     authorized by Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), 
     $54,000,000, of which $1,215,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2018, for the Museum's equipment replacement 
     program; and of which $2,500,000 for the Museum's repair and 
     rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the Museum's 
     outreach initiatives program shall remain available until 
     expended.

                Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction 
     design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, 
     $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (including transfers of funds)

                      restriction on use of funds

       Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
     distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
     public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
     which Congressional action is not complete other than to 
     communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
     1913.

                      obligation of appropriations

       Sec. 402.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

                 disclosure of administrative expenses

       Sec. 403.  The amount and basis of estimated overhead 
     charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working 
     capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, projects, 
     activities and subactivities

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     to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau 
     administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or 
     central operations shall be presented in annual budget 
     justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the 
     Committees on Appropriations for approval.

                          mining applications

       Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
     applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
     located under the general mining laws.
       (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
     Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
     concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the 
     Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
     requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the 
     Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 
     claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 
     Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
     section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 
     site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by 
     the applicant by that date.
       (c) Report.--On September 30, 2017, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
     House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
     the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under 
     the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
       (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
     applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
     request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
     contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of 
     Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the 
     mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application 
     as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management 
     shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the 
     third-party contractor in accordance with the standard 
     procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the 
     retention of third-party contractors.

             contract support costs, prior year limitation

       Sec. 405.  Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
     Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (Public Law 113-235) shall continue in effect in fiscal year 
     2016.

          contract support costs, fiscal year 2016 limitation

       Sec. 406.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 
     2016 under the headings ``Department of Health and Human 
     Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs'' and 
     ``Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
     Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs'' are the 
     only amounts available for contract support costs arising out 
     of self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, 
     compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2016 
     with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health 
     Service:  Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act 
     are not available for payment of claims for contract support 
     costs for prior years, or for repayments of payments for 
     settlements or judgments awarding contract support costs for 
     prior years.

                        forest management plans

       Sec. 407.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
     considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of 
     the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
     1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 
     years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of 
     the National Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts 
     the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and 
     Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et 
     seq.) or any other law:  Provided, That if the Secretary is 
     not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the 
     funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 
     National Forest System, this section shall be void with 
     respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may 
     order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.

                 prohibition within national monuments

       Sec. 408.  No funds provided in this Act may be expended to 
     conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under 
     either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) 
     within the boundaries of a National Monument established 
     pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) 
     as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where 
     such activities are allowed under the Presidential 
     proclamation establishing such monument.

                         limitation on takings

       Sec. 409.  Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
     appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
     interests in lands may be expended for the filing of 
     declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
     the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided, That this provision shall not 
     apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades 
     National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
     funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
     Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes.

                        timber sale requirements

       Sec. 410.  No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be 
     advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 
     value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
     and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
     allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal process) when 
     appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 
     cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 
     of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 
     to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at 
     prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar 
     volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States 
     domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the 
     election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar 
     may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of 
     the timber sale holder.

                    prohibition on no-bid contracts

       Sec. 411.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be 
     used to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 
     is entered into in accordance with the requirements of 
     Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of 
     title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation, unless--
       (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
     entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
     formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian 
     tribes; or
       (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-
     638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 
     specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 
     defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or
       (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

                           posting of reports

       Sec. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
     this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
     the public website of that agency any report required to be 
     submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the 
     determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
     the national interest.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
     security; or
       (2) the report contains proprietary information.
       (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     only after such report has been made available to the 
     requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
     than 45 days.

            national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

       Sec. 413.  Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
     for the Arts--
       (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
     individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
     literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
     American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
       (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
     that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
     to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 
     used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 
     to conduct activity independent of the direct grant 
     recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
     made in exchange for goods and services.
       (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
     unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
     season, including identified programs or projects.

           national endowment for the arts program priorities

       Sec. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
     assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this 
     Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts 
     shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or 
     awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
     workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
       (b) In this section:
       (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population 
     of individuals, including urban minorities, who have 
     historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities 
     programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income 
     below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
       (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
     defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
     annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a 
     family of the size involved.

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       (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
     under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
     of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson 
     of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that 
     priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
     assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs 
     that will encourage public knowledge, education, 
     understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
       (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
     Humanities Act of 1965--
       (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
     projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
     national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
     States;
       (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
     percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
     excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
       (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
     and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
     grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
       (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
     improve and support community-based music performance and 
     education.

                  status of balances of appropriations

       Sec. 415.  The Department of the Interior, the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
     Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
     quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 
     including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds 
     in each program and activity.

                 report on use of climate change funds

       Sec. 416.  Not later than 120 days after the date on which 
     the President's fiscal year 2017 budget request is submitted 
     to the Congress, the President shall submit a comprehensive 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate describing in detail all 
     Federal agency funding, domestic and international, for 
     climate change programs, projects, and activities in fiscal 
     years 2015 and 2016, including an accounting of funding by 
     agency with each agency identifying climate change programs, 
     projects, and activities and associated costs by line item as 
     presented in the President's Budget Appendix, and including 
     citations and linkages where practicable to each strategic 
     plan that is driving funding within each climate change 
     program, project, and activity listed in the report.

                      prohibition on use of funds

       Sec. 417.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 
     be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring 
     the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, 
     water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological 
     processes associated with livestock production.

                 greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

       Sec. 418.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
     used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision 
     requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from 
     manure management systems.

                      modification of authorities

       Sec. 419. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public 
     Law 106-79) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 2016''.
       (b) For fiscal year 2016, 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.

                          funding prohibition

       Sec. 420.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of 
     ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under 
     the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or 
     any other law.

                        contracting authorities

       Sec. 421.  Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112-74 
     is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2015,'' and inserting 
     ``fiscal year 2017,''.

                       chesapeake bay initiative

       Sec. 422.  Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative 
     Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-312; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is 
     amended by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2017''.

                      extension of grazing permits

       Sec. 423.  The terms and conditions of section 325 of 
     Public Law 108-108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 
     permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not subject 
     to administration under section 402 of the Federal Lands 
     Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in 
     effect for fiscal year 2016.

                     use of american iron and steel

       Sec. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a 
     State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by 
     section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
     12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
     alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 
     or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 
     used in the project are produced in the United States.
       (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products 
     means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: 
     lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other 
     municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and 
     restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 
     concrete, and construction materials.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 
     of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Administrator'') finds that--
       (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
     public interest;
       (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
     States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and 
     of a satisfactory quality; or
       (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
     United States will increase the cost of the overall project 
     by more than 25 percent.
       (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 
     under this section, the Administrator shall make available to 
     the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and 
     information available to the Administrator concerning the 
     request, and shall allow for informal public input on the 
     request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based 
     on the request. The Administrator shall make the request and 
     accompanying information available by electronic means, 
     including on the official public Internet Web site of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency.
       (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under international 
     agreements.
       (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
     funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking 
     Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions 
     described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight 
     of the requirements of this section.

                       notification requirements

       Sec. 425. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (2) Affected state.--The term ``affected State'' means any 
     of the Great Lakes States (as defined in section 118(a)(3) of 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
     1268(a)(3))).
       (3) Discharge.--The term ``discharge'' means a discharge as 
     defined in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act (33 U.S.C. 1362).
       (4) Great lakes.--The term ``Great Lakes'' means any of the 
     waters as defined in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)).
       (5) Treatment works.--The term ``treatment works'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 212 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).
       (b) Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall work with affected 
     States having publicly owned treatment works that discharge 
     to the Great Lakes to create public notice requirements for a 
     combined sewer overflow discharge to the Great Lakes.
       (2) Notice requirements.--The notice requirements referred 
     to in paragraph (1) shall provide for--
       (i) the method of the notice;
       (ii) the contents of the notice, in accordance with 
     paragraph (3); and
       (iii) requirements for public availability of the notice.
       (3) Minimum requirements.--
       (A) In general.--The contents of the notice under paragraph 
     (1) shall include--
       (i) the dates and times of the applicable discharge;
       (ii) the volume of the discharge; and
       (iii) a description of any public access areas impacted by 
     the discharge.
       (B) Consistency.--The minimum requirements under this 
     paragraph shall be consistent for all affected States.
       (4) Additional requirements.--The Administrator shall work 
     with the affected States to include--
       (A) follow-up notice requirements that provide a 
     description of--
       (i) each applicable discharge;
       (ii) the cause of the discharge; and
       (iii) plans to prevent a reoccurrence of a combined sewer 
     overflow discharge to the Great Lakes consistent with section 
     402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
     1342) or an administrative order or consent decree under such 
     Act; and
       (B) annual publication requirements that list each 
     treatment works from which the Administrator or the affected 
     State receive a follow-up notice.
       (5) Timing.--
       (A) The notice and publication requirements described in 
     this subsection shall be implemented by not later than 2 
     years after the date of enactment of this Act.

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       (B) The Administrator of the EPA may extend the 
     implementation deadline for individual communities if the 
     Administrator determines the community needs additional time 
     to comply in order to avoid undue economic hardship.
       (6) State action.--Nothing in this subsection prohibits an 
     affected State from establishing a State notice requirement 
     in the event of a discharge that is more stringent than the 
     requirements described in this subsection.

                   great lakes restoration initiative

       Sec. 426.  Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
       ``(7) Great lakes restoration initiative.--
       ``(A) Establishment.--There is established in the Agency a 
     Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (referred to in this 
     paragraph as the `Initiative') to carry out programs and 
     projects for Great Lakes protection and restoration.
       ``(B) Focus areas.--The Initiative shall prioritize 
     programs and projects carried out in coordination with non-
     Federal partners and programs and projects that address 
     priority areas each fiscal year, including--
       ``(i) the remediation of toxic substances and areas of 
     concern;
       ``(ii) the prevention and control of invasive species and 
     the impacts of invasive species;
       ``(iii) the protection and restoration of nearshore health 
     and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source 
     pollution;
       ``(iv) habitat and wildlife protection and restoration, 
     including wetlands restoration and preservation; and
       ``(v) accountability, monitoring, evaluation, 
     communication, and partnership activities.
       ``(C) Projects.--Under the Initiative, the Agency shall 
     collaborate with Federal partners, including the Great Lakes 
     Interagency Task Force, to select the best combination of 
     programs and projects for Great Lakes protection and 
     restoration using appropriate principles and criteria, 
     including whether a program or project provides--
       ``(i) the ability to achieve strategic and measurable 
     environmental outcomes that implement the Great Lakes Action 
     Plan and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement;
       ``(ii) the feasibility of--

       ``(I) prompt implementation;
       ``(II) timely achievement of results; and
       ``(III) resource leveraging; and

       ``(iii) the opportunity to improve interagency and inter-
     organizational coordination and collaboration to reduce 
     duplication and streamline efforts.
       ``(D) Implementation of projects.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (G)(ii), funds 
     made available to carry out the Initiative shall be used to 
     strategically implement--

       ``(I) Federal projects; and
       ``(II) projects carried out in coordination with States, 
     Indian tribes, municipalities, institutions of higher 
     education, and other organizations.

       ``(ii) Transfer of funds.--With amounts made available for 
     the Initiative each fiscal year, the Administrator may--

       ``(I) transfer not more than the total amount appropriated 
     under subparagraph (G)(i) for the fiscal year to the head of 
     any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of the 
     department or agency head, to carry out activities to support 
     the Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; 
     and
       ``(II) enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
     any Federal department or agency to carry out activities 
     described in subclause (I).

       ``(E) Scope.--
       ``(i) In general.--Projects shall be carried out under the 
     Initiative on multiple levels, including--

       ``(I) Great Lakes-wide; and
       ``(II) Great Lakes basin-wide.

       ``(ii) Limitation.--No funds made available to carry out 
     the Initiative may be used for any water infrastructure 
     activity (other than a green infrastructure project that 
     improves habitat and other ecosystem functions in the Great 
     Lakes) for which amounts are made available from--

       ``(I) a State water pollution control revolving fund 
     established under title VI; or
       ``(II) a State drinking water revolving loan fund 
     established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300j-12).

       ``(F) Activities by other federal agencies.--Each relevant 
     Federal department or agency shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable--
       ``(i) maintain the base level of funding for the Great 
     Lakes activities of that department or agency without regard 
     to funding under the Initiative; and
       ``(ii) identify new activities and projects to support the 
     environmental goals of the Initiative.
       ``(G) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this paragraph for fiscal year 2016, 
     $300,000,000.''.

                 john f. kennedy center reauthorization

       Sec. 427.  Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 
     U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(a) Maintenance, Repair, and Security.--There is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out 
     section 4(a)(1)(H), $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.
       ``(b) Capital Projects.--There is authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and 
     (G) of section 4(a)(1), $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.''.
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of the 
     Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2016''.

   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA''), the 
     Second Chance Act of 2007, the National Apprenticeship Act, 
     and the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
     Occupations Act of 1992 (``WANTO Act''), $3,335,425,000, plus 
     reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:
       (1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
     activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker 
     employment and training activities, $2,709,832,000 as 
     follows:
       (A) $815,556,000 for adult employment and training 
     activities, of which $103,556,000 shall be available for the 
     period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and of which 
     $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
     2016 through June 30, 2017;
       (B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
     available for the period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
     and
       (C) $1,020,860,000 for dislocated worker employment and 
     training activities, of which $160,860,000 shall be available 
     for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and of 
     which $860,000,000 shall be available for the period October 
     1, 2016 through June 30, 2017:
       Provided, That pursuant to section 128(a)(1) of the WIOA, 
     the amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce 
     investment activities shall not exceed 15 percent of the 
     amount allotted to the State from each of the appropriations 
     under the preceding subparagraphs:  Provided further, That 
     the funds available for allotment to outlying areas to carry 
     out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not be subject to 
     the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and
       (2) for national programs, $625,593,000 as follows:
       (A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
     national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall be available for 
     the period July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017, and of 
     which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period October 
     1, 2016 through September 30, 2017:  Provided, That funds 
     provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 
     used to provide assistance to a State for statewide or local 
     use in order to address cases where there have been worker 
     dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local 
     areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the 
     State workforce development plan with emerging economic 
     development needs; and train such eligible dislocated 
     workers:  Provided further, That funds provided to carry out 
     sections 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be used for 
     technical assistance and demonstration projects, 
     respectively, that provide assistance to new entrants in the 
     workforce and incumbent workers:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds 
     provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary of Labor 
     (referred to in this title as ``Secretary'') may reserve not 
     more than 10 percent of such funds to provide technical 
     assistance and carry out additional activities related to the 
     transition to the WIOA:  Provided further, That, of the funds 
     provided under this subparagraph, $19,000,000 shall be made 
     available for applications submitted in accordance with 
     section 170 of the WIOA for training and employment 
     assistance for workers dislocated from coal mines and coal-
     fired power plants;
       (B) $50,000,000 for Native American programs under section 
     166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 
     1, 2016 through June 30, 2017;
       (C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
     programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including $75,885,000 
     for formula grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
     be for employment and training services), $5,517,000 for 
     migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 
     percent shall be for permanent housing), and $494,000 for 
     other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for 
     the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017:  Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related 
     regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action 
     limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants 
     receiving related assistance services or discouraging 
     grantees from providing such services;
       (D) $994,000 for carrying out the WANTO Act, which shall be 
     available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017;
       (E) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in 
     section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
     period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017;

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       (F) $3,232,000 for technical assistance activities under 
     section 168 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
     period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017;
       (G) $88,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
     authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 212 of the 
     Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available for the 
     period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
     to national and regional intermediaries for activities that 
     prepare young ex-offenders and school dropouts for 
     employment, with a priority for projects serving high-crime, 
     high-poverty areas;
       (H) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, 
     under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall 
     be available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 
     2017; and
       (I) $90,000,000 to expand opportunities relating to 
     apprenticeship programs registered under the National 
     Apprenticeship Act, to be available to the Secretary to carry 
     out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, 
     contracts and other arrangements, with States and other 
     appropriate entities, which shall be available for the period 
     April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

                                job corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

       To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including 
     Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and 
     repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase 
     of real property for training centers as authorized by the 
     WIOA, $1,689,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
       (1) $1,581,825,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be 
     available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017;
       (2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
     acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available 
     for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019, and which 
     may include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major 
     items of equipment:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
     transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 
     operational needs of such centers or to achieve 
     administrative efficiencies:  Provided further, That any 
     funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not 
     be available for obligation after June 30, 2017:  Provided 
     further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
     days in advance of any transfer; and
       (3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 
     shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 
     2015 through September 30, 2016:
       Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall 
     be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.

            community service employment for older americans

       To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     (referred to in this Act as ``OAA''), $434,371,000, which 
     shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 
     30, 2017, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accordance 
     with section 517(c) of the OAA.

              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

       For payments during fiscal year 2016 of trade adjustment 
     benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B 
     of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and 
     section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and 
     case management services, allowances for job search and 
     relocation, and related State administrative expenses under 
     part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade 
     Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, allowances, 
     training, employment and case management services, and 
     related State administration provided pursuant to section 
     231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
     2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension 
     Act of 2015, $861,000,000 together with such amounts as may 
     be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation 
     for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2016: 
      Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this division, 
     any part of the appropriation provided under this heading may 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year pursuant to the authorities of section 245(c) of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).

     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

       For authorized administrative expenses, $89,066,000, 
     together with not to exceed $3,480,812,000 which may be 
     expended from the Employment Security Administration Account 
     in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the Trust Fund''), of 
     which:
       (1) $2,725,550,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
     States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
     laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
     (including not less than $95,000,000 to conduct in-person 
     reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
     insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide 
     reemployment services and referrals to training as 
     appropriate, for claimants of unemployment insurance for ex-
     service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and for the 
     claimants of regular unemployment compensation who are 
     profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits in each 
     State, and $3,000,000 for continued support of the 
     Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
     administration of unemployment insurance for Federal 
     employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 5 
     U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the administration of trade 
     readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment 
     assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
     the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 
     Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 
     405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and 
     shall be available for obligation by the States through 
     December 31, 2016, except that funds used for automation 
     acquisitions shall be available for Federal obligation 
     through December 31, 2016, and for State obligation through 
     September 30, 2018, or, if the automation acquisition is 
     being carried out through consortia of States, for State 
     obligation through September 30, 2021, and for expenditure 
     through September 30, 2022, and funds for competitive grants 
     awarded to States for improved operations and to conduct in-
     person assessments and reviews and provide reemployment 
     services and referrals shall be available for Federal 
     obligation through December 31, 2016, and for obligation by 
     the States through September 30, 2018, and funds for the 
     Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall 
     be available for obligation by the State through September 
     30, 2017, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads 
     experienced by the States through September 30, 2016 shall be 
     available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2016;
       (2) $14,547,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
     activities necessary to support the administration of the 
     Federal-State unemployment insurance system;
       (3) $658,587,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
     $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 
     grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-
     Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
     the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017;
       (4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
     activities of the Employment Service, including 
     administration of the work opportunity tax credit under 
     section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the 
     provision of technical assistance and staff training under 
     the Wagner-Peyser Act;
       (5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
     administration of foreign labor certifications and related 
     activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
     related laws, of which $48,028,000 shall be available for the 
     Federal administration of such activities, and $14,282,000 
     shall be available for grants to States for the 
     administration of such activities; and
       (6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
     workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-
     stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
     available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2016 
     through June 30, 2017:
       Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly 
     Insured Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2016 is 
     projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,680,000, an 
     additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available 
     for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level 
     (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 
     100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act:  
     Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act that 
     are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title 
     III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to 
     assist other States in carrying out activities under such 
     title III if the other States include areas that have 
     suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds 
     appropriated for grants to States under title III of the 
     Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for 
     the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section 
     453(j)(8) of such Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title 
     III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of 
     States to the entity operating the State Information Data 
     Exchange System:  Provided further, That funds appropriated 
     in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop 
     career center system, or which are used to support the 
     national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
     insurance, employment service, or immigration programs, may 
     be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with States 
     and non-State entities:  Provided further, That States 
     awarded competitive grants for improved operations under 
     title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
     support the national activities of the Federal-State 
     unemployment insurance system, may award subgrants to other 
     States under such grants, subject to the conditions 
     applicable to the grants:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under 
     title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser 
     Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment 
     Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, 
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     principles prescribed under the Office of Management and 
     Budget Circular A-87:  Provided further, That the Secretary, 
     at the request of a State participating in a consortium with 
     other States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under 
     title III of the Social Security Act to other States 
     participating in the consortium in order to carry out 
     activities that benefit the administration of the 
     unemployment compensation law of the State making the 
     request:  Provided further, That the Secretary may collect 
     fees for the costs associated with additional data 
     collection, analyses, and reporting services relating to the 
     National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and 
     local governments, public and private institutions of higher 
     education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such 
     sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for 
     the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, 
     methodology, and data to meet the information collection and 
     reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to 
     this appropriation and shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017, for such purposes.
        In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Security 
     Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall 
     be available for in-person reemployment and eligibility 
     assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment 
     reviews and to provide reemployment services and referrals to 
     training as appropriate, which shall be available for Federal 
     obligations through December 31, 2016, and for State 
     obligation through September 30, 2018.

        advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

       For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
     authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security 
     Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as 
     authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund 
     established by section 901(e) of the Social Security Act, to 
     the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, 
     and to the ``Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances'' 
     account, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be 
     available for obligation through September 30, 2017.

                         program administration

       For expenses of administering employment and training 
     programs, $104,577,000, together with not to exceed 
     $49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund.

               Employee Benefits Security Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
     Administration, $181,000,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

               pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

       The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'') 
     is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial 
     assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within 
     limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the 
     Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
     contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be 
     necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 
     administrative expenses, through September 30, 2016, for the 
     Corporation:  Provided, That none of the funds available to 
     the Corporation for fiscal year 2016 shall be available for 
     obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
     $431,799,000:  Provided further, That to the extent that the 
     number of new plan participants in plans terminated by the 
     Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2016, an amount 
     not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available 
     through September 30, 2017, for obligation for administrative 
     expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: 
      Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts 
     provided in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and 
     extraordinary pretermination expenses or extraordinary 
     multiemployer program related expenses after approval by the 
     Office of Management and Budget and notification of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.

                         Wage and Hour Division

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
     including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies 
     and their employees for inspection services rendered, 
     $227,500,000.

                  Office of Labor-Management Standards

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
     Standards, $40,593,000.

             Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
     Compliance Programs, $105,476,000.

                Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs, $113,324,000, together with $2,177,000 
     which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance 
     with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and 
     Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

                            special benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
     (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current 
     or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; 
     continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 
     ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal Security Agency 
     Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation 
     Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War 
     Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obligations incurred under 
     the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 
     and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits 
     required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 
     Workers' Compensation Act, $210,000,000, together with such 
     amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
     year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
     benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the 
     current year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes 
     of the Employees' Compensation Fund established under 5 
     U.S.C. 8147(a):  Provided, That amounts appropriated may be 
     used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an 
     employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for 
     portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled 
     beneficiary:  Provided further, That balances of 
     reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2015, shall 
     remain available until expended for the payment of 
     compensation, benefits, and expenses:  Provided further, That 
     in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 
     from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or 
     instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an 
     amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such 
     sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of 
     administration for employees of such fair share entities 
     through September 30, 2016:  Provided further, That of those 
     funds transferred to this account from the fair share 
     entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 
     Employees' Compensation Act, $62,170,000 shall be made 
     available to the Secretary as follows:
       (1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
     processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
     $21,140,000;
       (2) For automated workload processing operations, including 
     document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill 
     processing, $22,968,000;
       (3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
     review, $16,668,000;
       (4) For program integrity, $1,394,000; and
       (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as 
     miscellaneous receipts:
       Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
     person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 
     under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 
     such identifying information (including Social Security 
     account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

               special benefits for disabled coal miners

       For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275, 
     $69,302,000, to remain available until expended.
       For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
     for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
     as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title IV for the first 
     quarter of fiscal year 2017, $19,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

    administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
                           compensation fund

       For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $58,552,000, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for 
     benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim such 
     identifying information (including Social Security account 
     number) as may be prescribed.

                    black lung disability trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
     Disability Trust Fund (the ``Fund''), to remain available 
     until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
     section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest on 
     advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. In 
     addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund 
     for fiscal year 2016 for expenses of operation and 
     administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as 
     authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $35,244,000 
     for transfer to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 
     ``Salaries and

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     Expenses''; not to exceed $30,279,000 for transfer to 
     Departmental Management, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to 
     exceed $327,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
     ``Office of Inspector General''; and not to exceed $356,000 
     for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of 
     the Department of the Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration, $552,787,000, including not to exceed 
     $100,850,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for 
     grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act (the ``Act''), which grants shall be no 
     less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational 
     safety and health programs required to be incurred under 
     plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; 
     and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up 
     to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course 
     tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law to be 
     collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety 
     and health training and education:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is authorized, 
     during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to collect 
     and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
     Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, 
     in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to 
     administer national and international laboratory recognition 
     programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products 
     used by workers in the workplace:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be 
     obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or 
     enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 
     Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a 
     farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 
     camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:  Provided further, 
     That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be 
     obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, 
     rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect to any 
     employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a 
     category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred 
     (``DART'') occupational injury and illness rate, at the most 
     precise industrial classification code for which such data 
     are published, less than the national average rate as such 
     rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
     through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with 
     section 24 of the Act, except--
       (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, 
     technical assistance, educational and training services, and 
     to conduct surveys and studies;
       (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
     to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
     found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
     violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
     abatement period and for any willful violations found;
       (3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
     to imminent dangers;
       (4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
     to health hazards;
       (5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
     to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
     or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 
     or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
     investigation authorized by the Act; and
       (6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
     to complaints of discrimination against employees for 
     exercising rights under the Act:
       Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 
     apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
     which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
     or fewer employees:  Provided further, That $10,537,000 shall 
     be available for Susan Harwood training grants.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration, $375,887,000, including purchase and bestowal 
     of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue 
     and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery 
     activities and not less than $8,441,000 for State assistance 
     grants:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not 
     to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 
     Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the 
     sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be 
     collected, to be available for mine safety and health 
     education and training activities:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
     $2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and 
     certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use 
     in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to accept 
     lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from 
     public and private sources and to prosecute projects in 
     cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private:  
     Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration is authorized to promote health and safety 
     education and training in the mining community through 
     cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety 
     associations:  Provided further, That the Secretary is 
     authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety 
     Association as a principal safety association and, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide funds 
     and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including 
     service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as 
     officers in local chapters or in the national organization:  
     Provided further, That any funds available to the Department 
     of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to 
     provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations 
     in the event of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
     including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and 
     local agencies and their employees for services rendered, 
     $544,000,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which 
     may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
     account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
     Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
     initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
     eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people 
     with disabilities, $38,203,000.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
     including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
     $334,065,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which may 
     be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
     account in the Unemployment Trust Fund:  Provided, That 
     $59,825,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs 
     shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2016:  
     Provided further, That funds available to the Bureau of 
     International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or 
     operate international labor activities, bilateral and 
     multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
     by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other 
     arrangements:  Provided further, That not more than 
     $53,825,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative 
     child labor internationally and not less than $6,000,000 
     shall be used to implement model programs that address worker 
     rights issues through technical assistance in countries with 
     which the United States has free trade agreements or trade 
     preference programs:  Provided further, That $8,040,000 shall 
     be used for program evaluation and shall be available for 
     obligation through September 30, 2017:  Provided further, 
     That funds available for program evaluation may be used to 
     administer grants for the purpose of evaluation:  Provided 
     further, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 
     be awarded through fair and open competition:  Provided 
     further, That funds available for program evaluation may be 
     transferred to any other appropriate account in the 
     Department for such purpose:  Provided further, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
     any transfer:  Provided further, That the funds available to 
     the Women's Bureau may be used for grants to serve and 
     promote the interests of women in the workforce.

                    veterans employment and training

       Not to exceed $233,001,000 may be derived from the 
     Employment Security Administration account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
     chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of 
     which:
       (1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants 
     under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans' 
     outreach program specialists under section 4103A of such 
     title and local veterans' employment representatives under 
     section 4104(b) of such title, and for the expenses described 
     in section 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for 
     obligation by the States through December 31, 2016, and not 
     to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal expenditures 
     for data systems and contract support to allow for the 
     tracking of participant and performance information:  
     Provided, That, in addition, such funds may be used to 
     support such specialists and representatives in the provision 
     of services to transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 
     have participated in the Transition Assistance Program and 
     have been identified as in need of intensive services, to 
     members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured 
     and receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or 
     warrior transition units, and to the spouses or other family 
     caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured members;
       (2) $14,100,000 is for carrying out the Transition 
     Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;

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       (3) $40,487,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
     41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code; and
       (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and 
     Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109:
       Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 
     appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
     above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation 
     from which such reallocation is made.
        In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
     $38,109,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
     veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
     transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 
     2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, 
     That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
     2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30, 
     2016, to provide services under such section:  Provided 
     further, That services provided under section 2023 may 
     include, in addition to services to the individuals described 
     in subsection (e) of such section, services to veterans 
     recently released from incarceration who are at risk of 
     homelessness.

                            it modernization

       For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
     infrastructure technology investment activities related to 
     support systems and modernization, $29,778,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, $80,640,000, together with not to exceed 
     $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security 
     Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

                           General Provisions

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of 
     an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an 
     indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 102.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current 
     fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be 
     transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no 
     such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more 
     than 3 percent by any such transfer:  Provided, That the 
     transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used 
     to create any new program or to fund any project or activity 
     for which no funds are provided in this Act:  Provided 
     further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
     days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 103.  In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none 
     of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
     procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
     harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by 
     forced or indentured child labor in industries and host 
     countries already identified by the United States Department 
     of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
     none of the funds made available to the Department of Labor 
     for grants under section 414(c) of the American 
     Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 
     U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than 
     competitive grants for training individuals who are older 
     than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school 
     within a local educational agency in the occupations and 
     industries for which employers are using H-1B visas to hire 
     foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
     support such training:  Provided, That up to $13,000,000 of 
     such funds shall be available for obligation through 
     September 30, 2017 to process permanent foreign labor 
     certifications under section 212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)):  Provided 
     further, That the funding limitation under this section shall 
     not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicitations for 
     grant applications issued before January 15, 2014.
       Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     under the heading ``Employment and Training Administration'' 
     shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to 
     pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct 
     costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive 
     Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors 
     providing goods and services as defined in Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-133. Where States are 
     recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit 
     for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 
     bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account 
     factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, 
     the compensation levels for comparable State or local 
     government employees, and the size of the organizations that 
     administer Federal programs involved including Employment and 
     Training Administration programs.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
     transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
     Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-
     aside, for technical assistance services to grantees to 
     ``Program Administration'' when it is determined that those 
     services will be more efficiently performed by Federal 
     employees:  Provided, That this section shall not apply to 
     section 171 of the WIOA.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 
     percent from each appropriation made available in this Act 
     identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out 
     evaluations of any of the programs or activities that are 
     funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under this 
     section shall be transferred to ``Departmental Management'' 
     for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within 
     the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 
     obligation through September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such 
     funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
     of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days 
     in advance of any transfer.
       (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
     ``Training and Employment Services'', ``Job Corps'', 
     ``Community Service Employment for Older Americans'', ``State 
     Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations'', 
     ``Employee Benefits Security Administration'', ``Office of 
     Workers' Compensation Programs'', ``Wage and Hour Division'', 
     ``Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'', ``Office 
     of Labor Management Standards'', ``Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration'', ``Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration'', ``Office of Disability Employment Policy'', 
     funding made available to the ``Bureau of International Labor 
     Affairs'' and ``Women's Bureau'' within the ``Departmental 
     Management, Salaries and Expenses'' account, and ``Veterans 
     Employment and Training''.
       Sec. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following 
     text is part of such section:
       ``(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for 
     a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster 
     to any employee--
       ``(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from 
     or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not 
     engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, 
     selling, or marketing property, casualty, or liability 
     insurance policies or contracts;
       ``(B) who receives from such employer on average weekly 
     compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any minimum 
     weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever is 
     greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged in 
     any of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and
       ``(C) whose duties include any of the following:
       ``(i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who 
     suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from or 
     relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians;
       ``(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual 
     information to prepare damage estimates;
       ``(iii) evaluating and making recommendations regarding 
     coverage or compensability of claims or determining liability 
     or value aspects of claims;
       ``(iv) negotiating settlements; or
       ``(v) making recommendations regarding litigation.
       ``(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the 
     exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
       ``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `major disaster' means any disaster or 
     catastrophe declared or designated by any State or Federal 
     agency or department;
       ``(B) the term `employee employed to adjust or evaluate 
     claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster' 
     means an individual who timely secured or secures a license 
     required by applicable law to engage in and perform the 
     activities described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph 
     (1)(C) relating to a major disaster, and is employed by an 
     employer that maintains worker compensation insurance 
     coverage or protection for its employees, if required by 
     applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, and 
     local income and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and 
     any benefits of such employees; and
       ``(C) the term `affiliate' means a company that, by reason 
     of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the 
     outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of one 
     or more companies, directly or indirectly, controls, is 
     controlled by, or is under common control with, another 
     company.''.
       (b) This section shall be effective on the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     beginning October 1, 2015, the Secretary of Labor, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may select an 
     entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center

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     on a competitive basis in accordance with section 147 of the 
     WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines such Center has 
     had consistently low performance under the performance 
     accountability system in effect for the Job Corps program 
     prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected levels of 
     performance established under section 159(c) of such Act 
     beginning July 1, 2016.
       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the Establishing 
     a Minimum Wage for Contractors regulation published by the 
     Department of Labor in the Federal Register on October 7, 
     2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60634 et seq.), with respect to Federal 
     contracts, permits, or other contract-like instruments 
     entered into with the Federal Government in connection with 
     Federal property or lands, specifically related to offering 
     seasonal recreational services or seasonal recreation 
     equipment rental for the general public:  Provided, That this 
     section shall not apply to lodging and food services 
     associated with seasonal recreation services.
       Sec. 111. (a) Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of 
     H-2B Nonimmigrants Working in the Seafood Industry.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition 
     for H-2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood 
     industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants 
     described in the petition into the United States at any time 
     during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
     which the employer is seeking the services of the 
     nonimmigrants without filing another petition.
       (2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day.--An employer 
     in the seafood industry may not bring H-2B nonimmigrants into 
     the United States after the date that is 90 days after the 
     start date for which the employer is seeking the services of 
     the nonimmigrants unless the employer--
       (A) completes a new assessment of the local labor market 
     by--
       (i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 separate 
     Sundays; and
       (ii) posting the job opportunity on the appropriate 
     Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at the 
     employer's place of employment; and
       (B) offers the job to an equally or better qualified United 
     States worker who--
       (i) applies for the job; and
       (ii) will be available at the time and place of need.
       (3) Exemption from rules with respect to staggering.--The 
     Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer in the 
     seafood industry who brings H-2B nonimmigrants into the 
     United States during the 120-day period specified in 
     paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation 
     of section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, or any other applicable provision of law.
       (b) H-2B Nonimmigrants Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``H-2B nonimmigrants'' means aliens admitted to the United 
     States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
       Sec. 112.  The determination of prevailing wage for the 
     purposes of the H-2B program shall be the greater of--(1) the 
     actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees 
     with similar experience and qualifications for such position 
     in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage level for 
     the occupational classification of the position in the 
     geographic area in which the H-2B nonimmigrant will be 
     employed, based on the best information available at the time 
     of filing the petition. In the determination of prevailing 
     wage for the purposes of the H-2B program, the Secretary 
     shall accept private wage surveys even in instances where 
     Occupational Employment Statistics survey data are available 
     unless the Secretary determines that the methodology and data 
     in the provided survey are not statistically supported.
       Sec. 113.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in 
     20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition 
     found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further, 
     for the purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers 
     under the H-2B program, the definition of temporary need 
     shall be that provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B).
       Sec. 114.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     implement 20 CFR 655.70 and 20 CFR 655.71.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE II

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                          primary health care

       For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
     Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ``PHS Act'') with 
     respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health 
     Care Act of 1988, $1,491,522,000 (in addition to the 
     $3,600,000,000 previously appropriated to the Community 
     Health Center Fund for fiscal year 2016):  Provided, That no 
     more than $100,000 shall be available until expended for 
     carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: 
      Provided further, That no more than $99,893,000 shall be 
     available until expended for carrying out the provisions of 
     Public Law 104-73 and for expenses incurred by the Department 
     of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act as 
     ``HHS'') pertaining to administrative claims made under such 
     law:  Provided further, That of funds provided for the Health 
     Centers program, as defined by section 330 of the PHS Act, by 
     this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2016, not less than 
     $200,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2016 to 
     support new access points, grants to expand medical services, 
     behavioral health, oral health, pharmacy, or vision services, 
     and not less than $150,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal 
     year 2016 for construction and capital improvement costs:  
     Provided further, That the time limitation in section 
     330(e)(3) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2016.

                            health workforce

       For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act 
     with respect to the health workforce, section 1128E of the 
     Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement 
     Act of 1986, $786,895,000:  Provided, That sections 
     747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the proportional funding 
     amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(e) of 
     the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under 
     this heading:  Provided further, That for any program 
     operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before 
     January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (referred to in this title as the ``Secretary'') may 
     hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in sections 
     751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full 
     project period of a grant under such section:  Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be available for section 340G-1 
     of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That fees collected for 
     the disclosure of information under section 427(b) of the 
     Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 
     1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 
     sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
     programs authorized by such sections and shall remain 
     available until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
     Bank:  Provided further, That funds transferred to this 
     account to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of 
     title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
     adjustments to awards made under such sections.

                       maternal and child health

       For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS 
     Act with respect to maternal and child health, title V of the 
     Social Security Act, and section 712 of the American Jobs 
     Creation Act of 2004, $845,117,000:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the 
     Social Security Act, not more than $77,093,000 shall be 
     available for carrying out special projects of regional and 
     national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 
     Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described 
     in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such 
     Act.

                      ryan white hiv/aids program

       For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to 
     the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,322,781,000, of which 
     $1,970,881,000 shall remain available to the Secretary 
     through September 30, 2018, for parts A and B of title XXVI 
     of the PHS Act, and of which not less than $900,313,000 shall 
     be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the 
     authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act.

                          health care systems

       For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with 
     respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic 
     and Research Act of 2005, $103,193,000, of which $122,000 
     shall be available until expended for facilities renovations 
     at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center.

                              rural health

       For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
     respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
     Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 
     of the Social Security Act, $149,571,000, of which 
     $41,609,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
     1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for 
     carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants 
     program:  Provided, That of the funds made available under 
     this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, 
     $14,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
     Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and 
     adoption of health information technology and up to 
     $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 
     Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 
     section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and 
     implementation of telehealth services, including pilots and 
     demonstrations on the use of electronic health records to 
     coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record 
     system:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     338J(k) of the PHS Act, $9,511,000 shall be available for 
     State Offices of Rural Health.

                            family planning

       For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act 
     to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 
     $286,479,000:  Provided,

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     That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall 
     not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling 
     shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be 
     expended for any activity (including the publication or 
     distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote 
     public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
     candidate for public office.

                           program management

       For program support in the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, $154,000,000:  Provided, That funds made 
     available under this heading may be used to supplement 
     program support funding provided under the headings ``Primary 
     Health Care'', ``Health Workforce'', ``Maternal and Child 
     Health'', ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program'', ``Health Care 
     Systems'', and ``Rural Health''.

             vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

       For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
     Trust Fund (the ``Trust Fund''), such sums as may be 
     necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury 
     or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
     September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of 
     the PHS Act, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
     $7,500,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
     Secretary.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                 immunization and respiratory diseases

       For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 
     2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory 
     diseases, $459,055,000.

     hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
                        tuberculosis prevention

       For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS 
     Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually 
     transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
     $1,122,278,000.

               emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 
     of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic 
     infectious diseases, $527,885,000.

            chronic disease prevention and health promotion

       For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of 
     the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and 
     health promotion, $838,146,000:  Provided, That funds 
     appropriated under this account may be available for making 
     grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 
     States, tribes, or tribal organizations:  Provided further, 
     That of the funds available under this heading, $10,000,000 
     shall be available to continue and expand community specific 
     extension and outreach programs to combat obesity in counties 
     with the highest levels of obesity:  Provided further, That 
     the proportional funding requirements under section 1503(a) 
     of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under 
     this heading.

   birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

       For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS 
     Act with respect to birth defects, developmental 
     disabilities, disabilities and health, $135,610,000.

                   public health scientific services

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
     with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
     informatics, and workforce development, $491,597,000.

                          environmental health

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
     with respect to environmental health, $165,303,000.

                     injury prevention and control

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
     with respect to injury prevention and control, $236,059,000:  
     Provided, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
     $70,000,000 shall be available for an evidence-based opioid 
     drug overdose prevention program.

         national institute for occupational safety and health

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, 
     sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the 
     Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine 
     Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 
     21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with 
     respect to occupational safety and health, $339,121,000.

       energy employees occupational illness compensation program

       For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That this 
     amount shall be available consistent with the provision 
     regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of 
     division B, title I of Public Law 106-554.

                             global health

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
     with respect to global health, $427,121,000, of which 
     $128,421,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2017:  Provided, That funds 
     may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor 
     vehicles in foreign countries.

                public health preparedness and response

       For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act 
     with respect to public health preparedness and response, and 
     for expenses necessary to support activities related to 
     countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and 
     chemical threats to civilian populations, $1,405,000,000, of 
     which $575,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     the Strategic National Stockpile:  Provided, That in the 
     event the Director of the CDC activates the Emergency 
     Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may detail CDC 
     staff without reimbursement for up to 90 days to support the 
     work of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the 
     Director provides a notice to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     within 15 days of the use of this authority and a full report 
     within 30 days after use of this authority which includes the 
     number of staff and funding level broken down by the 
     originating center and number of days detailed:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     used to support a contract for the operation and maintenance 
     of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout CDC 
     to ensure the agency is prepared to address public health 
     preparedness emergencies.

                        buildings and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, 
     demolition, and renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, which 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 
     That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 
     of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be 
     used to acquire a replacement mine safety research facility:  
     Provided further, That in addition, the prior year 
     unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to former 
     employees in accounts of CDC made available for Individual 
     Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 
     amounts made available under this heading to support the 
     replacement of the mine safety research facility.

                cdc-wide activities and program support

       For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 
     2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and 
     program support for activities funded in other appropriations 
     included in this Act for the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, $113,570,000:  Provided, That paragraphs (1) 
     through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act 
     shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and 
     in all other accounts of the CDC:  Provided further, That 
     employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian 
     and commissioned officers, detailed to States, 
     municipalities, or other organizations under authority of 
     section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall 
     be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 
     only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 
     applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period 
     of detail or assignment:  Provided further, That CDC may use 
     up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act 
     for official reception and representation expenses when 
     specifically approved by the Director of CDC:  Provided 
     further, That in addition, such sums as may be derived from 
     authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the 
     appropriation charged with the cost thereof:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 
     authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and 
     the Respirator Certification Program shall be available 
     through September 30, 2017.

                     National Institutes of Health

                       national cancer institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to cancer, $5,214,701,000, of which up to 
     $16,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and 
     improvements at the National Cancer Institute--Frederick 
     Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 
     Frederick, Maryland.

               national heart, lung, and blood institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and 
     blood and blood products, $3,115,538,000.

         national institute of dental and craniofacial research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
     $415,582,000.

    national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 
     $1,818,357,000.

        national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
     $1,696,139,000.

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         national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
     $4,629,928,000.

             national institute of general medical sciences

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to general medical sciences, $2,512,073,000, of 
     which $780,000,000 shall be from funds available under 
     section 241 of the PHS Act:  Provided, That not less than 
     $320,840,000 is provided for the Institutional Development 
     Awards program.

  eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
                              development

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to child health and human development, 
     $1,339,802,000.

                         national eye institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
     $715,903,000.

          national institute of environmental health sciences

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to environmental health sciences, $693,702,000.

                      national institute on aging

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to aging, $1,600,191,000.

 national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
     diseases, $542,141,000.

    national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, 
     $423,031,000.

                 national institute of nursing research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to nursing research, $146,485,000.

           national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $467,700,000.

                    national institute on drug abuse

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to drug abuse, $1,077,488,000.

                  national institute of mental health

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to mental health, $1,548,390,000.

                national human genome research institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to human genome research, $518,956,000.

      national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
     research, $346,795,000.

        national center for complementary and integrative health

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
     $130,789,000.

      national institute on minority health and health disparities

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to minority health and health disparities 
     research, $279,718,000.

                  john e. fogarty international center

       For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
     International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
     title IV of the PHS Act), $70,447,000.

                      national library of medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to health information communications, 
     $394,664,000:  Provided, That of the amounts available for 
     improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
     in fiscal year 2016, the National Library of Medicine may 
     enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
     services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
     the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health 
     (referred to in this title as ``NIH'').

          national center for advancing translational sciences

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
     with respect to translational sciences, $685,417,000:  
     Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to 
     implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 
     Acceleration Network:  Provided further, That at least 
     $500,000,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
     Sciences Awards program.

                         office of the director

       For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
     Director, NIH, $1,558,600,000, of which up to $30,000,000 may 
     be used to carry out section 215 of this Act:  Provided, That 
     funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
     29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only:  Provided 
     further, That all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund 
     shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal 
     year in which they are deposited:  Provided further, That 
     $165,000,000 shall be for the National Children's Study 
     Follow-on:  Provided further, That NIH shall submit a spend 
     plan on the next phase of the study in the previous proviso 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That 
     $663,039,000 shall be available for the Common Fund 
     established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act:  
     Provided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall 
     be for official reception and representation expenses when 
     specifically approved by the Director of the NIH:  Provided 
     further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office 
     of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make 
     grants for construction or renovation of facilities as 
     provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act:  
     Provided further, That up to $130,000,000 of the funds 
     provided to the Common Fund are available to support the 
     trans-NIH Precision Medicine Initiative:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount provided to the NIH, the Director of the 
     NIH shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy 
     of Sciences, as part of the studies conducted under section 
     489 of the PHS Act, to conduct a comprehensive study on 
     policies affecting the next generation of researchers in the 
     United States:  Provided further, That, of the funds from 
     Institute, Center, and Office of the Director accounts within 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services, National 
     Institutes of Health,'' in order to strengthen privacy 
     protections for human research participants, NIH shall 
     require investigators receiving NIH funding for new and 
     competing research projects designed to generate and analyze 
     large volumes of data derived from human research 
     participants to obtain a certificate of confidentiality.
       In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund 
     established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 
     is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric 
     Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of title 
     26, United States Code, for the purpose of carrying out 
     section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to 
     pediatric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller 
     Kids First Research Act.

                        buildings and facilities

       For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 
     acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
     including the acquisition of real property, $128,863,000, to 
     remain available through September 30, 2020.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                             mental health

       For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
     respect to mental health, and the Protection and Advocacy for 
     Individuals with Mental Illness Act, $1,133,948,000:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS 
     Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A 
     shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS 
     Act:  Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
     herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of 
     the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of 
     the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, 
     national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and 
     further that the total available under this Act for section 
     1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts 
     appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX:  Provided 
     further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not 
     apply to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2016: 
      Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, $46,887,000 shall be for the National Child 
     Traumatic Stress Initiative as described in section 582 of 
     the PHS Act:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     565(b)(1) of the PHS Act, technical assistance may be 
     provided to a public entity to establish or operate a system 
     of comprehensive community mental health services to children 
     with a serious emotional disturbance, without regard to 
     whether the public entity receives a grant under section 
     561(a) of such Act:  Provided further, That States shall 
     expend at least 10 percent of the amount each receives for 
     carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence-
     based programs that address the needs of individuals with 
     early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, 
     regardless of the age of the individual at onset:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided for section 1911 of 
     the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act:  
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $15,000,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the 
     Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93; 
     42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note).

                        substance abuse treatment

       For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
     respect to substance abuse treatment and section 1922(a) of 
     the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse prevention, 
     $2,114,224,000:  Provided, That in addition to amounts 
     provided herein, the following amounts shall be available 
     under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry 
     out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
     section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data 
     collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
     total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities 
     shall not exceed 5 percent of the

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     amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; 
     and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment 
     programs:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     for section 1921 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 
     241 of such Act.

                       substance abuse prevention

       For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
     respect to substance abuse prevention, $211,219,000.

                health surveillance and program support

       For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
     supplement activities funded under the headings ``Mental 
     Health'', ``Substance Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance 
     Abuse Prevention'' in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of 
     the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals 
     with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and Mental 
     Health Services Administration, $174,878,000:  Provided, That 
     in addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be 
     available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement 
     funds available to carry out national surveys on drug abuse 
     and mental health, to collect and analyze program data, and 
     to conduct public awareness and technical assistance 
     activities:  Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be 
     collected for the costs of publications, data, data 
     tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of the 
     PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity upon 
     request, which shall be credited to this appropriation and 
     shall remain available until expended for such purposes:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available in this Act for 
     carrying out section 501(m) of the PHS Act shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading may be used to 
     supplement program support funding provided under the 
     headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance Abuse Treatment'', 
     and ``Substance Abuse Prevention''.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                    healthcare research and quality

       For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A 
     of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of 
     the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
     Modernization Act of 2003, $334,000,000:  Provided, That 
     section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 
     2016:  Provided further, That in addition, amounts received 
     from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
     interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be 
     credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2017.

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

                     grants to states for medicaid

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI 
     and XIX of the Social Security Act, $243,545,410,000, to 
     remain available until expended.
       For making, after May 31, 2016, payments to States under 
     title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States 
     under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last 
     quarter of fiscal year 2016 for unanticipated costs incurred 
     for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making payments to States or in the case of section 
     1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, 
     $115,582,502,000, to remain available until expended.
       Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter 
     with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect 
     during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter 
     and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.

                  payments to health care trust funds

       For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
     and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
     as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D-16 of the 
     Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social 
     Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 
     97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to 
     section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $283,171,800,000.
       In addition, for making matching payments under section 
     1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D-16 of the 
     Social Security Act that were not anticipated in budget 
     estimates, such sums as may be necessary.

                           program management

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
     XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII 
     and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement 
     Amendments of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers 
     for Medicare and Medicaid Services, not to exceed 
     $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
     Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the 
     Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in 
     accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 
     1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the 
     Secretary pursuant to section 302 of the Tax Relief and 
     Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums as may be collected 
     from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
     be credited to this account and remain available until 
     September 30, 2021:  Provided, That all funds derived in 
     accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established 
     under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and 
     available for carrying out the purposes of this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That the Secretary is 
     directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2016 from Medicare 
     Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the 
     Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with 
     risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 
     pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.

              health care fraud and abuse control account

       In addition to amounts otherwise available for program 
     integrity and program management, $681,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2017, to be transferred from 
     the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
     section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which 
     $486,120,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity Program at 
     the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including 
     administrative costs, to conduct oversight activities for 
     Medicare Advantage under Part C and the Medicare Prescription 
     Drug Program under Part D of the Social Security Act and for 
     activities described in section 1893(b) of such Act, of which 
     $67,200,000 shall be for the Department of Health and Human 
     Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud and 
     abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such 
     Act, of which $67,200,000 shall be for the Medicaid and 
     Children's Health Insurance Program (``CHIP'') program 
     integrity activities, and of which $60,480,000 shall be for 
     the Department of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse 
     activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act:  
     Provided, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of 
     the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2016 shall include 
     measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, 
     waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs 
     for the funds provided by this appropriation:  Provided 
     further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
     $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
     251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $370,000,000 is 
     additional new budget authority specified for purposes of 
     section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall support the full cost of the Senior Medicare 
     Patrol program to combat health care fraud and abuse from the 
     funds provided to this account.

                Administration for Children and Families

  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, 
     IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the 
     Act of July 5, 1960, $2,944,906,000, to remain available 
     until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter 
     of fiscal year 2017, $1,300,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.
       For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and 
     XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, 
     for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for 
     unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, 
     such sums as may be necessary.

                   low income home energy assistance

       For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of 
     section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
     1981, $3,390,304,000:  Provided, That all but $491,000,000 of 
     this amount shall be allocated as though the total 
     appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2016 was less 
     than $1,975,000,000:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 2609A(a), of the amounts appropriated under section 
     2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 of such amounts may be 
     reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, training, 
     and monitoring of program activities for compliance with 
     internal controls, policies and procedures and may, in 
     addition to the authorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), 
     use such funds through contracts with private entities that 
     do not qualify as nonprofit organizations.

                     refugee and entrant assistance

       For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
     activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of 
     the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William 
     Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
     Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
     (``TVPA''), section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the Torture Victims Relief 
     Act of 1998, $1,674,691,000, of which $1,645,201,000 shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2018 for carrying out 
     such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235:  Provided, That amounts 
     available under this heading to carry out such section 203 
     and the TVPA shall also be available for research and 
     evaluation with respect to activities under those 
     authorities:  Provided further, That the limitation in 
     section 205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any 
     appropriation shall apply to transfers to appropriations 
     under

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     this heading by substituting ``10 percent'' for ``3 
     percent''.

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

       For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
     Act of 2014 (``CCDBG Act''), $2,761,000,000 shall be used to 
     supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for 
     child care assistance for low-income families:  Provided, 
     That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by 
     the States under section 658G of the CCDBG Act, $127,206,000 
     shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant 
     and toddler care:  Provided further, That technical 
     assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be 
     provided directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, 
     cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements:  Provided 
     further, That all funds made available to carry out section 
     418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 
     funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 or 
     any other provision of law, shall be subject to the 
     reservation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 
     section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act.

                      social services block grant

       For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
     Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such 
     Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph 
     for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX-
     A of such Act shall be 10 percent.

                children and families services programs

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
     and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse 
     Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 
     Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 
     American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse 
     Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 
     (adoption opportunities), part B-1 of title IV and sections 
     429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social 
     Security Act; for making payments under the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act (``CSBG Act''), and the Assets for 
     Independence Act; for necessary administrative expenses to 
     carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX-A of the 
     Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low Income 
     Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the 
     Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; and for the 
     administration of prior year obligations made by the 
     Administration for Children and Families under the 
     Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
     and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $10,984,268,000, of 
     which $37,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2017, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 
     guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 473A 
     of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions 
     completed before September 30, 2016:  Provided, That 
     $9,168,095,000 shall be for making payments under the Head 
     Start Act:  Provided further, That of the amount in the 
     previous proviso, $8,214,095,000 shall be available for 
     payments under section 640 of the Head Start Act, of which 
     $141,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living 
     adjustment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) of such Act:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding such section 640, of 
     the amount in the second preceding proviso, $294,000,000 (of 
     which up to one percent may be reserved for research and 
     evaluation) shall be available through December 31, 2016 for 
     award by the Secretary to grantees that apply for 
     supplemental funding to increase their hours of program 
     operations and for training and technical assistance for such 
     activities:  Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     for making payments under the Head Start Act, $25,000,000 
     shall be available for allocation by the Secretary to 
     supplement activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) 
     of section 641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal 
     System, established under the authority of sections 
     641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act:  Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding such section 640, of the amount 
     provided for making payments under the Head Start Act, and in 
     addition to funds otherwise available under such section 640 
     for such purposes, $635,000,000 shall be available through 
     March 31, 2017 for Early Head Start programs as described in 
     section 645A of such Act, for conversion of Head Start 
     services to Early Head Start services as described in section 
     645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary grants for high 
     quality infant and toddler care through Early Head Start-
     Child Care Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible 
     under section 645A(d) of such Act, for training and technical 
     assistance for such activities, and for up to $14,000,000 in 
     Federal costs of administration and evaluation, and, 
     notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds 
     are available to serve children under age 4:  Provided 
     further, That funds described in the preceding two provisos 
     shall not be included in the calculation of ``base grant'' in 
     subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in section 
     640(a)(7)(A) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
     $751,383,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: 
      Provided further, That $36,733,000 shall be for sections 680 
     and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than 
     $29,883,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than 
     $6,500,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act:  
     Provided further, That to the extent Community Services Block 
     Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an 
     eligible entity as provided under the CSBG Act, and have not 
     been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such 
     entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for 
     expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 
     procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and 
     program income that permit such assets acquired with, and 
     program income derived from, grant funds authorized under 
     section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of 
     such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after 
     the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with 
     section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act:  Provided further, That 
     intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments 
     and other debt instruments, and program income may be used by 
     grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 
     680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act:  Provided further, That these 
     procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available 
     after November 29, 1999:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be 
     available for financing construction and rehabilitation and 
     loans or investments in private business enterprises owned by 
     community development corporations:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall issue performance standards for nonprofit 
     organizations receiving funds from State and territorial 
     grantees under the CSBG Act, and such States and territories 
     shall assure the implementation of such standards prior to 
     September 30, 2016, and include information on such 
     implementation in the report required by section 678E(2) of 
     such Act:  Provided further, That, to the extent funds for 
     the Assets for Independence (AFI) Act provided in this Act 
     are distributed as grant funds to a qualified entity and have 
     not been expended by such entity within 3 years after the 
     date of the award, such funds may be recaptured and, during 
     the fiscal year of such recapture, reallocated among other 
     qualified entities, to remain available to such entities for 
     5 years:  Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a 
     human services case management system for federally declared 
     disasters, to include a comprehensive national case 
     management contract and Federal costs of administering the 
     system:  Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 
     improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, 
     including grants to States to support data collection for a 
     study of the system's effectiveness.

                   promoting safe and stable families

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 
     of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying 
     out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, 
     $59,765,000.

                payments for foster care and permanency

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E 
     of the Social Security Act, $5,298,000,000.
       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E 
     of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal 
     year 2017, $2,300,000,000.
       For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV-E of 
     the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current 
     fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current 
     fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                  Administration for Community Living

                 aging and disability services programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965 (``OAA''), titles III and XXIX of 
     the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 
     119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers 
     Act of 2008, title XX-B of the Social Security Act, the 
     Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 
     parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America 
     Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, 
     titles II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such 
     titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , and for 
     Department-wide coordination of policy and program activities 
     that assist individuals with disabilities, $1,912,735,000, 
     together with $52,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
     Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990:  Provided, That 
     amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for 
     grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only for 
     disease prevention and health promotion programs and 
     activities which have been demonstrated through rigorous 
     evaluation to be evidence-based and effective:  Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, funds made available under this heading to carry out 
     section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture in accordance with such section:  Provided 
     further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to 
     support alternative financing programs that provide for the 
     purchase of assistive technology devices, such as

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     a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a 
     revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance 
     program:  Provided further, That applicants shall provide an 
     assurance that, and information describing the manner in 
     which, the alternative financing program will expand and 
     emphasize consumer choice and control:  Provided further, 
     That State agencies and community-based disability 
     organizations that are directed by and operated for 
     individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete:  
     Provided further, That in addition, the unobligated balance 
     of amounts previously made available for the Health Resources 
     and Services Administration to carry out functions under 
     sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act shall be transferred to 
     this account, except for such sums as may be necessary to 
     provide for an orderly transition of such functions to the 
     Administration for Community Living:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available under this heading may be 
     used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 of the 
     Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any legal action 
     in a Federal or State court on behalf of an individual or 
     group of individuals with a developmental disability (as 
     defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental 
     Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 
     (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a mental 
     impairment (or a combination of mental and physical 
     impairments), that has as the requested remedy the closure of 
     State operated intermediate care facilities for people with 
     intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable 
     public notice of the action has been provided to such 
     individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the 
     legal guardians who have been specifically awarded authority 
     by the courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on 
     behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such action, 
     within 90 days of instituting such legal action, which 
     informs such individuals (or such legal guardians) of their 
     legal rights and how to exercise such rights consistent with 
     current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:  Provided further, 
     That the limitations in the immediately preceding proviso 
     shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither 
     competent to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the 
     proviso apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of 
     the State or subject to public guardianship.

                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
     departmental management, including hire of six passenger 
     motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, 
     and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico 
     Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under 
     section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $456,009,000, 
     together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available under 
     section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or 
     human services research and evaluation activities:  Provided, 
     That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall be for minority AIDS 
     prevention and treatment activities:  Provided further, That 
     of the funds made available under this heading, $101,000,000 
     shall be for making competitive contracts and grants to 
     public and private entities to fund medically accurate and 
     age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for 
     the Federal costs associated with administering and 
     evaluating such contracts and grants, of which not more than 
     10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and 
     technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional 
     program support activities, and of the remaining amount 75 
     percent shall be for replicating programs that have been 
     proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce 
     teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage 
     pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent 
     shall be available for research and demonstration grants to 
     develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and 
     innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
     heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS 
     Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations 
     (including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy 
     prevention approaches:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
     making competitive grants which exclusively implement 
     education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily 
     refraining from non-marital sexual activity):  Provided 
     further, That funding for such competitive grants for sexual 
     risk avoidance shall use medically accurate information 
     referenced to peer-reviewed publications by educational, 
     scientific, governmental, or health organizations; implement 
     an evidence-based approach integrating research findings with 
     practical implementation that aligns with the needs and 
     desired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 
     benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing 
     for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, 
     and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and other 
     youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or illicit 
     drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity:  Provided 
     further, That no more than 10 percent of the funding for such 
     competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be 
     available for technical assistance and administrative costs 
     of such programs:  Provided further, That funds provided in 
     this Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to 
     provide to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and 
     other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed 
     necessary for such adoptions:  Provided further, That such 
     services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4).

                office of medicare hearings and appeals

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings 
     and Appeals, $107,381,000, to be transferred in appropriate 
     part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
     Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

  office of the national coordinator for health information technology

       For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
     Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
     grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the 
     development and advancement of interoperable health 
     information technology, $60,367,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
     including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
     investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978, $75,000,000:  Provided, That 
     of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for 
     providing protective services to the Secretary and 
     investigating non-payment of child support cases for which 
     non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.

                        office for civil rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
     $38,798,000.

     retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

       For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
     Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for 
     payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
     Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of 
     dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' 
     Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during the 
     current fiscal year.

            public health and social services emergency fund

       For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
     countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, 
     chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 
     and for other public health emergencies, $950,958,000, of 
     which $511,700,000 shall remain available through September 
     30, 2017, for expenses necessary to support advanced research 
     and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 
     other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced 
     Research and Development Authority:  Provided, That funds 
     provided under this heading for the purpose of acquisition of 
     security countermeasures shall be in addition to any other 
     funds available for such purpose:  Provided further, That 
     products purchased with funds provided under this heading 
     may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the 
     Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of 
     the PHS Act:  Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the 
     amounts made available to support emergency operations shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2018.
       For expenses necessary for procuring security 
     countermeasures (as defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the 
     PHS Act), $510,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare 
     for or respond to an influenza pandemic, $72,000,000; of 
     which $40,000,000 shall be available until expended, for 
     activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, 
     antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and 
     other surveillance tools:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the 
     construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for 
     the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other 
     biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or 
     renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 
     vaccines or biologics.

                           General Provisions

       Sec. 201.  Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
     available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated in this title 
     shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a 
     grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of 
     Executive Level II.
       Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except 
     for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other 
     taps and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior 
     to the preparation and submission of a report by the 
     Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of 
     such funds.
       Sec. 204.  Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, 
     such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more 
     than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs 
     authorized under such Act shall be

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     made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or 
     contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 
     programs funded in this title.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current 
     fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred between 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:  Provided, That 
     the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be 
     used to create any new program or to fund any project or 
     activity for which no funds are provided in this Act:  
     Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
     least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 206.  In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
     338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
     section may occur up to 60 days after the execution of a 
     contract awarded in fiscal year 2016 under section 338B of 
     such Act.
       Sec. 207.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act 
     unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary 
     that it encourages family participation in the decision of 
     minors to seek family planning services and that it provides 
     counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce 
     minors into engaging in sexual activities.
       Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 
     exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
     reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
     rape, or incest.
       Sec. 209.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used 
     to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary 
     denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible 
     entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because 
     the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, 
     pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
     abortions:  Provided, That the Secretary shall make 
     appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment 
     to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of 
     the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's 
     enrollees):  Provided further, That nothing in this section 
     shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage 
     for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization 
     described in this section shall be responsible for informing 
     enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
     covered services.
       Sec. 210.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun 
     control.
       Sec. 211.  The Secretary shall make available through 
     assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health 
     Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in 
     AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency 
     for International Development, the United Nations 
     International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
     Organization.
       Sec. 212.  In order for HHS to carry out international 
     health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
     disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health 
     activities abroad during fiscal year 2016:
       (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that 
     available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the 
     State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary 
     shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief 
     of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this 
     section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 
     of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable 
     statutes administered by the Department of State.
       (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 
     advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be 
     necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
     renovation, and management of facilities outside of the 
     United States for the use of HHS. The Department of State 
     shall cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 
     has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with 
     applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other 
     facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by 
     this Act. The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative 
     agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private 
     institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 
     funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 
     those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 
     assistance for international health activities, including 
     activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
     diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other 
     health activities abroad.
       (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 
     appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, 
     allowances and benefits similar to those provided under 
     chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 
     22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 
     authorized to provide locality-based comparability payments 
     (stated as a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-
     based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
     would be payable to such personnel under section 5304 of 
     title 5, United States Code if such personnel's official duty 
     station were in the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence 
     for personnel under this subsection shall be on the same 
     basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of 
     title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign 
     Service.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 213.  The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 
     Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 
     percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts 
     identified by these two Directors as funding for research 
     pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus:  Provided, 
     That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 
     in advance of any transfer.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 214.  Of the amounts made available in this Act for 
     NIH, the amount for research related to the human 
     immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 
     of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall 
     be made available to the ``Office of AIDS Research'' account. 
     The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer 
     from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
     2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.
       Sec. 215. (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Director of NIH (``Director'') may use 
     funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the 
     PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 
     cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 
     identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) (pertaining to 
     the Common Fund) or research and activities described in such 
     section 402(b)(12).
       (b) Peer Review.--In entering into transactions under 
     subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review 
     procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
     scientific experts) as the Director determines to be 
     appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
     merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
     lieu of the peer review and advisory council review 
     procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 
     301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 
     494 of the PHS Act.
       Sec. 216.  Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated 
     by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National 
     Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or 
     improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and 
     efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not 
     to exceed $3,500,000 per project.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 217.  Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent 
     of the amount made available for National Research Service 
     Awards (``NRSA'') shall be made available to the 
     Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
     medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
     received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 
     of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available 
     for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the 
     Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA 
     awards for health service research.
       Sec. 218.  In addition to amounts provided herein, payments 
     made for research organisms or substances, authorized under 
     section 301(a) of the PHS Act, shall be retained and credited 
     to the appropriations accounts of the Institutes and Centers 
     of the NIH making the substance or organism available under 
     section 301(a). Amounts credited to the account under this 
     authority shall be available for obligation through September 
     30, 2017.
       Sec. 219. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
     Development Authority (``BARDA'') may enter into a contract, 
     for more than one but no more than 10 program years, for 
     purchase of research services or of security countermeasures, 
     as that term is defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(1)(B)), if--
       (1) funds are available and obligated--
       (A) for the full period of the contract or for the first 
     fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and
       (B) for the estimated costs associated with a necessary 
     termination of the contract; and
       (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract 
     will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 
     encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in 
     administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's 
     programs.
       (b) A contract entered into under this section--
       (1) shall include a termination clause as described by 
     subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States 
     Code; and
       (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 
     requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.

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       Sec. 220. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 
     accessible Web site to provide information regarding the uses 
     of funds made available under section 4002 of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (``ACA'').
       (b) With respect to funds provided under section 4002 of 
     the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web site 
     established under subsection (a) at a minimum the following 
     information:
       (1) In the case of each transfer of funds under section 
     4002(c), a statement indicating the program or activity 
     receiving funds, the operating division or office that will 
     administer the funds, and the planned uses of the funds, to 
     be posted not later than the day after the transfer is made.
       (2) Identification (along with a link to the full text) of 
     each funding opportunity announcement, request for proposals, 
     or other announcement or solicitation of proposals for 
     grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts intended to be 
     awarded using such funds, to be posted not later than the day 
     after the announcement or solicitation is issued.
       (3) Identification of each grant, cooperative agreement, or 
     contract with a value of $25,000 or more awarded using such 
     funds, including the purpose of the award and the identity of 
     the recipient, to be posted not later than 5 days after the 
     award is made.
       (4) A report detailing the uses of all funds transferred 
     under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to be posted 
     not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year.
       (c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 
     through 2016, the Secretary shall also include on the Web 
     site established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports 
     from each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, or 
     contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or more, 
     summarizing the activities undertaken and identifying any 
     sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including the purpose of 
     the award and the identity of the recipient), to be posted 
     not later than 30 days after the end of each 6-month period.
       (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) present the information required in subsection (b)(1) 
     on a single webpage or on a single database;
       (2) ensure that all information required in this section is 
     directly accessible from the single webpage or database; and
       (3) ensure that all information required in this section is 
     able to be organized by program or State.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 221. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 
     4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts 
     specified, and for the activities specified under the heading 
     ``Prevention and Public Health Fund'' in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act).
       (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
     Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.
       (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 
     section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without 
     reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.
       Sec. 222. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
     year 2017 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites 
     information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent 
     Federal employees or contractors for the purposes of 
     implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying 
     out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments made by 
     that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year 
     since the enactment of the ACA.
       (b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by 
     all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA 
     (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall 
     include, at a minimum, the following information:
       (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act 
     under which such funds were appropriated, a statement 
     indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such 
     funds, the Federal operating division or office that 
     administers such program, and the amount of funding received 
     in discretionary or mandatory appropriations.
       (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 
     equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each 
     authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 
     paragraph (1).
       (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude 
     from the report employees or contractors who--
       (1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 
     other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to 
     the passage of the ACA;
       (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 
     funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or
       (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a 
     requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.
       Sec. 223.  The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
     fiscal year 2017 budget of the President submitted under 
     section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 
     that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 
     Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health 
     Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment 
     of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal 
     year 2017. Such information shall include, for each such 
     fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity 
     specified under the heading ``Health Insurance Exchange 
     Transparency'' in the explanatory statement described in 
     section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
     consolidated Act).
       Sec. 224. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:
       (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges 
     established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open 
     enrollment period; and
       (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, 
     including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the 
     Public Health Service Act.
       (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
     Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in advance 
     of any public release of enrollment information or the award 
     of such grants.
       Sec. 225.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal 
     Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred 
     from other accounts funded by this Act to the ``Centers for 
     Medicare and Medicaid Services--Program Management'' account, 
     may be used for payments under section 1342(b)(1) of Public 
     Law 111-148 (relating to risk corridors).
       Sec. 226.  In addition to the amounts otherwise available 
     for ``Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Program 
     Management'', the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
     transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account from the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
     Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program management 
     activity related to the Medicare Program:  Provided, That 
     except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used 
     to support any provision of Public Law 111-148 or Public Law 
     111-152 (or any amendment made by either such Public Law) or 
     to supplant any other amounts within such account.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 227.  The following unobligated balances of amounts 
     appropriated prior to fiscal year 2007 for ``Department of 
     Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
     Administration'' are hereby permanently rescinded:
       (1) $281,003 appropriated to carry out section 1610(b) of 
     the PHS Act;
       (2) $3,611 appropriated to carry out section 1602(c) of the 
     PHS Act;
       (3) $105,576 appropriated in section 167 of division H of 
     Public Law 108-199; and
       (4) $55,793 appropriated to carry out the National Cord 
     Blood Stem Cell Bank Program.
       Sec. 228.  The Secretary shall include in the fiscal year 
     2017 budget justification an analysis of how section 2713 of 
     the PHS Act will impact eligibility for discretionary HHS 
     programs.
       Sec. 229.  Effective during the period beginning on 
     November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2018, any provision of 
     law that refers (including through cross-reference to another 
     provision of law) to the current recommendations of the 
     United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to 
     breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall be 
     administered by the Secretary involved as if--
       (1) such reference to such current recommendations were a 
     reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 
     respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and 
     prevention last issued before 2009; and
       (2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to 
     any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)).

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 230. (a) In General.--Subject to the succeeding 
     provisions of this section, activities authorized under part 
     A of title IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act 
     shall continue through September 30, 2016, in the manner 
     authorized for fiscal year 2015, and out of any money in the 
     Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
     there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
     for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made pursuant to 
     this authority through September 30, 2016 at the level 
     provided for such activities for fiscal year 2015, except as 
     provided in subsection (b).
       (b) Contingency Fund.--In the case of the Contingency Fund 
     for State Welfare Programs established under section 403(b) 
     of the Social Security Act--
       (1) the amount appropriated for such section 403(b) shall 
     be $608,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017, 
     notwithstanding section 228(b)(1) of the Department of Health 
     and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2015;
       (2) the requirement to reserve funds provided for in 
     section 403(b)(2) of the Social Security Act shall not apply 
     during fiscal years 2016 and 2017; and

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       (3) grants and payments may only be made from such Fund for 
     fiscal year 2016 after the application of subsection (c).
       (c) Census Research and Welfare Research.--Of the amount 
     made available under subsection (b)(1) for section 403(b) of 
     the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2016--
       (1) $15,000,000 is hereby transferred to the Children's 
     Research and Technical Assistance account in the 
     Administration for Children and Families at the Department of 
     Health and Human Services and made available to carry out 
     section 413(h) of the Social Security Act; and
       (2) $10,000,000 is hereby transferred and made available to 
     the Bureau of the Census to conduct activities using the 
     Survey of Income and Program Participation to obtain 
     information to enable interested parties to evaluate the 
     impact of the amendments made by title I of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996.
       Sec. 231.  Section 1886(m)(6) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking ``subparagraph (C)'' 
     and inserting ``subparagraphs (C) and (E)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) Temporary exception for certain severe wound 
     discharges from certain long-term care hospitals.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of a discharge occurring 
     prior to January 1, 2017, subparagraph (A)(i) shall not apply 
     (and payment shall be made to a long-term care hospital 
     without regard to this paragraph) if such discharge--

       ``(I) is from a long-term care hospital that is--

       ``(aa) identified by the amendment made by section 4417(a) 
     of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note, 
     Public Law 105-33); and
       ``(bb) located in a rural area (as defined in subsection 
     (d)(2)(D)) or treated as being so located pursuant to 
     subsection (d)(8)(E); and

       ``(II) the individual discharged has a severe wound.

       ``(ii) Severe wound defined.--In this subparagraph, the 
     term `severe wound' means a stage 3 wound, stage 4 wound, 
     unstageable wound, non-healing surgical wound, infected 
     wound, fistula, osteomyelitis, or wound with morbid obesity, 
     as identified in the claim from the long-term care 
     hospital.''.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and 
     Human Services Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                               TITLE III

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ``ESEA'') 
     and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (referred to in this Act as ``HEA''), $16,016,790,000, of 
     which $5,127,006,000 shall become available on July 1, 2016, 
     and shall remain available through September 30, 2017, and of 
     which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2016, and shall remain available through September 30, 2017, 
     for academic year 2016-2017:  Provided, That $6,459,401,000 
     shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA:  
     Provided further, That up to $3,984,000 of these funds shall 
     be available to the Secretary of Education (referred to in 
     this title as ``Secretary'') on October 1, 2015, to obtain 
     annually updated local educational agency-level census 
     poverty data from the Bureau of the Census:  Provided 
     further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration 
     grants under section 1124A of the ESEA:  Provided further, 
     That $3,544,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under 
     section 1125 of the ESEA:  Provided further, That 
     $3,544,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
     grants under section 1125A of the ESEA:  Provided further, 
     That funds available under sections 1124, 1124A, 1125 and 
     1125A of the ESEA may be used to provide homeless children 
     and youths with services not ordinarily provided to other 
     students under those sections, including supporting the 
     liaison designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and providing 
     transportation pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such 
     Act:  Provided further, That $450,000,000 shall be available 
     for school improvement grants under section 1003(g) of the 
     ESEA, which shall be allocated by the Secretary through the 
     formula described in section 1003(g)(2) and shall be used 
     consistent with the requirements of section 1003(g), except 
     that State and local educational agencies may use such funds 
     to serve any school eligible to receive assistance under part 
     A of title I that has not made adequate yearly progress for 
     at least 2 years or is in the State's lowest quintile of 
     performance based on proficiency rates and, in the case of 
     secondary schools, priority shall be given to those schools 
     with graduation rates below 60 percent:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(C) of the ESEA, the 
     Secretary may permit a State educational agency to establish 
     an award period of up to 5 years for each participating local 
     educational agency:  Provided further, That funds available 
     for school improvement grants for fiscal year 2014 and 
     thereafter may be used by a local educational agency to 
     implement a whole-school reform strategy for a school using 
     an evidence-based strategy that ensures whole-school reform 
     is undertaken in partnership with a strategy developer 
     offering a whole-school reform program that is based on at 
     least a moderate level of evidence that the program will have 
     a statistically significant effect on student outcomes, 
     including at least one well-designed and well-implemented 
     experimental or quasi-experimental study:  Provided further, 
     That funds available for school improvement grants may be 
     used by a local educational agency to implement an 
     alternative State-determined school improvement strategy that 
     has been established by a State educational agency with the 
     approval of the Secretary:  Provided further, That a local 
     educational agency that is determined to be eligible for 
     services under subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI of the 
     ESEA may modify not more than one element of a school 
     improvement grant model:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(A), each State educational 
     agency may establish a maximum subgrant size of not more than 
     $2,000,000 for each participating school applicable to such 
     funds:  Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up 
     to 5 percent of the funds available for section 1003(g) of 
     the ESEA to carry out activities to build State and local 
     educational agency capacity to implement effectively the 
     school improvement grants program:  Provided further, That 
     $190,000,000 shall be available under section 1502 of the 
     ESEA for a comprehensive literacy development and education 
     program to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy 
     skills, reading, and writing, for students from birth through 
     grade 12, including limited-English-proficient students and 
     students with disabilities, of which one-half of 1 percent 
     shall be reserved for the Secretary of the Interior for such 
     a program at schools funded by the Bureau of Indian 
     Education, one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for grants 
     to the outlying areas for such a program, up to 5 percent may 
     be reserved for national activities, and the remainder shall 
     be used to award competitive grants to State educational 
     agencies for such a program, of which a State educational 
     agency may reserve up to 5 percent for State leadership 
     activities, including technical assistance and training, data 
     collection, reporting, and administration, and shall subgrant 
     not less than 95 percent to local educational agencies or, in 
     the case of early literacy, to local educational agencies or 
     other nonprofit providers of early childhood education that 
     partner with a public or private nonprofit organization or 
     agency with a demonstrated record of effectiveness in 
     improving the early literacy development of children from 
     birth through kindergarten entry and in providing 
     professional development in early literacy, giving priority 
     to such agencies or other entities serving greater numbers or 
     percentages of disadvantaged children:  Provided further, 
     That the State educational agency shall ensure that at least 
     15 percent of the subgranted funds are used to serve children 
     from birth through age 5, 40 percent are used to serve 
     students in kindergarten through grade 5, and 40 percent are 
     used to serve students in middle and high school including an 
     equitable distribution of funds between middle and high 
     schools:  Provided further, That eligible entities receiving 
     subgrants from State educational agencies shall use such 
     funds for services and activities that have the 
     characteristics of effective literacy instruction through 
     professional development, screening and assessment, targeted 
     interventions for students reading below grade level and 
     other research-based methods of improving classroom 
     instruction and practice:  Provided further, That $44,623,000 
     shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.

                               Impact Aid

       For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
     federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
     ESEA, $1,305,603,000, of which $1,168,233,000 shall be for 
     basic support payments under section 8003(b), $48,316,000 
     shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 
     section 8003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for construction under 
     section 8007(a), $66,813,000 shall be for Federal property 
     payments under section 8002, and $4,835,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance 
     under section 8008:  Provided, That for purposes of computing 
     the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational 
     agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2015-2016, 
     children enrolled in a school of such agency that would 
     otherwise be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) 
     of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or 
     legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole 
     custody of such children, or due to the death of a military 
     parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as 
     such children reside on Federal property as described in 
     section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such 
     section, shall be considered as eligible students under such 
     section, provided such students remain in average daily 
     attendance at a school in the same local educational agency 
     they attended prior to their change in eligibility status.

                      School Improvement Programs

       For carrying out school improvement activities authorized 
     by parts A and B of title

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     II, part B of title IV, parts A and B of title VI, and parts 
     B and C of title VII of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical 
     Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association 
     Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
     $4,433,629,000, of which $2,611,619,000 shall become 
     available on July 1, 2016, and remain available through 
     September 30, 2017, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become 
     available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2017, for academic year 2016-2017:  
     Provided, That funds made available to carry out part B of 
     title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction, 
     renovation, and modernization of any elementary school, 
     secondary school, or structure related to an elementary 
     school or secondary school, run by the Department of 
     Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly 
     Native Hawaiian student body:  Provided further, That funds 
     made available to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA 
     shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and also may be used 
     for construction:  Provided further, That $51,445,000 shall 
     be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational 
     Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make 
     such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure 
     that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services 
     provided under this section:  Provided further, That 
     $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental 
     Education Grants program for the Federated States of 
     Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 
     percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso to 
     provide technical assistance in the implementation of these 
     grants:  Provided further, That up to 4.0 percent of the 
     funds for subpart 1 of part A of title II of the ESEA shall 
     be reserved by the Secretary for competitive awards for 
     teacher or principal recruitment and training or professional 
     enhancement activities, including for civic education 
     instruction, to national not-for-profit organizations, of 
     which up to 8 percent may only be used for research, 
     dissemination, evaluation, and technical assistance for 
     competitive awards carried out under this proviso:  Provided 
     further, That $152,717,000 shall be to carry out part B of 
     title II of the ESEA:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available by this Act shall be used to allow 21st 
     Century Community Learning Centers initiative funding for 
     expanded learning time unless these activities provide 
     enrichment and engaging academic activities for students at 
     least 300 additional program hours before, during, or after 
     the traditional school day and supplements but does not 
     supplant school day requirements.

                            Indian Education

       For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, 
     $143,939,000.

                       Innovation and Improvement

       For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title 
     I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts 
     B, C, and D of title V of the ESEA, and section 14007 of 
     division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
     2009, as amended, $1,181,226,000:  Provided, That up to 
     $120,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2016 for 
     section 14007 of division A of Public Law 111-5, and up to 5 
     percent of such funds may be used for technical assistance 
     and the evaluation of activities carried out under such 
     section:  Provided further, That the education facilities 
     clearinghouse established through a competitive process in 
     fiscal year 2013 may collect and disseminate information on 
     effective educational practices and the latest research on 
     the planning, design, financing, construction, improvement, 
     operation, and maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performance 
     public facilities for early learning programs, kindergarten 
     through grade 12, and higher education:  Provided further, 
     That $230,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D of 
     title V of the ESEA shall be for competitive grants to local 
     educational agencies, including charter schools that are 
     local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: 
     (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at 
     least one nonprofit organization to develop and implement 
     performance-based compensation systems for teachers, 
     principals, and other personnel in high-need schools:  
     Provided further, That such performance-based compensation 
     systems must consider gains in student academic achievement 
     as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times 
     during each school year among other factors and provide 
     educators with incentives to take on additional 
     responsibilities and leadership roles:  Provided further, 
     That recipients of such grants shall demonstrate that such 
     performance-based compensation systems are developed with the 
     input of teachers and school leaders in the schools and local 
     educational agencies to be served by the grant:  Provided 
     further, That recipients of such grants may use such funds to 
     develop or improve systems and tools (which may be developed 
     and used for the entire local educational agency or only for 
     schools served under the grant) that would enhance the 
     quality and success of the compensation system, such as high-
     quality teacher evaluations and tools to measure growth in 
     student achievement:  Provided further, That applications for 
     such grants shall include a plan to sustain financially the 
     activities conducted and systems developed under the grant 
     once the grant period has expired:  Provided further, That up 
     to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants shall be 
     available for technical assistance, training, peer review of 
     applications, program outreach, and evaluation activities:  
     Provided further, That $250,000,000 of the funds for part D 
     of title V of the ESEA shall be available through December 
     31, 2016 for carrying out, in accordance with the applicable 
     requirements of part D of title V of the ESEA, a preschool 
     development grants program:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary, jointly with the Secretary of HHS, shall make 
     competitive awards to States for activities that build the 
     capacity within the State to develop, enhance, or expand 
     high-quality preschool programs, including comprehensive 
     services and family engagement, for preschool-aged children 
     from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty 
     line:  Provided further, That each State may subgrant a 
     portion of such grant funds to local educational agencies and 
     other early learning providers (including, but not limited 
     to, Head Start programs and licensed child care providers), 
     or consortia thereof, for the implementation of high-quality 
     preschool programs for children from families at or below 200 
     percent of the Federal poverty line:  Provided further, That 
     subgrantees that are local educational agencies shall form 
     strong partnerships with early learning providers and that 
     subgrantees that are early learning providers shall form 
     strong partnerships with local educational agencies, in order 
     to carry out the requirements of the subgrant:  Provided 
     further, That up to 3 percent of such funds for preschool 
     development grants shall be available for technical 
     assistance, evaluation, and other national activities related 
     to such grants:  Provided further, That $10,000,000 of funds 
     available under part D of title V of the ESEA shall be for 
     the Full-Service Community Schools program:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds available for part B of title V of 
     the ESEA, the Secretary shall use up to $10,000,000 to carry 
     out activities under section 5205(b) and shall use not less 
     than $16,000,000 for subpart 2:  Provided further, That of 
     the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of title V of the 
     ESEA, and notwithstanding section 5205(a), the Secretary 
     shall reserve up to $100,000,000 to make multiple awards to 
     non-profit charter management organizations and other 
     entities that are not for-profit entities for the replication 
     and expansion of successful charter school models and shall 
     reserve not less than $11,000,000 to carry out the activities 
     described in section 5205(a), including improving quality and 
     oversight of charter schools and providing technical 
     assistance and grants to authorized public chartering 
     agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing 
     charter schools:  Provided further, That funds available for 
     part B of title V of the ESEA may be used for grants that 
     support preschool education in charter schools:  Provided 
     further, That each application submitted pursuant to section 
     5203(a) shall describe a plan to monitor and hold accountable 
     authorized public chartering agencies through such activities 
     as providing technical assistance or establishing a 
     professional development program, which may include 
     evaluation, planning, training, and systems development for 
     staff of authorized public chartering agencies to improve the 
     capacity of such agencies in the State to authorize, monitor, 
     and hold accountable charter schools:  Provided further, That 
     each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall 
     contain assurances that State law, regulations, or other 
     policies require that: (1) each authorized charter school in 
     the State operate under a legally binding charter or 
     performance contract between itself and the school's 
     authorized public chartering agency that describes the rights 
     and responsibilities of the school and the public chartering 
     agency; conduct annual, timely, and independent audits of the 
     school's financial statements that are filed with the 
     school's authorized public chartering agency; and demonstrate 
     improved student academic achievement; and (2) authorized 
     public chartering agencies use increases in student academic 
     achievement for all groups of students described in section 
     1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of the ESEA as one of the most important 
     factors when determining to renew or revoke a school's 
     charter.

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

       For carrying out activities authorized by part A of title 
     IV and subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D of title V of the 
     ESEA, $244,815,000:  Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be 
     available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of which up to 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (``Project 
     SERV'') program to provide education-related services to 
     local educational agencies and institutions of higher 
     education in which the learning environment has been 
     disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis:  Provided 
     further, That $73,254,000 shall be available through December 
     31, 2016 for Promise Neighborhoods.

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                      English Language Acquisition

       For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
     $737,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2016, 
     and shall remain available through September 30, 2017, except 
     that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 
     1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 
     2017, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C):  
     Provided, That the Secretary shall use estimates of the 
     American Community Survey child counts for the most recent 3-
     year period available to calculate allocations under such 
     part.

                           Special Education

       For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and 
     Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,976,858,000, of which 
     $3,456,259,000 shall become available on July 1, 2016, and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2017, and of 
     which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2016, and shall remain available through September 30, 2017, 
     for academic year 2016-2017:  Provided, That the amount for 
     section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of 
     the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 
     2015, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 
     section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in 
     the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but 
     not less than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 
     2015:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without 
     regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 
     States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), 
     subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State's 
     allocation under section 611(d), from funds appropriated 
     under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), 
     according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the 
     States' relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 
     who are of the same age as children with disabilities for 
     whom the State ensures the availability of a free appropriate 
     public education under this part, and 15 percent to States on 
     the basis of the States' relative populations of those 
     children who are living in poverty:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary may not distribute any funds under the previous 
     proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from funds 
     appropriated under this heading made funds available for such 
     a distribution:  Provided further, That the States shall 
     allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to 
     local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 
      Provided further, That the amount by which a State's 
     allocation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 
     section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to States 
     under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any 
     subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating the 
     awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any 
     subsequent fiscal years:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) 
     regarding the fiscal year in which a State's allocation under 
     section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 
     requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply 
     the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a 
     period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed five, until 
     the entire reduction is applied:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State's 
     allocation under section 611 is reduced in accordance with 
     section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve 
     under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same 
     relation to the maximum amount described in that paragraph as 
     the reduction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total 
     allocation the State would have received in that fiscal year 
     under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall either reduce the 
     allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year 
     following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
     with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized 
     by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under 
     section 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1234a):  Provided further, That the funds reserved 
     under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical 
     assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States to 
     meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 618 
     and to administer and carry out other services and activities 
     to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use 
     under parts B and C of the IDEA:  Provided further, That the 
     level of effort a local educational agency must meet under 
     section 613(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the IDEA, in the year after it 
     fails to maintain effort is the level of effort that would 
     have been required in the absence of that failure and not the 
     LEA's reduced level of expenditures:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary may use funds made available for the State 
     Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 
     of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart.

            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National 
     Center Act, $3,529,605,000, of which $3,391,770,000 shall be 
     for grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title 
     I of the Rehabilitation Act:  Provided, That the Secretary 
     may use amounts provided in this Act that remain available 
     subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to 
     section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for innovative 
     activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals 
     with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the 
     Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed at improving 
     the education and post-school outcomes of children receiving 
     Supplemental Security Income (``SSI'') and their families 
     that may result in long-term improvement in the SSI child 
     recipient's economic status and self-sufficiency:  Provided 
     further, That States may award subgrants for a portion of the 
     funds to other public and private, nonprofit entities:  
     Provided further, That any funds made available subsequent to 
     reallotment for innovative activities aimed at improving the 
     outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

                 american printing house for the blind

       For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $25,431,000.

               national technical institute for the deaf

       For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under 
     titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, 
     $70,016,000:  Provided, That from the total amount available, 
     the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the 
     endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such 
     Act.

                          gallaudet university

       For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
     Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of 
     Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education 
     of the Deaf Act of 1986, $121,275,000:  Provided, That from 
     the total amount available, the University may at its 
     discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
     under section 207 of such Act.

                 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
     and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (``AEFLA''), 
     $1,720,686,000, of which $929,686,000 shall become available 
     on July 1, 2016, and shall remain available through September 
     30, 2017, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on 
     October 1, 2016, and shall remain available through September 
     30, 2017:  Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
     AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership 
     activities under section 242.

                      Student Financial Assistance

       For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part 
     C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2017.
       The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be 
     eligible during award year 2016-2017 shall be $4,860.

                       Student Aid Administration

       For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
     title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, 
     C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A 
     of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
     $1,551,854,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That the Secretary shall, no later than 
     March 1, 2016, allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
     eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their 
     performance compared to all loan servicers utilizing 
     established common metrics, and on the basis of the capacity 
     of each servicer to process new and existing accounts.

                            Higher Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 
     117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
     of 2006, $1,982,185,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to 
     carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the 
     Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be 
     used to support visits and study in foreign countries by 
     individuals who are participating in advanced foreign 
     language training and international studies in areas that are 
     vital to United States national security and who plan to 
     apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries 
     in the fields of government, the professions, or 
     international development:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent 
     may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and 
     information dissemination activities:  Provided further, That 
     up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 
     of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for 
     evaluation.

                           Howard University

       For partial support of Howard University, $221,821,000, of 
     which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching 
     endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment 
     Act and shall remain available until expended.

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         College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

       For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 
     related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of 
     the HEA, $435,000.

  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as 
     authorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
     That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
     which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $302,099,000:  
     Provided further, That these funds may be used to support 
     loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities without regard to the limitations within section 
     344(a) of the HEA.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     Historically Black College and University Capital Financing 
     Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the 
     HEA, $334,000.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

       For carrying out activities authorized by the Education 
     Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of 
     Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the 
     Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 
     of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
     $618,015,000, which shall remain available through September 
     30, 2017:  Provided, That funds available to carry out 
     section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may 
     be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data 
     systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce 
     data systems, or to further develop such systems:  Provided 
     further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to 
     carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
     Act may be used for awards to public or private organizations 
     or agencies to support activities to improve data 
     coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, and 
     national levels:  Provided further, That $157,235,000 shall 
     be for carrying out activities authorized by the National 
     Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act.

                        Departmental Management

                         program administration

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of 
     three passenger motor vehicles, $432,000,000, of which up to 
     $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be for 
     relocation of, and renovation of buildings occupied by, 
     Department staff.

                        office for civil rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
     authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education 
     Organization Act, $107,000,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
     as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
     Organization Act, $59,256,000.

                           General Provisions

       Sec. 301.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
     for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
     purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
     overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or 
     for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
     purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
     carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
     school system.
       Sec. 302.  None of the funds contained in this Act shall be 
     used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
     of any student to a school other than the school which is 
     nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring 
     special education, to the school offering such special 
     education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil 
     Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an 
     indirect requirement of transportation of students includes 
     the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving 
     the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the 
     pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any 
     combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. 
     The prohibition described in this section does not include 
     the establishment of magnet schools.
       Sec. 303.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
     prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
     and meditation in the public schools.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 304.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
     Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
     between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
     increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:  
     Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
     shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any 
     project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 
     Act:  Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
     at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 305.  The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 
     received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under 
     part A of title V of the ESEA.
       Sec. 306.  Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
     Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
     1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting ``2016'' 
     for ``2009''.
       Sec. 307.  The Secretary, in consultation with the Director 
     of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve funds 
     under section 9601 of the ESEA (subject to the limitations in 
     subsections (b) and (c) of that section) in order to carry 
     out activities authorized under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
     subsection (a) of that section with respect to any ESEA 
     program funded in this Act and without respect to the source 
     of funds for those activities:  Provided, That high-quality 
     evaluations of ESEA programs shall be prioritized, before 
     using funds for any other evaluation activities:  Provided 
     further, That any funds reserved under this section shall be 
     available from July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017:  
     Provided further, That not later than 10 days prior to the 
     initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, the 
     Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall submit an 
     evaluation plan to the Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House 
     Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Workforce 
     which identifies the source and amount of funds reserved 
     under this section, the impact on program grantees if funds 
     are withheld, the programs to be evaluated with such funds, 
     how ESEA programs will be regularly evaluated, and how 
     findings from evaluations completed under this section will 
     be widely disseminated.
       Sec. 308. (a) An institution of higher education that 
     maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated 
     for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2016 may use 
     the income from that fund to award scholarships to students, 
     subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the 
     HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, prior to the 
     enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an 
     allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
     V of the HEA are reauthorized.
       Sec. 309.  Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) 
     is amended by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2016''.
       Sec. 310.  Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) 
     is amended in paragraph (4) by striking ``2014'' and 
     inserting ``2016''.
       Sec. 311.  Section 428(c)(1) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
     1078(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``95 percent'' and 
     inserting ``100 percent''.
       Sec. 312.  Notwithstanding section 5(b) of the Every 
     Student Succeeds Act, funds provided in this Act for non-
     competitive formula grant programs authorized by the ESEA for 
     use during academic year 2016-2017 shall be administered in 
     accordance with the ESEA as in effect on the day before the 
     date of enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
       Sec. 313.  Career Pathways Programs.--
       (1) Subsection (d) of section 484 of the HEA is amended by 
     replacing (d)(2) with the following:
       ``(2) Eligible career pathway program.--In this subsection, 
     the term `eligible career pathway program' means a program 
     that combines rigorous and high-quality education, training, 
     and other services that--
       ``(A) aligns with the skill needs of industries in the 
     economy of the State or regional economy involved;
       ``(B) prepares an individual to be successful in any of a 
     full range of secondary or postsecondary education options, 
     including apprenticeships registered under the Act of August 
     16, 1937 (commonly known as the `National Apprenticeship 
     Act'; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) 
     (referred to individually in this Act as an `apprenticeship', 
     except in section 171);
       ``(C) includes counseling to support an individual in 
     achieving the individual's education and career goals;
       ``(D) includes, as appropriate, education offered 
     concurrently with and in the same context as workforce 
     preparation activities and training for a specific occupation 
     or occupational cluster;
       ``(E) organizes education, training, and other services to 
     meet the particular needs of an individual in a manner that 
     accelerates the educational and career advancement of the 
     individual to the extent practicable;
       ``(F) enables an individual to attain a secondary school 
     diploma or its recognized equivalent, and at least 1 
     recognized postsecondary credential; and
       ``(G) helps an individual enter or advance within a 
     specific occupation or occupational cluster.''.
       (2) Subsection (b) of section 401 of the HEA is amended by 
     striking the addition to (b)(2)(A)(ii) made by subsection 
     309(b) of division G of Public Law 113-235.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.

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                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
     People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established under 
     section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, $6,191,000:  
     Provided, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit 
     agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, 
     United States Code, to perform contract requirements of the 
     Committee as prescribed under section 51-3.2 of title 41, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall within 180 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act enter into a 
     written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency:  
     Provided further, That such agreement entered into under the 
     preceding proviso shall contain such auditing, oversight, and 
     reporting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 of 
     title 41, United States Code:  Provided further, That such 
     agreement shall include the elements listed under the heading 
     ``Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
     Severely Disabled--Written Agreement Elements'' in the 
     explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
     preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
     further, That after 180 days from the date of enactment of 
     this Act a fee may not be charged under section 51-3.5 of 
     title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, unless such fee is 
     under the terms of the written agreement between the 
     Committee and any such central nonprofit agency:  Provided 
     further, That no less than $750,000 shall be available for 
     the Office of Inspector General.

                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 401. (a) Section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``the Committee for 
     Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled,'' 
     after ``the Board for International Broadcasting,''; and
       (B) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) as 
     subparagraphs (E) through (I), respectively; and
       (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) with respect to the Committee for Purchase From 
     People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, such term means 
     the Chairman of the Committee for Purchase From People Who 
     Are Blind or Severely Disabled;''; and
       (2) in subsection (e)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``board or commission'', the first place it 
     appears, and inserting ``board, chairman of a committee, or 
     commission''; and
       (B) by striking ``board or commission'', the second place 
     it appears, and inserting ``board, committee, or 
     commission''.
       (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Chairman of the Committee for Purchase From 
     People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled shall appoint an 
     Inspector General for the Committee.
       (c) This section, and the amendments made by this section, 
     shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 402.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
     fiscal year quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 
     fiscal year 2016, the Committee For Purchase From People Who 
     Are Blind or Severely Disabled shall submit to the Committees 
     on Oversight and Government Reform and Education and the 
     Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committees on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, the reports described under the heading 
     ``Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
     Severely Disabled--Requested Reports'' in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act).

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to 
     carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
     (referred to in this title as ``1973 Act'') and the National 
     and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in this title 
     as ``1990 Act''), $787,929,000, notwithstanding sections 
     198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 
     1990 Act:  Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
     heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be 
     used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
     reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and 
     electronic management of the grants cycle; (2) $50,000,000 
     shall be available for expenses to carry out section 198K of 
     the 1990 Act; (3) $16,038,000 shall be available to provide 
     assistance to State commissions on national and community 
     service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 
     notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (4) 
     $30,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 
     1990 Act; and (5) $3,800,000 shall be available for expenses 
     authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, 
     notwithstanding the provisions of section 198P shall be 
     awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis:  Provided further, 
     That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, 
     satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may 
     include a determination of need by the local community:  
     Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of funds made 
     available under section 198K of the 1990 Act may be used for 
     Social Innovation Fund Pilot Program-related performance-
     based awards for Pay for Success projects and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2017:  Provided further, 
     That, with respect to the previous proviso, any funds 
     obligated for such projects shall remain available for 
     disbursement until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
     1552(a):  Provided further, That any funds deobligated from 
     projects under section 198K of the 1990 Act shall immediately 
     be available for activities authorized under section 198K of 
     such Act.

                 payment to the national service trust

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
     subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $220,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That CNCS may 
     transfer additional funds from the amount provided within 
     ``Operating Expenses'' allocated to grants under subtitle C 
     of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust upon 
     determination that such transfer is necessary to support the 
     activities of national service participants and after notice 
     is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, 
     That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National 
     Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 
     1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 
     under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b).

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
     section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of 
     the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized 
     travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment 
     of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
     representation expenses, $81,737,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
     $5,250,000.

                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 403.  CNCS shall make any significant changes to 
     program requirements, service delivery or policy only through 
     public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2016, 
     during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of 
     CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection 
     information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, 
     to any person other than an officer or employee of CNCS that 
     is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.
       Sec. 404.  AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
     National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
     share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that 
     they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet 
     the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 
     2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without 
     regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 
     121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in 
     section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver 
     consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.
       Sec. 405.  Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 
     1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
     operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
     B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 
     supplement and not supplant current programs and operations.
       Sec. 406.  In addition to the requirements in section 
     146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the 
     purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to 
     individuals who are veterans as defined under section 101 of 
     the Act.
       Sec. 407.  For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of 
     the 1990 Act--
       (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section 
     shall be considered ``qualified entities'' under section 3 of 
     the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (``NCPA''); and
       (2) individuals described in such section shall be 
     considered ``volunteers'' under section 3 of NCPA; and
       (3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
     established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are 
     authorized to receive criminal history record information, 
     consistent with Public Law 92-544.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

       For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     (``CPB''), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, 
     an amount which shall be available within limitations 
     specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2018, 
     $445,000,000:  Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available to CPB by this Act shall be

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     used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of 
     entertainment for Government officials or employees:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
     CPB by this Act shall be available or used to aid or support 
     any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or 
     is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis 
     of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
     Act shall be used to apply any political test or 
     qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking 
     any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, 
     and employees of CPB:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
     support the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose.
       In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
     upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system, 
     $40,000,000.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
     Conciliation Service (``Service'') to carry out the functions 
     vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
     including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses 
     necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
     and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
     functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
     $48,748,000, including up to $400,000 to remain available 
     through September 30, 2017, for activities authorized by the 
     Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost 
     recovery, for special training activities and other conflict 
     resolution services and technical assistance, including those 
     provided to foreign governments and international 
     organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited 
     to and merged with this account, and shall remain available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That fees for arbitration 
     services shall be available only for education, training, and 
     professional development of the agency workforce:  Provided 
     further, That the Director of the Service is authorized to 
     accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
     services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
     any projects or functions within the Director's jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Review Commission, $17,085,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    office of museum and library services: grants and administration

       For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
     1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 
     Culture Act, $230,000,000.

            Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
     Social Security Act, $7,765,000.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
     Social Security Act, $11,925,000, to be transferred to this 
     appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
     and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

                     National Council on Disability

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
     Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
     Act of 1973, $3,250,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations 
     Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
     Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $274,224,000: 
      Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
     available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural 
     laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, 
     directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of 
     agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the 
     Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management 
     Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the 
     Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 
     employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of 
     ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or 
     operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent 
     of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming 
     purposes.

                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 408.  None of the funds provided by this Act or 
     previous Acts making appropriations for the National Labor 
     Relations Board may be used to issue any new administrative 
     directive or regulation that would provide employees any 
     means of voting through any electronic means in an election 
     to determine a representative for the purposes of collective 
     bargaining.

                        National Mediation Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by 
     the President, $13,230,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Review Commission, $12,639,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                     dual benefits payments account

       For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
     authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
     of 1974, $29,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming 
     available in fiscal year 2016 pursuant to section 
     224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, 
     not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall 
     be available proportional to the amount by which the product 
     of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the 
     amount available for payment of vested dual benefits:  
     Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be 
     credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day 
     of each month in the fiscal year.

          federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

       For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
     the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
     interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2017, which shall be the 
     maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 
     of Public Law 98-76.

                      limitation on administration

       For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
     (``Board'') for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act 
     and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $111,225,000, to 
     be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from 
     the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to 
     the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 
     Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to hire 
     attorneys only through the excepted service:  Provided 
     further, That the previous proviso shall not change the 
     status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by 
     the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013.

             limitation on the office of inspector general

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 
     by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than 
     $8,437,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement 
     accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account.

                     Social Security Administration

                payments to social security trust funds

       For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 
     as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of 
     the Social Security Act, $11,400,000.

                  supplemental security income program

       For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 
     Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public 
     Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, 
     including payment to the Social Security trust funds for 
     administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $46,305,733,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That any portion 
     of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year 
     and not obligated by the State during that year shall be 
     returned to the Treasury:  Provided further, That not more 
     than $101,000,000 shall be available for research and 
     demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the 
     Social Security Act, and remain available through September 
     30, 2018.
       For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, 
     $14,500,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, not more than 
     $10,598,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
     the trust funds referred to in such section:  Provided, That 
     not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security 
     Advisory Board:  Provided further, That, $116,000,000 may be 
     used for the costs associated with conducting continuing 
     disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act and conducting redeterminations of eligibility 
     under title XVI of

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     the Social Security Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Commissioner may allocate additional funds under this 
     paragraph above the level specified in the previous proviso 
     for such activities but only to reconcile estimated and 
     actual unit costs for conducting such activities and after 
     notifying the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of 
     any such reallocation:  Provided further, That the 
     acquisition of services to conduct and manage representative 
     payee reviews shall be made using full and open competition 
     procedures:  Provided further, That, $150,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for necessary expenses for 
     the renovation and modernization of the Arthur J. Altmeyer 
     Building:  Provided further, That unobligated balances of 
     funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 
     2016 not needed for fiscal year 2016 shall remain available 
     until expended to invest in the Social Security 
     Administration information technology and telecommunications 
     hardware and software infrastructure, including related 
     equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated 
     solely with this information technology and 
     telecommunications infrastructure:  Provided further, That 
     the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available 
     under the authority in the previous proviso:  Provided 
     further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this 
     heading for expenditures for official time for employees of 
     the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, 
     and for facilities or support services for labor 
     organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
     procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
     be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
     amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as 
     soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
       In addition, for the costs associated with continuing 
     disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 
     redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act, $1,426,000,000 may be expended, as authorized 
     by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
     or all of the trust funds referred to therein:  Provided, 
     That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the 
     terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
     $1,153,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 
     for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act:  Provided 
     further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress 
     (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
     obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the 
     reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 
     104-121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.
       In addition, $136,000,000 to be derived from administration 
     fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected 
     pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or 
     section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain 
     available until expended. To the extent that the amounts 
     collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2016 
     exceed $136,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal 
     year 2017 only to the extent provided in advance in 
     appropriations Acts.
       In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
     collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
     Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $29,787,000, together with not to exceed 
     $75,713,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by 
     section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
       In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
     provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the 
     ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security 
     Administration, to be merged with this account, to be 
     available for the time and purposes for which this account is 
     available:  Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be 
     transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 
     in advance of any transfer.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 501.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended 
     balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to 
     current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred 
     balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same 
     periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.
       Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in 
     this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
     Law 111-148 shall be used, other than for normal and 
     recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity 
     or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
     use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
     communication, radio, television, or video presentation 
     designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation 
     before the Congress or any State or local legislature or 
     legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or 
     any State or local legislature itself, or designed to support 
     or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative 
     action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
     or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
     branch of any State or local government itself.
       (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
     transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 
     shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or 
     contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, 
     related to any activity designed to influence the enactment 
     of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative 
     action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the 
     Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
     legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and 
     recognized executive-legislative relationships or 
     participation by an agency or officer of a State, local or 
     tribal government in policymaking and administrative 
     processes within the executive branch of that government.
       (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
     include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
     pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
     any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
     on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 
     marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
     promotion of gun control.
       Sec. 504.  The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
     authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and 
     $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
     expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official 
     reception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to 
     make available for official reception and representation 
     expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
     ``Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
     Expenses''; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 
     is authorized to make available for official reception and 
     representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
     available for ``National Mediation Board, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.
       Sec. 505.  When issuing statements, press releases, 
     requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
     describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
     with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
     included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
     local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
     shall clearly state--
       (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
     project which will be financed with Federal money;
       (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or 
     program; and
       (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
     project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
     sources.
       Sec. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, 
     and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
     appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 
     the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
     in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage 
     that includes coverage of abortion.
       (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package 
     of services covered by a managed care provider or 
     organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
       Sec. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding 
     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, including a 
     life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
     the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a 
     physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an 
     abortion is performed.
       (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or 
     private person of State, local, or private funds (other than 
     a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
     funds).
       (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     restricting the ability of any managed care provider from 
     offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
     locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
     coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's 
     contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
       (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State 
     or local government, if such agency, program, or government 
     subjects any institutional or individual health care entity 
     to discrimination

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     on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 
     pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
       (2) In this subsection, the term ``health care entity'' 
     includes an individual physician or other health care 
     professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, 
     a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
     or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
     plan.
       Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for--
       (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
     purposes; or
       (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
     destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of 
     injury or death greater than that allowed for research on 
     fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo 
     or embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human 
     subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, 
     cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or 
     human diploid cells.
       Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization 
     of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the 
     schedules of controlled substances established under section 
     202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and 
     recognized executive-congressional communications.
       (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when 
     there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
     advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
     federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to 
     determine therapeutic advantage.
       Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under 
     section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or 
     providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier 
     for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an 
     employer or a health care provider), until legislation is 
     enacted specifically approving the standard.
       Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract 
     with an entity if--
       (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
     States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 
     regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of 
     Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and
       (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
     that section for the most recent year for which such 
     requirement was applicable to such entity.
       Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 513.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
     carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 
     available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 
     224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children's Internet 
     Protection Act, unless such library has made the 
     certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.
       Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
     provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds that--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes or renames offices;
       (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
       (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
     advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent 
     relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and 
     are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming.
       (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
     under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
     whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
     construction projects), or activities;
       (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
     unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
     advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent 
     relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and 
     are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming.
       Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 
     Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political 
     affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the 
     position that the candidate holds with respect to political 
     issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of 
     the committee involved.
       (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or 
     misleading.
       Sec. 516.  Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each 
     department and related agency funded through this Act shall 
     submit an operating plan that details at the program, 
     project, and activity level any funding allocations for 
     fiscal year 2016 that are different than those specified in 
     this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act), or the fiscal year 2016 
     budget request.
       Sec. 517.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate a report on the number and amount of 
     contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding 
     $500,000 in value and awarded by the Department on a non-
     competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2016, 
     but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or 
     directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the 
     contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the 
     governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing 
     the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 
     transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of 
     the quarter for which the report is submitted.
       Sec. 518.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social 
     Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
     benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
     to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
     based on work performed under a social security account 
     number that is not the claimant's number and the performance 
     of such work under such number has formed the basis for a 
     conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
     208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.
       Sec. 519.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social 
     Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees 
     of the Social Security Administration to administer Social 
     Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the 
     United States and Mexico establishing totalization 
     arrangements between the social security system established 
     by title II of the Social Security Act and the social 
     security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be 
     payable but for such agreement.
       Sec. 520.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase 
     sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of 
     any illegal drug:  Provided, That such limitation does not 
     apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
     than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
     health department, in consultation with the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
     local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at 
     risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or 
     an HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
     is operating in accordance with State and local law.
       Sec. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available under this or 
     any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be 
     provided to the Association of Community Organizations for 
     Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, 
     allied organizations, or successors.
       Sec. 523.  For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 
     13589, Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 
     dated May

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     11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual 
     appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and 
     expenditures:
       (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
     independent agencies; and
       (2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
     shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
     totals.
       Sec. 524.  Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
     clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
     advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
     Internet postings, that the communication is printed, 
     published, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer 
     expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this 
     requirement shall be derived from amounts made available to 
     the agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
     the programs and activities of the agency.
       Sec. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal 
     discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
     carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 
     Pilots shall--
       (1) be designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth;
       (2) include communities that have recently experienced 
     civil unrest; and
       (3) involve Federal programs targeted on disconnected 
     youth, or designed to prevent youth from disconnecting from 
     school or work, that provide education, training, employment, 
     and other related social services. Such Pilots shall be 
     governed by the provisions of section 526 of division H of 
     Public Law 113-76, except that in carrying out such Pilots 
     section 526 shall be applied by substituting ``Fiscal Year 
     2016'' for ``Fiscal Year 2014'' in the title of subsection 
     (b) and by substituting ``September 30, 2020'' for 
     ``September 30, 2018'' each place it appears.
       (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 
     discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
     participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
     carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 526 
     of division H of Public Law 113-76, and section 524 of 
     division G of Public Law 113-235:  Provided, That new pilots 
     that are being carried out with discretionary funds made 
     available in division G of Public Law 113-235 shall include 
     communities that have recently experienced civil unrest.
       Sec. 526.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
     calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 
     year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services and Education and the Social Security Administration 
     shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report on the 
     status of balances of appropriations:  Provided, That for 
     balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and 
     obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall 
     separately identify the amounts attributable to each source 
     year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, 
     to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which 
     balances were derived.
       Sec. 527.  Section 2812(d)(2) of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-11(d)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating the three sentences as subparagraphs 
     (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and indenting accordingly;
       (2) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``An'' and inserting ``In general.--An'';
       (3) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``With'' and inserting ``Application to training programs.--
     With'';
       (4) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``In'' and inserting ``Responsibility of labor secretary.--
     In''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(D) Computation of pay.--In the event of an injury to 
     such an intermittent disaster response appointee, the 
     position of the employee shall be deemed to be `one which 
     would have afforded employment for substantially a whole 
     year', for purposes of section 8114(d)(2) of such title.
       ``(E) Continuation of pay.--The weekly pay of such an 
     employee shall be deemed to be the hourly pay in effect on 
     the date of the injury multiplied by 40, for purposes of 
     computing benefits under section 8118 of such title.''.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 528.  Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2016 
     under section 3403 of Public Law 111-148, $15,000,000 are 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 529.  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, shall not be available for 
     obligation in this fiscal year.

                              (rescission)

       Sec. 530.  Of any available amounts appropriated under 
     section 108 of Public Law 111-3, as amended, $4,678,500,000 
     are hereby rescinded.
       This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, 
     Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.

        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

       For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; the 
     President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority Leader 
     of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Senate, 
     $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip 
     of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
     Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chairmen 
     of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $4,690 for 
     each Chairman; in all, $174,840.
  


    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

       For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 
     Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; in all, 
     $28,140.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
     authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
     $179,185,311, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
     without regard to the following limitations:

                      office of the vice president

       For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248.

                  office of the president pro tempore

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
     $5,255,576.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,359,424.

                      committee on appropriations

       For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
     $15,142,000.

                         conference committees

       For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of 
     the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
     Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $3,316,000.

 offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

       For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
     Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.

                           policy committees

       For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
     Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such 
     committee; in all, $3,385,810.

                         office of the chaplain

       For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886.

                        office of the secretary

       For Office of the Secretary, $24,772,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

       For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
     $69,000,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

       For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
     Secretary for the Minority, $1,762,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

       For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
     authorized by law, and related expenses, $48,797,499.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
     Counsel of the Senate, $5,408,500.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
     Counsel, $1,120,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

       For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
     $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
     Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
     $28,440.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

       For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
     Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), 
     and Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 
     1980, $133,265,000, of which $26,650,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

       For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
     International Narcotics Control, $508,000.

                        secretary of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     $8,750,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2020 and of which $2,500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended.

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             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,000,000, which shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2020.

                          miscellaneous items

       For miscellaneous items, $21,390,270 which shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

       For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 
     Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,121,212 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018.

                          official mail costs

       For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
     Senate, $300,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in senators' official personnel and office 
   expense account to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the 
                              federal debt

       Sec. 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     amounts appropriated under this Act under the heading 
     ``SENATE'' under the heading ``Contingent Expenses of the 
     Senate'' under the heading ``senators' official personnel and 
     office expense account'' shall be available for obligation 
     only during the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such 
     amounts are made available. Any unexpended balances under 
     such allowances remaining after the end of the period of 
     availability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance 
     with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading 
     ``GENERAL PROVISION'' under chapter XI of the Third 
     Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used 
     for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget 
     deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing 
     the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the 
     Treasury considers appropriate).

                    authority for transfer of funds

       Sec. 2.  Section 1 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
     Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 6153) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (d) and (e), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c)(1) The Chaplain of the Senate may, during any fiscal 
     year, at the election of the Chaplain of the Senate, transfer 
     funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the 
     Office of the Chaplain of the Senate to the account, within 
     the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are 
     payable for the Office of the Chaplain.
       ``(2) The Chaplain of the Senate may, during any fiscal 
     year, at the election of the Chaplain of the Senate, transfer 
     funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the 
     contingent fund of the Senate, for the Office of the Chaplain 
     to the account from which salaries are payable for the Office 
     of the Chaplain of the Senate.'';
       (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or the Office of the 
     Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,'' after ``such 
     committee'' each place it appears; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or the Chaplain of the 
     Senate, as the case may be,'' after ``the Chairman''; and
       (4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by inserting 
     ``or the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,'' after 
     ``The Chairman of a committee''.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $1,180,736,000, as follows:

                        House Leadership Offices

       For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
     $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 
     including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; 
     Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including 
     $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office 
     of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 
     for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
     Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
     $1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
     Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
     Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 for 
     official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican 
     Conference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258:  
     Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall 
     remain available from January 3, 2016 until January 2, 2017.



                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

       For Members' representational allowances, including 
     Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
     $554,317,732.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

       For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
     and select, authorized by House resolutions, $123,903,173:  
     Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
     salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016.

                      Committee on Appropriations

       For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, $23,271,004, including studies and 
     examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal 
     services for such committee, to be expended in accordance 
     with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
     1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for 
     services performed:  Provided, That such amount shall remain 
     available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
     2016.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
     authorized by law, $178,531,768, including: for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions 
     of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more 
     than $25,000 for official representation and reception 
     expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family 
     Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office of the 
     Chaplain, $24,980,898; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of 
     Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
     Management, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
     representation and reception expenses, $14,827,120 of which 
     $4,784,229 shall remain available until expended; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for 
     official representation and reception expenses, $117,165,000, 
     of which $1,350,000 shall remain available until expended; 
     for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General, $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
     of General Counsel, $1,413,450; for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
     Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
     and not more than $1,000 for official representation and 
     reception expenses, $1,974,606; for salaries and expenses of 
     the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 
     $3,119,766; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,352,975; for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 
     $814,069; for other authorized employees, $1,142,075.

                        Allowances and Expenses

       For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
     resolution or law, $278,433,432, including: supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
     $3,625,236; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
     and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $251,629,425, to remain 
     available until March 31, 2017; Business Continuity and 
     Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended; transition activities for 
     new members and staff, $2,084,000, to remain available until 
     expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 
     $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 
     exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor 
     vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to 
     heirs of deceased employees of the House, $720,247.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in members' representational allowances to 
      be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt

       Sec. 101. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
     REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
     Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
     fiscal year 2016. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
     made under such allowances for fiscal year 2016 shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
     if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
     have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
     as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
       (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
     the House of Representatives shall have authority to 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
       (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
     of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, 
     or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                   delivery of bills and resolutions

       Sec. 102.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
     resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
     House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests a 
     copy.

                    delivery of congressional record

       Sec. 103.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to deliver a printed copy of any version of the 
     Congressional Record to the office of a Member of the House 
     of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress).

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            limitation on amount available to lease vehicles

       Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives to make any payments from any Members' 
     Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, 
     excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate amount 
     that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.

           limitation on printed copies of u.s. code to house

       Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 
     printed copies of any edition of the United States Code to 
     all offices of the House of Representatives.

                  delivery of reports of disbursements

       Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to deliver a printed copy of the report of 
     disbursements for the operations of the House of 
     Representatives under section 106 of the House of 
     Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
     Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of 
     Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress).

                       delivery of daily calendar

       Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the House of 
     Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily 
     Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared by 
     the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

             delivery of congressional pictorial directory

       Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congressional 
     Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the House of 
     Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress).

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
     $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2017

       For salaries and expenses associated with conducting the 
     inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of 
     the United States, January 20, 2017, in accordance with such 
     program as may be adopted by the joint congressional 
     committee authorized to conduct the inaugural ceremonies of 
     2017, $1,250,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
     Senate and to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall 
     be available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, 
     whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2016:  
     Provided further, That the compensation of any employee of 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who 
     has been designated to perform service with respect to the 
     inaugural ceremonies of 2017 shall continue to be paid by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from 
     which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the 
     services of the staff member out of funds made available 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That there are 
     authorized to be paid from the appropriations account for 
     ``Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations'' of the Senate 
     such sums as may be necessary, without fiscal year 
     limitation, for agency contributions related to the 
     compensation of employees of the joint congressional 
     committee.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
       For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

       For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
     the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
     assistants, including:
       (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending 
     Physician;
       (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical 
     Officer;
       (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical 
     officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
     Physician;
       (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 
     per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 
     heretofore provided for such assistants; and
       (5) $2,692,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
     Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned 
     to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be 
     advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or 
     appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and 
     other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the 
     purposes thereof, $3,784,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
     Accessibility Services, $1,400,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

       For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
     overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions 
     for health, retirement, social security, professional 
     liability insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, 
     $309,000,000 of which overtime shall not exceed $30,928,000 
     unless the Committee on Appropriations of the House and 
     Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
     motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
     equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
     materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
     stenographic services, personal and professional services, 
     the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
     communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
     instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
     expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses, $66,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     of the Capitol Police or his designee:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
     training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2016 shall be 
     paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
     available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                        Administrative Provision

        deposit of reimbursements for law enforcement assistance

       Sec. 1001. (a) In General.--Section 2802(a)(1) of the 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(1)) 
     is amended by striking ``District of Columbia)'' and 
     inserting the following: ``District of Columbia), and from 
     any other source in the case of assistance provided in 
     connection with an activity that was not sponsored by 
     Congress''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2802(a)(2) of such Act 
     (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``law 
     enforcement assistance to any Federal, State, or local 
     government agency (including any agency of the District of 
     Columbia)'' and inserting ``any law enforcement assistance 
     for which reimbursement described in paragraph (1) is made''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall only apply with respect to any reimbursement received 
     before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the Act.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
     authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which $450,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
     That not more than $500 may be expended on the certification 
     of the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
     Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 
     to be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
     representation and reception expenses, $46,500,000.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                  Capital Construction and Operations

       For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
     personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
     necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, 
     operation, and general and administrative support in 
     connection with facilities and activities under the care of 
     the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; 
     electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House 
     office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction 
     of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and 
     office equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
     Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or 
     exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 
     vehicle, $91,589,000.

                            Capitol Building

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol, $46,737,000, of which $22,737,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2020.

                            Capitol Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
     grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
     buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $11,880,000, of which 
     $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.

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                        Senate Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
     furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision 
     of the Architect of the Capitol, $84,221,000, of which 
     $26,283,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.

                         House Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $174,962,000, of 
     which $48,885,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2020, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the restoration and renovation of the Cannon 
     House Office Building.
       In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 
     Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                          Capitol Power Plant

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Publishing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
     Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
     Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 
     expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
     request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 
     received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 
     of this appropriation, $94,722,499, of which $17,581,499 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 
     That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be 
     reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
     available for obligation during fiscal year 2016.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $40,689,000, of which $15,746,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2020.

            Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of 
     the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, the 
     Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security operations, 
     $25,434,000, of which $7,901,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2020.

                             Botanic Garden

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
     grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
     maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
     vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
     the Library, $12,113,000, of which $2,100,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the 
     amount made available under this heading, the Architect of 
     the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
     necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 
     National Garden established under section 307E of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), 
     upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a 
     duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

       For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol 
     Visitor Center, $20,557,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

       no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget

       Sec. 1101.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
     incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
     contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
     schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
     or agency-employed designee, determines that any such 
     deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
     scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
     scope of the project and/or program.

                                 scrims

       Sec. 1102.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for scrims containing photographs of building 
     facades during restoration or construction projects performed 
     by the Architect of the Capitol.

                  acquisition of parcel at fort meade

       Sec. 1103. (a) Acquisition.--The Architect of the Capitol 
     is authorized to acquire from the Maryland State Highway 
     Administration, at no cost to the United States, a parcel of 
     real property (including improvements thereon) consisting of 
     approximately 7.34 acres located within the portion of Fort 
     George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, that was 
     transferred to the Architect of the Capitol by the Secretary 
     of the Army pursuant to section 122 of the Military 
     Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 141 note).
       (b) Terms and Conditions.--The terms and conditions 
     applicable under subsections (b) and (d) of section 122 of 
     the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 
     141 note) to the property acquired by the Architect of the 
     Capitol pursuant to such section shall apply to the real 
     property acquired by the Architect pursuant to the authority 
     of this section.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and 
     expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
     properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
     the Board, $425,971,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2016, and shall remain 
     available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 
     (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 
     $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
     2016 and shall remain available until expended for the 
     development and maintenance of an international legal 
     information database and activities related thereto:  
     Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
     expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 
     June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts:  Provided 
     further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
     be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     $6,350,000:  Provided further, That, of the total amount 
     appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the 
     certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 
     with official representation and reception expenses for the 
     Overseas Field Offices:  Provided further, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $8,231,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the digital collections and educational 
     curricula program:  Provided further, That, of the total 
     amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial 
     Management System.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

       For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
     $58,875,000, of which not more than $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2016 under 
     section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code:  Provided, 
     That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
     funds derived from collections under such section, in excess 
     of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
     appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That not more than 
     $5,777,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
     year 2016 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, 
     and 1316 of such title:  Provided further, That the total 
     amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
     amount by which collections are less than $35,777,000:  
     Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
     appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
     ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office 
     of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
     nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 
     laws and policies:  Provided further, That not more than 
     $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
     of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses for activities of the International 
     Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 
     and seminars:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 
     amounts made available under this heading which are 
     attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 
     Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 
     10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 
     administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, with 
     the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for the 
     Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 802(e).

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
     U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated 
     Constitution of the United States of America, $106,945,000:  
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any 
     salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
     preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
     General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress 
     unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either 
     the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
     of the Senate.

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             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

       For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
     1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
     $50,248,000:  Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 
     provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
     residents at no cost to the individual.

                       Administrative Provisions

               reimbursable and revolving fund activities

       Sec. 1201. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2016, the 
     obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
     activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
     $186,015,000.
       (b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection 
     (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are 
     funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library 
     in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

                     librarian of congress emeritus

       Sec. 1202. (a) Designation of James Billington as Librarian 
     of Congress Emeritus.--As an honorary designation, James H. 
     Billington, upon leaving service as the Librarian of 
     Congress, may be known as the Librarian of Congress Emeritus.
       (b) No Appointment to Government Service; Availability of 
     Incidental Support.--The honorary designation under this 
     section does not constitute an appointment to a position in 
     the Federal Government under title 5, United States Code. 
     Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in connection with his 
     activities as Librarian of Congress Emeritus, James H. 
     Billington may receive incidental administrative and clerical 
     support through the Library of Congress.

                      GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

                        Congressional Publishing

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For authorized publishing of congressional information and 
     the distribution of congressional information in any format; 
     expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session 
     index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law 
     (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); publishing of 
     Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
     to Members of Congress; and publishing, and distribution of 
     Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
     without charge to the recipient, $79,736,000:  Provided, That 
     this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of 
     the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for 
     individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or 
     Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United 
     States Code:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
     be available for the payment of obligations incurred under 
     the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
     years:  Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year 
     limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
     none of the funds appropriated or made available under this 
     Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related 
     services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, 
     United States Code, may be expended to print a document, 
     report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on 
     the date that such document, report, or publication is 
     authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress 
     reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of 
     title 44, United States Code:  Provided further, That any 
     unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or 
     accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 
     be transferred to the Government Publishing Office Business 
     Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of 
     this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 
     906 of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may 
     be used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on 
     only a monthly and session basis.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses of the public information programs of the 
     Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
     for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
     and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 
     other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
     international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 
     $30,500,000:  Provided, That amounts of not more than 
     $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized 
     for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and 
     other related publications for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to 
     depository and other designated libraries:  Provided further, 
     That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account 
     or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years 
     may be transferred to the Government Publishing Office 
     Business Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out the 
     purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate.

    Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

       For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business 
     Operations Revolving Fund, $6,832,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for information technology development and 
     facilities repair:  Provided, That the Government Publishing 
     Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
     the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, and 
     to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
     fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 
     31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out 
     the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the 
     current fiscal year for the Government Publishing Office 
     Business Operations Revolving Fund:  Provided further, That 
     not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of 
     the Director of the Government Publishing Office in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses:  Provided further, That the business operations 
     revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of 
     not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles:  Provided further, 
     That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
     advisory councils to the Director of the Government 
     Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of title 44, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That the business operations revolving fund shall be 
     available for temporary or intermittent services under 
     section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
     for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title:  Provided further, 
     That activities financed through the business operations 
     revolving fund may provide information in any format:  
     Provided further, That the business operations revolving fund 
     and the funds provided under the heading ``Public Information 
     Programs of the Superintendent of Documents'' may not be used 
     for contracted security services at GPO's passport facility 
     in the District of Columbia.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
     Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
     comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and 
     (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
     (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living 
     quarters in foreign countries, $531,000,000:  Provided, That, 
     in addition, $25,450,000 of payments received under sections 
     782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 
     shall be available without fiscal year limitation:  Provided 
     further, That this appropriation and appropriations for 
     administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
     which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 
     Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be 
     available to finance an appropriate share of either Forum's 
     costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 
     necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants:  
     Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be 
     credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
     costs involved are initially financed.

                        Administrative Provision

                       federal government details

       Sec. 1301. (a) Permitting Details From Other Federal 
     Offices.--Section 731 of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(k) Federal Government Details.--The activities of the 
     Government Accountability Office may, in the reasonable 
     discretion of the Comptroller General, be carried out by 
     receiving details of personnel from other offices of the 
     Federal Government on a reimbursable, partially-reimbursable, 
     or nonreimbursable basis.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each 
     succeeding fiscal year.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

       For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
     Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership 
     Center under section 313 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $5,600,000:  
     Provided, That funds made available to support Russian 
     participants shall only be used for those engaging in free 
     market development, humanitarian activities, and civic 
     engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 
     central government of Russia.

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   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

       For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
     Service Development Trust Fund established under section 116 
     of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and 
     Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                                TITLE II

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                maintenance and care of private vehicles

       Sec. 201.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
     vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
     be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
     for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on 
     House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.

                         fiscal year limitation

       Sec. 202.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2016 
     unless expressly so provided in this Act.

                 rates of compensation and designation

       Sec. 203.  Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
     specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
     (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 
     compensation or designation of any office or position 
     appropriated for is different from that specifically 
     established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the 
     designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
     respect thereto:  Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
     for the various items of official expenses of Members, 
     officers, and committees of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
     the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with 
     respect thereto.

                          consulting services

       Sec. 204.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
     limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 
     matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
     except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
     existing Executive order issued under existing law.

                             costs of lbfmc

       Sec. 205.  Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
     any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
     Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
     established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available 
     to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined 
     by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
     among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
     allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
     may not exceed $2,000.

                         landscape maintenance

       Sec. 206.  For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
     with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and 
     improve the landscape features, excluding streets, in Square 
     580 up to the beginning of I-395.

                        limitation on transfers

       Sec. 207.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.

                      guided tours of the capitol

       Sec. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in 
     this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of 
     the United States Capitol which are led by employees and 
     interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices 
     of the House of Representatives and Senate.
       (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
     direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval 
     of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United 
     States Capitol which are led by employees and interns 
     described in subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or 
     otherwise subject to restriction for security or related 
     reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United 
     States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.

  battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking 
  areas under the jurisdiction of the librarian of congress at no net 
                     cost to the federal government

       Sec. 209. (a) Definition.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered employee'' means--
       (1) an employee of the Library of Congress; or
       (2) any other individual who is authorized to park in any 
     parking area under the jurisdiction of the Library of 
     Congress on the Library of Congress buildings and grounds.
       (b) Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), funds 
     appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol under the 
     heading ``Capitol Power Plant'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT 
     OF THE CAPITOL'' in any fiscal year are available to 
     construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis 
     battery recharging stations in parking areas under the 
     jurisdiction of the Library of Congress on Library of 
     Congress buildings and grounds for use by privately owned 
     vehicles used by covered employees.
       (2) Vendors authorized.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
     Architect of the Capitol may use one or more vendors on a 
     commission basis.
       (3) Approval of construction.--The Architect of the Capitol 
     may construct or direct the construction of battery 
     recharging stations described under paragraph (1) after--
       (A) submission of written notice detailing the numbers and 
     locations of the battery recharging stations to the Joint 
     Committee on the Library; and
       (B) approval by that Committee.
       (c) Fees and Charges.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Architect of 
     the Capitol shall charge fees or charges for electricity 
     provided to covered employees sufficient to cover the costs 
     to the Architect of the Capitol to carry out this section, 
     including costs to any vendors or other costs associated with 
     maintaining the battery charging stations.
       (2) Approval of fees or charges.--The Architect of the 
     Capitol may establish and adjust fees or charges under 
     paragraph (1) after--
       (A) submission of written notice detailing the amount of 
     the fee or charge to be established or adjusted to the Joint 
     Committee on the Library; and
       (B) approval by that Committee.
       (d) Deposit and Availability of Fees, Charges, and 
     Commissions.--Any fees, charges, or commissions collected by 
     the Architect of the Capitol under this section shall be--
       (1) deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the 
     appropriations account described under subsection (b); and
       (2) available for obligation without further appropriation 
     during the fiscal year collected.
       (e) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the end of 
     each fiscal year, the Architect of the Capitol shall submit a 
     report on the financial administration and cost recovery of 
     activities under this section with respect to that fiscal 
     year to the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
       (2) Avoiding subsidy.--
       (A) Determination.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter, the 
     Architect of the Capitol shall submit a report to the Joint 
     Committee on the Library determining whether covered 
     employees using battery charging stations as authorized by 
     this section are receiving a subsidy from the taxpayers.
       (B) Modification of rates and fees.--If a determination is 
     made under subparagraph (A) that a subsidy is being received, 
     the Architect of the Capitol shall submit a plan to the Joint 
     Committee on the Library on how to update the program to 
     ensure no subsidy is being received. If the Joint Committee 
     does not act on the plan within 60 days, the Architect of the 
     Capitol shall take appropriate steps to increase rates or 
     fees to ensure reimbursement for the cost of the program 
     consistent with an appropriate schedule for amortization, to 
     be charged to those using the charging stations.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter.

 self-certification of performance appraisal systems for senior-level 
                               employees

       Sec. 210. (a) Self-certification by Librarian of Congress, 
     Architect of the Capitol, and Director of Government 
     Publishing Office.--Section 5307(d) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``this title or 
     section 332(f), 603, or 604 of title 28'' and inserting 
     ``this title, section 332(f), 603, or 604 of title 28, or 
     section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5)(A) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (3), 
     any regulations, certifications, or other measures necessary 
     to carry out this subsection--
       ``(i) with respect to employees of the Library of Congress 
     shall be the responsibility of the Librarian of Congress;
       ``(ii) with respect to employees of the Office of the 
     Architect of the Capitol shall be the responsibility of the 
     Architect of the Capitol; and
       ``(iii) with respect to employees of the Government 
     Publishing Office shall be the responsibility of the Director 
     of the Government Publishing Office.
       ``(B) The regulations under this paragraph shall be 
     consistent with those promulgated under paragraph (3).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2016''.


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  DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, military 
     installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
     currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army 
     Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for 
     the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and 
     operation of facilities in support of the functions of the 
     Commander in Chief, $663,245,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
     exceed $109,245,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
     design, architect and engineer services, and host nation 
     support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
     Army determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
     such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
     reasons therefor.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, 
     facilities, and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps 
     as currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
     Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other personal 
     services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
     $1,669,239,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 
      Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $91,649,000 
     shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
     and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
     Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 
     are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available under this heading may 
     be obligated for the Townsend Bombing Range Expansion, Phase 
     2, until the Secretary of the Navy enters into an agreement 
     with local stakeholders that addresses the disposition and 
     management of the timber and forest resources in the proposed 
     areas of expansion.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, military 
     installations, facilities, and real property for the Air 
     Force as currently authorized by law, $1,389,185,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of 
     this amount, not to exceed $89,164,000 shall be available for 
     study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, 
     as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air Force 
     determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
     purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
     therefor.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, installations, 
     facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of 
     the Department of Defense (other than the military 
     departments), as currently authorized by law, $2,242,867,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That 
     such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such 
     appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
     military construction or family housing as the Secretary may 
     designate, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
     purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 
     or fund to which transferred:  Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated, not to exceed $175,404,000 shall be 
     available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
     engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 
     of Defense determines that additional obligations are 
     necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available by this title to construct 
     fiscal year 2016 Special Operations Command military 
     construction projects, not to exceed 75 percent shall be 
     available until the Commander of the Special Operations 
     Command has complied with the certification and reporting 
     requirements in the last proviso under the heading 
     ``Department of Defense--Military Construction, Defense-
     Wide'' in title I of H.R. 2029, as passed by the House of 
     Representatives on April 30, 2015.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Army National Guard, and contributions 
     therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $197,237,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
     Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
     $20,337,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
     and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
     unless the Director of the Army National Guard determines 
     that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
     and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
     therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $138,738,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
     Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
     $5,104,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
     and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
     unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines that 
     additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
     notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
     1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $113,595,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the 
     amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,318,000 shall be 
     available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
     engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
     the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations are 
     necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor.

                  Military Construction, Navy Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the reserve components of the Navy and 
     Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
     Acts, $36,078,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020:  Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to 
     exceed $2,208,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
     design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
     law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 
     additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
     notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
     chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $65,021,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the 
     amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be 
     available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
     engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
     the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obligations 
     are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor.

                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                      Security Investment Program

       For the United States share of the cost of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for 
     the acquisition and construction of military facilities and 
     installations (including international military headquarters) 
     and for related expenses for the collective defense of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by section 2806 of 
     title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
     Authorization Acts, $135,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

       For expenses of family housing for the Army for 
     construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
     expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
     $108,695,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

       For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation 
     and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor 
     construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
     premiums, as authorized by law, $375,611,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

       For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
     Corps for construction, including acquisition, replacement, 
     addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized 
     by law, $16,541,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020.

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    Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

       For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
     Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, 
     leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
     and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $353,036,000.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

       For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
     construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
     expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
     $160,498,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
     operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
     minor construction, principal and interest charges, and 
     insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $331,232,000.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

       For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
     agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
     military departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
     and minor construction, as authorized by law, $58,668,000.

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

       For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
     Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base 
     Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 
     $266,334,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee 
     contract for construction, where cost estimates exceed 
     $25,000, to be performed within the United States, except 
     Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
     Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.
       Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for 
     construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles.
       Sec. 103.  Funds made available in this title for 
     construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Department of Transportation, for the 
     construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
     title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized 
     therein are certified as important to the national defense by 
     the Secretary of Defense.
       Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United 
     States for which specific appropriations have not been made.
       Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in 
     excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the Army 
     Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering 
     Command, except: (1) where there is a determination of value 
     by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney 
     General or the designee of the Attorney General; (3) where 
     the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
     determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public 
     interest.
       Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
     preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
     except housing for which funds have been made available in 
     annual Acts making appropriations for military construction.
       Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate 
     any activity from one base or installation to another, 
     without prior notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used for the procurement of steel for any construction 
     project or activity for which American steel producers, 
     fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
     opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
       Sec. 109.  None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense for military construction or family housing during 
     the current fiscal year may be used to pay real property 
     taxes in any foreign nation.
       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without 
     prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
     estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 
     to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 
     Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
     States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
     host nation firms.
       Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     for military construction in the United States territories 
     and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in 
     countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award 
     any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 
     to a foreign contractor:  Provided, That this section shall 
     not be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest 
     responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor 
     exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 
     foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided 
     further, That this section shall not apply to contract awards 
     for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the 
     lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a 
     Marshallese contractor.
       Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
     appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, including 
     the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any 
     proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 
     30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for 
     construction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated 
     to exceed $100,000.
       Sec. 114.  Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for construction in prior years shall be available for 
     construction authorized for each such military department by 
     the authorizations enacted into law during the current 
     session of Congress.
       Sec. 115.  For military construction or family housing 
     projects that are being completed with funds otherwise 
     expired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
     be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, 
     inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those 
     projects and on subsequent claims, if any.
       Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds made available to a military department or defense 
     agency for the construction of military projects may be 
     obligated for a military construction project or contract, or 
     for any portion of such a project or contract, at any time 
     before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
     year for which funds for such project were made available, if 
     the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 
     funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 
     do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus 
     any amount by which the cost of such project is increased 
     pursuant to law.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 117.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
     days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
     pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
     Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined by the 
     Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 
     Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from 
     amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' 
     accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
     purposes and for the same period of time as amounts 
     appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of 
     Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from 
     amounts appropriated for construction of military 
     unaccompanied housing in ``Military Construction'' accounts, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
     directly to the Fund:  Provided, That appropriations made 
     available to the Funds shall be available to cover the costs, 
     as defined in section 502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the 
     Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of 
     subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, 
     pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
     military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and 
     supporting facilities.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 118.  In addition to any other transfer authority 
     available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
     transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
     Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
     Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the 
     Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
     3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged with 
     and be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
     period as the fund to which transferred.
       Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds made available in this title for operation and 
     maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive source 
     of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
     units, including general or flag officer quarters:  Provided, 
     That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annually for 
     the maintenance and repair of any general or flag officer 
     quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a 
     notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
     sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
     except that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted 
     if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs associated 
     with environmental remediation that could not be reasonably 
     anticipated at the time of the budget submission:  Provided 
     further,  That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
     is to report annually to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress all

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     operation and maintenance expenditures for each individual 
     general or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
       Sec. 120.  Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
     Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of 
     title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and shall be 
     available until expended for the purposes specified in 
     subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred 
     pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 121.  During the 5-year period after appropriations 
     available in this Act to the Department of Defense for 
     military construction and family housing operation and 
     maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
     upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
     necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
     authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obligations 
     incurred during the period of availability of such 
     appropriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
     may be transferred into the appropriation ``Foreign Currency 
     Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'', to be merged with and 
     to be available for the same time period and for the same 
     purposes as the appropriation to which transferred.
       Sec. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be used by the 
     Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army that--
       (1) performs a testing mission or function that is not 
     performed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically 
     stipulated in title 10, United States Code; and
       (2) is located at a military installation at which the 
     total number of civilian employees of the Department of the 
     Army and Army contractor personnel employed exceeds 10 
     percent of the total number of members of the regular and 
     reserve components of the Army assigned to the installation.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
     Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense 
     committees that in proposing the relocation of the unit of 
     the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regulation 5-10 
     relating to the policy, procedures, and responsibilities for 
     Army stationing actions.
       Sec. 123.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
     transferred among projects and activities within the account 
     in accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
     construction and family housing construction contained in 
     Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 
     7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of February 2009, as in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 124.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be obligated or expended for planning and design and 
     construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.

                         (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 125.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
     ``Military Construction, Army'' and ``Family Housing 
     Construction, Army'', from prior appropriation Acts (other 
     than appropriations designated by law as being for 
     contingency operations directly related to the global war on 
     terrorism or as an emergency requirement), $86,420,000 are 
     hereby rescinded.

                          (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 126.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
     ``Military Construction, Air Force'', from prior 
     appropriation Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
     law as being for contingency operations directly related to 
     the global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
     $46,400,000 are hereby rescinded.

                         (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 127.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
     ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', from prior 
     appropriation Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
     law as being for contingency operations directly related to 
     the global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
     $134,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 128.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Army'', $34,500,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such funds may only be 
     obligated to carry out construction projects identified in 
     the Department of the Army's Unfunded Priority List for 
     Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Congress:  Provided further, 
     That such funding is for projects as authorized in the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016:  
     Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
     section.
       Sec. 129.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $34,500,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such 
     funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
     projects identified in the Department of the Navy's Unfunded 
     Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided further, That 
     such funding is for projects as authorized in the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided 
     further, That, not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
     plan for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 130.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Army National Guard'', $51,300,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such 
     funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
     projects identified in the Department of the Army's Unfunded 
     Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Congress:  
     Provided further, That such funding is for projects as 
     authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided further, That, not later than 30 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
     under this section.
       Sec. 131.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Army Reserve'', $34,200,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such 
     funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
     projects identified in the Department of the Army's Unfunded 
     Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Congress:  
     Provided further, That such funding is for projects as 
     authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided further, That, not later than 30 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
     under this section.
       Sec. 132.  Notwithstanding section 124, for an additional 
     amount for ``Military Construction, Army'' in this title, 
     $30,000,000 is provided for advances to the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Department of Transportation, for 
     construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
     title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 133.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Air Force'', $21,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such funds may only 
     be obligated to carry out construction projects identified in 
     the Department of the Air Force's Unfunded Priority List for 
     Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Congress:  Provided further, 
     That such funding is for projects as authorized in the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016:  
     Provided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 134.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Air National Guard'', $6,100,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such 
     funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
     projects identified in the Department of the Air Force's 
     Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to 
     Congress:  Provided further, That such funding is for 
     projects as authorized in the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided further, That not later 
     than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
     for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 135.  For the purposes of this Act, the term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' means the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
     Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
     Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.

                         (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 136.  Of the unobligated balances made available in 
     prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in section 
     1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
     Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than 
     appropriations designated by law as being for contingency 
     operations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 
     as an emergency requirement), $105,000,000 are hereby 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 137.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Air Force Reserve'', $10,400,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such 
     funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
     projects identified in the Department of the Air Force's 
     Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to 
     Congress:  Provided further, That such funding is for 
     projects as authorized in the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided further, That not later 
     than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
     for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 138.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relocate any 
     element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engineer 
     Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED 
     HORSE) outside of the United States until

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     the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis and 
     comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment required 
     to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron outside of 
     the United States versus within the United States; (2) 
     provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress (``the Committees'') a report detailing the 
     findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies in writing 
     to the Committees that the preferred site for the 
     consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for 
     the Air Force:  Provided, That the term ``United States'' in 
     this section does not include any territory or possession of 
     the United States.
       Sec. 139.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to carry out the closure or transfer of the United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
     veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
     authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 
     55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 
     53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and burial 
     benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, 
     emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
     service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on 
     commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the 
     provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
     authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
     chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
     Code, $162,948,673,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $86,083,128,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2016:  Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 of the amount 
     made available for fiscal year 2016 and $16,021,000 of the 
     amount made available for fiscal year 2017 under this heading 
     shall be reimbursed to ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
     Benefits Administration'', and ``Information Technology 
     Systems'' for necessary expenses in implementing the 
     provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United 
     States Code, the funding source for which is specifically 
     provided as the ``Compensation and Pensions'' appropriation:  
     Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 
     actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
     ``Medical Care Collections Fund'' to augment the funding of 
     individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
     to pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

       For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 
     31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, 
     United States Code, $30,654,185,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $16,340,828,000 shall become 
     available on October 1, 2016:  Provided, That expenses for 
     rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 
     Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of 
     section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
     under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, 
     shall be charged to this account.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

       For military and naval insurance, national service life 
     insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled 
     veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
     authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
     Code, $169,080,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which $91,920,000 shall become available on October 1, 2016.

                 veterans housing benefit program fund

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
     may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 
     subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United 
     States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
     of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, 
     That, during fiscal year 2016, within the resources 
     available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
     direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
     loans.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,558,000.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized by 
     chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That 
     such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974:  Provided further, That funds made available under 
     this heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
     the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
     $2,952,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $367,000, which may be paid to 
     the appropriation for ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
     Benefits Administration''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
     program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, 
     United States Code, $1,134,000.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

       For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by 
     law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
     beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
     veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
     States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 
     under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 
     medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food 
     services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
     hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 
     as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 
     Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as 
     authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
     loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 
     and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 
     111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital 
     care and medical services authorized by section 1787 of title 
     38, United States Code; $2,369,158,000, which shall be in 
     addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading 
     that became available on October 1, 2015; and, in addition, 
     $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available 
     on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, of the amount made 
     available on October 1, 2016, under this heading, 
     $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2018:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 
     for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 
     income, or have special needs:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the 
     provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment 
     priority groups 1 through 6:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
     drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to 
     enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
     on requirements established by the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That the implementation of the program described in 
     the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That, of 
     the amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 
     heading, not less than $1,500,000,000 shall be available for 
     Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) clinical treatments, including 
     clinical treatments with modern medications that have 
     significantly higher cure rates than older medications, are 
     easier to prescribe, and have fewer and milder side effects:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this 
     heading for medical supplies and equipment are available for 
     the acquisition of gender appropriate prosthetics.

                     medical support and compliance

       For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
     medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
     supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; 
     administrative expenses in support of capital policy 
     activities; and administrative and legal expenses of the 
     Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the 
     Department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United 
     States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
     U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,524,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
     shall become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, of the 
     amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this heading, 
     $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018.

                           medical facilities

       For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
     hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other 
     necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; 
     for administrative expenses in support of planning, design, 
     project management, real property acquisition and 
     disposition, construction, and renovation of any facility 
     under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; for 
     oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
     charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
     or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
     under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise 
     provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
     employees and purchase of materials; for leases of 
     facilities; and for laundry services; $105,132,000, which 
     shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
     this heading that became available on October 1, 2015; and, 
     in addition, $5,074,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
     become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, of the 
     amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this heading, 
     $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018.

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                    medical and prosthetic research

       For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
     and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 
     chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, $630,735,000, 
     plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017:  Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this 
     heading are available for gender appropriate prosthetic 
     research and toxic exposure research.

                    National Cemetery Administration

       For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery 
     Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
     provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
     cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
     passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
     improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
     National Cemetery Administration, $271,220,000, of which not 
     to exceed $26,600,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017.

                      Departmental Administration

                         general administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
     administrative expenses in support of Department-wide capital 
     planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, or 
     allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
     Administration for security guard services, $336,659,000, of 
     which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That funds provided under this 
     heading may be transferred to ``General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration''.

                       board of veterans appeals

       For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans 
     Appeals, $109,884,000, of which not to exceed $10,788,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

      general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

       For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General 
     Services Administration for security guard services, and 
     reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of 
     overseas employee mail, $2,707,734,000:  Provided, That 
     expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
     paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of 
     title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 
     (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and 
     to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve 
     maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to 
     this account:  Provided further, That, of the funds made 
     available under this heading, not to exceed $160,000,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

                     information technology systems

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for information technology systems 
     and telecommunications support, including developmental 
     information systems and operational information systems; for 
     pay and associated costs; and for the capital asset 
     acquisition of information technology systems, including 
     management and related contractual costs of said 
     acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
     operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
     States Code, $4,133,363,000, plus reimbursements:  Provided, 
     That $1,115,757,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
     which not to exceed $34,800,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That $2,512,863,000 
     shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
     exceed $175,000,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017:  Provided further, That $504,743,000 shall be for 
     information technology systems development, modernization, 
     and enhancement, and shall remain available until September 
     30, 2017:  Provided further, That amounts made available for 
     information technology systems development, modernization, 
     and enhancement may not be obligated or expended until the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information 
     Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be 
     obligated and expended for each development project:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available for salaries 
     and expenses, operations and maintenance, and information 
     technology systems development, modernization, and 
     enhancement may be transferred among the three subaccounts 
     after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
     authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available for the 
     ``Information Technology Systems'' account for development, 
     modernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 
     projects or to newly defined projects:  Provided further, 
     That no project may be increased or decreased by more than 
     $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 
     make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 
     response, a period of 30 days has elapsed:  Provided further, 
     That funds under this heading may be used by the Interagency 
     Program Office through the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
     define data standards, code sets, and value sets used to 
     enable interoperability:  Provided further, That, of the 
     funds made available for information technology systems 
     development, modernization, and enhancement for VistA 
     Evolution, not more than 25 percent may be obligated or 
     expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
     and such Committees approve, a report that describes: (1) the 
     status of and changes to the VistA Evolution program plan 
     dated March 24, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the 
     ``Plan''), the VistA 4 product roadmap dated February 26, 
     2015 (``Roadmap''), and the VistA 4 Incremental Life Cycle 
     Cost Estimate, dated October 26, 2014; (2) any changes to the 
     scope or functionality of projects within the VistA Evolution 
     program as established in the Plan; (3) actual program costs 
     incurred to date; (4) progress in meeting the schedule 
     milestones that have been established in the Plan; (5) a 
     Project Management Accountability System (PMAS) Dashboard 
     Progress report that identifies each VistA Evolution project 
     being tracked through PMAS, what functionality it is intended 
     to provide, and what evaluation scores it has received 
     throughout development; (6) the definition being used for 
     interoperability between the electronic health record systems 
     of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, the metrics to measure the extent of 
     interoperability, the milestones and timeline associated with 
     achieving interoperability, and the baseline measurements 
     associated with interoperability; (7) progress toward 
     developing and implementing all components and levels of 
     interoperability, including semantic interoperability; (8) 
     the change management tools in place to facilitate the 
     implementation of VistA Evolution and interoperability; and 
     (9) any changes to the governance structure for the VistA 
     Evolution program and its chain of decisionmaking authority:  
     Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
     heading for information technology systems development, 
     modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 
     and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the 
     explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
     preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     to include information technology, in carrying out the 
     provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.), $136,766,000, of which not to exceed $12,676,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017.

                      construction, major projects

       For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
     the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
     jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
     316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
     Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, 
     architectural and engineering services, construction 
     management services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
     costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
     project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
     storm drainage system construction costs, and site 
     acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 
     than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
     38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 
     made available in a previous major project appropriation, 
     $1,243,800,000, of which $1,163,800,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2020, and of which $80,000,000 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That except 
     for advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
     which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
     capital asset management related activities, including 
     portfolio development and management activities, and 
     investment strategy studies funded through the advance 
     planning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
     through the design fund, including needs assessments which 
     may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries and 
     associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee those 
     capital investments funded through this account, and funds 
     provided for the purchase of land for the National Cemetery 
     Administration through the land acquisition line item, none 
     of the funds made available under this heading shall be used 
     for any project which has not been approved by the Congress 
     in the budgetary process:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading for fiscal year 2016, for each 
     approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
     construction documents contract by September 30, 2016; and 
     (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 
     30, 2017:  Provided further, That the

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     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     written report on any approved major construction project for 
     which obligations are not incurred within the time 
     limitations established above:  Provided further, That, of 
     the amount made available under this heading, $649,000,000 
     for Veterans Health Administration major construction 
     projects shall not be available until the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs--
       (1) enters into an agreement with an appropriate non-
     Department of Veterans Affairs Federal entity to serve as the 
     design and/or construction agent for any Veterans Health 
     Administration major construction project with a Total 
     Estimated Cost of $100,000,000 or above by providing full 
     project management services, including management of the 
     project design, acquisition, construction, and contract 
     changes, consistent with section 502 of Public Law 114-58; 
     and
       (2) certifies in writing that such an agreement is executed 
     and intended to minimize or prevent subsequent major 
     construction project cost overruns and provides a copy of the 
     agreement entered into and any required supplementary 
     information to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.

                      construction, minor projects

       For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
     the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
     jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
     may lead to capital investments, architectural and 
     engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
     services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 
     under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
     utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
     site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
     sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United 
     States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the estimated 
     cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
     forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States 
     Code, $406,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020, along with unobligated balances of previous 
     ``Construction, Minor Projects'' appropriations which are 
     hereby made available for any project where the estimated 
     cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth in such 
     section:  Provided, That funds made available under this 
     heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical 
     facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
     Department which are necessary because of loss or damage 
     caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) 
     temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 
     further loss by such causes.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

       For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
     nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 
     modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
     domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to 
     veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of title 
     38, United States Code, $120,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

             grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

       For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
     establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as 
     authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, 
     $46,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for 
     ``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
     ``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' may be transferred as 
     necessary to any other of the mentioned appropriations:  
     Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
     authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue an 
     approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
     elapsed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this or any other 
     Act, under the ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and 
     Compliance'', and ``Medical Facilities'' accounts may be 
     transferred among the accounts:  Provided, That any transfers 
     between the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical Support and 
     Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
     amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act 
     may take place subject to notification from the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: 
      Provided further, That any transfers between the ``Medical 
     Services'' and ``Medical Support and Compliance'' accounts in 
     excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 
     for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 
     requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 
     approval is issued:  Provided further, That any transfers to 
     or from the ``Medical Facilities'' account may take place 
     only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
     make the transfer and an approval is issued.
       Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for 
     salaries and expenses shall be available for services 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
     or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized 
     by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the 
     appropriations for ``Construction, Major Projects'', and 
     ``Construction, Minor Projects'') shall be available for the 
     purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
     new hospital or home.
       Sec. 205.  No appropriations in this title shall be 
     available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
     (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or 
     examination under the laws providing such benefits to 
     veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
     7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the 
     cost of such hospitalization or examination is made to the 
     ``Medical Services'' account at such rates as may be fixed by 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for 
     ``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
     ``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' shall be available for 
     payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be 
     recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts 
     within the last quarter of fiscal year 2015.
       Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be 
     available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
     prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
     3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
     except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
     they shall be payable only from ``Compensation and 
     Pensions''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
     section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans' 
     Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
     United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
     Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United States 
     Code, reimburse the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
     Benefits Administration'' and ``Information Technology 
     Systems'' accounts for the cost of administration of the 
     insurance programs financed through those accounts:  
     Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
     surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance program 
     during fiscal year 2016 that are available for dividends in 
     that program after claims have been paid and actuarially 
     determined reserves have been set aside:  Provided further, 
     That if the cost of administration of such an insurance 
     program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in 
     that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent 
     of such surplus earnings:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
     fiscal year 2016 which is properly allocable to the provision 
     of each such insurance program and to the provision of any 
     total disability income insurance included in that insurance 
     program.
       Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
     proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
     that account during a prior fiscal year for providing 
     enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the 
     fiscal year in which the proceeds are received.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for 
     salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
     available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of 
     Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 
     section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
     provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not to 
     exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution Management 
     and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimination 
     Complaint Adjudication:  Provided, That payments may be made 
     in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
     costs:  Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
     credited to the ``General Administration'' and ``Information 
     Technology Systems'' accounts for use by the office that 
     provided the service.

                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 211.  Of the amounts made available to the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for the Office of 
     Rural Health under the heading ``Medical Services'', 
     including any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2016 
     provided in prior appropriation Acts, up to $20,000,000 may 
     be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated under 
     the heading ``Grants for Construction of State Extended Care 
     Facilities''.
       Sec. 212.  No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or 
     medical

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     services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, 
     United States Code, for a non-service-connected disability 
     described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that 
     person has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
     such form as the Secretary may require, current, accurate 
     third-party reimbursement information for purposes of section 
     1729 of such title:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
     recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United 
     States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from 
     any person who does not make such disclosure as required:  
     Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care or 
     services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by 
     the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are 
     received.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing 
     activities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
     ``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor 
     Projects'' accounts and be used for construction (including 
     site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and 
     improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction 
     or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such 
     sums as realized are in addition to the amount provided for 
     in ``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor 
     Projects''.
       Sec. 214.  Amounts made available under ``Medical 
     Services'' are available--
       (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 
     equipment; and
       (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
     expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 
     receiving care in the Department.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 215.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 
     Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, 
     United States Code, may be transferred to ``Medical 
     Services'', to remain available until expended for the 
     purposes of that account.
       Sec. 216.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 
     agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations which 
     are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian 
     Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
     serving rural Alaska which have entered into contracts with 
     the Indian Health Service under the Indian Self Determination 
     and Educational Assistance Act, to provide healthcare, 
     including behavioral health and dental care. The Secretary 
     shall require participating veterans and facilities to comply 
     with all appropriate rules and regulations, as established by 
     the Secretary. The term ``rural Alaska'' shall mean those 
     lands sited within the external boundaries of the Alaska 
     Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(1)-(4) and (7)-(12) 
     of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 
     U.S.C. 1606), and those lands within the Alaska Native 
     regions specified in sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the 
     Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
     1606), which are not within the boundaries of the 
     municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, 
     the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 217.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 
     8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to 
     the ``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, 
     Minor Projects'' accounts, to remain available until expended 
     for the purposes of these accounts.
       Sec. 218.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors 
     of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from conducting 
     outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans within their 
     respective Networks.
       Sec. 219.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
     fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress a report on the financial status of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter:  Provided, 
     That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 
     contained in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
     (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) 
     in the paragraph entitled ``Quarterly Report'', under the 
     heading ``General Administration''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 220.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical 
     Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical 
     Facilities'', ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
     Administration'', ``General Administration'', and ``National 
     Cemetery Administration'' accounts for fiscal year 2016 may 
     be transferred to or from the ``Information Technology 
     Systems'' account:  Provided, That such transfers may not 
     result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the 
     total amount made available by this Act for the ``Information 
     Technology Systems'' account:  Provided further, That, before 
     a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 
     approval is issued.
       Sec. 221.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent 
     with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
     Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
     Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 
     8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 222.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ``Medical 
     Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical 
     Facilities'', ``Construction, Minor Projects'', and 
     ``Information Technology Systems'', up to $267,521,000, plus 
     reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 
     Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
     Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
     (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for 
     operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
     medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
     Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That 
     additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated 
     in this section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
     of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
     written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That section 223 of Title II of Division I 
     of Public Law 113-235 is repealed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 223.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2016, 
     for ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', 
     and ``Medical Facilities'', up to $265,675,000, plus 
     reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 
     Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
     Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
     (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for 
     operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
     medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
     Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That 
     additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated 
     in this section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
     of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
     written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 224.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 
     Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, 
     United States Code, for healthcare provided at facilities 
     designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
     described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
     110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) for 
     transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
     established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 
     123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
     designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
     described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
     110-417; 122 Stat. 4500).

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 225.  Of the amounts available in this title for 
     ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and 
     ``Medical Facilities'', a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, 
     as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 
     Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 
     authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code.

                    (including rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II of 
     division I of Public Law 113-235, the following amounts which 
     became available on October 1, 2015, are hereby rescinded 
     from the following accounts in the amounts specified:
       (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services'', 
     $1,400,000,000.
       (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
     Compliance'', $100,000,000.
       (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities'', 
     $250,000,000.
       (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 
     an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
     accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:
       (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services'', 
     $1,400,000,000.
       (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
     Compliance'', $100,000,000.
       (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities'', 
     $250,000,000.

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       Sec. 227.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     of all bid savings in a major construction project that total 
     at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed amount of 
     the project, whichever is less:  Provided, That such 
     notification shall occur within 14 days of a contract 
     identifying the programmed amount:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of 
     such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of 
     such savings.
       Sec. 228.  None of the funds made available for 
     ``Construction, Major Projects'' may be used for a project in 
     excess of the scope specified for that project in the 
     original justification data provided to the Congress as part 
     of the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 229.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 
     information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 
     Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a 
     disability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims 
     pending more than 125 days, disaggregated by initial and 
     supplemental claims; (3) error rates; (4) the number of 
     claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within the 
     quarter to address poor performance; (6) training programs 
     undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Quality Review 
     Team audits:  Provided, That each quarterly report shall be 
     submitted no later than 30 days after the end of the 
     respective quarter.
       Sec. 230.  Of the funds provided to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ``Medical 
     Services'' and ``Medical Support and Compliance'', a maximum 
     of $5,000,000 may be obligated from the ``Medical Services'' 
     account and a maximum of $154,596,000 may be obligated from 
     the ``Medical Support and Compliance'' account for the VistA 
     Evolution and electronic health record interoperability 
     projects:  Provided, That funds in addition to these amounts 
     may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and electronic 
     health record interoperability projects upon written 
     notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 231.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide 
     written notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organizational 
     changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more full-time 
     equivalents from one organizational unit of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to another.
       Sec. 232.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide 
     on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress notification of any single national 
     outreach and awareness marketing campaign in which 
     obligations exceed $2,000,000.
       Sec. 233.  None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to 
     replace the current system by which the Veterans Integrated 
     Service Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring 
     supplies and equipment.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 234.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
     determination that such action is necessary to address needs 
     of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
     ``Medical Services'' account any discretionary appropriations 
     made available for fiscal year 2016 in this title (except 
     appropriations made to the ``General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration'' account) or any 
     discretionary unobligated balances within the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2016, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
     Acts:  Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 
     approval of the Office of Management and Budget:  Provided 
     further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 
     is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
     law:  Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
     from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985:  Provided further, That such authority to transfer may 
     not be used unless for higher priority items, based on 
     emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which 
     originally appropriated and in no case where the item for 
     which funds are requested has been denied by Congress:  
     Provided further, That, upon determination that all or part 
     of the funds transferred from an appropriation are not 
     necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 
     appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes as 
     originally appropriated:  Provided further, That before a 
     transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
     receive approval of that request.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 235.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, under the ``Board of 
     Veterans Appeals'' and the ``General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration'' accounts may be 
     transferred between such accounts:  Provided, That before a 
     transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
     receive approval from such Committees for such request.

                         (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 236.  Of the unobligated balances available within the 
     ``DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund'', $30,000,000 
     are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 237.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
     reprogram funds among major construction projects or programs 
     if such instance of reprogramming will exceed $5,000,000, 
     unless such reprogramming is approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 238.  Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``or under title 38'' 
     after ``of this title''.
       Sec. 239.  Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying out 
     the duties and responsibilities established under the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work 
     product that makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests 
     corrective action, the Inspector General shall--
       ``(A) submit the work product to--
       ``(i) the Secretary;
       ``(ii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate;
       ``(iii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
       ``(iv) if the work product was initiated upon request by an 
     individual or entity other than the Inspector General, that 
     individual or entity; and
       ``(v) any Member of Congress upon request; and
       ``(B) the Inspector General shall submit all final work 
     products to--
       ``(i) if the work product was initiated upon request by an 
     individual or entity other than the Inspector General, that 
     individual or entity; and
       ``(ii) any Member of Congress upon request; and
       ``(C) not later than 3 days after the work product is 
     submitted in final form to the Secretary, post the work 
     product on the Internet website of the Inspector General.
       ``(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
     authorize the public disclosure of information that is 
     specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
     provision of law.''.
       Sec. 240.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to pay the salary of any individual who (a) was the 
     Executive Director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics 
     and Construction, and (b) who retired from Federal service in 
     the midst of an investigation, initiated by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, into delays and cost overruns associated 
     with the design and construction of the new medical center in 
     Aurora, Colorado.
       Sec. 241.  None of the funds appropriated in this or prior 
     appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any 
     amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund 
     to any other account within the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       Sec. 242.  None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by title II may be used to carry out the Home 
     Marketing Incentive Program of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs or to carry out the Appraisal Value Offer Program of 
     the Department with respect to an employee of the Department 
     in a senior executive position (as defined in section 713(g) 
     of title 38, United States Code):  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may waive this prohibition with respect to the use 
     of the Home Marketing Incentive Program and Appraisal Value 
     Offer Program to recruit for a position for which recruitment 
     or retention of qualified personnel is likely to be difficult 
     in the absence of the use of these incentives:  Provided 
     further, That within 15 days of a determination by the 
     Secretary to waive this prohibition, the Secretary shall 
     submit written notification thereof to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress containing the 
     reasons and identifying the position title for which the 
     waiver has been issued.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 243.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the ``Recurring 
     Expenses Transformational Fund'' (the Fund):  Provided, That 
     unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
     appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the 
     General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs by this or any other Act may be transferred (at the 
     end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for 
     which such funds are available for the purposes for which 
     appropriated) into the Fund:  Provided

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     further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be 
     available until expended, and in addition to such other funds 
     as may be available for such purposes, for facilities 
     infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring 
     maintenance, at existing hospitals and clinics of the 
     Veterans Health Administration, and information technology 
     systems improvements and sustainment, subject to approval by 
     the Office of Management and Budget:  Provided further, That 
     prior to obligation of any amounts in the Fund, the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
     make such obligation and such Committees issue an approval, 
     or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.
  


                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
     acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
     purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
     cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its 
     territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space 
     in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replacement basis 
     only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
     $7,500 for official reception and representation expenses; 
     and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
     countries, when required by law of such countries, 
     $105,100,000, to remain available until expended.

                 foreign currency fluctuations account

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes 
     authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
     States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 
     sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, 
     $32,141,000:  Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be available 
     for the purpose of providing financial assistance as 
     described, and in accordance with the process and reporting 
     procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-
     229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
     improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and 
     Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or 
     lease of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-
     for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $79,516,000, of which 
     not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2018. In addition, such sums as may be 
     necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, 
     to be derived from the ``Lease of Department of Defense Real 
     Property for Defense Agencies'' account.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               trust fund

       For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
     to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
     Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces 
     Retirement Home--Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds 
     available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, 
     $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for construction and renovation of the physical 
     plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, 
     District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
     Gulfport, Mississippi:  Provided, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading from funds available in the 
     Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $20,000,000 shall be 
     paid from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 301.  Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
     ``Department of Defense--Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army'', 
     may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the 
     relocation of the federally owned water main at Arlington 
     National Cemetery, making additional land available for 
     ground burials.
       Sec. 302.  Amounts deposited into the special account 
     established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall 
     be available until expended to support activities at the Army 
     National Military Cemeteries.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 402.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is 
     made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
     funds are made available that the program, project, or 
     activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
     to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
     rights, or unfunded mandates.
       Sec. 403.  All departments and agencies funded under this 
     Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
     statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
     ``E-Commerce'' technologies and procedures in the conduct of 
     their business practices and public service activities.
       Sec. 404.  Unless stated otherwise, all reports and 
     notifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
     Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
     and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military 
     Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
       Sec. 405.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer 
     made by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 406.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for a project or program named for an individual 
     serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of 
     the United States House of Representatives.
       Sec. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
     this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
     the public Web site of that agency any report required to be 
     submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the 
     determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
     the national interest.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
     security; or
       (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
     information.
       (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     only after such report has been made available to the 
     requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
     than 45 days.
       Sec. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 409.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for 
     first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of 
     title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 410.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 
     including construction services, where the contractor has not 
     complied with Executive Order No. 12989.
       Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles 
     for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, 
     except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--Federal 
     Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
       Sec. 412. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in 
     this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any 
     facility in the United States, its territories, or 
     possessions to house any individual detained at United States 
     Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of 
     detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control 
     of the Department of Defense.
       (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
     individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
       (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is--
       (A) in the custody or under the effective control of the 
     Department of Defense; or
       (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
        This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction, 
     Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2016''.

   DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

       For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
     Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $5,622,170,000, 
     of which up

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     to $629,055,000 may remain available until September 30, 
     2017, and of which up to $1,428,468,000 may remain available 
     until expended for Worldwide Security Protection:  Provided, 
     That funds made available under this heading shall be 
     allocated in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
     follows:
       (1) Human resources.--For necessary expenses for training, 
     human resources management, and salaries, including 
     employment without regard to civil service and classification 
     laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed 
     $700,000), as authorized by section 801 of the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 
     $2,181,622,000, of which up to $358,833,000 is for Worldwide 
     Security Protection.
       (2) Overseas programs.--For necessary expenses for the 
     regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
     activities as authorized by law, $1,561,840,000.
       (3) Diplomatic policy and support.--For necessary expenses 
     for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 
     including representation to certain international 
     organizations in which the United States participates 
     pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and 
     consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress, general 
     administration, and arms control, nonproliferation and 
     disarmament activities as authorized, $791,121,000.
       (4) Security programs.--For necessary expenses for security 
     activities, $1,087,587,000, of which up to $1,069,635,000 is 
     for Worldwide Security Protection.
       (5) Fees and payments collected.--In addition to amounts 
     otherwise made available under this heading--
       (A) not to exceed $1,840,900 shall be derived from fees 
     collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 
     facilities located at the International Center in accordance 
     with section 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 
     addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, 
     to be derived from the reserve authorized by that section, to 
     be used for the purposes set out in that section;
       (B) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
     credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
     received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, and 
     publication programs and from fees from educational advising 
     and counseling and exchange visitor programs; and
       (C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
     reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House 
     facilities.
       (6) Transfer, reprogramming, and other matters.--
       (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds 
     may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs (1) through 
     (4) under this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act.
       (B) Of the amount made available under this heading, not to 
     exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, 
     funds made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', to be 
     available only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as 
     authorized.
       (C) Funds appropriated under this heading are available for 
     acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to section 
     1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 
     examination of programs and activities in the United States 
     funded from any account contained in this title.
       (D) Funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available for Conflict Stabilization Operations and for 
     related reconstruction and stabilization assistance to 
     prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in foreign 
     countries or regions, or to enable transition from such 
     strife.
       (E) Funds appropriated under this heading in this Act that 
     are designated for Worldwide Security Protection shall 
     continue to be made available for support of security-related 
     training at sites in existence prior to the enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided, That in addition to such funds, up to 
     $99,113,000 of the funds made available under this heading in 
     this Act may be obligated for a Foreign Affairs Security 
     Training Center (FASTC) only after the Secretary of State--
       (i) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     comprehensive analysis of a minimum of three different 
     locations for FASTC assessing the feasibility and comparing 
     the costs and benefits of delivering training at each such 
     location; and
       (ii) notifies the appropriate congressional committees at 
     least 15 days in advance of such obligation:  Provided, That 
     such notification shall also include a justification for any 
     decision made by the Department of State to obligate funds 
     for FASTC.
       (F) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
     be used for the preservation of religious sites unless the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that such sites are historically, 
     artistically, or culturally significant, that the purpose of 
     the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the free 
     exercise of religion, and that the project is in the national 
     interest of the United States.

                        capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
     $66,400,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     authorized.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $72,700,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), as it relates to 
     post inspections:  Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, $10,905,000 may remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

               educational and cultural exchange programs

       For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
     as authorized, $590,900,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which not less than $236,000,000 shall be for 
     the Fulbright Program and not less than $102,000,000 shall be 
     for Citizen Exchange Program, including $4,000,000 for the 
     Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange:  Provided, That fees or 
     other payments received from, or in connection with, English 
     teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, and 
     exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited to 
     this account, to remain available until expended:  Provided 
     further, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations detailing modifications made to 
     existing educational and cultural exchange programs since 
     calendar year 2014, including for special academic and 
     special professional and cultural exchanges:  Provided 
     further, That a portion of the Fulbright awards from the 
     Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated as 
     Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That 
     Department of State-designated sponsors may not issue a Form 
     DS-2019 (Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-
     1) Status) to place student participants in seafood product 
     preparation or packaging positions in the Summer Work Travel 
     program in fiscal year 2016 unless prior to issuing such Form 
     the sponsor provides to the Secretary of State a description 
     of such program and verifies in writing to the Secretary that 
     such program fully complies with part 62 of title 22 of the 
     Code of Federal Regulations, notwithstanding subsection 
     62.32(h)(16) of such part, and with the requirements 
     specified under this heading in the explanatory statement 
     described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
     this Consolidated Act):  Provided further, That any 
     substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to 
     programs funded by this Act under this heading shall be 
     subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                        representation expenses

       For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000.

              protection of foreign missions and officials

       For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
     Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
     services, as authorized, $30,036,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017.

            embassy security, construction, and maintenance

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
     Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 
     maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are 
     owned or directly leased by the Department of State, 
     renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the 
     Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic 
     Security Construction Program as authorized, $785,097,000, to 
     remain available until expended as authorized, of which not 
     to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas 
     representation expenses as authorized:  Provided, That none 
     of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
     available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or 
     generators for other departments and agencies.
       In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
     acquisition, and construction as authorized, $688,799,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That not later 
     than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the 
     proposed allocation of funds made available under this 
     heading and the actual and anticipated proceeds of sales for 
     all projects in fiscal year 2016.

           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

       For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 
     meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
     Consular Service, $7,900,000, to remain available until 
     expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
     be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Repatriation Loans Program 
     Account'', subject to the same terms and conditions.

                   repatriation loans program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized:  
     Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That

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     such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
     the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
     $2,444,528.

              payment to the american institute in taiwan

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 
     Act (Public Law 96-8), $30,000,000.

     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000.

                      International Organizations

              contributions to international organizations

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
     annual obligations of membership in international 
     multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
     pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions 
     or specific Acts of Congress, $1,344,458,000:  Provided, That 
     the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submission 
     of the President's budget to Congress under section 1105(a) 
     of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 
     the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 
     (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of 
     any United Nations action to increase funding for any United 
     Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease 
     elsewhere in the United Nations budget:  Provided further, 
     That not later than May 1, 2016, and 30 days after the end of 
     fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations any credits available to the 
     United States, including from the United Nations Tax 
     Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2016 and 
     fiscal year 2017 assessment costs including offsets from 
     available credits and updated foreign currency exchange 
     rates:  Provided further, That any such credits shall only be 
     available for United States assessed contributions to the 
     United Nations and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
     notified when such credits are applied to any assessed 
     contribution, including any payment of arrearages:  Provided 
     further, That any notification regarding funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs submitted pursuant 
     to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or 
     any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this 
     Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits currently 
     available to the United States and provide updated assessment 
     costs including offsets from available credits and updated 
     foreign currency exchange rates:  Provided further, That any 
     payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to 
     activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
     and the respective international organization and shall be 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
     for a United States contribution to an international 
     organization for the United States share of interest costs 
     made known to the United States Government by such 
     organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
     through external borrowings:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of State shall review the budgetary and personnel 
     procedures of the United Nations and affiliated agencies 
     funded under this heading and, not later than 180 days after 
     enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on steps taken at each agency to eliminate 
     unnecessary administrative costs and duplicative activities 
     and ensure that personnel practices are transparent and 
     merit-based.

        contributions for international peacekeeping activities

       For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
     of international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
     maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
     security, $666,574,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That none of 
     the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated or 
     expended for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping 
     mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for 
     such mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an 
     emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the 
     Committees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the 
     estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objectives of 
     the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 
     the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
     any reprogrammings and transfers, that will be used to pay 
     the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated 
     cost in future fiscal years:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available for obligation unless the Secretary of State 
     certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United 
     Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures to 
     prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 
     peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from trafficking 
     in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing 
     acts of illegal sexual exploitation or other violations of 
     human rights, and to bring to justice individuals who engage 
     in such acts while participating in such mission, including 
     prosecution in their home countries and making information 
     about such prosecutions publicly available on the Web site of 
     the United Nations:  Provided further, That funds shall be 
     available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of 
     State determines that American manufacturers and suppliers 
     are not being given opportunities to provide equipment, 
     services, and material for United Nations peacekeeping 
     activities equal to those being given to foreign 
     manufacturers and suppliers:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and 
     foreign governments contributing peacekeeping troops to 
     implement effective vetting procedures to ensure that such 
     troops have not violated human rights:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this heading may be used for any United 
     Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United States 
     Armed Forces under the command or operational control of a 
     foreign national, unless the President's military advisors 
     have submitted to the President a recommendation that such 
     involvement is in the national interest of the United States 
     and the President has submitted to Congress such a 
     recommendation:  Provided further, That not later than May 1, 
     2016, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2016, the 
     Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations any credits available to the United States, 
     including those resulting from United Nations peacekeeping 
     missions or the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and 
     provide updated fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 
     assessment costs including offsets from available credits:  
     Provided further, That any such credits shall only be 
     available for United States assessed contributions to the 
     United Nations, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
     notified when such credits are applied to any assessed 
     contribution, including any payment of arrearages:  Provided 
     further, That any notification regarding funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs submitted pursuant 
     to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or 
     any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this 
     Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits currently 
     available to the United States and provide updated assessment 
     costs including offsets from available credits:  Provided 
     further, That any payment of arrearages with funds 
     appropriated by this Act shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work with 
     the United Nations and members of the United Nations Security 
     Council to evaluate and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and 
     to consider a draw down when mission goals have been 
     substantially achieved:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading 
     shall be available for United States assessed contributions 
     up to the amount specified in Annex IV accompanying United 
     Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/220:  Provided 
     further, That such funds may be made available above the 
     amount authorized in section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 
     U.S.C. 287e note) only if the Secretary of State determines 
     and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     it is important to the national interest of the United 
     States.

                       International Commissions

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
     obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or 
     specific Acts of Congress, as follows:

 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

       For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
     and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United 
     States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for 
     representation expenses; as follows:

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     $45,307,000.

                              construction

       For detailed plan preparation and construction of 
     authorized projects, $28,400,000, to remain available until 
     expended, as authorized.

              american sections, international commissions

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
     International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
     Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by 
     treaties between the United

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     States and Canada or Great Britain, and the Border 
     Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the North 
     American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 
     103-182), $12,330,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up 
     to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     and $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses.

                  international fisheries commissions

       For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
     commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
     law, $36,681,000:  Provided, That the United States share of 
     such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
     pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors

                 international broadcasting operations

       For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international 
     communication activities, and to make and supervise grants 
     for radio, Internet, and television broadcasting to the 
     Middle East, $734,087,000:  Provided, That in addition to 
     amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
     $31,135,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may 
     remain available until expended for satellite transmissions 
     and Internet freedom programs, of which not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs:  Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated under this 
     heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation 
     expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses 
     within the United States as authorized, and not to exceed 
     $30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio Free 
     Europe/Radio Liberty:  Provided further, That the authority 
     provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 
     U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through September 
     30, 2016:  Provided further, That the BBG shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any 
     determination by the Board that any of its broadcast 
     entities, including its grantee organizations, provides an 
     open platform for international terrorists or those who 
     support international terrorism, or is in violation of the 
     principles and standards set forth in subsections (a) and (b) 
     of section 303 of the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity's 
     journalistic code of ethics:  Provided further, That 
     significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours previously 
     justified to Congress, including changes to transmission 
     platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and 
     television), for all BBG language services shall be subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That in addition to funds 
     made available under this heading, and notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from 
     advertising and revenue from business ventures, up to 
     $500,000 in receipts from cooperating international 
     organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts from 
     privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the 
     International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available 
     until expended for carrying out authorized purposes.

                   broadcasting capital improvements

       For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, 
     and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
     digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
     installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 
     and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as 
     authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to 
     amounts otherwise available for such purposes, $4,800,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as authorized.

                            RELATED PROGRAMS

                          The Asia Foundation

       For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 
     Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                    United States Institute of Peace

       For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of 
     Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $35,300,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017, which shall not be used 
     for construction activities.

         Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund

       For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-
     Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 
     the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
     Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 
     U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and earnings 
     accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 2016, to 
     remain available until expended.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

       For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
     Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
     Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
     5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
     Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
     30, 2016, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
     none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
     any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any 
     contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
     rate authorized by section 5376 of title 5, United States 
     Code; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 
     section 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
     including the restrictions on compensation for personal 
     services.

                    Israeli Arab Scholarship Program

       For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
     Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
     U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
     Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
     2016, to remain available until expended.

                            East-West Center

       To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying 
     out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to 
     the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between 
     East and West in the State of Hawaii, $16,700,000.

                    National Endowment for Democracy

       For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
     Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National 
     Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $170,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $117,500,000 
     shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, 
     including for the core institutes, and $52,500,000 shall be 
     for democracy programs.

                           OTHER COMMISSIONS

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
     Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, $676,000, as 
     authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code:  
     Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
     intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph 
     (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter:  Provided further, 
     That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2016:  
     Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such 
     authority.

      United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of 
     the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
     6431 et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, including not more than $4,000 for 
     representation expenses.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, 
     $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation 
     expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
     Commission on the People's Republic of China, as authorized 
     by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 
     U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,000,000, including not more than 
     $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

      United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 
     and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 
     of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,500,000, including not 
     more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That the 
     authorities, requirements, limitations, and conditions 
     contained in the second through sixth provisos under this 
     heading in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 
     Public Law 111-117) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
     year 2016 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
     heading as if included in this Act.

                                TITLE II

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $1,143,614,000, of which up to $171,542,000 may remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading

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     and under the heading ``Capital Investment Fund'' in this 
     title may be made available to finance the construction 
     (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or 
     long-term lease of offices for use by the United States 
     Agency for International Development (USAID), unless the 
     USAID Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds 
     in a report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at 
     least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such 
     purposes:  Provided further, That contracts or agreements 
     entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 
     entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through 
     the following fiscal year:  Provided further, That the 
     authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to 
     transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
     of such Act to ``Operating Expenses'' in accordance with the 
     provisions of those sections:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated or made available under this heading, not 
     to exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and 
     entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 
     available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed 
     $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID 
     during the current fiscal year.

                        capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
     related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
     information technology and related capital investments, 
     pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, $168,300,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
     available for such purposes:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $66,000,000, of which up to $9,900,000 may remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, for the Office of Inspector General 
     of the United States Agency for International Development.

                               TITLE III

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

       For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 
     the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
     other purposes, as follows:

                         global health programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes, $2,833,450,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, and which shall be 
     apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID):  Provided, That this 
     amount shall be made available for training, equipment, and 
     technical assistance to build the capacity of public health 
     institutions and organizations in developing countries, and 
     for such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal 
     health programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration 
     programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation 
     programs which directly address the needs of mothers and 
     children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for 
     children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) 
     programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
     research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other 
     infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, 
     and for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/
     AIDS, including children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) 
     disaster preparedness training for health crises; and (7) 
     family planning/reproductive health:  Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available 
     for a United States contribution to the GAVI Alliance:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available in 
     this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior 
     appropriations Acts may be made available to any organization 
     or program which, as determined by the President of the 
     United States, supports or participates in the management of 
     a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization:  
     Provided further, That any determination made under the 
     previous proviso must be made not later than 6 months after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by 
     the evidence and criteria utilized to make the determination: 
      Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
     under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of 
     abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
     coerce any person to practice abortions:  Provided further, 
     That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter 
     any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under 
     section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to lobby for or against abortion:  Provided 
     further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in 
     developing nations, funds shall be available only to 
     voluntary family planning projects which offer, either 
     directly or through referral to, or information about access 
     to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, 
     and that any such voluntary family planning project shall 
     meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or 
     referral agents in the project shall not implement or be 
     subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total 
     number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 
     acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this 
     provision shall not be construed to include the use of 
     quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and 
     planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment 
     of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: 
     (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning 
     acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 
     target or quota of total number of births, number of family 
     planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of 
     family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or 
     benefit, including the right of access to participate in any 
     program of general welfare or the right of access to health 
     care, as a consequence of any individual's decision not to 
     accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 
     provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 
     on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, 
     including those conditions that might render the use of the 
     method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be 
     consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project 
     shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and 
     devices and medical procedures are provided only in the 
     context of a scientific study in which participants are 
     advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 
     60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator 
     determines that there has been a violation of the 
     requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
     this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the 
     requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 
     Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a report containing a description of such 
     violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency:  
     Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 
     planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of 
     such applicant's religious or conscientious commitment to 
     offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all 
     such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the 
     previous proviso:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
     this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for 
     the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, the term ``motivate'', as it relates to family 
     planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the 
     provision, consistent with local law, of information or 
     counseling about all pregnancy options:  Provided further, 
     That information provided about the use of condoms as part of 
     projects or activities that are funded from amounts 
     appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
     shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of 
     such use.
       In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
     provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
     prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
     AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department 
     of State:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
     paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, except for the United States Leadership 
     Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 
     (Public Law 108-25), as amended, for a United States 
     contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis 
     and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities:  Provided further, That the amount of such 
     contribution should be $1,350,000,000:  Provided further, 
     That section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) and (vi) of Public Law 108-25, 
     as amended, shall be applied with respect to such funds made 
     available for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 by substituting 
     ``2004'' for ``2009'':  Provided further, That up to 5 
     percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available to 
     the Global Fund in fiscal year 2016 may be made available to 
     USAID for technical assistance related to the activities of 
     the Global Fund, subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, 
     up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in addition to 
     amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for 
     administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 
     Global AIDS Coordinator.

                         development assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, 
     and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, $2,780,971,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017.

                   international disaster assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
     international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and 
     reconstruction assistance, $874,763,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

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                         transition initiatives

       For necessary expenses for international disaster 
     rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 
     the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 
     for International Development (USAID), pursuant to section 
     491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to support transition to 
     democracy and long-term development of countries in crisis:  
     Provided, That such support may include assistance to 
     develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 
     processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 
     peaceful resolution of conflict:  Provided further, That the 
     USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new 
     program of assistance:  Provided further, That if the 
     Secretary of State determines that it is important to the 
     national interest of the United States to provide transition 
     assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this 
     heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 
     appropriated under this heading:  Provided further, That 
     funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
     be made available subject to prior consultation with the 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                          complex crises fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and 
     activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen 
     foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $10,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be made available on such 
     terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary for the 
     purposes of preventing or responding to such challenges and 
     crises, except that no funds shall be made available for 
     lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters:  
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and 
     section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     used for administrative expenses, in addition to funds 
     otherwise made available for such purposes, except that such 
     expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be 
     transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds.

                      development credit authority

       For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided 
     by the United States Agency for International Development 
     (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, up to $40,000,000 may be derived by 
     transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     part I of such Act and under the heading ``Assistance for 
     Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'':  Provided, That funds 
     provided under this paragraph and funds provided as a gift 
     that are used for purposes of this paragraph pursuant to 
     section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 
     made available only for micro- and small enterprise programs, 
     urban programs, and other programs which further the purposes 
     of part I of such Act:  Provided further, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed 
     loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available by this paragraph may be 
     used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans 
     under this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That the provisions of 
     section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to 
     the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as 
     reported by the House Committee on International Relations on 
     May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan 
     guarantees provided under this heading, except that the 
     principal amount of loans made or guaranteed under this 
     heading with respect to any single country shall not exceed 
     $300,000,000:  Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 
     which is to be guaranteed, of up to $1,500,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
     credit programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000, which may 
     be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 
     under the heading ``Operating Expenses'' in title II of this 
     Act:  Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2018.

                         economic support fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $1,896,315,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.

                             democracy fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy 
     globally, $150,500,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, of which $88,500,000 shall be made available for 
     the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 
     Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, and 
     $62,000,000 shall be made available for the Bureau for 
     Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
     States Agency for International Development.

            assistance for europe, eurasia and central asia

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act 
     (Public Law 102-511), and the Support for Eastern European 
     Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179), 
     $491,119,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, except section 7070 of this Act, for assistance and 
     related programs for countries identified in section 3 of 
     Public Law 102-511 and section 3(c) of Public Law 101-179, in 
     addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes:  
     Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Global Health Programs'' and ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' that are made available for assistance for such 
     countries shall be administered in accordance with the 
     responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to 
     section 102 of Public Law 102-511 and section 601 of Public 
     Law 101-179:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading shall be considered to be economic assistance 
     under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of 
     making available the administrative authorities contained in 
     that Act for the use of economic assistance.

                          Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

       For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to 
     enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of 
     section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
     Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee and 
     migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and 
     dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; 
     allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of 
     title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of 
     title 5, United States Code, $931,886,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 
     shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 
     humanitarian requirements, and $10,000,000 shall be made 
     available for refugees resettling in Israel.

     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
     1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $50,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                          Independent Agencies

                              peace corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the 
     purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
     administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, 
     $410,000,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Office of 
     Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps may 
     transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as 
     authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, 
     That funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may 
     not be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps 
     overseas operations:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may 
     be available for representation expenses, of which not to 
     exceed $4,000 may be made available for entertainment 
     expenses:  Provided further, That any decision to open, 
     close, significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or 
     overseas office or country program shall be subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations, except that prior 
     consultation and regular notification procedures may be 
     waived when there is a substantial security risk to 
     volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to 
     section 7015(e) of this Act:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
     pay for abortions:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     the previous proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 
     113-76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.

                    millennium challenge corporation

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) 
     (MCA), $901,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     up to $105,000,000 may be available for administrative 
     expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation

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     (the Corporation):  Provided further, That up to 5 percent of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA 
     for fiscal year 2016:  Provided further, That section 605(e) 
     of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge 
     Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA only 
     if such Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to 
     obligate subject to the availability of funds and the mutual 
     agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the 
     entire amount of the United States Government funding 
     anticipated for the duration of the Compact:  Provided 
     further, That the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
     15 days prior to commencing negotiations for any country 
     compact or threshold country program; signing any such 
     compact or threshold program; or terminating or suspending 
     any such compact or threshold program:  Provided further, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading by this Act and 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs that are available 
     to implement section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That no country should be 
     eligible for a threshold program after such country has 
     completed a country compact:  Provided further, That any 
     funds that are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge 
     Compact shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations prior to re-
     obligation:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country shall be a candidate country 
     for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal 
     year if the country has a per capita income equal to or below 
     the World Bank's lower middle income country threshold for 
     the fiscal year and is among the 75 lowest per capita income 
     countries as identified by the World Bank; and the country 
     meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of 
     the MCA, in addition to countries described in the preceding 
     proviso, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes 
     of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the 
     country has a per capita income equal to or below the World 
     Bank's lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal 
     year and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income 
     countries as identified by the World Bank; and the country 
     meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA:  
     Provided further, That any Millennium Challenge Corporation 
     candidate country under section 606 of the MCA with a per 
     capita income that changes in the fiscal year such that the 
     country would be reclassified from a low income country to a 
     lower middle income country or from a lower middle income 
     country to a low income country shall retain its candidacy 
     status in its former income classification for the fiscal 
     year and the 2 subsequent fiscal years:  Provided further, 
     That publication in the Federal Register of a notice of 
     availability of a copy of a Compact on the Millennium 
     Challenge Corporation Web site shall be deemed to satisfy the 
     requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such 
     Compact:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
     the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs shall be available for a threshold program in a 
     country that is not currently a candidate country:  Provided 
     further, That the Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     review of authorities that may allow the Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation to obligate funds that are unobligated from prior 
     fiscal years for compacts in countries that are not eligible 
     for a compact in the current fiscal year:  Provided further, 
     That such review shall include an assessment as set forth in 
     the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
     matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act):  
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be used on a reimbursable basis for such review:  
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be available for 
     representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to 
     exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.

                       inter-american foundation

       For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the 
     Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions 
     of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
     $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation 
     expenses.

              united states african development foundation

       For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 
     International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
     1980 (Public Law 96-533), $30,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed $2,000 may 
     be available for representation expenses:  Provided, That 
     funds made available to grantees may be invested pending 
     expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board 
     of Directors of the United States African Development 
     Foundation (USADF):  Provided further, That interest earned 
     shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was 
     made:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act, in 
     exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 
     may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section 
     with respect to a project and a project may exceed the 
     limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely 
     to foreign currency fluctuation:  Provided further, That the 
     USADF shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations after each time such waiver authority is 
     exercised:  Provided further, That the USADF may make rent or 
     lease payments in advance from appropriations available for 
     such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters in 
     Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions:  
     Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts 
     outside the United States Treasury and retain any interest 
     earned on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of 
     the African Foundation Development Act:  Provided further, 
     That the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 
     Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for program 
     purposes.

                       Department of the Treasury

               international affairs technical assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
     which shall be available notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law.

                                TITLE IV

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State

          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $894,821,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That the 
     provision of assistance by any other United States Government 
     department or agency which is comparable to assistance that 
     may be made available under this heading, but which is 
     provided under any other provision of law, should be provided 
     only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in 
     accordance with the provisions of sections 481(b) and 622(c) 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided further, 
     That the Department of State may use the authority of section 
     608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to 
     its restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency 
     of the United States Government for the purpose of providing 
     such property to a foreign country or international 
     organization under chapter 8 of part I of that Act, subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That section 482(b) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds 
     appropriated under this heading, except that any funds made 
     available notwithstanding such section shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be made available to support 
     training and technical assistance for foreign law 
     enforcement, corrections, and other judicial authorities, 
     utilizing regional partners:  Provided further, That not less 
     than $54,975,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'', which shall be available for the 
     same purposes as funds appropriated under this heading:  
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading that are transferred to another department, agency, 
     or instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant 
     to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     valued in excess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made 
     pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

       For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-
     terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
     $506,381,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, 
     chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded 
     ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related 
     activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
     international organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution to 
     the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
     Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):  Provided,

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     That the Secretary of State shall inform the appropriate 
     congressional committees of information regarding any 
     separate arrangements relating to the ``Road-map for the 
     Clarification of Past and Present Outstanding Issues 
     Regarding Iran's Nuclear Program'' between the IAEA and the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, in classified form if necessary, if 
     such information becomes known to the Department of State:  
     Provided further, That for the clearance of unexploded 
     ordnance, the Secretary of State should prioritize those 
     areas where such ordnance was caused by the United States:  
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall 
     be available notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
     subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, 
     to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to 
     nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons destruction, and 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
     That such funds may also be used for such countries other 
     than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
     international organizations when it is in the national 
     security interest of the United States to do so:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     made available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State 
     determines that Israel is being denied its right to 
     participate in the activities of that Agency:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading for the 
     Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     for conventional weapons destruction programs, including 
     demining and related activities, in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for 
     administrative expenses related to the operation and 
     management of such programs and activities, subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                        peacekeeping operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $131,361,000:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
     heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of such Act, 
     to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign 
     civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to participate 
     in peacekeeping operations:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $35,000,000 shall be made available for a United States 
     contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission 
     in the Sinai:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be obligated except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             international military education and training

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $108,115,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain available 
     until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That the civilian 
     personnel for whom military education and training may be 
     provided under this heading may include civilians who are not 
     members of a government whose participation would contribute 
     to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the 
     military, or respect for human rights:  Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
     exceed $55,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.

                   foreign military financing program

       For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President 
     to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, $4,737,522,000:  Provided, That to expedite the 
     provision of assistance to foreign countries and 
     international organizations, the Secretary of State, 
     following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations 
     and subject to the regular notification procedures of such 
     Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this heading 
     to procure defense articles and services to enhance the 
     capacity of foreign security forces:  Provided further, That 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel, 
     and funds are available for assistance for Jordan and Egypt 
     subject to section 7041 of this Act:  Provided further, That 
     the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
     Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That to the extent that the 
     Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
     purposes, grants made available for Israel under this heading 
     shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be 
     available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less 
     than $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 
     Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 
     research and development:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be made 
     available to support or continue any program initially funded 
     under the authority of section 1206 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 
     119 Stat. 3456), or section 2282 of title 10, United States 
     Code, unless the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Defense, has justified such program to the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading 
     shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act:  Provided further, 
     That funds made available under this heading shall be 
     obligated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph 
     (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code.
       None of the funds made available under this heading shall 
     be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, 
     defense services, or design and construction services that 
     are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms 
     Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to 
     make such procurement has first signed an agreement with the 
     United States Government specifying the conditions under 
     which such procurement may be financed with such funds:  
     Provided, That all country and funding level increases in 
     allocations shall be submitted through the regular 
     notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act:  
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and 
     related activities, and may include activities implemented 
     through nongovernmental and international organizations:  
     Provided further, That only those countries for which 
     assistance was justified for the ``Foreign Military Sales 
     Financing Program'' in the fiscal year 1989 congressional 
     presentation for security assistance programs may utilize 
     funds made available under this heading for procurement of 
     defense articles, defense services, or design and 
     construction services that are not sold by the United States 
     Government under the Arms Export Control Act:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment 
     for defense articles and services:  Provided further, That 
     not more than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, 
     including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only for use outside of the United States, for 
     the general costs of administering military assistance and 
     sales, except that this limitation may be exceeded only 
     through the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
     on Appropriations:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading for general costs of 
     administering military assistance and sales, not to exceed 
     $4,000 may be available for entertainment expenses and not to 
     exceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
      Provided further, That not more than $904,000,000 of funds 
     realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
     Department of Defense during fiscal year 2016 pursuant to 
     section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
     this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                                TITLE V

                        MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                international organizations and programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
     section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
     Participation Act of 1973, $339,000,000, of which up to 
     $10,000,000 may be made available for the Intergovernmental 
     Panel on Climate Change/United Nations Framework Convention 
     on Climate Change:  Provided, That section 307(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 
     contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund.

                  International Financial Institutions

                      global environment facility

       For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development as trustee for the Global Environment 
     Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, $168,263,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

       contribution to the international development association

       For payment to the International Development Association by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,197,128,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

     contribution to the international bank for reconstruction and 
                              development

       For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury for the 
     United States share of the paid-in portion of the increases 
     in capital stock, $186,957,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal 
     year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 
     States share of increases in capital stock in an amount not 
     to exceed $2,928,990,899.

               contribution to the clean technology fund

       For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development as trustee

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     for the Clean Technology Fund by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, $170,680,000, to remain available until expended.

               contribution to the strategic climate fund

       For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development as trustee for the Strategic Climate Fund by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $49,900,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

          contribution to the inter-american development bank

       For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the 
     paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
     $102,020,448, to remain available until expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Inter-American 
     Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
     to the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
     such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $4,098,794,833.

               contribution to the asian development bank

       For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in 
     portion of increase in capital stock, $5,608,435, to remain 
     available until expended.

               contribution to the asian development fund

       For payment to the Asian Development Bank's Asian 
     Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     $104,977,000, to remain available until expended.

              contribution to the african development bank

       For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the 
     paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
     $34,118,027, to remain available until expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
     may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable 
     capital portion of the United States share of such capital 
     stock in an amount not to exceed $507,860,808.

              contribution to the african development fund

       For payment to the African Development Fund by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, $175,668,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

  contribution to the international fund for agricultural development

       For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 
     Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $31,930,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

              global agriculture and food security program

       For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Security 
     Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, $43,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

          contribution to the north american development bank

       For payment to the North American Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the 
     paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
     $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The Secretary of the Treasury may subscribe without fiscal 
     year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 
     States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
     $255,000,000.

                                TITLE VI

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

                           inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

                            program account

       The Export-Import Bank (the Bank) of the United States is 
     authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation, 
     and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the 
     current fiscal year for such corporation:  Provided, That 
     none of the funds available during the current fiscal year 
     may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments 
     for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to 
     any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in 
     Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
     Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance 
     under this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

                        administrative expenses

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
     guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 
     section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 
     exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed 
     $106,250,000:  Provided, That the Export-Import Bank (the 
     Bank) may accept, and use, payment or services provided by 
     transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical 
     services in connection with any transaction for which an 
     application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
     been made:  Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees 
     for necessary expenses (including special services performed 
     on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal 
     services) in connection with the collection of moneys owed 
     the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other 
     assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed 
     the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, 
     or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical 
     aspects of any transaction for which an application for a 
     loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or 
     systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions:  
     Provided further, That in addition to other funds 
     appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 
     credited to this account for such purposes, to remain 
     available until expended.

                           receipts collected

       Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
     1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the amount 
     appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting 
     collections to this account:  Provided, That the sums herein 
     appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a 
     dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as 
     to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the 
     General Fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, That amounts 
     collected in fiscal year 2016 in excess of obligations, up to 
     $10,000,000 shall become available on September 1, 2016, and 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2019.

                Overseas Private Investment Corporation

                           noncredit account

       The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
     to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
     such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds 
     available to it and in accordance with law as may be 
     necessary:  Provided, That the amount available for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance 
     programs (including an amount for official reception and 
     representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall 
     not exceed $62,787,000:  Provided further, That project-
     specific transaction costs, including direct and indirect 
     costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs 
     associated with services provided to specific investors or 
     potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
     administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.

                            program account

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $20,000,000, 
     as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation Noncredit Account:  Provided, That 
     such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974:  Provided further, That such sums shall be available 
     for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments 
     incurred or made during fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018:  
     Provided further, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2016 
     remain available for disbursement through 2024; funds 
     obligated in fiscal year 2017 remain available for 
     disbursement through 2025; and funds obligated in fiscal year 
     2018 remain available for disbursement through 2026:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is 
     authorized to undertake any program authorized by title IV of 
     chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 
     Iraq:  Provided further, That funds made available pursuant 
     to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       In addition, such sums as may be necessary for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
     be derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
     to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account and 
     merged with said account.

                      trade and development agency

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made available to provide 
     comprehensive procurement advice to foreign governments to 
     support local procurements funded by the

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     United States Agency for International Development, the 
     Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Department of 
     State:  Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for 
     representation and entertainment expenses.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                      allowances and differentials

       Sec. 7001.  Funds appropriated under title I of this Act 
     shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
     allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 
     of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 
     section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 
     transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 
     United States Code.

                      unobligated balances report

       Sec. 7002.  Any department or agency of the United States 
     Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative 
     unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances 
     by program, project, and activity, and Treasury Account Fund 
     Symbol of all funds received by such department or agency in 
     fiscal year 2016 or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated 
     by fiscal year:  Provided, That the report required by this 
     section should specify by account the amount of funds 
     obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 
     been further sub-obligated.

                          consulting services

       Sec. 7003.  The expenditure of any appropriation under 
     title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
     procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where 
     such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
     for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
     existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued 
     pursuant to existing law.

                         diplomatic facilities

       Sec. 7004. (a) Capital Security Cost Sharing.--Of funds 
     provided under title I of this Act, except as provided in 
     subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic facility 
     of the United States may not include office space or other 
     accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency or 
     department if the Secretary of State determines that such 
     department or agency has not provided to the Department of 
     State the full amount of funding required by subsection (e) 
     of section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
     Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 
     1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G 
     of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A-453), as amended by section 629 
     of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
     Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.
       (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding the prohibition in 
     subsection (a), a project to construct a diplomatic facility 
     of the United States may include office space or other 
     accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps.
       (c) New Diplomatic Facilities.--For the purposes of 
     calculating the fiscal year 2016 costs of providing new 
     United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 
     section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
     Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual 
     program level and agency shares in a manner that is 
     proportional to the Department of State's contribution for 
     this purpose.
       (d) Consultation and Notification Requirements.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, which may be made available for the acquisition of 
     property or award of construction contracts for overseas 
     diplomatic facilities during fiscal year 2016, shall be 
     subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: 
      Provided, That notifications pursuant to this subsection 
     shall include the information enumerated under the heading 
     ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' in House 
     Report 114-154:  Provided further, That any such notification 
     for a new diplomatic facility justified to the Committees on 
     Appropriations in Appendix 1 of the Congressional Budget 
     Justification, Department of State, Diplomatic Engagement, 
     Fiscal Year 2016, or not previously justified to such 
     Committees, shall also include confirmation that the 
     Department of State has completed the requisite value 
     engineering studies required pursuant to OMB Circular A-131, 
     Value Engineering December 31, 2013 and the Bureau of 
     Overseas Building Operations Policy and Procedure Directive, 
     P&PD, Cost 02: Value Engineering.
       (e) Reports.--
       (1) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' in this 
     Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
     of State, foreign operations, and related programs, made 
     available through Federal agency Capital Security Cost 
     Sharing contributions and reimbursements, or generated from 
     the proceeds of real property sales, other than from real 
     property sales located in London, United Kingdom, may be made 
     available for site acquisition and mitigation, planning, 
     design, or construction of the New London Embassy:  Provided, 
     That the reporting requirement contained in section 
     7004(f)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of 
     Public Law 112-74) shall remain in effect during fiscal year 
     2016.
       (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and every 4 
     months thereafter until September 30, 2016, the Secretary of 
     State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
     report on the new Mexico City Embassy and Beirut Embassy 
     projects:  Provided, That such report shall include, for each 
     of the projects--
       (A) cost projections;
       (B) cost containment efforts;
       (C) project schedule and actual project status;
       (D) the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations on 
     project costs;
       (E) revenues derived from, or estimated to be derived from, 
     real property sales in Mexico City, Mexico for the embassy 
     project in Mexico City and in Beirut, Lebanon for the embassy 
     project in Beirut; and
       (F) options for modifying the scope of the project in the 
     event that costs escalate above amounts justified to the 
     Committees on Appropriations in Appendix 1 of the 
     Congressional Budget Justification, Department of State 
     Operations, Fiscal Year 2015 for the Mexico City Embassy 
     project, and in Appendix 1 of the Congressional Budget 
     Justification, Department of State, Diplomatic Engagement, 
     Fiscal Year 2016 for the Beirut Embassy project.
       (f) Interim and Temporary Facilities Abroad.--
       (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' may be 
     made available to address security vulnerabilities at interim 
     and temporary facilities abroad, including physical security 
     upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount of 
     funds made available for such purposes from this Act and 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum 
     of $25,000,000:  Provided, That the uses of such funds should 
     be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for 
     the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in 
     consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas 
     Buildings Operations:  Provided further, That such funds 
     shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     opening, closure, or any significant modification to an 
     interim or temporary diplomatic facility shall be subject to 
     prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
     committees and the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, except that such consultation 
     and notification may be waived if there is a security risk to 
     personnel.
       (3) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Department of State shall document standard operating 
     procedures and best practices associated with the delivery, 
     construction, and protection of temporary structures in high 
     threat and conflict environments:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of State shall inform the Committees on 
     Appropriations after completing such documentation.
       (g) Transfer Authority.--Funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', including for 
     Worldwide Security Protection, and under the heading 
     ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' in titles 
     I and VIII of this Act may be transferred to, and merged 
     with, funds appropriated by such titles under such headings 
     if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 
     implement the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability 
     Review Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations 
     and requirements, following consultation with, and subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of, such Committees:  
     Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
     transfer authority otherwise available under any other 
     provision of law.

                           personnel actions

       Sec. 7005.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
     funded under title I of this Act resulting from personnel 
     actions taken in response to funding reductions included in 
     this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary 
     resources available under title I to such department or 
     agency:  Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
     between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry 
     out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
     included elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That use 
     of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                         local guard contracts

       Sec. 7006.  In evaluating proposals for local guard 
     contracts, the Secretary of State shall

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     award contracts in accordance with section 136 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 
     U.S.C. 4864), except that the Secretary may grant 
     authorization to award such contracts on the basis of best 
     value as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as 
     described in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), 
     notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of such section:  Provided, 
     That the authority in this section shall apply to any options 
     for renewal that may be exercised under such contracts that 
     are awarded during the current fiscal year:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall notify the appropriate 
     congressional committees at least 15 days prior to making an 
     award pursuant to this section for a local guard and 
     protective service contract for a United States diplomatic 
     facility not deemed ``high-risk, high-threat''.

        prohibition against direct funding for certain countries

       Sec. 7007.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any 
     assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North 
     Korea, Iran, or Syria:  Provided, That for purposes of this 
     section, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall 
     include direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of 
     the Export-Import Bank or its agents.

                              coups d'etat

       Sec. 7008.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any 
     assistance to the government of any country whose duly 
     elected head of government is deposed by military coup d'etat 
     or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, a coup 
     d'etat or decree in which the military plays a decisive role: 
      Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such government 
     if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that subsequent to the 
     termination of assistance a democratically elected government 
     has taken office:  Provided further, That the provisions of 
     this section shall not apply to assistance to promote 
     democratic elections or public participation in democratic 
     processes:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                           transfer authority

       Sec. 7009. (a) Department of State and Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors.--
       (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     State under title I of this Act may be transferred between, 
     and merged with, such appropriations, but no such 
     appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
     shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
     transfers, and no such transfer may be made to increase the 
     appropriation under the heading ``Representation Expenses''.
       (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors under title I of this Act may be 
     transferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, 
     but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
     such transfers.
       (3) Any transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 
     this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section.
       (b) Title VI Transfer Authorities.--Not to exceed 5 percent 
     of any appropriation other than for administrative expenses 
     made available for fiscal year 2016, for programs under title 
     VI of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations 
     for use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for 
     which the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no 
     such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any 
     such transfer:  Provided, That the exercise of such authority 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Limitation on Transfers Between Agencies.--
       (1) None of the funds made available under titles II 
     through V of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
     agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, 
     except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
     provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
       (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
     made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or 
     transferred to agencies of the United States Government 
     pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (3) Any agreement entered into by the United States Agency 
     for International Development (USAID) or the Department of 
     State with any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000 
     and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such 
     Act, with funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
     making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs under the headings ``Global 
     Health Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
     Central Asia'' shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, 
     That the requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply 
     to agreements entered into between USAID and the Department 
     of State.
       (d) Transfers Between Accounts.--None of the funds made 
     available under titles II through V of this Act may be 
     obligated under an appropriation account to which such funds 
     were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically 
     provided for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 
     5 days prior to the exercise of any authority contained in 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, 
     consults with and provides a written policy justification to 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (e) Audit of Inter-agency Transfers.--Any agreement for the 
     transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act, or 
     prior Acts, entered into between the Department of State or 
     USAID and another agency of the United States Government 
     under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
     shall expressly provide that the Inspector General (IG) for 
     the agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such 
     funds, or other entity with audit responsibility if the 
     receiving agency does not have an IG, shall perform periodic 
     program and financial audits of the use of such funds and 
     report to the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, 
     upon completion of such audits:  Provided, That such audits 
     shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations by 
     the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate:  Provided 
     further, That funds transferred under such authority may be 
     made available for the cost of such audits.
       (f) Report.--Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
     each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     detailing all transfers to another agency of the United 
     States Government made pursuant to sections 632(a) and 632(b) 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with funds provided in 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
     113-235) as of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided, 
     That such reports shall include a list of each transfer made 
     pursuant to such sections with the respective funding level, 
     appropriation account, and the receiving agency.

                   prohibition on first-class travel

       Sec. 7010.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for first-class travel by employees of agencies 
     funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.122 
     through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.

                         availability of funds

       Sec. 7011.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
     expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
     provided in this Act:  Provided, That funds appropriated for 
     the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, 
     chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, and funds provided under the headings ``Development 
     Credit Authority'' and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
     Central Asia'' shall remain available for an additional 4 
     years from the date on which the availability of such funds 
     would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially 
     obligated before the expiration of their respective periods 
     of availability contained in this Act:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 
     funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I 
     and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 
     in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 
     reform objectives, shall remain available for an additional 4 
     years from the date on which the availability of such funds 
     would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially 
     allocated or obligated before the expiration of their 
     respective periods of availability contained in this Act:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
     October 30, 2016, detailing by account and source year, the 
     use of this authority during the previous fiscal year.

            limitation on assistance to countries in default

       Sec. 7012.  No part of any appropriation provided under 
     titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish 
     assistance to the government of any country which is in 
     default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in 
     payment to the United States of principal or interest on any 
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     States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated 
     under this Act unless the President determines, following 
     consultations with the Committees on Appropriations, that 
     assistance for such country is in the national interest of 
     the United States.

          prohibition on taxation of united states assistance

       Sec. 7013. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     made available to provide assistance for a foreign country 
     under a new bilateral agreement governing the terms and 
     conditions under which such assistance is to be provided 
     unless such agreement includes a provision stating that 
     assistance provided by the United States shall be exempt from 
     taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the 
     Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
     amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to 
     conform with this requirement.
       (b) Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An amount equivalent 
     to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 
     2016 on funds appropriated by this Act by a foreign 
     government or entity against United States assistance 
     programs for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 
     directly or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors 
     shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
     assistance for fiscal year 2017 and allocated for the central 
     government of such country and for the West Bank and Gaza 
     program to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies 
     and reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     not later than September 30, 2017, that such taxes have not 
     been reimbursed to the Government of the United States.
       (c) De Minimis Exception.--Foreign taxes of a de minimis 
     nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 
     (b).
       (d) Reprogramming of Funds.--Funds withheld from obligation 
     for each country or entity pursuant to subsection (b) shall 
     be reprogrammed for assistance for countries which do not 
     assess taxes on United States assistance or which have an 
     effective arrangement that is providing substantial 
     reimbursement of such taxes, and that can reasonably 
     accommodate such assistance in a programmatically responsible 
     manner.
       (e) Determinations.--
       (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any 
     country or entity if the Secretary of State reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that--
       (A) such country or entity does not assess taxes on United 
     States assistance or has an effective arrangement that is 
     providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or
       (B) the foreign policy interests of the United States 
     outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure that United 
     States assistance is not subject to taxation.
       (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 
     exercising the authority of this subsection with regard to 
     any country or entity.
       (f) Implementation.--The Secretary of State shall issue 
     rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to 
     implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance 
     contained in this section.
       (g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``bilateral agreement'' refers to a framework 
     bilateral agreement between the Government of the United 
     States and the government of the country receiving assistance 
     that describes the privileges and immunities applicable to 
     United States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
     or an individual agreement between the Government of the 
     United States and such government that describes, among other 
     things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded 
     the United States assistance provided under that agreement; 
     and
       (2) the term ``taxes and taxation'' shall include value 
     added taxes and customs duties but shall not include 
     individual income taxes assessed to local staff.
       (h) Report.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
     the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 
     later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, detailing 
     steps taken by such departments or agencies to comply with 
     the requirements of this section.

                         reservations of funds

       Sec. 7014. (a) Reprogramming.--Funds appropriated under 
     titles III through VI of this Act which are specifically 
     designated may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
     same account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 
     with the designation is made impossible by operation of any 
     provision of this or any other Act:  Provided, That any such 
     reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to 
     this subsection shall be made available under the same terms 
     and conditions as originally provided.
       (b) Extension of Availability.--In addition to the 
     authority contained in subsection (a), the original period of 
     availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
     administered by the Department of State or the United States 
     Agency for International Development (USAID) that are 
     specifically designated for particular programs or activities 
     by this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 
     fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID 
     Administrator, as appropriate, determines and reports 
     promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
     change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such 
     designated funds can be obligated during the original period 
     of availability:  Provided, That such designated funds that 
     continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall 
     be obligated only for the purpose of such designation.
       (c) Other Acts.--Ceilings and specifically designated 
     funding levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable 
     to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically 
     so directs:  Provided, That specifically designated funding 
     levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other 
     Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 
     Act.

                       notification requirements

       Sec. 7015. (a) Notification of Changes in Programs, 
     Projects, and Activities.--None of the funds made available 
     in titles I and II of this Act, or in prior appropriations 
     Acts to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 
     remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2016, or 
     provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
     States derived by the collection of fees or of currency 
     reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by 
     transfer, to the agencies and departments funded by this Act, 
     shall be available for obligation to--
       (1) create new programs;
       (2) eliminate a program, project, or activity;
       (3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or post;
       (4) create, close, reorganize, or rename bureaus, centers, 
     or offices; or
       (5) contract out or privatize any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless previously justified to the Committees on 
     Appropriations or such Committees are notified 15 days in 
     advance of such obligation.
       (b) Notification of Reprogramming of Funds.--None of the 
     funds provided under titles I and II of this Act, or provided 
     under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or 
     department funded under titles I and II of this Act that 
     remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2016, or 
     provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
     States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agency or department funded under title I of this Act, shall 
     be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments or changes existing programs, projects, or 
     activities;
       (2) relocates an existing office or employees;
       (3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (4) results from any general savings, including savings 
     from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change 
     in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by 
     Congress;
     unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 
     in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
       (c) Notification Requirement.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act under the headings ``Global Health 
     Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``International 
     Organizations and Programs'', ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', 
     ``Peacekeeping Operations'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
     terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', ``Millennium 
     Challenge Corporation'', ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', ``International Military Education and Training'', 
     and ``Peace Corps'', shall be available for obligation for 
     activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, 
     countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of 
     the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for 
     obligation under any of these specific headings unless the 
     Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance: 
      Provided, That the President shall not enter into any 
     commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 
     23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major 
     defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or 
     other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, 
     missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to 
     Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified 
     to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are 
     notified 15 days in advance of such commitment:  Provided 
     further, That requirements of this subsection or any similar 
     provision of this or any other Act shall not apply to any 
     reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for which 
     funds are appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
     Act of less than 10 percent of the amount previously 
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     obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
     current fiscal year:  Provided further, That any notification 
     submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
     include information (if known on the date of transmittal of 
     such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority:  
     Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification of 
     assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding 
     authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be 
     informed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent 
     practicable.
       (d) Notification of Transfer of Funds.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, with the exception of funds 
     transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 
     title I of this Act, funds transferred by the Department of 
     Defense to the Department of State and the United States 
     Agency for International Development for assistance for 
     foreign countries and international organizations, and funds 
     made available for programs previously authorized under 
     section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163) or section 2282 of 
     title 10, United States Code, shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (e) Waiver.--The requirements of this section or any 
     similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including any 
     prior Act requiring notification in accordance with the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would pose 
     a substantial risk to human health or welfare:  Provided, 
     That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early as 
     practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking 
     the action to which such notification requirement was 
     applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating 
     such waiver:  Provided further, That any notification 
     provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
     explanation of the emergency circumstances.
       (f) Country Notification Requirements.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, 
     Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, 
     Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, 
     Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, the Russian 
     Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, 
     Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided 
     through the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
     on Appropriations.
       (g) Withholding of Funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or 
     otherwise not programmed as a result of application of a 
     provision of law in this or any other Act shall, if 
     reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                notification on excess defense equipment

       Sec. 7016.  Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
     articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent 
     and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to 
     subsection (f) of that section:  Provided, That before 
     issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
     under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accordance 
     with the regular notification procedures of such Committees 
     if such defense articles are significant military equipment 
     (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) 
     or are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 
     $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required elsewhere 
     in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for specific 
     countries that would receive such excess defense articles:  
     Provided further, That such Committees shall also be informed 
     of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.

limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and 
                                programs

       Sec. 7017.  Subject to the regular notification procedures 
     of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under 
     titles I and III through V of this Act, which are returned or 
     not made available for organizations and programs because of 
     the implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) of this Act, shall 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for programs 
     in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

       Sec. 7018.  None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method 
     of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
     practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry 
     out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
     may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary 
     sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or 
     provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo 
     sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in 
     whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, 
     abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family 
     planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part 
     I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
     obligated or expended for any country or organization if the 
     President certifies that the use of these funds by any such 
     country or organization would violate any of the above 
     provisions related to abortions and involuntary 
     sterilizations.

                              allocations

       Sec. 7019. (a) Allocation Tables.--Subject to subsection 
     (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through 
     V shall be made available in the amounts specifically 
     designated in the respective tables included in the 
     explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
     preceding division A of this Consolidated Act):  Provided, 
     That such designated amounts for foreign countries and 
     international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
     such countries and international organizations transmitted to 
     the Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA).
       (b) Authorized Deviations.--Unless otherwise provided for 
     by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of 
     the United States Agency for International Development, as 
     applicable, may only deviate up to 5 percent from the amounts 
     specifically designated in the respective tables included in 
     the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
     matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act):  
     Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded only to 
     respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen events, or to 
     address other exceptional circumstances directly related to 
     the national interest:  Provided further, That deviations 
     pursuant to the previous proviso shall be subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Limitation.--For specifically designated amounts that 
     are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report 
     required by section 653(a) of the FAA, no deviations 
     authorized by subsection (b) may take place until submission 
     of such report.

               representation and entertainment expenses

       Sec. 7020. (a) Uses of Funds.--Each Federal department, 
     agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and 
     the Department of the Treasury and independent agencies 
     funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to 
     ensure that domestic and overseas representation and 
     entertainment expenses further official agency business and 
     United States foreign policy interests--
       (1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 
     Executive Branch;
       (2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol 
     nature;
       (3) are not for employee-only events; and
       (4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 
     recreational character.
       (b) Limitations.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act under the headings 
     ``International Military Education and Training'' or 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for Informational 
     Program activities or under the headings ``Global Health 
     Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia'' may be obligated or expended to pay for--
       (1) alcoholic beverages; or
       (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
     substantially of a recreational character, including but not 
     limited to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
     musical productions, and amusement parks.

   prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international 
                               terrorism

       Sec. 7021. (a) Lethal Military Equipment Exports.--
       (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by titles III through VI of this Act 
     may be made available to any foreign government which 
     provides lethal military equipment to a country the 
     government of which the Secretary of State has determined 
     supports international terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) 
     of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
     effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
     Powers Act:  Provided, That the prohibition under this 
     section with respect to a foreign government shall terminate 
     12 months after that government ceases to provide such 
     military equipment:  Provided further, That this section 
     applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided 
     under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
       (2) Determination.--Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) 
     or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished if 
     the President determines that to do so is important to the 
     national interests of the United States.
       (3) Report.--Whenever the President makes a determination 
     pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations a report with respect to the 
     furnishing of such assistance,

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     including a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 
     provided, the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
     an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
     national interests.
       (b) Bilateral Assistance.--
       (1) Limitations.--Funds appropriated for bilateral 
     assistance in titles III through VI of this Act and funds 
     appropriated under any such title in prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs, shall not be made available 
     to any foreign government which the President determines--
       (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or 
     group which has committed an act of international terrorism;
       (B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or
       (C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 
     terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act.
       (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     paragraph (1) to a government if the President determines 
     that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
     waiver:  Provided, That the President shall publish each such 
     waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before 
     the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the waiver (including the justification for 
     the waiver) in accordance with the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                       authorization requirements

       Sec. 7022.  Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
     section 10 of Public Law 91-672, section 15 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 313 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (Public Law 103-236), and section 504(a)(1) of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).

              definition of program, project, and activity

       Sec. 7023.  For the purpose of titles II through VI of this 
     Act ``program, project, and activity'' shall be defined at 
     the appropriations Act account level and shall include all 
     appropriations and authorizations Acts funding directives, 
     ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for the 
     following accounts: ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'', ``program, project, and 
     activity'' shall also be considered to include country, 
     regional, and central program level funding within each such 
     account; and for the development assistance accounts of the 
     United States Agency for International Development, 
     ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be considered 
     to include central, country, regional, and program level 
     funding, either as--
       (1) justified to Congress; or
       (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with a 
     report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
     within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required by 
     section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

 authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation and united 
                 states african development foundation

       Sec. 7024.  Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
     provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
     contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities 
     authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
     Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development 
     Foundation Act:  Provided, That prior to conducting 
     activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, 
     the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 days 
     of taking such action.

                commerce, trade and surplus commodities

       Sec. 7025. (a) World Markets.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through 
     VI of this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds 
     otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank and the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 
     expended to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other 
     financial commitments for establishing or expanding 
     production of any commodity for export by any country other 
     than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be in 
     surplus on world markets at the time the resulting productive 
     capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
     assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
     producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity:  
     Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the 
     Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of 
     Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
     United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
     States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That this 
     subsection shall not prohibit--
       (1) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 
     from the International Development Association, is not 
     eligible for assistance from the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, and does not export on a 
     consistent basis the agricultural commodity with respect to 
     which assistance is furnished; or
       (2) activities in a country the President determines is 
     recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, 
     or a complex emergency.
       (b) Exports.--None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or 
     breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or 
     introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or 
     training in connection with the growth or production in a 
     foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which 
     would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in 
     the United States:  Provided, That this subsection shall not 
     prohibit--
       (1) activities designed to increase food security in 
     developing countries where such activities will not have a 
     significant impact on the export of agricultural commodities 
     of the United States;
       (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
     United States producers;
       (3) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 
     from the International Development Association, is not 
     eligible for assistance from the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, and does not export on a 
     consistent basis the agricultural commodity with respect to 
     which assistance is furnished; or
       (4) activities in a country the President determines is 
     recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, 
     or a complex emergency.
       (c) International Financial Institutions.--The Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
     directors of the international financial institutions, as 
     defined in section 7034(r)(3) of this Act, to use the voice 
     and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by 
     such institutions, using funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act, for the production or extraction of any 
     commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world 
     markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury 
     to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity.

                           separate accounts

       Sec. 7026. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--
       (1) Agreements.--If assistance is furnished to the 
     government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of 
     part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 under agreements which result in the generation of 
     local currencies of that country, the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
     shall--
       (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
     separate account established by that government;
       (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets 
     forth--
       (i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and
       (ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so 
     deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and
       (C) establish by agreement with that government the 
     responsibilities of USAID and that government to monitor and 
     account for deposits into and disbursements from the separate 
     account.
       (2) Uses of local currencies.--As may be agreed upon with 
     the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
     separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
     amount of local currencies, shall be used only--
       (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case 
     may be), for such purposes as--
       (i) project and sector assistance activities; or
       (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
       (B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
     States Government.
       (3) Programming accountability.--USAID shall take all 
     necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local 
     currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from 
     the separate account established pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(2).
       (4) Termination of assistance programs.--Upon termination 
     of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (as the case may be), any unencumbered balances of funds 
     which remain in a separate account established pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may 
     be agreed to by the government of that country and the United 
     States Government.
       (5) Reporting requirement.--The USAID Administrator shall 
     report on an annual basis as part of the justification 
     documents submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     the use of local currencies for the administrative 
     requirements of the United States Government as authorized in 
     subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 
     amount of local currency (and United States dollar 
     equivalent) used or to be used for such purpose in each 
     applicable country.

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       (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--
       (1) In general.--If assistance is made available to the 
     government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of 
     part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector 
     assistance, that country shall be required to maintain such 
     funds in a separate account and not commingle with any other 
     funds.
       (2) Applicability of other provisions of law.--Such funds 
     may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of 
     law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance 
     including provisions which are referenced in the Joint 
     Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
     accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-
     1159).
       (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any 
     such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
     President shall submit a notification through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
     which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
     proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 
     of the United States interests that will be served by the 
     assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the 
     economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such 
     assistance).
       (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
     exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) only through 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                       eligibility for assistance

       Sec. 7027. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other 
     Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be 
     construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
     Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 
     of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 and from funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'':  
     Provided, That before using the authority of this subsection 
     to furnish assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular 
     notification procedures, including a description of the 
     program to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and 
     the reasons for furnishing such assistance:  Provided 
     further, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
     to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion 
     or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other 
     Act.
       (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2016, restrictions 
     contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance 
     for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
     under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480):  Provided, 
     That none of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of 
     such Act and made available pursuant to this subsection may 
     be obligated or expended except as provided through the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
       (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
     assistance to countries that support international terrorism; 
     or
       (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
     assistance to the government of a country that violates 
     internationally recognized human rights.

                           local competition

       Sec. 7028. (a) Requirements for Exceptions to Competition 
     for Local Entities.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
     made available to the United States Agency for International 
     Development (USAID) may only be made available for limited 
     competitions through local entities if--
       (1) prior to the determination to limit competition to 
     local entities, USAID has--
       (A) assessed the level of local capacity to effectively 
     implement, manage, and account for programs included in such 
     competition; and
       (B) documented the written results of the assessment and 
     decisions made; and
       (2) prior to making an award after limiting competition to 
     local entities--
       (A) each successful local entity has been determined to be 
     responsible in accordance with USAID guidelines; and
       (B) effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in 
     place to ensure that award funding is used for its intended 
     purposes; and
       (3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed.
       (b) Reporting Requirement.--In addition to the requirements 
     of subsection (a)(1), the USAID Administrator shall report, 
     on an annual basis, to the appropriate congressional 
     committees on all awards subject to limited or no competition 
     for local entities:  Provided, That such report should be 
     posted on the USAID Web site:  Provided further, That the 
     requirements of this subsection shall only apply to awards in 
     excess of $3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities 
     in excess of $2,000,000.
       (c) Extension of Procurement Authority.--Section 7077 of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 
     112-74) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016, as 
     amended by the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of 
     Public Law 113-76).

                  international financial institutions

       Sec. 7029. (a) Evaluations and Report.--The Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
     director of each international financial institution to seek 
     to require that such institution adopts and implements a 
     publicly available policy, including the strategic use of 
     peer reviews and external experts, to conduct independent, 
     in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of at least 25 
     percent of all loans, grants, programs, and significant 
     analytical non-lending activities in advancing the 
     institution's goals of reducing poverty and promoting 
     equitable economic growth, consistent with relevant 
     safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such loans, 
     grants, programs, and activities are based on accurate data 
     and objective analysis:  Provided, That not later than 180 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
     a report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken 
     by the United States executive directors and the 
     international financial institutions consistent with this 
     subsection.
       (b) Safeguards.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the 
     International Development Association to vote against any 
     loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such institution has 
     adopted and is implementing any social or environmental 
     safeguard relevant to such loan, grant, policy, or strategy 
     that provides less protection than World Bank safeguards in 
     effect on September 30, 2015.
       (c) Compensation.--None of the funds appropriated under 
     title V of this Act may be made as payment to any 
     international financial institution while the United States 
     executive director to such institution is compensated by the 
     institution at a rate which, together with whatever 
     compensation such executive director receives from the United 
     States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
     occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
     any alternate United States executive director to such 
     institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in 
     excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a 
     position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
     5316 of title 5, United States Code.
       (d) Human Rights.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States executive director of each 
     international financial institution to seek to require that 
     such institution conducts rigorous human rights due diligence 
     and risk management, as appropriate, in connection with any 
     loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution:  
     Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, 
     policy, or strategy the executive director shall consult with 
     the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
     Labor, Department of State, if the executive director has 
     reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, or strategy 
     could result in forced displacement or other violation of 
     human rights.
       (e) Fraud and Corruption.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
     international financial institution to promote in loan, 
     grant, and other financing agreements improvements in 
     borrowing countries' financial management and judicial 
     capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and 
     corruption.
       (f) Beneficial Ownership Information.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 
     of each international financial institution to seek to 
     require that such institution collects, verifies, and 
     publishes, to the maximum extent practicable, beneficial 
     ownership information (excluding proprietary information) for 
     any corporation or limited liability company, other than a 
     publicly listed company, that receives funds appropriated by 
     this Act that are provided as payment to such institution:  
     Provided, That not later than 180 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the United 
     States executive directors and the international financial 
     institutions consistent with this subsection.
       (g) Whistleblower Protections.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 
     of each international financial institution to seek to 
     require that each such institution is effectively 
     implementing and enforcing policies and procedures which 
     reflect best practices for the protection of whistleblowers 
     from retaliation, including best practices for--
       (1) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 
     public disclosure;
       (2) legal burdens of proof;
       (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;

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       (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 
     external arbitration; and
       (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
     retaliation.

                          debt-for-development

       Sec. 7030.  In order to enhance the continued participation 
     of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and 
     debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization 
     which is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency 
     for International Development may place in interest bearing 
     accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization 
     as a result of economic assistance provided under title III 
     of this Act and, subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any interest 
     earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose for 
     which the assistance was provided to that organization.

              financial management and budget transparency

       Sec. 7031. (a) Limitation on Direct Government-to-
     Government Assistance.--
       (1) Requirements.--Funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available for direct government-to-government assistance 
     only if--
       (A)(i) each implementing agency or ministry to receive 
     assistance has been assessed and is considered to have the 
     systems required to manage such assistance and any identified 
     vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or ministry have 
     been addressed;
       (ii) the recipient agency or ministry employs and utilizes 
     staff with the necessary technical, financial, and management 
     capabilities;
       (iii) the recipient agency or ministry has adopted 
     competitive procurement policies and systems;
       (iv) effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in 
     place to ensure that such assistance is used for its intended 
     purposes;
       (v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; and
       (vi) the government of the recipient country is taking 
     steps to publicly disclose on an annual basis its national 
     budget, to include income and expenditures;
       (B) the recipient government is in compliance with the 
     principles set forth in section 7013 of this Act;
       (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not headed or 
     controlled by an organization designated as a foreign 
     terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act;
       (D) the Government of the United States and the government 
     of the recipient country have agreed, in writing, on clear 
     and achievable objectives for the use of such assistance, 
     which should be made available on a cost-reimbursable basis; 
     and
       (E) the recipient government is taking steps to protect the 
     rights of civil society, including freedoms of expression, 
     association, and assembly.
       (2) Consultation and notification.--In addition to the 
     requirements in paragraph (1), no funds may be made available 
     for direct government-to-government assistance without prior 
     consultation with, and notification of, the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided, That such notification shall 
     contain an explanation of how the proposed activity meets the 
     requirements of paragraph (1):  Provided further, That the 
     requirements of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 
     government-to-government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 
     and all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 
     and cash payments to individuals.
       (3) Suspension of assistance.--The Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or 
     the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend any 
     direct government-to-government assistance if the 
     Administrator or the Secretary has credible information of 
     material misuse of such assistance, unless the Administrator 
     or the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that it is in the national interest of the United States to 
     continue such assistance, including a justification, or that 
     such misuse has been appropriately addressed.
       (4) Submission of information.--The Secretary of State 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent 
     with the fiscal year 2017 congressional budget justification 
     materials, amounts planned for assistance described in 
     paragraph (1) by country, proposed funding amount, source of 
     funds, and type of assistance.
       (5) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the enactment of 
     this Act and 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2016, 
     the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a report that--
       (A) details all assistance described in paragraph (1) 
     provided during the previous 6-month period by country, 
     funding amount, source of funds, and type of such assistance; 
     and
       (B) the type of procurement instrument or mechanism 
     utilized and whether the assistance was provided on a 
     reimbursable basis.
       (6) Debt service payment prohibition.--None of the funds 
     made available by this Act may be used for any foreign 
     country for debt service payments owed by any country to any 
     international financial institution:  Provided, That for 
     purposes of this paragraph, the term ``international 
     financial institution'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 7034(r)(3) of this Act.
       (b) National Budget and Contract Transparency.--
       (1) Minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.--The 
     Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 
     the ``minimum requirements of fiscal transparency'' for each 
     government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 
     identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76).
       (2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1), ``minimum 
     requirements of fiscal transparency'' are requirements 
     consistent with those in subsection (a)(1), and the public 
     disclosure of national budget documentation (to include 
     receipts and expenditures by ministry) and government 
     contracts and licenses for natural resource extraction (to 
     include bidding and concession allocation practices).
       (3) Determination and report.--For each government 
     identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, 
     not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall 
     make or update any determination of ``significant progress'' 
     or ``no significant progress'' in meeting the minimum 
     requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 
     determinations publicly available in an annual ``Fiscal 
     Transparency Report'' to be posted on the Department of State 
     Web site:  Provided, That the Secretary shall identify the 
     significant progress made by each such government to publicly 
     disclose national budget documentation, contracts, and 
     licenses which are additional to such information disclosed 
     in previous fiscal years, and include specific 
     recommendations of short- and long-term steps such government 
     should take to improve fiscal transparency:  Provided 
     further, That the annual report shall include a detailed 
     description of how funds appropriated by this Act are being 
     used to improve fiscal transparency, and identify benchmarks 
     for measuring progress.
       (4) Assistance.--Funds appropriated under title III of this 
     Act shall be made available for programs and activities to 
     assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
     improve budget transparency and to support civil society 
     organizations in such countries that promote budget 
     transparency:  Provided, That such sums shall be in addition 
     to funds otherwise made available for such purposes:  
     Provided further, That a description of the uses of such 
     funds shall be included in the annual ``Fiscal Transparency 
     Report'' required by paragraph (3).
       (c) Anti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights.--
       (1)(A) Ineligibility.--Officials of foreign governments and 
     their immediate family members about whom the Secretary of 
     State has credible information have been involved in 
     significant corruption, including corruption related to the 
     extraction of natural resources, or a gross violation of 
     human rights shall be ineligible for entry into the United 
     States.
       (B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately designate 
     or identify officials of foreign governments and their 
     immediate family members about whom the Secretary has such 
     credible information without regard to whether the individual 
     has applied for a visa.
       (2) Exception.--Individuals shall not be ineligible if 
     entry into the United States would further important United 
     States law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit 
     the United States to fulfill its obligations under the United 
     Nations Headquarters Agreement:  Provided, That nothing in 
     paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from United 
     States Government obligations under applicable international 
     agreements.
       (3) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the application of 
     paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver 
     would serve a compelling national interest or that the 
     circumstances which caused the individual to be ineligible 
     have changed sufficiently.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 6 months after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, 
     including a classified annex if necessary, to the Committees 
     on Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary 
     describing the information related to corruption or violation 
     of human rights concerning each of the individuals found 
     ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph 
     (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Secretary 
     designated or identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who 
     would be ineligible but for the application of paragraph (2), 
     a list of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the 
     justification for each waiver.
       (5) Posting of report.--Any unclassified portion of the 
     report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 
     Department of State Web site.
       (6) Clarification.--For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), 
     and (5), the records of the Department of State and of 
     diplomatic and consular offices of the United States 
     pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to 
     enter the United States shall not be considered confidential.
       (d) Extraction of Natural Resources.--

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       (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     made available to promote and support transparency and 
     accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 
     extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening 
     implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 
     Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 
     8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
     (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2052) and to prevent the sale 
     of conflict diamonds, and provide technical assistance to 
     promote independent audit mechanisms and support civil 
     society participation in natural resource management.
       (2) United states policy.--
       (A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the 
     management of the international financial institutions, and 
     post on the Department of the Treasury Web site, that it is 
     the policy of the United States to vote against any 
     assistance by such institutions (including any loan, credit, 
     grant, or guarantee) to any country for the extraction and 
     export of a natural resource if the government of such 
     country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to 
     prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments as 
     required by United States law, and unless such government has 
     adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the sector in 
     which assistance is being considered for--
       (i) accurately accounting for and public disclosure of 
     payments to the host government by companies involved in the 
     extraction and export of natural resources;
       (ii) the independent auditing of accounts receiving such 
     payments and public disclosure of the findings of such 
     audits; and
       (iii) public disclosure of such documents as Host 
     Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding 
     documents, allowing in any such dissemination or disclosure 
     for the redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is 
     commercially proprietary or that would create competitive 
     disadvantage.
       (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 
     assistance for the purpose of building the capacity of such 
     government to meet the requirements of this subparagraph.
       (e) Foreign Assistance Web Site.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for 
     any independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be 
     made available to support the provision of additional 
     information on United States Government foreign assistance on 
     the Department of State foreign assistance Web site:  
     Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act 
     shall provide such information on foreign assistance, upon 
     request, to the Department of State.

                           democracy programs

       Sec. 7032. (a) Funding.--
       (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 
     $2,308,517,000 shall be made available for democracy 
     programs.
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $32,000,000 shall be 
     made available for the Near East Regional Democracy program.
       (b) Authority.--Funds made available by this Act for 
     democracy programs may be made available notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, and with regard to the National 
     Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation.
       (c) Definition of Democracy Programs.--For purposes of 
     funds appropriated by this Act, the term ``democracy 
     programs'' means programs that support good governance, 
     credible and competitive elections, freedom of expression, 
     association, assembly, and religion, human rights, labor 
     rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and that 
     otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic political 
     parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and 
     institutions, and citizens to support the development of 
     democratic states, and institutions that are responsive and 
     accountable to citizens.
       (d) Program Prioritization.--Funds made available pursuant 
     to this section that are made available for programs to 
     strengthen government institutions shall be prioritized for 
     those institutions that demonstrate a commitment to democracy 
     and the rule of law, as determined by the Secretary of State 
     or the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID), as appropriate.
       (e) Restriction on Prior Approval.--With respect to the 
     provision of assistance for democracy programs in this Act, 
     the organizations implementing such assistance, the specific 
     nature of that assistance, and the participants in such 
     programs shall not be subject to the prior approval by the 
     government of any foreign country:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID 
     Administrator, shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of 
     this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State 
     and USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
       (f) Program Design and Implementation.--
       (1) Clarification of use.--Not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID 
     Administrator, following consultation with democracy program 
     implementing partners, shall each establish guidelines for 
     clarifying program design and objectives for democracy 
     programs, including the uses of contracts versus grants and 
     cooperative agreements in the conduct of democracy programs 
     carried out with funds appropriated by this Act:  Provided, 
     That such guidelines, which shall be made available to all 
     relevant agency personnel, shall be in accordance with--
       (A) the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, 2015, 
     regarding the objectives of promoting resilient, open, and 
     democratic societies;
       (B) the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI of Public 
     Law 110-53; 22 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), including the foreign 
     policy objectives contained therein; and
       (C) sections 6303 through 6305 of title 31, United States 
     Code, regarding the selection of contracts and assistance 
     instruments.
       (2) Continuation of current practices.--USAID shall 
     continue to implement civil society and political competition 
     and consensus building programs abroad with funds 
     appropriated by this Act in a manner that recognizes the 
     unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in 
     implementing such programs:  Provided, That nothing in this 
     paragraph shall be construed to affect the ability of any 
     entity, including United States small businesses, from 
     competing for proposals for USAID-funded civil society and 
     political competition and consensus building programs.
       (3) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2017, the 
     Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall each submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the 
     use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in the 
     conduct of democracy programs with funds made available by 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113-235), which 
     shall include funding level, account, program sector and 
     subsector, and a brief summary of purpose.
       (g) Strategic Reviews and Report.--
       (1) Country strategies.--Prior to the obligation of funds 
     made available by this Act for Department of State and USAID 
     democracy programs for a nondemocratic or democratic 
     transitioning country for which a country strategy has been 
     concluded after the date of enactment of this Act, as 
     required by section 2111(c)(1) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act 
     of 2007 (title XXI of Public Law 110-53; 22 U.S.C. 8211) or 
     similar provision of law or regulation, the Under Secretary 
     for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Department 
     of State, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and 
     the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and 
     Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall review such strategy to 
     ensure that it includes--
       (A) specific goals and objectives for such program, 
     including a specific plan and timeline to measure impacts;
       (B) an assessment of the risks associated with the conduct 
     of such program to intended beneficiaries and implementers, 
     including steps to support and protect such individuals; and
       (C) the funding requirements to initiate and sustain such 
     program in fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal years, as 
     appropriate:
       Provided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the term 
     ``nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country'' shall 
     have the same meaning as in section 2104(6) of Public Law 
     110-53.
       (2) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2016, the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID 
     Administrator, shall submit a report, including a classified 
     annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional 
     committees detailing the methodology and guidelines 
     established and implemented by the Department of State and 
     USAID, respectively, to carry out the requirements of this 
     subsection:  Provided, That such report shall also include an 
     analysis of the political and social conditions in a 
     nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country that are a 
     prerequisite for the conduct of democracy programs.
       (h) Consultation and Communication Requirements.--
       (1) Country allocations.--The Deputy Secretary for 
     Management and Resources, Department of State, shall consult 
     with the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and 
     Human Rights, Department of State, and the Assistant 
     Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
     Assistance, USAID, on the proposed funding levels for 
     democracy programs by country in the report submitted to 
     Congress pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961.
       (2) Informing the national endowment for democracy.--The 
     Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
     Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for 
     Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 
     shall regularly inform the National Endowment for Democracy 
     of democracy programs that are planned and supported by funds 
     made available by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs.
       (3) Report on program changes.--The Secretary of State or 
     the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of a

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     decision to significantly change the objectives or the 
     content of a democracy program or to close such a program due 
     to the increasingly repressive nature of the host country 
     government:  Provided, That the report shall also include a 
     strategy for continuing support for democracy promotion, if 
     such programming is feasible, and may be submitted in 
     classified form, if necessary.

                    international religious freedom

       Sec. 7033. (a) International Religious Freedom Office and 
     Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs'' shall be made available for the Office of 
     the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom 
     and the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of 
     Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia, 
     as authorized in the Near East and South Central Asia 
     Religious Freedom Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-161), and 
     including for support staff, at not less than the amounts 
     contained for such Office and Envoy in the table under such 
     heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
     (in the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated 
     Act).
       (b) Assistance.--
       (1) International religious freedom programs.--Of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Democracy Fund'' 
     and available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF), 
     not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
     international religious freedom programs:  Provided, That the 
     Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom shall 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses of 
     such funds.
       (2) Protection and investigation programs.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' shall be made available for programs to protect 
     vulnerable and persecuted religious minorities:  Provided, 
     That a portion of such funds shall be made available for 
     programs to investigate the persecution of such minorities by 
     governments and non-state actors and for the public 
     dissemination of information collected on such persecution, 
     including on the Department of State Web site.
       (3) Humanitarian programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the headings ``International Disaster Assistance'' and 
     ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' shall be made available 
     for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted 
     religious minorities.
       (4) Responsibility of funds.--Funds made available by 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the responsibility of the 
     Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in 
     consultation with other relevant United States Government 
     officials.
       (c) International Broadcasting.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the heading ``Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
     International Broadcasting Operations'' shall be made 
     available for programs related to international religious 
     freedom, including reporting on the condition of vulnerable 
     and persecuted religious groups.
       (d) Atrocities Prevention.--Not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after 
     consultation with the heads of other United States Government 
     agencies represented on the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) 
     and representatives of human rights organizations, as 
     appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an evaluation of the persecution of, including 
     attacks against, Christians and people of other religions in 
     the Middle East by violent Islamic extremists and the Muslim 
     Rohingya people in Burma by violent Buddhist extremists, 
     including whether either situation constitutes mass 
     atrocities or genocide (as defined in section 1091 of title 
     18, United States Code), and a detailed description of any 
     proposed atrocities prevention response recommended by the 
     APB:  Provided, That such evaluation and response may include 
     a classified annex, if necessary.
       (e) Designation of Non-State Actors.--The President shall, 
     concurrent with the annual foreign country review required by 
     section 402(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom Act 
     of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)), review and identify any non-
     state actors in such countries that have engaged in 
     particularly severe violations of religious freedom, and 
     designate, in a manner consistent with such Act, each such 
     group as a non-state actor of particular concern for 
     religious freedom operating in such reviewed country or 
     surrounding region:  Provided, That whenever the President 
     designates such a non-state actor under this subsection, the 
     President shall, as soon as practicable after the designation 
     is made, submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees detailing the reasons for such designation.
       (f) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2016, the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chairman of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development, shall 
     submit a report, including a classified annex if necessary, 
     to the appropriate congressional committees detailing, by 
     account, agency, and on a country-by-country basis, funds 
     made available by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs for the previous 2 fiscal 
     years for international religious freedom programs; 
     protection and investigation programs regarding vulnerable 
     and persecuted religious minorities; humanitarian and relief 
     assistance for such minorities; and international 
     broadcasting regarding religious freedom.
 


                           special provisions

       Sec. 7034. (a) Victims of War, Displaced Children, and 
     Displaced Burmese.--Funds appropriated in titles III and VI 
     of this Act that are made available for victims of war, 
     displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to combat 
     trafficking in persons and assist victims of such 
     trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law.
       (b) Law Enforcement and Security.--
       (1) Child soldiers.--Funds appropriated by this Act should 
     not be used to support any military training or operations 
     that include child soldiers.
       (2) Crowd control items.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     should not be used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, 
     ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for 
     foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress 
     peaceful expression, association, or assembly in countries 
     undergoing democratic transition.
       (3) Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.--
     Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (division J of Public Law 113-235) shall continue in effect 
     during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act.
       (4) Forensic assistance.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $4,000,000 shall be 
     made available for forensic anthropology assistance related 
     to the exhumation of mass graves and the identification of 
     victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity, of which 
     not less than $3,000,000 should be made available for such 
     assistance in Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Iraq, and Sri Lanka, 
     which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State.
       (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not 
     less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for DNA forensic 
     technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central 
     America.
       (5) International prison conditions.--Section 7065 of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113-235) 
     shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part 
     of this Act.
       (6) Reconstituting civilian police authority.--In providing 
     assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 
     660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for 
     a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 
     support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-
     national entity emerging from instability, as well as a 
     nation emerging from instability.
       (7) Security assistance report.--Not later than 120 days 
     after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on funds 
     obligated and expended during fiscal year 2015, by country 
     and purpose of assistance, under the headings ``Peacekeeping 
     Operations'', ``International Military Education and 
     Training'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program''.
       (8) Leahy vetting report.--
       (A) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees on foreign assistance cases 
     submitted for vetting for purposes of section 620M of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 during the preceding fiscal 
     year, including:
       (i) the total number of cases submitted, approved, 
     suspended, or rejected for human rights reasons; and
       (ii) for cases rejected, a description of the steps taken 
     to assist the foreign government in taking effective measures 
     to bring the responsible members of the security forces to 
     justice, in accordance with section 620M(c) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.
       (B) The report required by this paragraph shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied by a 
     classified annex.
       (9) Annual foreign military training report.--For the 
     purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, the term ``military training provided 
     to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense 
     and the Department of State'' shall be deemed to include all 
     military training provided by foreign governments with funds 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Department 
     of State, except for training provided by the government of a 
     country designated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 
     non-NATO ally.
       (c) World Food Programme.--Funds managed by the Bureau for 
     Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
     States Agency for International Development (USAID), from 
     this or any other Act, may be made available as a general 
     contribution to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law.
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       (1) Research and training.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
     Central Asia'' shall be made available to carry out the 
     Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
     Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized 
     by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 
     1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).
       (2) Genocide victims memorial sites.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
     under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance 
     for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' may be made available 
     as contributions to establish and maintain memorial sites of 
     genocide, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (3) Additional authorities.--Of the amounts made available 
     by title I of this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs'', up to $500,000 may be made available for 
     grants pursuant to section 504 of Public Law 95-426 (22 
     U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate collaboration with 
     indigenous communities.
       (4) Extension of legal protection.--No conviction issued by 
     the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in ``Public 
     Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012'', against a 
     citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully 
     admitted for permanent residence in the United States, shall 
     be considered a conviction for the purposes of United States 
     law or for any activity undertaken within the jurisdiction of 
     the United States during fiscal year 2016 and any fiscal year 
     thereafter.
       (5) Modification of life insurance supplemental applicable 
     to those killed in terrorist attacks.--
       (A) Section 415(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
     (22 U.S.C. 3975(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``a payment 
     from the United States in an amount that, when added to the 
     amount of the employee's employer-provided group life 
     insurance policy coverage (if any), equals $400,000'' and 
     inserting ``a special payment of $400,000, which shall be in 
     addition to any employer provided life insurance policy 
     coverage''.
       (B) The insurance benefit under section 415 of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3975), as amended by 
     subparagraph (A), shall be applicable to eligible employees 
     who die as a result of injuries sustained while on duty 
     abroad because of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 
     140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), anytime on or after 
     April 18, 1983.
       (6) Authority.--The Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development may use funds 
     appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation 
     incentive awards:  Provided, That each individual award may 
     not exceed $100,000:  Provided further, That no more than 10 
     such awards may be made during fiscal year 2016:  Provided 
     further, That for purposes of this paragraph the term 
     ``innovation incentive award'' means the provision of funding 
     on a competitive basis that--
       (A) encourages and rewards the development of solutions for 
     a particular, well-defined problem related to the alleviation 
     of poverty; or
       (B) helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas and 
     practices facilitating further development of an idea or 
     practice by third parties.
       (e) Partner Vetting.--Funds appropriated by this Act or in 
     titles I through IV of prior Acts making appropriations for 
     the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs shall be used by the Secretary of State and the 
     USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support the continued 
     implementation of the Partner Vetting System (PVS) pilot 
     program:  Provided, That the Secretary of State and the USAID 
     Administrator shall inform the Committees on Appropriations, 
     at least 30 days prior to completion of the pilot program, on 
     the criteria for evaluating such program, including for 
     possible expansion:  Provided further, That not later than 
     180 days after completion of the pilot program, the Secretary 
     and USAID Administrator shall jointly submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
     necessary, detailing the findings, conclusions, and any 
     recommendations for expansion of such program:  Provided 
     further, That not less than 30 days prior to the 
     implementation of any recommendations for expanding the PVS 
     pilot program the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
     shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations and with 
     representatives of agency implementing partners on the 
     findings, conclusions, and recommendations in such report, as 
     appropriate.
       (f) Contingencies.--During fiscal year 2016, the President 
     may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority of section 451 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law.
       (g) International Child Abductions.--The Secretary of State 
     should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this 
     Act for assistance for the central government of any country 
     that is not taking appropriate steps to comply with the 
     Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child 
     Abductions, done at the Hague on October 25, 1980:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within 15 days of withholding funds under this 
     subsection.
       (h) Report Repealed.--Section 616(c) of the Departments of 
     Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (division A of Public Law 
     105-277) is hereby repealed.
       (i) Transfers for Extraordinary Protection.--The Secretary 
     of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds under the 
     heading ``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'' 
     unobligated balances of expired funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' for fiscal year 
     2016, except for funds designated for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, at no later than the end of the fifth 
     fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds 
     are available for the purposes for which appropriated:  
     Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be transferred.
       (j) Protections and Remedies for Employees of Diplomatic 
     Missions and International Organizations.--Section 7034(k) of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
     113-235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as 
     if part of this Act.
       (k) Extension of Authorities.--
       (1) Passport fees.--Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of 
     June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by 
     substituting ``September 30, 2016'' for ``September 30, 
     2010''.
       (2) Accountability review boards.--The authority provided 
     by section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
     Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain 
     in effect for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
     2016, except that the notification and reporting requirements 
     contained in such section shall include the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (3) Incentives for critical posts.--The authority contained 
     in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (Public Law 111-32) shall remain in effect through 
     September 30, 2016.
       (4) Foreign service officer annuitant waiver.--Section 
     824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) 
     shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2016'' for 
     ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph (2).
       (5) Department of state civil service annuitant waiver.--
     Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting 
     ``September 30, 2016'' for ``October 1, 2010'' in paragraph 
     (2).
       (6) USAID civil service annuitant waiver.--Section 
     625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 
     2016'' for ``October 1, 2010'' in subparagraph (B).
       (7) Overseas pay comparability and limitation.--
       (A) Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph 
     (B), the authority provided by section 1113 of the 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32; 123 
     Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through September 30, 
     2016.
       (B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) may not be 
     used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as 
     defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 2009) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as 
     a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the 
     locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) 
     that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of 
     title 5, United States Code, if such member's official duty 
     station were in the District of Columbia.
       (8) Categorical eligibility.--The Foreign Operations, 
     Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended--
       (A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
       (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``and 2015'' and 
     inserting ``2015, and 2016''; and
       (ii) in subsection (e), by striking ``2015'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2016''; and
       (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
     (b)(2), by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2016''.
       (9) Inspector general annuitant waiver.--The authorities 
     provided in section 1015(b) of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212) shall remain in 
     effect through September 30, 2016.
       (10) Extension of loan guarantees to israel.--Chapter 5 of 
     title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended under 
     the heading ``Loan Guarantees to Israel''--
       (A) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by striking 
     ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``September 30, 2019''; 
     and
       (B) in the second proviso, by striking ``September 30, 
     2015'' and inserting ``September 30, 2019''.
       (11) Extension of war reserves stockpile authority.--
       (A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) 
     is amended by striking

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     ``more than 11 years after the date of enactment of this 
     Act'' and inserting ``after September 30, 2017''.
       (B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``and 
     2015'' and inserting ``2015, 2016, and 2017''.
       (12) United states advisory commission on public 
     diplomacy.--Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied 
     by substituting ``September 30, 2016'' for ``October 1, 
     2015''.
       (l) Department of State Working Capital Fund.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund 
     may only be used for the service centers included in Appendix 
     1 of the Congressional Budget Justification, Department of 
     State, Diplomatic Engagement, Fiscal Year 2016:  Provided, 
     That the amounts for such service centers shall be the 
     amounts included in such budget except as provided in section 
     7015(b) of this Act:  Provided further, That Federal agency 
     components shall be charged only for their direct usage of 
     each Working Capital Fund service:  Provided further, That 
     Federal agency components may only pay for Working Capital 
     Fund services that are consistent with the component's 
     purpose and authorities:  Provided further, That the Working 
     Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates 
     which will return the full cost of each service.
       (m) Humanitarian Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act that are available for monitoring and evaluation of 
     assistance under the headings ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'' and ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' shall, 
     as appropriate, be made available for the regular collection 
     of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries on the 
     quality and relevance of such assistance:  Provided, That the 
     Department of State and USAID shall conduct regular oversight 
     to ensure that such feedback is collected and used by 
     implementing partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness and 
     utility of such assistance, and require such partners that 
     receive funds under such headings to establish procedures for 
     collecting and responding to such feedback.
       (n) HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund.--Funds available in the 
     HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established pursuant to section 
     525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-
     477) may be made available for pharmaceuticals and other 
     products for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the 
     same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, 
     subject to the terms and conditions in such section:  
     Provided, That the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the 
     Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-477) shall be 
     exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, 
     USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS 
     pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     State shall include in the congressional budget justification 
     an accounting of budgetary resources, disbursements, 
     balances, and reimbursements related to such fund.
       (o) Loan Guarantees and Enterprise Funds.--
       (1) Loan guarantees.--Funds appropriated under the headings 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'' by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs may be made available for 
     the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Jordan, Ukraine, 
     and Tunisia, which are authorized to be provided:  Provided, 
     That amounts made available under this paragraph for the 
     costs of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance 
     for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 
     a country.
       (2) Enterprise funds.--Funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' in this Act may be made available 
     to establish and operate one or more enterprise funds for 
     Egypt and Tunisia:  Provided, That the first, third and fifth 
     provisos under section 7041(b) of the Department of State, 
     Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2012 (division I of Public Law 112-74) shall apply to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' for an enterprise fund or funds to the same extent and 
     in the same manner as such provision of law applied to funds 
     made available under such section (except that the clause 
     excluding subsection (d)(3) of section 201 of the SEED Act 
     shall not apply):  Provided further, That in addition to the 
     previous proviso, the authorities in the matter preceding the 
     first proviso of such section may apply to any such 
     enterprise fund or funds:  Provided further, That the 
     authority of any such enterprise fund or funds to provide 
     assistance shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2026.
       (3) Consultation and notification.--Funds made available by 
     this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with 
     the appropriate congressional committees, and subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (p) Assessment of Indirect Costs.--Not later than 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act and following consultation with 
     the Committees on Appropriations, the Secretary of State and 
     the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID) shall submit to such 
     Committees an assessment of the effectiveness of current 
     policies and procedures in ensuring that payments for 
     indirect costs, including for negotiated indirect cost rate 
     agreements (NICRA), are reasonable and comply with the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as applicable, and 
     title 2, part 200 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); 
     an assessment of potential benefits of setting a cap on such 
     indirect costs to ensure the cost-effective use of 
     appropriated funds; a plan to revise such policies and 
     procedures to strengthen compliance with the FAR and CFR and 
     ensure that indirect costs are reasonable; and a timeline for 
     implementing such plan.
       (q) Small Grants and Entities.--
       (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', not less than $45,000,000 shall be made available for 
     the Small Grants Program pursuant to section 7080 of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113-235), 
     as amended by this Act, which may remain available until 
     September 30, 2020.
       (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development (USAID) shall post on the USAID Web site detailed 
     information describing the process by which small 
     nongovernmental organizations, educational institutions, and 
     other small entities seeking funding from USAID for 
     unsolicited proposals through grants, cooperative agreements, 
     and other assistance mechanisms and agreements, can apply for 
     such funding:  Provided, That the USAID Administrator should 
     ensure that each bureau, office, and overseas mission has 
     authority to approve, and sufficient funds to implement, such 
     grants or other agreements that meet appropriate criteria for 
     unsolicited proposals.
       (3) Section 7080 of Public Law 113-235 is amended as 
     follows:
       (A) in subsections (b) and (c), strike ``Grants'', and 
     insert ``Awards'';
       (B) in subsection (c)(1), delete ``or'' after 
     ``proposals;'';
       (C) in subsection (c)(2) delete the period after 
     ``process'', and insert ``; or'';
       (D) after subsection (c)(2), insert ``(3) as otherwise 
     allowable under Federal Acquisition Regulations and USAID 
     procurement policies.''; and
       (E) in subsection (e)(3), strike ``12'', and insert ``20'', 
     and strike ``administrative and oversight expenses associated 
     with managing'' and insert ``administrative expenses, and 
     other necessary support associated with managing and 
     strengthening''.
       (4) For the purposes of section 7080 of Public Law 113-235, 
     ``eligible entities'' shall be defined as small local, 
     international, and United States-based nongovernmental 
     organizations, educational institutions, and other small 
     entities that have received less than a total of $5,000,000 
     in USAID funding over the previous five years:  Provided, 
     That departments or centers of such educational institutions 
     may be considered individually in determining such 
     eligibility.
       (r) Definitions.--
       (1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of 
     this Act the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     shall mean the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations 
     and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of 
     this Act the term ``funds appropriated in this Act and prior 
     Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs'' shall mean funds 
     that remain available for obligation, and have not expired.
       (3) For the purposes of this Act ``international financial 
     institutions'' shall mean the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
     Association, the International Finance Corporation, the 
     Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary 
     Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, 
     the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American 
     Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development, the African Development Bank, the African 
     Development Fund, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 
     Agency.
       (4) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other 
     Act making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs shall be deemed to 
     include portions of Western Kordofan that were previously 
     part of Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of 
     Southern Kordofan.

                     arab league boycott of israel

       Sec. 7035.  It is the sense of the Congress that--

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       (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
     boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with 
     Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United 
     States investment and trade in the Middle East and North 
     Africa;
       (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
     reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly 
     terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel 
     immediately disbanded;
       (3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 
     their neighbor Israel;
       (4) the President and the Secretary of State should 
     continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of 
     Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition 
     by, for example, taking into consideration the participation 
     of any recipient country in the boycott when determining to 
     sell weapons to said country; and
       (5) the President should report to Congress annually on 
     specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 
     Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel 
     to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of 
     Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading 
     partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting 
     businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing 
     businesses that do comply.

                         palestinian statehood

       Sec. 7036. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     provided to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary 
     of State determines and certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that--
       (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state--
       (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful co-
     existence with the State of Israel; and
       (B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism and 
     terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, including the 
     dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
     with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security 
     organizations; and
       (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of a 
     new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the 
     region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 
     lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will 
     enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist 
     within the context of full and normal relationships, which 
     should include--
       (A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency;
       (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, 
     territorial integrity, and political independence of every 
     state in the area through measures including the 
     establishment of demilitarized zones;
       (C) their right to live in peace within secure and 
     recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;
       (D) freedom of navigation through international waterways 
     in the area; and
       (E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of the 
     refugee problem.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the 
     rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human 
     rights for its citizens, and should enact other laws and 
     regulations assuring transparent and accountable governance.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) if the 
     President determines that it is important to the national 
     security interest of the United States to do so.
       (d) Exemption.--The restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian 
     Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing 
     entity, in order to help meet the requirements of subsection 
     (a), consistent with the provisions of section 7040 of this 
     Act (``Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian 
     Authority'').

           restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

       Sec. 7037.  None of the funds appropriated under titles II 
     through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to create 
     in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any department or 
     agency of the United States Government for the purpose of 
     conducting official United States Government business with 
     the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any 
     successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the 
     Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles:  Provided, That this 
     restriction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 
     space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:  
     Provided further, That meetings between officers and 
     employees of the United States and officials of the 
     Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing 
     entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of 
     Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United 
     States Government business with such authority should 
     continue to take place in locations other than Jerusalem:  
     Provided further, That as has been true in the past, officers 
     and employees of the United States Government may continue to 
     meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians 
     (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 
     Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental 
     discussions.

 prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation

       Sec. 7038.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
     technical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
     assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

                 assistance for the west bank and gaza

       Sec. 7039. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2016, 30 days 
     prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
     West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 
     certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures 
     have been established to assure the Comptroller General of 
     the United States will have access to appropriate United 
     States financial information in order to review the uses of 
     United States assistance for the Program funded under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and Gaza.
       (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for 
     assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
     shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such 
     assistance is not provided to or through any individual, 
     private or government entity, or educational institution that 
     the Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, 
     plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist 
     activity nor, with respect to private entities or educational 
     institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the 
     entity's governing board or governing board of trustees any 
     individual that has been determined to be involved in, or 
     advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a member of 
     a designated foreign terrorist organization:  Provided, That 
     the Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish 
     procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out 
     this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any 
     individual, entity, or educational institution which the 
     Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating 
     terrorist activity.
       (c) Prohibition.--
       (1) Recognition of acts of terrorism.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act for 
     assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program may be made 
     available for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
     honoring individuals who commit, or have committed acts of 
     terrorism.
       (2) Security assistance and reporting requirement.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
     made available by this or prior appropriations Acts, 
     including funds made available by transfer, may be made 
     available for obligation for security assistance for the West 
     Bank and Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 
     established for security assistance for the West Bank and 
     Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with 
     such benchmarks.
       (d) Audits by the United States Agency for International 
     Development.--
       (1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development shall ensure that Federal or non-
     Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and 
     significant subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West 
     Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual 
     basis to ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
     section.
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to $500,000 
     may be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United 
     States Agency for International Development for audits, 
     inspections, and other activities in furtherance of the 
     requirements of this subsection:  Provided, That such funds 
     are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
     purposes.
       (e) Comptroller General of the United States Audit.--
     Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), 
     the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
     audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and 
     uses of all funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza 
     Program, including all funds provided as cash transfer 
     assistance, in fiscal year 2016 under the heading ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', and such audit shall address--
       (1) the extent to which such Program complies with the 
     requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
       (2) an examination of all programs, projects, and 
     activities carried out under such Program, including both 
     obligations and expenditures.
       (f) Notification Procedures.--Funds made available in this 
     Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (g) Report.--Not later than 180 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations updating the report contained in 
     section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of the Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War 
     on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13).

         limitation on assistance for the palestinian authority

       Sec. 7040. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
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     II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated or 
     expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian 
     Authority.
       (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) 
     shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations 
     that waiving such prohibition is important to the national 
     security interest of the United States.
       (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
     to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a 
     period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 
     months after the enactment of this Act.
       (d) Report.--Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to 
     subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
     justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the 
     funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place 
     to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed:  Provided, 
     That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian 
     Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons 
     and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
       (e) Certification.--If the President exercises the waiver 
     authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must 
     certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior 
     to the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority has 
     established a single treasury account for all Palestinian 
     Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow through 
     this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist outside 
     of the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and there is a 
     single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll, and 
     the Palestinian Authority is acting to counter incitement of 
     violence against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed 
     at promoting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation 
     with Israel.
       (f) Prohibition to Hamas and the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization.--
       (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III through VI 
     of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the 
     Palestinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated or 
     expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively 
     controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
     Hamas is a member, or that results from an agreement with 
     Hamas and over which Hamas exercises undue influence.
       (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), 
     assistance may be provided to a power-sharing government only 
     if the President certifies and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that such government, including all of its 
     ministers or such equivalent, has publicly accepted and is 
     complying with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 
     (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended.
       (3) The President may exercise the authority in section 
     620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 
     the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
     446) with respect to this subsection.
       (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to paragraph (2) is 
     exercised, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the 
     certification and every quarter thereafter on whether such 
     government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent 
     are continuing to comply with the principles contained in 
     section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, as amended:  Provided, That the report shall also 
     detail the amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any 
     assistance provided pursuant to the abovementioned 
     certification and a full accounting of any direct support of 
     such government.
       (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 
     VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the 
     Palestine Liberation Organization.

                      middle east and north africa

       Sec. 7041. (a) Egypt.--
       (1) Certification and report.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act that are available for assistance for Egypt may be made 
     available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     restricting assistance for Egypt, except for this subsection 
     and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
     may only be made available for assistance for the Government 
     of Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
     the Committees on Appropriations that such government is--
       (A) sustaining the strategic relationship with the United 
     States; and
       (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel 
     Peace Treaty.
       (2) Economic support fund.--
       (A) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', up to $150,000,000 may 
     be made available for assistance for Egypt, of which not less 
     than $35,000,000 should be made available for higher 
     education programs including not less than $10,000,000 for 
     scholarships at not-for-profit institutions for Egyptian 
     students with high financial need:  Provided, That such funds 
     may be made available for democracy programs and for 
     development programs in the Sinai:  Provided further, That 
     such funds may not be made available for cash transfer 
     assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of State 
     certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that the Government of Egypt is taking consistent 
     and effective steps to stabilize the economy and implement 
     market-based economic reforms.
       (B) Withholding.--The Secretary of State shall withhold 
     from obligation funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for Egypt, 
     an amount of such funds that the Secretary determines to be 
     equivalent to that expended by the United States Government 
     for bail, and by nongovernmental organizations for legal and 
     court fees, associated with democracy-related trials in Egypt 
     until the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has dismissed 
     the convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 
     2013, in ``Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 
     2012''.
       (3) Foreign military financing program.--
       (A) Certification.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', 
     $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
     may be made available for assistance for Egypt:  Provided, 
     That 15 percent of such funds shall be withheld from 
     obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
     to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
     Egypt is taking effective steps to--
       (i) advance democracy and human rights in Egypt, including 
     to govern democratically and protect religious minorities and 
     the rights of women, which are in addition to steps taken 
     during the previous calendar year for such purposes;
       (ii) implement reforms that protect freedoms of expression, 
     association, and peaceful assembly, including the ability of 
     civil society organizations and the media to function without 
     interference;
       (iii) release political prisoners and provide detainees 
     with due process of law;
       (iv) hold Egyptian security forces accountable, including 
     officers credibly alleged to have violated human rights; and
       (v) provide regular access for United States officials to 
     monitor such assistance in areas where the assistance is 
     used:
       Provided further, That such funds may be transferred to an 
     interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
     York, following consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That the certification 
     requirement of this paragraph shall not apply to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under such heading for 
     counterterrorism, border security, and nonproliferation 
     programs for Egypt.
       (B) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     certification requirement in subparagraph (A) if the 
     Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that to do so is important to the national 
     security interest of the United States, and submits a report 
     to such Committees containing a detailed justification for 
     the use of such waiver and the reasons why any of the 
     requirements of subparagraph (A) cannot be met.
       (4) Oversight and consultation requirements.--
       (A) The Secretary of State shall take all practicable steps 
     to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 
     oversight, and control of funds made available by this 
     subsection for assistance for Egypt.
       (B) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
     on any plan to restructure military assistance for Egypt.
       (b) Iran.--
       (1) Funding.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'' shall be used by the 
     Secretary of State--
       (A) to support the United States policy to prevent Iran 
     from achieving the capability to produce or otherwise obtain 
     a nuclear weapon;
       (B) to support an expeditious response to any violation of 
     the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 2231;
       (C) to support the implementation and enforcement of 
     sanctions against Iran for support of terrorism, human rights 
     abuses, and ballistic missile and weapons proliferation; and
       (D) for democracy programs for Iran, to be administered by 
     the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Department 
     of State, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State.
       (2) Continuation of prohibition.--The terms and conditions 
     of paragraph (2) of section 7041(c) in division I of Public 
     Law 112-74 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 
     as if part of this Act.
       (3) Reports.--
       (A) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations the semi-annual report required by section 
     2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 
     2160e(d)(4)).
       (B) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on

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     the status of the implementation and enforcement of bilateral 
     United States and multilateral sanctions against Iran and 
     actions taken by the United States and the international 
     community to enforce such sanctions against Iran:  Provided, 
     That the report shall also include any entities involved in 
     the testing of a ballistic missile by the Government of Iran 
     after October 1, 2015, and note whether such entities are 
     currently under United States sanctions:  Provided further, 
     That such report shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 
     but may contain a classified annex if necessary.
       (c) Iraq.--
       (1) Purposes.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 
     available for assistance for Iraq to promote governance, 
     security, and internal and regional stability, including in 
     Kurdistan and other areas impacted by the conflict in Syria, 
     and among religious and ethnic minority populations in Iraq.
       (2) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available for construction, rehabilitation, or 
     other improvements to United States diplomatic facilities in 
     Iraq on property for which no land-use agreement has been 
     entered into by the Governments of the United States and 
     Iraq:  Provided, That the restrictions in this paragraph 
     shall not apply if such funds are necessary to protect United 
     States diplomatic facilities or the security, health, and 
     welfare of United States personnel.
       (3) Kurdistan regional governments security services.--
     Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are available for 
     assistance for Iraq should be made available to enhance the 
     capacity of Kurdistan Regional Government security services 
     and for security programs in Kurdistan to address 
     requirements arising from the violence in Syria and Iraq:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations prior to obligating such funds.
       (4) Basing rights agreement.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
     used by the Government of the United States to enter into a 
     permanent basing rights agreement between the United States 
     and Iraq.
       (d) Jordan.--
       (1) Funding levels.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under titles III and IV, not less than $1,275,000,000 shall 
     be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 
     less than $204,000,000 shall be for budget support for the 
     Government of Jordan and $100,000,000 shall be for water 
     sector support:  Provided, That such assistance for water 
     sector support shall be subject to prior consultation with 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (2) Response to the syrian crisis.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act shall be made available for programs to implement 
     the Jordan Response Plan 2015 for the Syria Crisis, including 
     assistance for host communities in Jordan:  Provided, That 
     not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations describing United States and other donor 
     contributions to such Plan.
       (e) Lebanon.--
       (1) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Security 
     Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or 
     the LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
     designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act.
       (2) Consultation requirement.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the headings ``International Narcotics Control and 
     Law Enforcement'' and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
     that are available for assistance for Lebanon may be made 
     available for programs and equipment for the ISF and the LAF 
     to address security and stability requirements in areas 
     affected by the conflict in Syria, following consultation 
     with the appropriate congressional committees.
       (3) Economic support fund.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' that are 
     available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
     notwithstanding section 1224 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 
     U.S.C. 2346 note).
       (4) Foreign military financing program.--In addition to the 
     activities described in paragraph (2), funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
     only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen border 
     security and combat terrorism, including training and 
     equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon's borders, interdicting 
     arms shipments, preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven 
     for terrorist groups, and to implement United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 1701:  Provided, That funds may 
     not be obligated for assistance for the LAF until the 
     Secretary of State submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a detailed spend plan, including actions to be 
     taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is only used 
     for the intended purposes, except such plan may not be 
     considered as meeting the notification requirements under 
     section 7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted not later than 
     September 1, 2016:  Provided further, That any notification 
     submitted pursuant to such sections shall include any funds 
     specifically intended for lethal military equipment.
       (f) Libya.--
       (1) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by titles III and 
     IV of this Act, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for Libya for programs to strengthen 
     governing institutions and civil society, improve border 
     security, and promote democracy and stability in Libya, and 
     for activities to address the humanitarian needs of the 
     people of Libya.
       (2) Limitations.--
       (A) Cooperation on the september 2012 attack on united 
     states personnel and facilities.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance 
     for the central Government of Libya unless the Secretary of 
     State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
     government is cooperating with United States Government 
     efforts to investigate and bring to justice those responsible 
     for the attack on United States personnel and facilities in 
     Benghazi, Libya in September 2012:  Provided, That the 
     limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made 
     available for the purpose of protecting United States 
     Government personnel or facilities.
       (B) Infrastructure projects.--The limitation on the uses of 
     funds in section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, 
     Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76) shall apply to funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
     assistance for Libya.
       (3) Certification requirement.--Prior to the initial 
     obligation of funds made available by this Act for assistance 
     for Libya, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations that all practicable steps 
     have been taken to ensure that mechanisms are in place for 
     monitoring, oversight, and control of funds made available by 
     this subsection for assistance for Libya, including a 
     description of the vetting procedures to be used for 
     recipients of assistance made available under title IV of 
     this Act.
       (g) Morocco.--
       (1)  Availability and consultation requirement.--Funds 
     appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made 
     available for assistance for the Western Sahara:  Provided, 
     That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and 
     prior to the obligation of such funds the Secretary of State, 
     in consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development, shall consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of such 
     funds.
       (2) Foreign military financing program.--Funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' that are available for assistance for Morocco may 
     only be used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 
     Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2016.
       (h) Syria.--
       (1) Non-lethal assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', and ``Peacekeeping 
     Operations'' shall be made available, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law except for this subsection, for non-
     lethal assistance for programs to address the needs of 
     civilians affected by conflict in Syria, and for programs 
     that seek to--
       (A) establish governance in Syria that is representative, 
     inclusive, and accountable;
       (B) expand the role of women in negotiations to end the 
     violence and in any political transition in Syria;
       (C) develop and implement political processes that are 
     democratic, transparent, and adhere to the rule of law;
       (D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian opposition through 
     cross-border programs;
       (E) develop civil society and an independent media in 
     Syria;
       (F) promote economic development in Syria;
       (G) document, investigate, and prosecute human rights 
     violations in Syria, including through transitional justice 
     programs and support for nongovernmental organizations;
       (H) counter extremist ideologies;
       (I) assist Syrian refugees whose education has been 
     interrupted by the ongoing conflict to complete higher 
     education requirements at regional academic institutions; and
       (J) assist vulnerable populations in Syria and in 
     neighboring countries.
       (2) Syrian organizations.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     that are made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to 
     the authority of this subsection shall be made available, on 
     an open and competitive basis, for a program to strengthen 
     the capability of Syrian civil society organizations to 
     address the immediate and long-term needs of the Syrian 
     people inside Syria in a manner that supports the 
     sustainability of such organizations in implementing Syrian-
     led humanitarian and development programs and the 
     comprehensive strategy required in section

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     7041(i)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of 
     Public Law 113-76).
       (3) Strategy update.--Funds appropriated by this Act that 
     are made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to the 
     authority of this subsection may only be made available after 
     the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of 
     relevant United States Government agencies, submits, in 
     classified form if necessary, an update to the comprehensive 
     strategy required in section 7041(i)(3) of Public Law 113-76.
       (4) Monitoring and oversight.--Prior to the obligation of 
     funds appropriated by this Act and made available for 
     assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all 
     practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for 
     monitoring, oversight, and control of such assistance inside 
     Syria:  Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly inform 
     the appropriate congressional committees of each significant 
     instance in which assistance provided pursuant to this 
     subsection has been compromised, to include the type and 
     amount of assistance affected, a description of the incident 
     and parties involved, and an explanation of the response of 
     the Department of State.
       (5) Consultation and notification.--Funds made available 
     pursuant to this subsection may only be made available 
     following consultation with the appropriate congressional 
     committees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (i) Tunisia.--Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
     and IV of this Act, not less than $141,900,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for Tunisia.
       (j) West Bank and Gaza.--
       (1) Report on assistance.--Prior to the initial obligation 
     of funds made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for the West Bank 
     and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the purpose of such 
     assistance is to--
       (A) advance Middle East peace;
       (B) improve security in the region;
       (C) continue support for transparent and accountable 
     government institutions;
       (D) promote a private sector economy; or
       (E) address urgent humanitarian needs.
       (2) Limitations.--
       (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' in this Act may be made available 
     for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if after the 
     date of enactment of this Act--
       (I) the Palestinians obtain the same standing as member 
     states or full membership as a state in the United Nations or 
     any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement 
     negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; or
       (II) the Palestinians initiate an International Criminal 
     Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively 
     support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli 
     nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against 
     Palestinians.
       (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in 
     clause (i) of this subparagraph resulting from the 
     application of subclause (I) of such clause if the Secretary 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 
     is in the national security interest of the United States, 
     and submits a report to such Committees detailing how the 
     waiver and the continuation of assistance would assist in 
     furthering Middle East peace.
       (B)(i) The President may waive the provisions of section 
     1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
     1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204) if the President 
     determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 
     Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees that the 
     Palestinians have not, after the date of enactment of this 
     Act--
       (I) obtained in the United Nations or any specialized 
     agency thereof the same standing as member states or full 
     membership as a state outside an agreement negotiated between 
     Israel and the Palestinians; and
       (II) taken any action with respect to the ICC that is 
     intended to influence a determination by the ICC to initiate 
     a judicially authorized investigation, or to actively support 
     such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an 
     investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.
       (ii) Not less than 90 days after the President is unable to 
     make the certification pursuant to clause (i) of this 
     subparagraph, the President may waive section 1003 of Public 
     Law 100-204 if the President determines and certifies in 
     writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
     President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations that the Palestinians have entered into direct 
     and meaningful negotiations with Israel:  Provided, That any 
     waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of Public Law 100-
     204 under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under previous 
     provisions of law must expire before the waiver under the 
     preceding sentence may be exercised.
       (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subparagraph shall be 
     effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time and 
     shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (3) Reduction.--The Secretary of State shall reduce the 
     amount of assistance made available by this Act under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for the Palestinian 
     Authority by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent 
     to the amount expended by the Palestinian Authority as 
     payments for acts of terrorism by individuals who are 
     imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts of 
     terrorism and by individuals who died committing acts of 
     terrorism during the previous calendar year:  Provided, That 
     the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the amount reduced for fiscal year 2016 
     prior to the obligation of funds for the Palestinian 
     Authority.
       (4) Security report.--The reporting requirements contained 
     in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 
     (Public Law 110-252) shall apply to funds made available by 
     this Act, including a description of modifications, if any, 
     to the security strategy of the Palestinian Authority.

                                 africa

       Sec. 7042. (a) Boko Haram.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     that are made available for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, 
     Niger, and Nigeria--
       (1) shall be made available for assistance for women and 
     girls who are targeted by the terrorist organization Boko 
     Haram, consistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this 
     Act; and
       (2) may be made available for counterterrorism programs to 
     combat Boko Haram.
       (b) Central African Republic.--Funds made available by this 
     Act for assistance for the Central African Republic shall be 
     made available for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, 
     including activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the 
     national and local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes 
     against humanity.
       (c) Counterterrorism Programs.--Of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act, not less than $69,821,000 should be made 
     available for the Trans-Sahara Counter-terrorism Partnership 
     program, and not less than $24,150,000 should be made 
     available for the Partnership for Regional East Africa 
     Counterterrorism program.
       (d) Ethiopia.--
       (1) Forced evictions.--
       (A) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 
     Ethiopia may not be made available for any activity that 
     supports forced evictions.
       (B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States executive director of each international financial 
     institution to vote against financing for any activity that 
     supports forced evictions in Ethiopia.
       (2) Consultation requirement.--Programs and activities to 
     improve livelihoods shall include prior consultation with, 
     and the participation of, affected communities, including in 
     the South Omo and Gambella regions.
       (3) Foreign military financing program.--Funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' for assistance for Ethiopia may only be made 
     available for border security and counterterrorism programs, 
     support for international peacekeeping efforts, and 
     assistance for the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff 
     College.
       (e) Lake Chad Basin Countries.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act shall be made available for democracy and other 
     development programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, 
     following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: 
      Provided, That such democracy programs should protect 
     freedoms of expression, association and religion, including 
     for journalists, civil society, and opposition political 
     parties, and should be used to assist the governments of such 
     countries to strengthen accountability and the rule of law, 
     including within the security forces.
       (f) Lord's Resistance Army.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be made available for programs and activities in areas 
     affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) consistent with 
     the goals of the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and 
     Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 111-172), including 
     to improve physical access, telecommunications 
     infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support 
     the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former 
     LRA combatants, especially child soldiers.
       (g) Power Africa Initiative.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act that are made available for the Power Africa initiative 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (h) Programs in Africa.--
       (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Global Health Programs'' and ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for 
     the purposes of section 7042(g)(1) of the Department of 
     State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76).
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not less than 
     $8,000,000 shall be made available for the purposes of 
     section 7042(g)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
     (division K of Public Law 113-76).

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       (3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
     be programmed in a manner that leverages a United States 
     Government-wide approach to addressing shared challenges and 
     mutually beneficial opportunities, and shall be the 
     responsibility of United States Chiefs of Mission in 
     countries in Africa seeking enhanced partnerships with the 
     United States in areas of trade, investment, development, 
     health, and security.
       (i) South Sudan.--
       (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
     for assistance for South Sudan should--
       (A) be prioritized for programs that respond to 
     humanitarian needs and the delivery of basic services and to 
     mitigate conflict and promote stability, including to address 
     protection needs and prevent and respond to gender-based 
     violence;
       (B) support programs that build resilience of communities 
     to address food insecurity, maintain educational 
     opportunities, and enhance local governance;
       (C) be used to advance democracy, including support for 
     civil society, independent media, and other means to 
     strengthen the rule of law;
       (D) support the transparent and sustainable management of 
     natural resources by assisting the Government of South Sudan 
     in conducting regular audits of financial accounts, including 
     revenues from oil and gas, and the timely public disclosure 
     of such audits; and
       (E) support the professionalization of security forces, 
     including human rights and accountability to civilian 
     authorities.
       (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act that are 
     available for assistance for the central Government of South 
     Sudan may be made available until the Secretary of State 
     certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that such government is taking effective steps to--
       (A) end hostilities and pursue good faith negotiations for 
     a political settlement of the internal conflict;
       (B) provide access for humanitarian organizations;
       (C) end the recruitment and use of child soldiers;
       (D) protect freedoms of expression, association, and 
     assembly;
       (E) reduce corruption related to the extraction and sale of 
     oil and gas; and
       (F) establish democratic institutions, including 
     accountable military and police forces under civilian 
     authority.
       (3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not apply to--
       (A) humanitarian assistance;
       (B) assistance to support South Sudan peace negotiations or 
     to advance or implement a peace agreement; and
       (C) assistance to support implementation of outstanding 
     issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and mutual 
     arrangements related to the CPA.
       (j) Sudan.--
       (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
     assistance for the Government of Sudan.
       (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
     guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the 
     cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 
     United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, 
     and credit agreements.
       (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not 
     apply to--
       (A) humanitarian assistance;
       (B) assistance for democracy programs;
       (C) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 
     State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and 
     populations in Sudan, and Abyei; and
       (D) assistance to support implementation of outstanding 
     issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual 
     arrangements related to post-referendum issues associated 
     with the CPA, or any other internationally recognized viable 
     peace agreement in Sudan.
       (k) Zimbabwe.--
       (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States executive director of each international financial 
     institution to vote against any extension by the respective 
     institution of any loan or grant to the Government of 
     Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
     democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of 
     law has been restored, including respect for ownership and 
     title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, 
     and assembly.
       (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     made available for assistance for the central Government of 
     Zimbabwe, except for health and education, unless the 
     Secretary of State certifies and reports as required in 
     paragraph (1), and funds may be made available for 
     macroeconomic growth assistance if the Secretary reports to 
     the Committees on Appropriations that such government is 
     implementing transparent fiscal policies, including public 
     disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural 
     resources.

                       east asia and the pacific

       Sec. 7043. (a) Asia Rebalancing Initiative.--Except for 
     paragraphs (1)(C), (4), (5)(B) and (C), and 6(B), section 
     7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 
     Public Law 113-235) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
     year 2016 as if part of this Act:  Provided, That section 
     7043(a)(8) of such Act shall be applied to funds appropriated 
     by this Act by adding ``East Asia,'' before ``South East 
     Asia''.
       (b) Burma.--
       (1) Bilateral economic assistance.--
       (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for Burma may be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     except for this subsection, and following consultation with 
     the appropriate congressional committees.
       (B) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
     assistance for Burma--
       (i) may not be made available for budget support for the 
     Government of Burma;
       (ii) shall be made available to strengthen civil society 
     organizations in Burma, including as core support for such 
     organizations;
       (iii) shall be made available for the implementation of the 
     democracy and human rights strategy required by section 
     7043(b)(3)(A) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of 
     Public Law 113-76);
       (iv) shall be made available for community-based 
     organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical, 
     and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced 
     persons in eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for 
     Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'';
       (v) shall be made available for programs to promote ethnic 
     and religious tolerance, including in Rakhine and Kachin 
     states;
       (vi) may not be made available to any successor or 
     affiliated organization of the State Peace and Development 
     Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC members that 
     promotes the repressive policies of the SPDC, or to any 
     individual or organization credibly alleged to have committed 
     gross violations of human rights, including against Rohingya 
     and other minority groups;
       (vii) may be made available for programs administered by 
     the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 
     for International Development (USAID), for ethnic groups and 
     civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire agreements 
     and further prospects for reconciliation and peace, which may 
     include support to representatives of ethnic armed groups for 
     this purpose; and
       (viii) may not be made available to any organization or 
     individual the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
     the appropriate congressional committees advocates violence 
     against ethnic or religious groups and individuals in Burma, 
     including such organizations as Ma Ba Tha.
       (2) International security assistance.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the headings ``International 
     Military Education and Training'' and ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'' may be made available for assistance for 
     Burma:  Provided, That the Department of State may continue 
     consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on human 
     rights and disaster response in a manner consistent with the 
     prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       (3) Multilateral assistance.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
     should instruct the United States executive director of each 
     international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
     of the United States to support projects in Burma only if 
     such projects--
       (A) promote accountability and transparency, including on-
     site monitoring throughout the life of the project;
       (B) are developed and carried out in accordance with best 
     practices regarding environmental conservation; social and 
     cultural protection and empowerment of local populations, 
     particularly ethnic nationalities; and extraction of 
     resources;
       (C) do not promote the displacement of local populations 
     without appropriate consultation, harm mitigation and 
     compensation, and do not provide incentives for, or 
     facilitate, the forced migration of indigenous communities; 
     and
       (D) do not partner with or otherwise involve military-owned 
     enterprises or state-owned enterprises associated with the 
     military.
       (4) Assessment.--Not later than 180 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     initiate an assessment of democracy programs in Burma 
     conducted by the Department of State and USAID, including the 
     strategy for such programs, and programmatic implementation 
     and results:  Provided, That of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act and made available for assistance for Burma, up to 
     $100,000 shall be made available to the Comptroller for such 
     assessment.
       (5) Programs, position, and responsibilities.--
       (A) Any new program or activity in Burma initiated in 
     fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to prior consultation with 
     the appropriate congressional committees.

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       (B) Section 7043(b)(7) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (division J of Public Law 113-235) shall continue in effect 
     during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act.
       (C) The United States Chief of Mission in Burma, in 
     consultation with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, 
     shall be responsible for democracy programs in Burma.
       (c) Cambodia.--
       (1) Khmer rouge tribunal.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act that are made available for assistance for Cambodia, 
     up to $2,000,000 may be made available for a contribution to 
     the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), 
     in a manner consistent with prior fiscal years, except that 
     such funds may only be made available for a contribution to 
     the appeals process in Case 002/01.
       (2) Research and education.--Funds made available by this 
     Act for democracy programs in Cambodia shall be made 
     available for research and education programs associated with 
     the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia.
       (3) Reimbursements.--The Secretary of State shall continue 
     to consult with the Principal Donors Group on reimbursements 
     to the Documentation Center of Cambodia for costs incurred in 
     support of the ECCC.
       (d) North Korea.--
       (1) Broadcasts.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``International Broadcasting Operations'' shall be 
     made available to maintain broadcasts into North Korea at 
     levels consistent with the prior fiscal year.
       (2) Refugees.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' shall be made 
     available for assistance for refugees from North Korea, 
     including protection activities in the People's Republic of 
     China and other countries in the Asia region.
       (3) Database and report.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under title III shall be made available to maintain a 
     database of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance 
     with section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
     (division K of Public Law 113-76):  Provided, That not later 
     than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations describing the sources of information and 
     format of such database.
       (4) Limitation on use of funds.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' may be made available for assistance for the 
     Government of North Korea.
       (e) People's Republic of China.--
       (1) Limitation on use of funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Diplomatic and Consular 
     Programs'' in this Act may be obligated or expended for 
     processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 
     States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
     components) to the People's Republic of China (PRC) unless, 
     at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations 
     are notified of such proposed action.
       (2) People's liberation army.--The terms and requirements 
     of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
     apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the 
     People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 
     projects or activities by any entity that is owned or 
     controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA:  Provided, That 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     pursuant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 
     contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any 
     entity that the Secretary of State has reason to believe is 
     owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA.
       (3) Counter influence programs.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act for public diplomacy under title I and for assistance 
     under titles III and IV shall be made available to counter 
     the influence of the PRC, in accordance with the strategy 
     required by section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, 
     Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76), following 
     consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
       (4) Cost-matching requirement.--Section 7032(f) of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113-235) 
     shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part 
     of this Act.
       (f) Tibet.--
       (1) Financing of projects in tibet.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury should instruct the United States executive director 
     of each international financial institution to use the voice 
     and vote of the United States to support financing of 
     projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives 
     for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet 
     or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and 
     natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough 
     needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan 
     people and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are 
     subject to effective monitoring.
       (2) Programs for tibetan communities.--
       (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' shall be made available to nongovernmental 
     organizations to support activities which preserve cultural 
     traditions and promote sustainable development, education, 
     and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the 
     Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in 
     China.
       (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made available for 
     programs to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, 
     development, and the resilience of Tibetan communities in 
     India and Nepal, and to assist in the education and 
     development of the next generation of Tibetan leaders from 
     such communities:  Provided, That such funds are in addition 
     to amounts made available in subparagraph (A) for programs 
     inside Tibet.
       (g) Vietnam.--
       (1) Dioxin remediation.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made 
     available for remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in 
     Vietnam and may be made available for assistance for the 
     Government of Vietnam, including the military, for such 
     purposes.
       (2) Health and disability programs.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Development Assistance'' shall 
     be made available for health and disability programs in areas 
     sprayed with Agent Orange and otherwise contaminated with 
     dioxin, to assist individuals with severe upper or lower body 
     mobility impairment and/or cognitive or developmental 
     disabilities.

                         south and central asia

       Sec. 7044. (a) Afghanistan.--
       (1) Diplomatic operations.--
       (A) Facilities.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', ``Embassy 
     Security, Construction, and Maintenance'', and ``Operating 
     Expenses'' that are available for construction and renovation 
     of United States Government facilities in Afghanistan may not 
     be made available if the purpose is to accommodate Federal 
     employee positions or to expand aviation facilities or assets 
     above those notified by the Department of State and the 
     United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 
     the Committees on Appropriations, or contractors in addition 
     to those in place on the date of enactment of this Act:  
     Provided, That the limitations in this paragraph shall not 
     apply if funds are necessary to implement plans for 
     accommodating other United States Government agencies under 
     Chief of Mission authority per section 3927 of title 22, 
     United States Code, or to protect such facilities or the 
     security, health, and welfare of United States Government 
     personnel.
       (B) Personnel report.--Not later than 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act and every 120 days thereafter until 
     September 30, 2016, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report, in classified form if necessary, to the appropriate 
     congressional committees detailing by agency the number of 
     personnel present in Afghanistan under Chief of Mission 
     authority per section 3927 of title 22, United States Code, 
     at the end of the 120 day period preceding the submission of 
     such report:  Provided, That such report shall also include 
     the number of locally employed staff and contractors 
     supporting United States Embassy operations in Afghanistan 
     during the reporting period.
       (2) Assistance and conditions.--
       (A) Funding and limitations.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' may 
     be made available for assistance for Afghanistan:  Provided, 
     That such funds may not be obligated for any project or 
     activity that--
       (i) includes the participation of any Afghan individual or 
     organization that the Secretary of State determines to be 
     involved in corrupt practices or a violation of human rights;
       (ii) cannot be sustained, as appropriate, by the Government 
     of Afghanistan or another Afghan entity;
       (iii) is inaccessible for the purposes of conducting 
     regular oversight in accordance with applicable Federal 
     statutes and regulations; or
       (iv) initiates any new, major infrastructure development.
       (B) Certification and report.--Prior to the initial 
     obligation of funds made available by this Act under the 
     headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' for assistance for 
     the central Government of Afghanistan, the Secretary of State 
     shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     after consultation with the Government of Afghanistan, that--
       (i) goals and benchmarks for the specific uses of such 
     funds have been established by the Governments of the United 
     States and Afghanistan;
       (ii) conditions are in place that increase the transparency 
     and accountability of the Government of Afghanistan for funds 
     obligated under the New Development Partnership;
       (iii) the Government of Afghanistan is continuing to 
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     govern democratically and protect the rights of individuals 
     and civil society, including taking consistent steps to 
     protect and advance the rights of women and girls in 
     Afghanistan;
       (iv) the Government of Afghanistan is reducing corruption 
     and prosecuting individuals alleged to be involved in illegal 
     activities in Afghanistan;
       (v) monitoring and oversight frameworks for programs 
     implemented with such funds are in accordance with all 
     applicable audit policies of the Department of State and 
     USAID;
       (vi) the necessary policies and procedures are in place to 
     ensure Government of Afghanistan compliance with section 7013 
     of this Act; and
       (vii) the Government of Afghanistan has established 
     processes for the public reporting of its national budget, 
     including revenues and expenditures.
       (C) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, after consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense, may waive the certification 
     requirement of subparagraph (B) if the Secretary determines 
     that to do so is important to the national security interest 
     of the United States and the Secretary submits a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
     necessary, on the justification for the waiver and the 
     reasons why any part of the certification requirement of 
     subparagraph (B) has not been met.
       (D) Programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for assistance for Afghanistan shall be made 
     available in the following manner--
       (i) not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for 
     rule of law programs, the decisions for which shall be the 
     responsibility of the Chief of Mission, in consultation with 
     other appropriate United States Government officials in 
     Afghanistan;
       (ii) for programs that protect the rights of women and 
     girls and promote the political and economic empowerment of 
     women, including their meaningful inclusion in political 
     processes:  Provided, That such assistance to promote 
     economic empowerment of women shall be made available as 
     grants to Afghan and international organizations, to the 
     maximum extent practicable;
       (iii) for programs in South and Central Asia to expand 
     linkages between Afghanistan and countries in the region, 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations; and
       (iv) to assist the Government of Afghanistan to increase 
     revenue collection and expenditure.
       (3) Goals and benchmarks.--Not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report describing 
     the goals and benchmarks required in clause (2)(B)(i):  
     Provided, That not later than 6 months after the submission 
     of such report and every 6 months thereafter until September 
     30, 2017, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
     such committees on the status of achieving such goals and 
     benchmarks:  Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
     should suspend assistance for the Government of Afghanistan 
     if any report required by this paragraph indicates that such 
     government is failing to make measurable progress in meeting 
     such goals and benchmarks.
       (4) Authorities.--
       (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III through 
     VI that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan may 
     be made available--
       (i) notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act or any similar 
     provision of law and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961;
       (ii) for reconciliation programs and disarmament, 
     demobilization, and reintegration activities for former 
     combatants who have renounced violence against the Government 
     of Afghanistan, in accordance with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) 
     of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 
     112-74); and
       (iii) for an endowment to empower women and girls.
       (B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of Public Law 112-
     74 shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act for 
     assistance for Afghanistan.
       (C) Section 1102(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (title XI of Public Law 111-32) shall continue in effect 
     during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act.
       (5) Basing rights agreement.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act may be used by the United States 
     Government to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement 
     between the United States and Afghanistan.
       (b) Bangladesh.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Development Assistance'' that are made available 
     for assistance for Bangladesh shall be made available for 
     programs to protect due process of law, and to improve labor 
     conditions by strengthening the capacity of independent 
     workers' organizations in Bangladesh's readymade garment, 
     shrimp, and fish export sectors.
       (c) Nepal.--
       (1) Bilateral economic assistance.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act shall be made available for assistance for Nepal for 
     earthquake recovery and reconstruction programs:  Provided, 
     That such amounts shall be in addition to funds made 
     available by this Act for development and democracy programs 
     in Nepal:  Provided further, That funds made available for 
     earthquake recovery and reconstruction programs should--
       (A) target affected communities on an equitable basis; and
       (B) include sufficient oversight mechanisms, to include the 
     participation of civil society organizations.
       (2) Foreign military financing program.--Funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' shall only be made available for humanitarian and 
     disaster relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal, and 
     in support of international peacekeeping operations:  
     Provided, That such funds may only be made available for any 
     additional uses if the Secretary of State certifies and 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     Government of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting 
     violations of human rights and the law of war, and the Nepal 
     Army is cooperating fully with civilian judicial authorities 
     on such efforts.
       (d) Pakistan.--
       (1) Certification requirement.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under 
     the headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', and ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'' for assistance for the 
     Government of Pakistan may be made available unless the 
     Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that the Government of Pakistan is--
       (A) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism 
     efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura 
     Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 
     other domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including 
     taking effective steps to end support for such groups and 
     prevent them from basing and operating in Pakistan and 
     carrying out cross border attacks into neighboring countries;
       (B) not supporting terrorist activities against United 
     States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's 
     military and intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-
     judicially into political and judicial processes in Pakistan;
       (C) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks 
     and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture 
     of IEDs;
       (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related 
     material and expertise;
       (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 
     visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance 
     programs in Pakistan; and
       (F) providing humanitarian organizations access to 
     detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani 
     civilians affected by the conflict.
       (2) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, after consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense, may waive the certification 
     requirement of paragraph (1) if the Secretary of State 
     determines that to do so is important to the national 
     security interest of the United States and the Secretary 
     submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations, in 
     classified form if necessary, on the justification for the 
     waiver and the reasons why any part of the certification 
     requirement of paragraph (1) has not been met.
       (3) Assistance.--
       (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for assistance for 
     Pakistan may be made available only to support 
     counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities in 
     Pakistan.
       (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
     terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'' that are available 
     for assistance for Pakistan shall be made available to 
     interdict precursor materials from Pakistan to Afghanistan 
     that are used to manufacture IEDs, including calcium ammonium 
     nitrate; to support programs to train border and customs 
     officials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for agricultural 
     extension programs that encourage alternative fertilizer use 
     among Pakistani farmers.
       (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
     assistance for infrastructure projects in Pakistan shall be 
     implemented in a manner consistent with section 507(6) of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)).
       (D) Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV 
     for assistance for Pakistan may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for this 
     subsection and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961.
       (E) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act 
     that are made available for assistance for Pakistan, 
     $33,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
     Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from 
     prison and cleared of all charges relating to the assistance 
     provided to the United States in locating Osama bin Laden.

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       (4) Scholarships for women.--The authority and directives 
     of section 7044(d)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (division J of Public Law 113-235) shall apply to funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
     assistance for Pakistan.
       (5) Reports.--
       (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 7076 of this Act 
     for assistance for Pakistan shall include achievable and 
     sustainable goals, benchmarks for measuring progress, and 
     expected results regarding combating poverty and furthering 
     development in Pakistan, countering terrorism and extremism, 
     and establishing conditions conducive to the rule of law and 
     transparent and accountable governance:  Provided, That such 
     benchmarks may incorporate those required in title III of the 
     Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 
     8441 et seq.), as appropriate:  Provided further, That not 
     later than 6 months after submission of such spend plan, and 
     each 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2017, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the status of achieving the goals and 
     benchmarks in such plan.
       (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend assistance for 
     the Government of Pakistan if any report required by clause 
     (i) indicates that Pakistan is failing to make measurable 
     progress in meeting such goals or benchmarks.
       (B) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations detailing the costs and objectives associated 
     with significant infrastructure projects supported by the 
     United States in Pakistan, and an assessment of the extent to 
     which such projects achieve such objectives.
       (6) Oversight.--The Secretary of State shall take all 
     practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for 
     monitoring, oversight, and control of funds made available by 
     this subsection for assistance for Pakistan.
       (e) Sri Lanka.--
       (1) Bilateral economic assistance.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be 
     made available for assistance for Sri Lanka for democracy and 
     economic development programs, particularly in areas 
     recovering from ethnic and religious conflict:  Provided, 
     That such funds shall be made available for programs to 
     assist in the identification and resolution of cases of 
     missing persons.
       (2) Certification.--Funds appropriated by this Act for 
     assistance for the central Government of Sri Lanka may be 
     made available only if the Secretary of State certifies and 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     Government of Sri Lanka is continuing to--
       (A) address the underlying causes of conflict in Sri Lanka; 
     and
       (B) increase accountability and transparency in governance.
       (3) International security assistance.--Funds appropriated 
     under title IV of this Act that are available for assistance 
     for Sri Lanka shall be subject to the following conditions--
       (A) funds under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' may only be made available for programs to 
     redeploy, restructure, and reduce the size of the Sri Lankan 
     armed forces and shall not exceed $400,000;
       (B) funds under the heading ``International Military 
     Education and Training'' may only be made available for 
     training related to international peacekeeping operations and 
     Expanded International Military Education and Training; and
       (C) funds under the heading ``Peacekeeping Operations'' may 
     only be made available for training related to international 
     peacekeeping operations.
       (f) Regional Programs.--
       (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for Afghanistan and 
     Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, for 
     cross border stabilization and development programs between 
     Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either country and the 
     Central Asian countries.
       (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics Control 
     and Law Enforcement'', and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'' that are available for assistance for 
     countries in South and Central Asia shall be made available 
     to enhance the recruitment, retention, and professionalism of 
     women in the judiciary, police, and other security forces.

                           western hemisphere

       Sec. 7045. (a) United States Engagement in Central 
     America.--
       (1) Funding.--Subject to the requirements of this 
     subsection, of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
     of this Act, up to $750,000,000 may be made available for 
     assistance for countries in Central America to implement the 
     United States Strategy for Engagement in Central America (the 
     Strategy) in support of the Plan of the Alliance for 
     Prosperity in the Northern Triangle of Central America (the 
     Plan):  Provided, That the Secretary of State and 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development (USAID) shall prioritize such assistance to 
     address the key factors in such countries contributing to the 
     migration of unaccompanied, undocumented minors to the United 
     States:  Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to the maximum extent practicable on a cost-
     matching basis.
       (2) Pre-obligation requirements.--Prior to the obligation 
     of funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a multi-year spend plan specifying the 
     proposed uses of such funds in each country and the 
     objectives, indicators to measure progress, and a timeline to 
     implement the Strategy, and the amounts made available from 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs to support such 
     Strategy:  Provided, That such spend plan shall also include 
     a description of how such assistance will differ from, 
     complement, and leverage funds allocated by each government 
     and other donors, including international financial 
     institutions.
       (3) Assistance for the central governments of el salvador, 
     guatemala, and honduras.--Of the funds made available 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) that are available for assistance 
     for each of the central governments of El Salvador, 
     Guatemala, and Honduras, the following amounts shall be 
     withheld from obligation and may only be made available as 
     follows:
       (A) 25 percent may only be obligated after the Secretary of 
     State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that such government is taking effective steps 
     to--
       (i) inform its citizens of the dangers of the journey to 
     the southwest border of the United States;
       (ii) combat human smuggling and trafficking;
       (iii) improve border security; and
       (iv) cooperate with United States Government agencies and 
     other governments in the region to facilitate the return, 
     repatriation, and reintegration of illegal migrants arriving 
     at the southwest border of the United States who do not 
     qualify as refugees, consistent with international law.
       (B) An additional 50 percent may only be obligated after 
     the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that such government is 
     taking effective steps to--
       (i) establish an autonomous, publicly accountable entity to 
     provide oversight of the Plan;
       (ii) combat corruption, including investigating and 
     prosecuting government officials credibly alleged to be 
     corrupt;
       (iii) implement reforms, policies, and programs to improve 
     transparency and strengthen public institutions, including 
     increasing the capacity and independence of the judiciary and 
     the Office of the Attorney General;
       (iv) establish and implement a policy that local 
     communities, civil society organizations (including 
     indigenous and other marginalized groups), and local 
     governments are consulted in the design, and participate in 
     the implementation and evaluation of, activities of the Plan 
     that affect such communities, organizations, and governments;
       (v) counter the activities of criminal gangs, drug 
     traffickers, and organized crime;
       (vi) investigate and prosecute in the civilian justice 
     system members of military and police forces who are credibly 
     alleged to have violated human rights, and ensure that the 
     military and police are cooperating in such cases;
       (vii) cooperate with commissions against impunity, as 
     appropriate, and with regional human rights entities;
       (viii) support programs to reduce poverty, create jobs, and 
     promote equitable economic growth in areas contributing to 
     large numbers of migrants;
       (ix) establish and implement a plan to create a 
     professional, accountable civilian police force and curtail 
     the role of the military in internal policing;
       (x) protect the right of political opposition parties, 
     journalists, trade unionists, human rights defenders, and 
     other civil society activists to operate without 
     interference;
       (xi) increase government revenues, including by 
     implementing tax reforms and strengthening customs agencies; 
     and
       (xii) resolve commercial disputes, including the 
     confiscation of real property, between United States entities 
     and such government.
       (4) Suspension of assistance and periodic review.--
       (A) The Secretary of State shall periodically review the 
     progress of each of the central governments of El Salvador, 
     Guatemala, and Honduras in meeting the requirements of 
     paragraphs (3)(A) and (3)(B) and shall, not later than 
     September 30, 2016, submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report assessing such progress:  Provided, That 
     if the Secretary determines that sufficient progress has not 
     been made by a central government, the Secretary shall 
     suspend, in whole or in part, assistance for such government 
     for programs supporting such requirement, and shall notify 
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     writing of such action:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may resume funding for such programs only after the Secretary 
     certifies to such committees that corrective measures have 
     been taken.
       (B) The Secretary of State shall, following a change of 
     national government in El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras, 
     determine and report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that any new government has committed to take the 
     steps to meet the requirements of paragraphs (3)(A) and 
     (3)(B):  Provided, That if the Secretary is unable to make 
     such a determination in a timely manner, assistance made 
     available under this subsection for such central government 
     shall be suspended, in whole or in part, until such time as 
     such determination and report can be made.
       (5) Programs and transfer of funds.--
       (A) Funds appropriated by this Act for the Central America 
     Regional Security Initiative may be made available, after 
     consultation with, and subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to support 
     international commissions against impunity in Honduras and El 
     Salvador, if such commissions are established.
       (B) The Department of State and USAID may, following 
     consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, transfer 
     funds made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``Development Assistance'' to the Inter-American Development 
     Bank and the Inter-American Foundation for technical 
     assistance in support of the Strategy.
       (b) Colombia.--
       (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act and made 
     available to the Department of State for assistance for the 
     Government of Colombia may be used to support a unified 
     campaign against narcotics trafficking, organizations 
     designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and other 
     criminal or illegal armed groups, and to take actions to 
     protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, 
     including undertaking rescue operations:  Provided, That the 
     first through fifth provisos of paragraph (1), and paragraph 
     (3) of section 7045(a) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 
     (division I of Public Law 112-74) shall continue in effect 
     during fiscal year 2016 and shall apply to funds appropriated 
     by this Act and made available for assistance for Colombia as 
     if included in this Act:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', not less than $133,000,000 shall be made available 
     for assistance for Colombia, of which not less than 
     $126,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to the United 
     States Agency for International Development, and $7,000,000 
     shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance'' for assistance for Colombian refugees in 
     neighboring countries.
       (2)(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for assistance 
     for Colombia, 19 percent may be obligated only in accordance 
     with the conditions under section 7045 in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this Consolidated Act).
       (B) The limitations of this paragraph shall not apply to 
     funds made available under such heading for aviation 
     instruction and maintenance, and maritime security programs.
       (3) Notification.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
     made available for assistance for Colombia to support the 
     implementation of a peace agreement shall be subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Haiti.--
       (1) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
     more than $191,413,000 may be made available for assistance 
     for Haiti.
       (2) Governance certification.--Funds made available in 
     paragraph (1) may not be made available for assistance for 
     the central Government of Haiti unless the Secretary of State 
     certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the Government of Haiti is taking effective steps to--
       (A) hold free and fair parliamentary elections and seat a 
     new Haitian Parliament;
       (B) strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, including by 
     selecting judges in a transparent manner; respect the 
     independence of the judiciary; and improve governance by 
     implementing reforms to increase transparency and 
     accountability;
       (C) combat corruption, including by implementing the anti-
     corruption law enacted in 2014 and prosecuting corrupt 
     officials; and
       (D) increase government revenues, including by implementing 
     tax reforms, and increase expenditures on public services.
       (3) Haitian coast guard.--The Government of Haiti shall be 
     eligible to purchase defense articles and services under the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the 
     Coast Guard.
       (d) Aircraft Operations and Maintenance.--To the maximum 
     extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, 
     including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act should be 
     borne by the recipient country.

           prohibition of payments to united nations members

       Sec. 7046.  None of the funds appropriated or made 
     available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 
     carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used 
     to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages, or 
     dues of any member of the United Nations or, from funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for 
     participation of another country's delegation at 
     international conferences held under the auspices of 
     multilateral or international organizations.

                          war crimes tribunals

       Sec. 7047.  If the President determines that doing so will 
     contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide 
     or other violations of international humanitarian law, the 
     President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of 
     commodities and services for the United Nations War Crimes 
     Tribunal established with regard to the former Yugoslavia by 
     the United Nations Security Council or such other tribunals 
     or commissions as the Council may establish or authorize to 
     deal with such violations, without regard to the ceiling 
     limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof:  Provided, 
     That the determination required under this section shall be 
     in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under 
     section 552(c):  Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to this section shall be made available subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                             united nations

       Sec. 7048. (a) Transparency and Accountability.--
       (1) Of the funds appropriated under title I and under the 
     heading ``International Organizations and Programs'' in title 
     V of this Act that are available for contributions to the 
     United Nations (including the Department of Peacekeeping 
     Operations), any United Nations agency, or the Organization 
     of American States, 15 percent may not be obligated for such 
     organization, department, or agency until the Secretary of 
     State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     organization, department, or agency is--
       (A) posting on a publicly available Web site, consistent 
     with privacy regulations and due process, regular financial 
     and programmatic audits of such organization, department, or 
     agency, and providing the United States Government with 
     necessary access to such financial and performance audits; 
     and
       (B) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 
     procedures which reflect best practices for the protection of 
     whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices 
     for--
       (i) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 
     public disclosures;
       (ii) legal burdens of proof;
       (iii) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
       (iv) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 
     external arbitration; and
       (v) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
     retaliation.
       (2) The restrictions imposed by or pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) may be waived on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary of 
     State determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that such waiver is necessary to avert or 
     respond to a humanitarian crisis.
       (b) Restrictions on United Nations Delegations and 
     Organizations.--
       (1) None of the funds made available under title I of this 
     Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States 
     delegation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of 
     the United Nations if such agency, body, or commission is 
     chaired or presided over by a country, the government of 
     which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 
     section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as 
     continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), supports 
     international terrorism.
       (2) None of the funds made available under title I of this 
     Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a contribution 
     to any organization, agency, commission, or program within 
     the United Nations system if such organization, agency, 
     commission, or program is chaired or presided over by a 
     country the government of which the Secretary of State has 
     determined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 
     1979, or any other provision of law, is a government that has 
     repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
     terrorism.
       (3) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in 
     this subsection if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that to do so is in the national interest of 
     the United States.
       (c) United Nations Human Rights Council.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be made available in support of 
     the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the Secretary 
     of State determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that participation in the Council is important 
     to the national interest of the United States and that the 
     Council is taking steps to remove Israel as a permanent 
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     item:  Provided, That such report shall include a description 
     of the national interest served and the steps taken to remove 
     Israel as a permanent agenda item:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than September 30, 2016, on the 
     resolutions considered in the United Nations Human Rights 
     Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps taken to 
     remove Israel as a permanent agenda item.
       (d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency.--Not later than 
     45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit a report in writing to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on whether the United Nations Relief and Works 
     Agency (UNRWA) is--
       (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the West Bank, 
     Gaza, and other fields of operation to inspect UNRWA 
     installations and reporting any inappropriate use;
       (2) acting promptly to address any staff or beneficiary 
     violation of its own policies (including the policies on 
     neutrality and impartiality of employees) and the legal 
     requirements under section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961;
       (3) implementing procedures to maintain the neutrality of 
     its facilities, including implementing a no-weapons policy, 
     and conducting regular inspections of its installations, to 
     ensure they are only used for humanitarian or other 
     appropriate purposes;
       (4) taking necessary and appropriate measures to ensure it 
     is operating in compliance with the conditions of section 
     301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing 
     regular reporting to the Department of State on actions it 
     has taken to ensure conformance with such conditions;
       (5) taking steps to ensure the content of all educational 
     materials currently taught in UNRWA-administered schools and 
     summer camps is consistent with the values of human rights, 
     dignity, and tolerance and does not induce incitement;
       (6) not engaging in operations with financial institutions 
     or related entities in violation of relevant United States 
     law, and is taking steps to improve the financial 
     transparency of the organization; and
       (7) in compliance with the United Nations Board of 
     Auditors' biennial audit requirements and is implementing in 
     a timely fashion the Board's recommendations.
       (e) United Nations Capital Master Plan.--None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used for the design, 
     renovation, or construction of the United Nations 
     Headquarters in New York.
       (f) Withholding Report.--Not later than 45 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
     amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 
     fiscal year 2016 for contributions to any organization, 
     department, agency, or program within the United Nations 
     system or any international program that are withheld from 
     obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of State shall update such 
     report each time additional funds are withheld by operation 
     of any provision of law:  Provided further, That the 
     reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such 
     report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                   community-based police assistance

       Sec. 7049. (a) Authority.--Funds made available by titles 
     III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 
     1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 
     660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and 
     accountability of civilian police authority through training 
     and technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, 
     anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through assistance 
     to foster civilian police roles that support democratic 
     governance, including assistance for programs to prevent 
     conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based 
     violence, and foster improved police relations with the 
     communities they serve.
       (b) Notification.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.

                  prohibition on promotion of tobacco

       Sec. 7050.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
     available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco 
     products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 
     country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or 
     tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
     applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
     same type.

                       international conferences

       Sec. 7051.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of 
     more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of the 
     United States Government who are stationed in the United 
     States, at any single international conference occurring 
     outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days 
     in advance that such attendance is important to the national 
     interest:  Provided, That for purposes of this section the 
     term ``international conference'' shall mean a conference 
     attended by representatives of the United States Government 
     and of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
     nongovernmental organizations.

                   aircraft transfer and coordination

       Sec. 7052. (a) Transfer Authority.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law or regulation, aircraft procured with 
     funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs under the headings 
     ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Andean Counterdrug 
     Initiative'', and ``Andean Counterdrug Programs'' may be used 
     for any other program and in any region, including for the 
     transportation of active and standby Civilian Response Corps 
     personnel and equipment during a deployment:  Provided, That 
     the responsibility for policy decisions and justification for 
     the use of such transfer authority shall be the 
     responsibility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy 
     Secretary of State and this responsibility shall not be 
     delegated.
       (b) Property Disposal.--The authority provided in 
     subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State 
     determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the equipment is no longer required to meet programmatic 
     purposes in the designated country or region:  Provided, That 
     any such transfer shall be subject to prior consultation 
     with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Aircraft Coordination.--
       (1) The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by the 
     Department of State and the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID) with funds made available 
     in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
     shall be coordinated under the authority of the appropriate 
     Chief of Mission:  Provided, That such aircraft may be used 
     to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, 
     Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting Department of 
     State and USAID programs and activities:  Provided further, 
     That official travel for other agencies for other purposes 
     may be supported on a reimbursable basis, or without 
     reimbursement when traveling on a space available basis:  
     Provided further, That funds received by the Department of 
     State for the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by 
     the Department of State may be credited to the Working 
     Capital Fund of the Department and shall be available for 
     expenses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 
     chartering, or operation of such aircraft.
       (2) The requirement and authorities of this subsection 
     shall only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose of which is 
     the transportation of personnel.

   parking fines and real property taxes owed by foreign governments

       Sec. 7053.  The terms and conditions of section 7055 of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2011 (division F of Public Law 111-117) 
     shall apply to this Act:  Provided, That the date ``September 
     30, 2009'' in subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be 
     deemed to be ``September 30, 2015''.

                    landmines and cluster munitions

       Sec. 7054. (a) Landmines.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, demining equipment available to the United 
     States Agency for International Development and the 
     Department of State and used in support of the clearance of 
     landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes 
     may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, 
     subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of 
     State may prescribe.
       (b) Cluster Munitions.--No military assistance shall be 
     furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export license 
     for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 
     or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or transferred, 
     unless--
       (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, after 
     arming, do not result in more than 1 percent unexploded 
     ordnance across the range of intended operational 
     environments, and the agreement applicable to the assistance, 
     transfer, or sale of such cluster munitions or cluster 
     munitions technology specifies that the cluster munitions 
     will only be used against clearly defined military targets 
     and will not be used where civilians are known to be present 
     or in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or
       (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the 
     purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such 
     cluster munitions.

                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

       Sec. 7055.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
     the United States not authorized before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act by Congress:  Provided, That not to 
     exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry out the 
     provisions of section 316 of the International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-533).

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                           consular immunity

       Sec. 7056.  The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of 
     the Attorney General, may, on the basis of reciprocity and 
     under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
     determine, specify privileges and immunities for a consular 
     post, the members of a consular post and their families which 
     result in more favorable or less favorable treatment than is 
     provided in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, of 
     April 24, 1963 (T.I.A.S. 6820), entered into force for the 
     United States December 24, 1969:  Provided, That prior to 
     exercising the authority of this section, the Secretary shall 
     consult with the appropriate congressional committees on the 
     circumstances that may warrant the need for privileges and 
     immunities providing more favorable or less favorable 
     treatment specified under such Convention.

     united states agency for international development management

       Sec. 7057. (a) Authority.--Up to $93,000,000 of the funds 
     made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to 
     carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', may be 
     used by the United States Agency for International 
     Development (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 
     United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 
     pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980.
       (b) Restrictions.--
       (1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 
     pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 
     exceed 175.
       (2) The authority to hire individuals contained in 
     subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2017.
       (c) Conditions.--The authority of subsection (a) should 
     only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of 
     positions that are filled by personal services contractors or 
     other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are compensated 
     with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
     the heading ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia'', are eliminated.
       (d) Program Account Charged.--The account charged for the 
     cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority 
     of this section shall be the account to which the 
     responsibilities of such individual primarily relate:  
     Provided, That funds made available to carry out this section 
     may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
     this Act in title II under the heading ``Operating 
     Expenses''.
       (e) Foreign Service Limited Extensions.--Individuals hired 
     and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act 
     or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
     State, foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to 
     the authority of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980, may be extended for a period of up to 4 years 
     notwithstanding the limitation set forth in such section.
       (f) Disaster Surge Capacity.--Funds appropriated under 
     title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
     the heading ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia'', may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available 
     for such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) 
     of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary 
     responsibility is to carry out programs in response to 
     natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (g) Personal Services Contractors.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part 
     II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     and title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), 
     may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services 
     contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, 
     interim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 
     activities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire 
     personnel are hired and trained:  Provided, That not more 
     than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau 
     or office:  Provided further, That such funds appropriated to 
     carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-
     480), may be made available only for personal services 
     contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace.
       (h) Small Business.--In entering into multiple award 
     indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this 
     Act, USAID may provide an exception to the fair opportunity 
     process for placing task orders under such contracts when the 
     order is placed with any category of small or small 
     disadvantaged business.
       (i) Senior Foreign Service Limited Appointments.--
     Individuals hired pursuant to the authority provided by 
     section 7059(o) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 
     (division F of Public Law 111-117) may be assigned to or 
     support programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan with funds made 
     available in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs.

                        global health activities

       Sec. 7058. (a) In General.--Funds appropriated by titles 
     III and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral 
     assistance for child survival activities or disease programs 
     including activities relating to research on, and the 
     prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 
     available notwithstanding any other provision of law except 
     for provisions under the heading ``Global Health Programs'' 
     and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 
     Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 
     U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended:  Provided, That of the 
     funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
     $575,000,000 should be made available for family planning/
     reproductive health, including in areas where population 
     growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species.
       (b) Global Fund.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     that are available for a contribution to the Global Fund to 
     Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 10 
     percent should be withheld from obligation until the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that the Global Fund is--
       (1) maintaining and implementing a policy of transparency, 
     including the authority of the Global Fund Office of the 
     Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG reports on a public 
     Web site;
       (2) providing sufficient resources to maintain an 
     independent OIG that--
       (A) reports directly to the Board of the Global Fund;
       (B) maintains a mandate to conduct thorough investigations 
     and programmatic audits, free from undue interference; and
       (C) compiles regular, publicly published audits and 
     investigations of financial, programmatic, and reporting 
     aspects of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-
     recipients, and Local Fund Agents;
       (3) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 
     procedures which reflect best practices for the protection of 
     whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices 
     for--
       (A) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 
     public disclosures;
       (B) legal burdens of proof;
       (C) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
       (D) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 
     external arbitration; and
       (E) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
     retaliation; and
       (4) implementing the recommendations contained in the 
     Consolidated Transformation Plan approved by the Board of the 
     Global Fund on November 21, 2011:
       Provided, That such withholding shall not be in addition to 
     funds that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal year 
     2016 pursuant to the application of any other provision 
     contained in this or any other Act.
       (c) Contagious Infectious Disease Outbreaks.--If the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that an international infectious disease 
     outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading 
     internationally, or that it is in the national interest to 
     respond to a Public Health Emergency of International 
     Concern, funds made available under title III of this Act may 
     be made available to combat such infectious disease or public 
     health emergency:  Provided, That funds made available 
     pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject 
     to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
     procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                            gender equality

       Sec. 7059. (a) Gender Equality.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act shall be made available to promote gender equality in 
     United States Government diplomatic and development efforts 
     by raising the status, increasing the participation, and 
     protecting the rights of women and girls worldwide.
       (b) Women's Leadership.--Of the funds appropriated by title 
     III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 
     available to increase leadership opportunities for women in 
     countries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to 
     law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for 
     women's political status, expanding women's participation in 
     political parties and elections, and increasing women's 
     opportunities for leadership positions in the public and 
     private sectors at the local, provincial, and national 
     levels.
       (c) Gender-Based Violence.--
       (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 
     this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available 
     to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond to 
     gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 
     conflict and non-conflict settings.
       (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act 
     that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and 
     military personnel, including for international peacekeeping 
     operations, shall address, where appropriate, prevention and 
     response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, 
     and shall promote the integration of women into the police 
     and other security forces.
       (2) Department of State and United States Agency for 
     International Development gender programs shall incorporate 
     coordinated efforts to combat a variety of forms of gender-
     based violence, including child marriage,

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     rape, female genital cutting and mutilation, and domestic 
     violence, among other forms of gender-based violence in 
     conflict and non-conflict settings.
       (d) Women, Peace, and Security.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'' should be made available to support a multi-
     year strategy to expand, and improve coordination of, United 
     States Government efforts to empower women as equal partners 
     in conflict prevention, peace building, transitional 
     processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected 
     by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure the 
     equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to 
     women and girls.

                           sector allocations

       Sec. 7060. (a) Basic Education and Higher Education.--
       (1) Basic education.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
     not less than $800,000,000 should be made available for 
     assistance for basic education, and such funds may be made 
     available notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries, except for the conditions 
     provided in this subsection:  Provided, That such funds 
     should only be used to implement the stated objectives of 
     basic education programs for each Country Development 
     Cooperation Strategy or similar strategy regarding basic 
     education established by the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID).
       (B) Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     USAID Administrator shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the status of cumulative unobligated 
     balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances in each 
     country where USAID provides basic education assistance and 
     such report shall also include details on the types of 
     contracts and grants provided and the goals and objectives of 
     such assistance:  Provided, That the USAID Administrator 
     shall update such report on a monthly basis during fiscal 
     year 2016:  Provided further, That if the USAID Administrator 
     determines that any unobligated balances of funds 
     specifically designated for assistance for basic education in 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs are in excess of the 
     absorptive capacity of recipient countries, such funds may be 
     made available for other programs authorized under chapter 1 
     of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     notwithstanding such funding designation:  Provided further, 
     That the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 
     to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
     procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
       (C) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act 
     for assistance for basic education programs, not less than 
     $70,000,000 shall be made available for a contribution to 
     multilateral partnerships that support education.
       (2) Higher education.--Of the funds appropriated by title 
     III of this Act, not less than $225,000,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for higher education, including not 
     less than $35,000,000 for new partnerships between higher 
     education institutions in the United States and developing 
     countries:  Provided, That such funds may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries, and shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (b) Development Programs.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Development Assistance'', not 
     less than $26,000,000 shall be made available for the 
     American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and not less 
     than $11,000,000 shall be made available for cooperative 
     development programs of USAID.
       (c) Environment Programs.--
       (1) Authority.--Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of 
     part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law except for the 
     provisions of this subsection and only subject to the 
     reporting procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to 
     support environment programs.
       (2) Conservation programs and limitations.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
     not less than $265,000,000 shall be made available for 
     biodiversity conservation programs.
       (B) Not less than $80,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
     to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 
     trafficking.
       (C) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this 
     Act may be made available for training or other assistance 
     for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary of 
     State determines has been credibly alleged to have 
     participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the 
     Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to 
     do so is in the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       (D) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity 
     programs shall not be used to support the expansion of 
     industrial scale logging or any other industrial scale 
     extractive activity into areas that were primary/intact 
     tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
     directors of each international financial institutions (IFI) 
     to vote against any financing of any such activity.
       (3) Large dams.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States executive director of each IFI 
     that it is the policy of the United States to vote in 
     relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such 
     institution to support the construction of any large dam 
     consistent with the criteria set forth in Senate Report 114-
     79, while also considering whether the project involves 
     important foreign policy objectives.
       (4) Sustainable landscapes.--Of the funds appropriated 
     under title III of this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall 
     be made available for sustainable landscape programs.
       (5) Transfer of funds.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', $9,720,000 
     shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 
     under the heading ``Contribution to the Strategic Climate 
     Fund'', and such transfer shall occur not later than 120 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (d) Food Security and Agricultural Development.--
       (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not 
     less than $1,000,600,000 should be made available for food 
     security and agricultural development programs, of which not 
     less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed 
     the Future Innovation Labs:  Provided, That such funds may be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law to 
     prevent or address food shortages, and for a United States 
     contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity 
     Trust.
       (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 
     made available as a contribution to the Global Agriculture 
     and Food Security Program if such contribution will not cause 
     the United States to exceed 33 percent of the total amount of 
     funds contributed to such Program.
       (e) Microenterprise and Microfinance.--Of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 should 
     be made available for microenterprise and microfinance 
     development programs for the poor, especially women.
       (f) Programs To Combat Trafficking in Persons and Modern 
     Slavery.--
       (1) Trafficking in persons.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', 
     and ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', 
     not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available for 
     activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally.
       (B) Funds made available in the previous paragraph shall be 
     made available to support a multifaceted approach to combat 
     human trafficking in Guatemala:  Provided, That the Secretary 
     of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 
     not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, on the 
     use of such funds.
       (2) Modern slavery.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the headings ``Development Assistance'' and 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', in 
     addition to funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), 
     $25,000,000 shall be made available for a grant or grants, to 
     be awarded on an open and competitive basis, to reduce the 
     prevalence of modern slavery globally:  Provided, That such 
     funds shall only be made available in fiscal year 2016 to 
     carry out the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act of 2015 (S. 
     553, 114th Congress), as reported to the Senate, if such bill 
     is enacted into law:  Provided further, That if such bill is 
     not enacted into law in fiscal year 2016, funds made 
     available pursuant to this subsection shall be made available 
     for other programs to combat trafficking in persons and 
     modern slavery, following consultation with the appropriate 
     congressional committees.
       (g) Reconciliation Programs.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
     ``Development Assistance'', not less than $26,000,000 shall 
     be made available to support people-to-people reconciliation 
     programs which bring together individuals of different 
     ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of 
     civil strife and war:  Provided, That the USAID Administrator 
     shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to 
     the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, 
     and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds 
     shall be matched by sources other than the United States 
     Government.
       (h) Water and Sanitation.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made available 
     for water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to the 
     Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-121), of which not less than $145,000,000 shall be for 
     programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less than 
     $14,000,000 shall be made available for programs to design 
     and build safe, public latrines in Africa and Asia.

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                overseas private investment corporation

       Sec. 7061. (a) Transfer.--Whenever the President determines 
     that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 
     transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this 
     Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program 
     Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that 
     account:  Provided, That such funds shall not be available 
     for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation:  Provided further, That designated 
     funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant 
     to this section:  Provided further, That the exercise of such 
     authority shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) Authority.--Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections 
     (a) through (c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in 
     effect until September 30, 2016.

                           arms trade treaty

       Sec. 7062.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
     until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for 
     the Treaty.

  countries impacted by significant refugee populations or internally 
                           displaced persons

       Sec. 7063.  Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' shall be made available for programs in countries 
     affected by significant populations of internally displaced 
     persons or refugees to--
       (1) expand and improve host government social services and 
     basic infrastructure to accommodate the needs of such 
     populations and persons;
       (2) alleviate the social and economic strains placed on 
     host communities;
       (3) improve coordination of such assistance in a more 
     effective and sustainable manner; and
       (4) leverage increased assistance from donors other than 
     the United States Government for central governments and 
     local communities in such countries.

    reporting requirements concerning individuals detained at naval 
                     station, guantanamo bay, cuba

       Sec. 7064.  Not later than 5 days after the conclusion of 
     an agreement with a country, including a state with a compact 
     of free association with the United States, to receive by 
     transfer or release individuals detained at United States 
     Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Secretary of State 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing of 
     the terms of the agreement, including whether funds 
     appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs will be made available for assistance for such 
     country pursuant to such agreement.

                           multi-year pledges

       Sec. 7065.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any 
     multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles III 
     through VI of this Act unless such pledge was--
       (1) previously justified, including the projected future 
     year costs, in a congressional budget justification;
       (2) included in an Act making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
     or previously authorized by an Act of Congress;
       (3) notified in accordance with the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 
     projected future year costs; or
       (4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees 
     on Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at 
     least 7 days in advance of the pledge.

                     prohibition on use of torture

       Sec. 7066. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds made 
     available in this Act may be used to support or justify the 
     use of torture, cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official 
     or contract employee of the United States Government.
       (b) Assistance to Eliminate Torture.--Funds appropriated 
     under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, 
     notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 and following consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture by 
     foreign police, military or other security forces in 
     countries receiving assistance from funds appropriated by 
     this Act.

                              extradition

       Sec. 7067. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated 
     in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than 
     funds provided under the headings ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance'', ``United States Emergency Refugee and 
     Migration Assistance Fund'', and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
     terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance'') for the central 
     government of a country which has notified the Department of 
     State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any 
     individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the 
     maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility 
     of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
     specified in a United States extradition request.
       (b) Clarification.--Subsection (a) shall only apply to the 
     central government of a country with which the United States 
     maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United 
     States has an extradition treaty and the government of that 
     country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the 
     treaty.
       (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 
     Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that 
     such waiver is important to the national interests of the 
     United States.

                 commercial leasing of defense articles

       Sec. 7068.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide 
     financing to Israel, Egypt, and the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for the 
     procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to 
     purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial 
     suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than 
     helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible 
     civilian application), if the President determines that there 
     are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 
     for those defense articles being provided by commercial lease 
     rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act.

             independent states of the former soviet union

       Sec. 7069. (a) Assistance for Ukraine.--Of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under titles III through VI, not 
     less than $658,185,000 shall be made available for assistance 
     for Ukraine.
       (b) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available for assistance for a government of an 
     Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that 
     government directs any action in violation of the territorial 
     integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent 
     State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations 
     included in the Helsinki Final Act:  Provided, That except as 
     otherwise provided in section 7070(a) of this Act, funds may 
     be made available without regard to the restriction in this 
     subsection if the President determines that to do so is in 
     the national security interest of the United States:  
     Provided further, That prior to executing the authority 
     contained in this subsection the Department of State shall 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such 
     assistance supports the national security interest of the 
     United States.
       (c) Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act.--Section 907 of 
     the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to--
       (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
     title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of the 
     Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 
     U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation assistance;
       (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
     Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
       (3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 
     States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his 
     or her official capacity;
       (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other 
     assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
       (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945; or
       (6) humanitarian assistance.

                                 russia

       Sec. 7070. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
     central Government of the Russian Federation.
       (b) Determination and Conditions.--
       (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the central government of a 
     country that the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
     the Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative steps 
     intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 
     Federation annexation of Crimea:  Provided, That except as 
     otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive 
     the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if 
     the Secretary certifies to such Committees that to do so is 
     in the national interest of the United States, and includes a 
     justification for such interest.
       (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for--
       (A) the implementation of any action or policy that 
     recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 
     Crimea;
       (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 
     States Government investments in Crimea, if such activity 
     includes the participation of Russian Government officials, 
     or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities; or

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       (C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance includes the 
     participation of Russian Government officials, or other 
     Russian owned or controlled financial entities.
       (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States executive directors of each international financial 
     institution to vote against any assistance by such 
     institution (including but not limited to any loan, credit, 
     or guarantee) for any program that violates the sovereignty 
     or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
       (4) The requirements and limitations of this subsection 
     shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of State 
     certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty 
     over Crimea.
       (c) Assistance to Reduce Vulnerability and Pressure.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act for assistance for the Eastern 
     Partnership countries shall be made available to advance the 
     implementation of Association Agreements and trade agreements 
     with the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 
     external economic and political pressure from the Russian 
     Federation.
       (d) Democracy Programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be made available to support the advancement of 
     democracy and the rule of law in the Russian Federation, 
     including to promote Internet freedom, and shall also be made 
     available to support the democracy and rule of law strategy 
     required by section 7071(d) of the Department of State, 
     Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76).
       (e) Reports.--Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall update the reports 
     required by section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76).

                      international monetary fund

       Sec. 7071. (a) Extensions.--The terms and conditions of 
     sections 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of 
     State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111-117) 
     shall apply to this Act.
       (b) Repayment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
     International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any 
     loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private 
     creditors.

                    special defense acquisition fund

       Sec. 7072.  Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated 
     pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund 
     (Fund), to remain available for obligation until September 
     30, 2018:  Provided, That the provision of defense articles 
     and defense services to foreign countries or international 
     organizations from the Fund shall be subject to the 
     concurrence of the Secretary of State.

    countering foreign fighters and violent extremist organizations

       Sec. 7073. (a) Countering Foreign Fighters and Violent 
     Extremist Organizations.--Funds appropriated under titles III 
     and IV of this Act shall be made available for programs to--
       (1) counter the flow of foreign fighters to countries in 
     which violent extremists or violent extremist organizations 
     operate, including those entities designated as foreign 
     terrorist organizations (FTOs) pursuant to section 219 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (Public Law 82-814), 
     including through programs with partner governments and 
     multilateral organizations to--
       (A) counter recruitment campaigns by such entities;
       (B) detect and disrupt foreign fighter travel, particularly 
     at points of origin;
       (C) implement antiterrorism programs;
       (D) secure borders, including points of infiltration and 
     exfiltration by such entities;
       (E) implement and establish criminal laws and policies to 
     counter foreign fighters; and
       (F) arrest, investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate 
     terrorist suspects, facilitators, and financiers; and
       (2) reduce public support for violent extremists or violent 
     extremist organizations, including FTOs, by addressing the 
     specific drivers of radicalization, including through such 
     activities as--
       (A) public messaging campaigns to damage their appeal;
       (B) programs to engage communities and populations at risk 
     of violent extremist radicalization and recruitment;
       (C) counter-radicalization and de-radicalization activities 
     for potential and former violent extremists and returning 
     foreign fighters, including in prisons;
       (D) law enforcement training programs; and
       (E) capacity building for civil society organizations to 
     combat radicalization in local communities.
       (b) Strengthening the State System.--
       (1) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act 
     shall be made available for programs to strengthen the state 
     system and counter violent extremists and violent extremist 
     organizations, including FTOs, by supporting security and 
     governance programs in countries whose stability and 
     legitimacy are directly threatened by violence against state 
     institutions by such entities, including at the national and 
     local levels, and in fragile states bordering such countries.
       (2) Programs funded pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
     prioritize activities to improve governance, including by--
       (A) promoting civil society;
       (B) strengthening the rule of law;
       (C) professionalizing security services;
       (D) increasing transparency and accountability;
       (E) combating corruption; and
       (F) protecting human rights.
       (c) Requirements.--
       (1) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the programs 
     described in subsection (a) are coordinated with and 
     complement the efforts of other United States Government 
     agencies and international partners, and that such programs 
     are consistent with all applicable laws, regulations, and 
     policies regarding the use of foreign assistance funds:  
     Provided, That the Secretary shall also ensure that 
     information gained through the conduct of programs described 
     in subsection (a)(1) is shared in a timely manner with 
     relevant United States Government agencies and other 
     international partners, as appropriate.
       (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this 
     Act and made available for the purposes of this section, the 
     Secretary of State shall ensure that mechanisms are in place 
     for appropriate monitoring, oversight, and control of such 
     assistance:  Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly 
     inform the appropriate congressional committees of each 
     significant instance in which assistance provided for such 
     purposes has been compromised, including the amount and type 
     of assistance affected, a description of the incident and 
     parties involved, and an explanation of the response of the 
     Department of State.
       (3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
     for programs described in subsection (a) shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, and are subject to the additional 
     requirements contained under section 7073 in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this Consolidated Act):  Provided, That for the 
     purposes of funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for countering violent extremism, as justified to 
     the Committees on Appropriations in the Congressional Budget 
     Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2016, such 
     funds shall only be made available for programs described in 
     subsection (a)(2).

                            enterprise funds

       Sec. 7074. (a) Notification Requirement.--None of the funds 
     made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate 
     congressional committees are notified at least 15 days in 
     advance.
       (b) Distribution of Assets Plan.--Prior to the distribution 
     of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or 
     winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a plan for the distribution of the assets of the 
     Enterprise Fund.
       (c) Transition or Operating Plan.--Prior to a transition to 
     and operation of any private equity fund or other parallel 
     investment fund under an existing Enterprise Fund, the 
     President shall submit such transition or operating plan to 
     the appropriate congressional committees.

               use of funds in contravention of this act

       Sec. 7075.  If the President makes a determination not to 
     comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 
     grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations in writing within 5 days of 
     such determination, the basis for such determination and any 
     resulting changes to program and policy.

                            budget documents

       Sec. 7076. (a) Operating Plans.--Not later than 45 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, each department, 
     agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of 
     this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and Independent 
     Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including the 
     Inter-American Foundation and the United States African 
     Development Foundation, shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations an operating plan for funds appropriated to 
     such department, agency, or organization in such titles of 
     this Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in 
     fiscal year 2016, that provides details of the uses of such 
     funds at the program, project, and activity level:  Provided, 
     That such plans shall include, as applicable, a comparison 
     between the most recent congressional directives or approved 
     funding levels and the funding levels proposed by the 
     department or agency; and a clear, concise, and informative 
     description/justification:  Provided further, That if such 
     department, agency, or organization receives an additional 
     amount under the same heading in title VIII of this Act, 
     operating plans required by this subsection shall include 
     consolidated information on all such funds:  Provided 
     further, That operating plans that include changes in levels 
     of funding for programs, projects, and activities specified 
     in

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     the congressional budget justification, in this Act, or 
     amounts specifically designated in the respective tables 
     included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
     (in the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated 
     Act), as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and 
     reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of this Act.
       (b) Spend Plans.--
       (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary 
     of State or Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID), as appropriate, shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend 
     plan for funds made available by this Act, for--
       (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Lebanon, Pakistan, and the 
     West Bank and Gaza;
       (B) Power Africa and the regional security initiatives 
     listed under this heading in the explanatory statement 
     described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
     this Consolidated Act):  Provided, That the spend plan for 
     such initiatives shall include the amount of assistance 
     planned for each country by account, to the maximum extent 
     practicable; and
       (C) democracy programs and sectors enumerated in 
     subsections (a), (c)(2), (d)(1), (e), (f), and (h) of section 
     7060 of this Act.
       (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available 
     by this Act under the heading ``Department of the Treasury, 
     International Affairs Technical Assistance'' in title III.
       (c) Spending Report.--Not later than 45 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed report on 
     spending of funds made available during fiscal year 2015 
     under the heading ``Development Credit Authority''.
       (d) Notifications.--The spend plans referenced in 
     subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the 
     notification requirements in this Act or under section 634A 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (e) Congressional Budget Justification.--
       (1) The congressional budget justification for Department 
     of State operations and foreign operations shall be provided 
     to the Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date 
     of submission of the President's budget for fiscal year 2017: 
      Provided, That the appendices for such justification shall 
     be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not later 
     than 10 calendar days thereafter.
       (2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
     shall include in the congressional budget justification a 
     detailed justification for multi-year availability for any 
     funds requested under the headings ``Diplomatic and Consular 
     Programs'' and ``Operating Expenses''.

                     reports and records management

       Sec. 7077. (a) Public Posting of Reports.--
       (1) Requirement.--Any agency receiving funds made available 
     by this Act shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), post on 
     the publicly available Web site of such agency any report 
     required by this Act to be submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, upon a determination by the head of such 
     agency that to do so is in the national interest.
       (2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
     if--
       (A) the public posting of such report would compromise 
     national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; or
       (B) the report contains proprietary, privileged, or 
     sensitive information.
       (3) Timing and intention.--The head of the agency posting 
     such report shall, unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 
     do so only after such report has been made available to the 
     Committees on Appropriations for not less than 45 days:  
     Provided, That any report required by this Act to be 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations shall include 
     information from the submitting agency on whether such report 
     will be publicly posted.
       (b) Requests for Documents.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 
     Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, 
     including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely 
     request any document, file, or record necessary to the 
     auditing requirements of the Department of State and the 
     United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
       (c) Records Management.--
       (1) Limitation and directives.--
       (A) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' and ``Capital 
     Investment Fund'' in title I, and ``Operating Expenses'' in 
     title II that are made available to the Department of State 
     and USAID may be made available to support the use or 
     establishment of email accounts or email servers created 
     outside the .gov domain or not fitted for automated records 
     management as part of a Federal government records management 
     program in contravention of the Presidential and Federal 
     Records Act Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113-187).
       (B) The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall--
       (i) update the policies, directives, and oversight 
     necessary to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and 
     presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning the 
     preservation of all records made or received in the conduct 
     of official business, including record emails, instant 
     messaging, and other online tools;
       (ii) use funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' and ``Capital Investment 
     Fund'' in title I, and ``Operating Expenses'' in title II, as 
     appropriate, to improve Federal records management pursuant 
     to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, 
     and 33) and other applicable Federal records management 
     statutes, regulations, or policies for the Department of 
     State and USAID;
       (iii) direct departing employees that all Federal records 
     generated by such employees, including senior officials, 
     belong to the Federal Government; and
       (iv) measurably improve the response time for identifying 
     and retrieving Federal records.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 
     each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations and 
     to the National Archives and Records Administration 
     detailing, as appropriate and where applicable--
       (A) the policy of each agency regarding the use or the 
     establishment of email accounts or email servers created 
     outside the .gov domain or not fitted for automated records 
     management as part of a Federal government records management 
     program;
       (B) the extent to which each agency is in compliance with 
     applicable Federal records management statutes, regulations, 
     and policies; and
       (C) the steps required, including steps already taken, and 
     the associated costs, to--
       (i) comply with paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection;
       (ii) ensure that all employees at every level have been 
     instructed in procedures and processes to ensure that the 
     documentation of their official duties is captured, 
     preserved, managed, protected, and accessible in official 
     Government systems of the Department of State and USAID;
       (iii) implement the recommendations of the Office of 
     Inspector General, United States Department of State (OIG), 
     in the March 2015 Review of State Messaging and Archive 
     Retrieval Toolset and Record Email (ISP-1-15-15) and any 
     recommendations from the OIG review of the records management 
     practices of the Department of State requested by the 
     Secretary on March 25, 2015, if completed;
       (iv) reduce the backlog of Freedom of Information Act and 
     Congressional oversight requests, and measurably improve the 
     response time for answering such requests;
       (v) strengthen cyber security measures to mitigate 
     vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of 
     personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov domain; 
     and
       (vi) codify in the Foreign Affairs Manual and Automated 
     Directives System the updates referenced in paragraph (1)(B) 
     of this subsection, where appropriate.
       (3) Report assessment.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     submission of the reports required by paragraph (2), the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation 
     with National Archives and Records Administration, as 
     appropriate, shall conduct an assessment of such reports, and 
     shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
     scope and requirements of such assessment.
       (4) Funding.--Of funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Capital Investment Fund'' in title I, $10,000,000 
     shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits 
     the report required by paragraph (2).

                        global internet freedom

       Sec. 7078. (a) Funding.--Of the funds available for 
     obligation during fiscal year 2016 under the headings 
     ``International Broadcasting Operations'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Euraisa and Central Asia'', not less than $50,500,000 shall 
     be made available for programs to promote Internet freedom 
     globally:  Provided, That such programs shall be prioritized 
     for countries whose governments restrict freedom of 
     expression on the Internet, and that are important to the 
     national interests of the United States:  Provided further, 
     That funds made available pursuant to this section shall be 
     matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources other 
     than the United States Government, including from the private 
     sector.
       (b) Requirements.--Funds made available pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall be--
       (1) coordinated with other democracy, governance, and 
     broadcasting programs funded by this Act under the headings 
     ``International Broadcasting Operations'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', and 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', and 
     shall be incorporated into country assistance, democracy 
     promotion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate;
       (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
     Rights, and Labor, Department of State for programs to 
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     and the comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom 
     and access to information in Iran, as required by section 414 
     of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
     2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754);
       (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     (BBG) to provide tools and techniques to access the Web sites 
     of BBG broadcasters that are censored, and to work with such 
     broadcasters to promote and distribute such tools and 
     techniques, including digital security techniques;
       (4) made available for programs that support the efforts of 
     civil society to counter the development of repressive 
     Internet-related laws and regulations, including countering 
     threats to Internet freedom at international organizations; 
     to combat violence against bloggers and other users; and to 
     enhance digital security training and capacity building for 
     democracy activists;
       (5) made available for research of key threats to Internet 
     freedom; the continued development of technologies that 
     provide or enhance access to the Internet, including 
     circumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, 
     and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian 
     governments; and maintenance of the technological advantage 
     of the United States Government over such censorship 
     techniques:  Provided, That the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the BBG Chairman, shall coordinate any such 
     research and development programs with other relevant United 
     States Government departments and agencies in order to share 
     information, technologies, and best practices, and to assess 
     the effectiveness of such technologies; and
       (6) coordinated by the Assistant Secretary of State for 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, 
     except that the uses of such funds made available under the 
     heading ``International Broadcasting Operations'' shall be 
     the responsibility of the BBG Chairman.
       (c) Coordination and Spend Plans.--After consultation among 
     the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict 
     planned activities, but not later than 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the BBG 
     Chairman shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     spend plans for funds made available by this Act for programs 
     to promote Internet freedom globally, which shall include a 
     description of safeguards established by relevant agencies to 
     ensure that such programs are not used for illicit purposes:  
     Provided, That the Department of State spend plan shall 
     include funding for all such programs for all relevant 
     Department of State and USAID offices and bureaus:  Provided 
     further, That prior to the obligation of such funds, such 
     offices and bureaus shall consult with the Assistant 
     Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
     of State, to ensure that such programs support the Department 
     of State Internet freedom strategy.

                          disability programs

       Sec. 7079. (a) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made 
     available for programs and activities administered by the 
     United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 
     address the needs and protect and promote the rights of 
     people with disabilities in developing countries, including 
     initiatives that focus on independent living, economic self-
     sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, transportation, 
     sports, and integration of individuals with disabilities, 
     including for the cost of translation.
       (b) Management, Oversight, and Technical Support.--Of the 
     funds made available pursuant to this section, 5 percent may 
     be used for USAID for management, oversight, and technical 
     support.

                  impact on jobs in the united states

       Sec. 7080.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to provide--
       (1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
     currently located in the United States for the purpose of 
     inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United 
     States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce 
     the number of employees of such business enterprise in the 
     United States because United States production is being 
     replaced by such enterprise outside the United States;
       (2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 
     contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 
     workers' rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade 
     Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including 
     any designated zone or area in that country:  Provided, That 
     the application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act 
     should be commensurate with the level of development of the 
     recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
     assistance for the informal sector in such country, micro and 
     small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture;
       (3) any assistance to an entity outside the United States 
     if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating 
     or transferring jobs from the United States to other 
     countries and adversely impacts the labor force in the United 
     States; or
       (4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 
     guidelines implemented pursuant to--
       (A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010;
       (B) the modification proposed by the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation in November 2013 to the Corporation's 
     Environmental and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; 
     or
       (C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity 
     Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of the United 
     States on December 12, 2013,
     when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 
     guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, 
     any coal-fired or other power-generation project the purpose 
     of which is to: (i) provide affordable electricity in 
     International Development Association (IDA)-eligible 
     countries and IDA-blend countries; and (ii) increase exports 
     of goods and services from the United States or prevent the 
     loss of jobs from the United States.

                      country focus and selectivity

       Sec. 7081. (a) Transition Plan Requirement.--Any bilateral 
     country assistance strategy developed after the date of 
     enactment of this Act for the provision of assistance for a 
     foreign country shall include a transition plan identifying 
     end goals and options for winding down, within a targeted 
     period of years, such bilateral assistance:  Provided, That 
     such transition plan shall be developed by the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development (USAID), the 
     heads of other relevant Federal agencies, and officials of 
     such foreign government and representatives of civil society, 
     as appropriate.
       (b) Targeted Transitions.--Not later than 180 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the USAID Administrator, the heads of other 
     relevant Federal agencies, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations, shall select at least one country in which to 
     establish and implement a transition program to seek to 
     reduce dependency on bilateral foreign assistance and create 
     greater self-sufficiency for such country:  Provided, That 
     any such selection shall be of a country receiving assistance 
     with funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act 
     and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
     State, foreign operations, and related programs that--
       (1) is a long-time recipient of such assistance;
       (2) has demonstrated, or has been assessed to possess, the 
     capacity for self-sufficiency; and
       (3) is not impacted by conflict or crisis, including large 
     numbers of internally displaced persons or significant 
     refugee populations resulting from such conflict or crisis:
       Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations prior to the selection of any 
     such country, and on the goals and targets for such program 
     to be established in the selected country:  Provided further, 
     That such transition should exclude funding for democracy and 
     humanitarian assistance programs:  Provided further, That 
     assistance may be resumed or continued for any such selected 
     country if the Secretary determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important to 
     the national interest of the United States, and such report 
     provides an explanation of such interest being served.

                     united nations population fund

       Sec. 7082. (a) Contribution.--Of the funds made available 
     under the heading ``International Organizations and 
     Programs'' in this Act for fiscal year 2016, $32,500,000 
     shall be made available for the United Nations Population 
     Fund (UNFPA).
       (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of 
     the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred 
     to the ``Global Health Programs'' account and shall be made 
     available for family planning, maternal, and reproductive 
     health activities, subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the 
     funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for a 
     country program in the People's Republic of China.
       (d) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--Funds made 
     available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available 
     unless--
       (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act in an 
     account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and does not 
     commingle such funds with other sums; and
       (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions.
       (e) Report to Congress and Dollar-for-dollar Withholding of 
     Funds.--
       (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of funds 
     that UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the report is 
     submitted for a country program in the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that UNFPA 
     plans to spend funds for a country program in the People's 
     Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then

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     the amount of such funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People's 
     Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made 
     available to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
     remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted.

                               TITLE VIII

        OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Diplomatic and Consular 
     Programs'', $2,561,808,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017, of which $1,966,632,000 is for Worldwide 
     Security Protection and shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of State may transfer 
     up to $10,000,000 of the total funds made available under 
     this heading to any other appropriation of any department or 
     agency of the United States, upon the concurrence of the head 
     of such department or agency, to support operations in and 
     assistance for Afghanistan and to carry out the provisions of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided further, That 
     any such transfer shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
     funds under subsections (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section:  Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading in this title may be 
     made available for Conflict Stabilization Operations and for 
     related reconstruction and stabilization assistance to 
     prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in foreign 
     countries or regions, or to enable transition from such 
     strife:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
     on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                      office of inspector general

       For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', $66,600,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2017, of which $56,900,000 shall be for the Special 
     Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for 
     reconstruction oversight:  Provided, That printing and 
     reproduction costs shall not exceed amounts for such costs 
     during fiscal year 2015:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of 
     SIGAR who completes at least 12 months of continuous service 
     after the date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on 
     the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 
     shall acquire competitive status for appointment to any 
     position in the competitive service for which the employee 
     possesses the required qualifications:  Provided further, 
     That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

            embassy security, construction, and maintenance

       For an additional amount for ``Embassy Security, 
     Construction, and Maintenance'', $747,851,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $735,201,000 shall be for 
     Worldwide Security Upgrades, acquisition, and construction as 
     authorized:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                      International Organizations

              contributions to international organizations

       For an additional amount for ``Contributions to 
     International Organizations'', $101,728,000:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

        contributions for international peacekeeping activities

       For an additional amount for ``Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping Activities'', $1,794,088,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors

                 international broadcasting operations

       For an additional amount for ``International Broadcasting 
     Operations'', $10,700,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
     by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
     War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'', 
     $139,262,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   international disaster assistance

       For an additional amount for ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'', $1,919,421,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                         transition initiatives

       For an additional amount for ``Transition Initiatives'', 
     $37,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                          complex crises fund

       For an additional amount for ``Complex Crises Fund'', 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                         economic support fund

       For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     $2,422,673,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
      Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

            assistance for europe, eurasia and central asia

       For an additional amount for ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'', $438,569,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                          Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance'' to respond to refugee crises, including in 
     Africa, the Near East, South and Central Asia, and Europe and 
     Eurasia, $2,127,114,000, to remain available until expended, 
     except that such funds shall not be made available for the 
     resettlement costs of refugees in the United States:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State

          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For an additional amount for ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement'', $371,650,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

       For an additional amount for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
     terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', $379,091,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        peacekeeping operations

       For an additional amount for ``Peacekeeping Operations'', 
     $469,269,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
     Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, 
     That funds available for obligation under this heading in 
     this Act may be used to pay assessed expenses of 
     international peacekeeping activities in Somalia, subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, except that such expenses shall not exceed 
     the level described in the final proviso under the heading 
     ``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'' 
     in title I of this Act.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   foreign military financing program

       For an additional amount for ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', $1,288,176,000,

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     to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
     Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       additional appropriations

       Sec. 8001.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated in this title are in addition to amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for 
     fiscal year 2016.

                extension of authorities and conditions

       Sec. 8002.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the 
     additional amounts appropriated by this title to 
     appropriations accounts in this Act shall be available under 
     the authorities and conditions applicable to such 
     appropriations accounts.

                           transfer authority

       Sec. 8003. (a)(1) Funds appropriated by this title in this 
     Act under the headings ``Transition Initiatives'', ``Complex 
     Crises Fund'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``Assistance 
     for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' may be transferred to, 
     and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such 
     headings.
       (2) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under the 
     headings ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
     and Related Programs'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', and 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be transferred to, 
     and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such 
     headings.
       (3) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the 
     heading ``International Disaster Assistance'', up to 
     $600,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
     appropriated by this title under the heading ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance''.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
     not to exceed $15,000,000 from funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' by this title 
     in this Act and made available for the Europe and Eurasia 
     Regional program may be transferred to, and merged with, 
     funds previously made available under the heading ``Global 
     Security Contingency Fund'' which shall be available only for 
     programs in the Europe and Eurasia region.
       (c) The transfer authority provided in subsection (a) may 
     only be exercised to address contingencies.
       (d) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) and 
     (b) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
     regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided, That such transfer authority is in 
     addition to any transfer authority otherwise available under 
     any other provision of law, including section 610 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be exercised by the 
     Secretary of State for the purposes of this title.

                                TITLE IX

                             OTHER MATTERS

                        MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                    International Monetary Programs

            united states quota, international monetary fund

                      direct loan program account

       For an increase in the United States quota in the 
     International Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 
     40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding the provisos 
     under the heading ``International Assistance Programs--
     International Monetary Programs--United States Quota, 
     International Monetary Fund'' in the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32), the costs of 
     the amounts provided under this heading in this Act and in 
     Public Law 111-32 shall be estimated on a present value 
     basis, excluding administrative costs and any incidental 
     effects on governmental receipts or outlays:  Provided 
     further, That for purposes of the previous proviso, the 
     discount rate for purposes of the present value calculation 
     shall be the appropriate interest rate on marketable Treasury 
     securities, adjusted for market risk:  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, as 
     amended:  Provided further, That such amount shall be 
     available only if the President designates such amount, and 
     the related amount to be rescinded under the heading ``Loans 
     to the International Monetary Fund Direct Loan Program 
     Account'', as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) and transmits such designation to the 
     Congress.

                Loans to the International Monetary Fund

                      direct loan program account

                    (including rescission of funds)

       Of the amounts provided under the heading ``International 
     Assistance Programs--International Monetary Programs--Loans 
     to International Monetary Fund'' in the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32), the dollar 
     equivalent of 40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights is hereby 
     permanently rescinded as of the date when the rollback of the 
     United States credit arrangement in the New Arrangements to 
     Borrow of the International Monetary Fund is effective, but 
     no earlier than when the increase of the United States quota 
     authorized in section 72 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) becomes effective:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding the second through fourth provisos under the 
     heading ``International Assistance Programs--International 
     Monetary Programs--Loans to International Monetary Fund'' in 
     Public Law 111-32, the costs of the amounts under this 
     heading in this Act and in Public Law 111-32 shall be 
     estimated on a present value basis, excluding administrative 
     costs and any incidental effects on governmental receipts or 
     outlays:  Provided further, That for purposes of the previous 
     proviso, the discount rate for purposes of the present value 
     calculation shall be the appropriate interest rate on 
     marketable Treasury securities, adjusted for market risk:  
     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, as amended:  Provided further, That such 
     amount shall be rescinded only if the President designates 
     such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) and transmits such designation to the 
     Congress.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Limitations on and Expiration of Authority With Respect to New 
                         Arrangements to Borrow

       Sec. 9001.  Section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 286e-2) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) The authority to make loans under this section shall 
     expire on December 16, 2022.'';
       (2) in subsection (b), in paragraphs (1) and (2), by 
     inserting before the end period the following: ``, only to 
     the extent that amounts available for such loans are not 
     rescinded by an Act of Congress'';
       (3) by adding the following subsection (e), which shall be 
     effective from the first day of the next period of renewal of 
     the NAB decision after enactment of this Act:
       ``(e) New Requirement for Activation of the New 
     Arrangements to Borrow
       ``(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall include in the 
     certification and report required by paragraphs (a)(1), 
     (a)(2), (b)(1), and (b)(2) of this section prior to 
     activation an additional certification and report that--
       ``(A) the one-year forward commitment capacity of the IMF 
     (excluding borrowed resources) is expected to fall below 
     100,000,000,000 Special Drawing Rights during the period of 
     the NAB activation; and
       ``(B) activation of the NAB is in the United States 
     strategic economic interest with the reasons and analysis for 
     that determination.
       ``(2) Prior to submitting any certification and report 
     required by paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1), and (b)(2) of 
     this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult 
     with the appropriate congressional committees.''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) In this section, the term `appropriate congressional 
     committees' means the Committees on Appropriations and 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on 
     Appropriations and Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives.''.

   Acceptance of Amendments to Articles of Agreement; Quota Increase

       Sec. 9002.  The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 71. ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF 
                   AGREEMENT OF THE FUND.

       ``The United States Governor of the Fund may accept the 
     amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the Fund as 
     proposed in resolution 66-2 of the Board of Governors of the 
     Fund.

     ``SEC. 72. QUOTA INCREASE.

       ``(a) In General.--The United States Governor of the Fund 
     may consent to an increase in the quota of the United States 
     in the Fund equivalent to 40,871,800,000 Special Drawing 
     Rights.
       ``(b) Subject to Appropriations.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) shall be effective only to such extent or in 
     such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations 
     Acts.''.

    Report on Methodology Used for Congressional Budget Office Cost 
                               Estimates

       Sec. 9003. (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees on the methodology used 
     and rationale for incorporating market risk in cost estimates 
     for the International Monetary Fund:  Provided, That for the 
     purposes of this subsection, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committees on Appropriations, Budget, Banking, 
     Housing and Urban Affairs, and Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committees on Appropriations, Budget, and Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives.

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       (b) Requirements.--The report submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall include matters relevant to the 
     evaluation of the budgetary effects of the participation of 
     the United States in the International Monetary Fund, 
     including the risks associated with--
       (1) the current participation of the United States in the 
     International Monetary Fund, including the market risk of the 
     Fund;
       (2) countries borrowing from the Fund;
       (3) the various loan instruments and assistance activities 
     of the Fund; and
       (4) past participation of the United States in the 
     International Monetary Fund, including the historical net 
     cost to the government of previous quota increases.
       (c) Review.--Following the submission of the report 
     required by subsection (a), the Committees on Appropriations 
     and Budget of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations 
     and Budget of the House of Representatives shall review the 
     Congressional Budget Office's market risk scoring methodology 
     and consider options for modifying the budgetary treatment of 
     new appropriations to the International Monetary Fund:  
     Provided, That in conducting such review, such committees 
     should consult with other interested parties, including the 
     Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget 
     Office.

  Required Consultations With Congress in Advance of Consideration of 
                       Exceptional Access Lending

       Sec. 9004. (a) In General.--The United States Executive 
     Director of the International Monetary Fund (the Fund) (or 
     any designee of the Executive Director) may not vote for the 
     approval of an exceptional access loan to be provided by the 
     Fund to a country unless, not later than 7 days before voting 
     to approve that loan (subject to subsection (c)), the 
     Secretary of the Treasury submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Financial Services of the 
     House of Representatives--
       (1) a report on the exceptional access program under which 
     the loan is to be provided, including a description of the 
     size and tenor of the program; and
       (2) a debt sustainability analysis and related 
     documentation justifying the need for the loan.
       (b) Elements.--A debt sustainability analysis under 
     subsection (a)(2) with respect to an exceptional access loan 
     shall include the following:
       (1) any assumptions for growth of the gross domestic 
     product of the country that may receive the loan;
       (2) an estimate of whether the public debt of that country 
     is sustainable in the medium term, consistent with the 
     exceptional access lending rules of the Fund;
       (3) an estimate of the prospects of that country for 
     regaining access to private capital markets; and
       (4) an evaluation of the probability of the success of 
     providing the exceptional access loan.
       (c) Extraordinary Circumstances.--The Secretary may submit 
     the report and analysis required by subsection (a) to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives not later than 2 
     business days after a decision by the Executive Board of the 
     Fund to approve an exceptional access loan only if the 
     Secretary--
       (1) determines and certifies that--
       (A) an emergency exists in the country that applied for the 
     loan and that country requires immediate assistance to avoid 
     disrupting orderly financial markets; or
       (B) other extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant 
     delaying the submission of the report and analysis; and
       (2) submits with the report and analysis a detailed 
     explanation of the emergency or extraordinary circumstances 
     and the reasons for the delay.
       (d) Form of Report and Analysis.--The report and debt 
     sustainability analysis and related documentation required by 
     subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form.

 Repeal of Systemic Risk Exemption to Limitations to Access Policy of 
                    the International Monetary Fund

       Sec. 9005. (a) Position of the United States.--The 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States 
     Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (the 
     Fund) to use the voice and vote of the United States to urge 
     the Executive Board of the Fund to repeal the systemic risk 
     exemption to the debt sustainability criterion of the Fund's 
     exceptional access framework, as set forth in paragraph 3(b) 
     of Decision No. 14064-(08/18) of the Fund (relating to access 
     policy and limits in the credit tranches and under the 
     extended Fund facility and overall access to the Fund's 
     general resources, and exceptional access policy).
       (b) Report Required.--The quota increase authorized by the 
     amendments made by section 9002 shall not be disbursed until 
     the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Financial Services of the 
     House of Representatives that the United States has taken all 
     necessary steps to secure repeal of the systemic risk 
     exemption to the framework described in subsection (a).

    Annual Report on Lending, Surveillance, or Technical Assistance 
              Policies of the International Monetary Fund

       Sec. 9006.  Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2025, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Financial Services of the 
     House of Representatives a written report that includes--
       (1) a description of any changes in the policies of the 
     International Monetary Fund (the Fund) with respect to 
     lending, surveillance, or technical assistance;
       (2) an analysis of whether those changes, if any, increase 
     or decrease the risk to United States financial commitments 
     to the Fund;
       (3) an analysis of any new or ongoing exceptional access 
     loans of the Fund in place during the year preceding the 
     submission of the report; and
       (4) a description of any changes to the exceptional access 
     policies of the Fund.

 Report on Improving United States Participation in the International 
                             Monetary Fund

       Sec. 9007.  Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations 
     and Financial Services of the House of Representatives a 
     written report on ways to improve the effectiveness, and 
     mitigate the risks, of United States participation in the 
     International Monetary Fund (the Fund) that includes the 
     following:
       (1) An analysis of recent changes to the surveillance 
     products and policies of the Fund and whether those products 
     and policies effectively address the shortcomings of 
     surveillance by the Fund in the periods preceding the global 
     financial crisis that began in 2008 and the European debt 
     crisis that began in 2009.
       (2) A discussion of ways to better encourage countries to 
     implement policy recommendations of the Fund, including--
       (A) whether the implementation rate of such policy 
     recommendations would increase if the Fund provided regular 
     status reports on whether countries have implemented its 
     policy recommendations; and
       (B) whether or not lending by the Fund should be limited to 
     countries that have taken necessary steps to implement such 
     policy recommendations, including an analysis of the 
     potential effectiveness of that limitation.
       (3) An analysis of the transparency policy of the Fund, 
     ways that transparency policy can be improved, and whether 
     such improvements would be beneficial.
       (4) A detailed analysis of the riskiness of exceptional 
     access loans provided by the Fund, including--
       (A) whether the additional interest rate surcharge is 
     working as intended to discourage large and prolonged use of 
     resources of the Fund; and
       (B) whether it would be beneficial for the Fund to require 
     collateral when making exceptional access loans, and how 
     requiring collateral would affect the make-up of exceptional 
     access loans and the demand for such loans.
       (5) A description of how the classification of loans 
     provided by the Fund would change if Fund quotas were 
     increased under the amendments to the Articles of Agreement 
     of the Fund proposed in resolution 66-2 of the Board of 
     Governors of the Fund, including an assessment of how the 
     quota increase would affect the classification of exceptional 
     access loans outstanding as of the date of the report and 
     whether the quota increase would lead to revisions of the 
     classification of such loans.
       (6) A discussion and analysis of lessons learned from the 
     lending arrangements that included the Fund, the European 
     Commission, and the European Central Bank (commonly referred 
     to as the ``Troika'') during the European debt crisis.
       (7) An analysis of the risks or benefits of increasing the 
     transparency of the technical assistance projects of the 
     Fund, including a discussion of--
       (A) the advantages and disadvantages of the current 
     technical assistance disclosure policies of the Fund;
       (B) how technical assistance from the Fund could be better 
     used to prevent crises from happening in the future; and
       (C) whether and how the Fund coordinates technical 
     assistance projects with other organizations, including the 
     United States Department of the Treasury, to avoid 
     duplication of efforts.
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of State, 
     Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2016''.


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DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $108,750,000, of which not to exceed $2,734,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
     exceed $1,025,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
     of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,609,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
     exceed $9,941,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
     $13,697,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
     $2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $25,925,000 
     shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
     for Administration; not to exceed $2,029,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
     $1,737,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
     Secretariat; not to exceed $1,434,000 shall be available for 
     the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 
     not to exceed $10,793,000 shall be available for the Office 
     of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to 
     exceed $16,280,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated 
     for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other 
     office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
     decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers:  
     Provided further, That notice of any change in funding 
     greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation 
     within the Department for official reception and 
     representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-71, there 
     may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in 
     funds received in user fees:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the 
     position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs:  Provided 
     further, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     transmit to Congress the final Comprehensive Truck Size and 
     Weight Limits Study, as required by section 32801 of Public 
     Law 112-141.

                        research and technology

       For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $13,000,000, 
     of which $8,218,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2018:  Provided, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received 
     from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
     training:  Provided further, That any reference in law, 
     regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the 
     Research and Innovative Technology Administration shall 
     continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the 
     Department of Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

       For capital investments in surface transportation 
     infrastructure, $500,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2019:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 
     heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, 
     local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among 
     such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 
     have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 
     or a region:  Provided further, That projects eligible for 
     funding provided under this heading shall include, but not be 
     limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 
     23, United States Code; public transportation projects 
     eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; 
     passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port 
     infrastructure investments (including inland port 
     infrastructure and land ports of entry):  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made 
     available under this heading for the purpose of paying the 
     subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for 
     Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
     States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the 
     funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph:  Provided 
     further, That in distributing funds provided under this 
     heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to 
     ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
     appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and 
     rural areas, and the investment in a variety of 
     transportation modes:  Provided further, That a grant funded 
     under this heading shall be not less than $5,000,000 and not 
     greater than $100,000,000:  Provided further, That not more 
     than 20 percent of the funds made available under this 
     heading may be awarded to projects in a single State:  
     Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
     which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be, at 
     the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
     that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
     complete an overall financing package:  Provided further, 
     That not less than 20 percent of the funds provided under 
     this heading shall be for projects located in rural areas:  
     Provided further, That for projects located in rural areas, 
     the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary 
     may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent:  
     Provided further, That projects conducted using funds 
     provided under this heading must comply with the requirements 
     of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct a 
     new competition to select the grants and credit assistance 
     awarded under this heading:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds provided 
     under this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds 
     to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, 
     the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad 
     Administration and the Maritime Administration, to fund the 
     award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 
     under the National Infrastructure Investments program.

                      financial management capital

       For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
     Department of Transportation's financial systems and re-
     engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2017.

                       cyber security initiatives

       For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
     including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
     information technology infrastructure, improvement of network 
     perimeter controls and identity management, testing and 
     assessment of information technology against business, 
     security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal 
     cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure 
     enhancements, implementation of enhanced security controls on 
     network devices, and enhancement of cyber security workforce 
     training tools, $8,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2017.

                         office of civil rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $9,678,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, development 
     activities, and making grants, to remain available until 
     expended, $8,500,000:  Provided, That of such amount, 
     $2,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses to establish an 
     Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
     (IIPIC) that will implement reforms to improve interagency 
     coordination and the expediting of projects related to the 
     permitting and environmental review of major transportation 
     infrastructure projects including one-time expenses to 
     develop and deploy information technology tools to track 
     project schedules and metrics and improve the transparency 
     and accountability of the permitting process:  Provided 
     further, That there may be transferred to this appropriation, 
     to remain available until expended, amounts from other 
     Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for 
     IIPIC activities not related to transportation 
     infrastructure:  Provided further, That the tools and 
     analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available to other 
     Federal agencies for the permitting and review of major 
     infrastructure projects not related to transportation only to 
     the extent that other Federal agencies provide funding to the 
     Department as provided for under the previous proviso.

                          working capital fund

       For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
     outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
     $190,039,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available 
     to the Department of Transportation:  Provided, That such 
     services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities 
     within the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, 
     That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not 
     apply to non-DOT entities:  Provided further, That no funds 
     appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall 
     be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority 
     approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and 
     approval of the Secretary:  Provided further, That no 
     assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
     activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless 
     notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are 
     presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

               minority business resource center program

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $336,000, as authorized 
     by 49 U.S.C. 332:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
     cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
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     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, 
     That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
     principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $18,367,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan program, $597,000.

                       minority business outreach

       For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
     outreach activities, $3,084,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
     332, these funds may be used for business opportunities 
     related to any mode of transportation.

                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       In addition to funds made available from any other source 
     to carry out the essential air service program under 49 
     U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be derived from 
     the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That in determining between or among 
     carriers competing to provide service to a community, the 
     Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
     the carriers:  Provided further, That basic essential air 
     service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-
     passenger capacity requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) 
     of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none 
     of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used to 
     enter into a new contract with a community located less than 
     40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the 
     Secretary has negotiated with the community over a local cost 
     share:  Provided further, That amounts authorized to be 
     distributed for the essential air service program under 
     subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be 
     made available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
     the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration:  
     Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse such 
     amounts from fees credited to the account established under 
     section 45303 of title 49, United States Code.

  administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the 
     Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
     assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
     appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except 
     for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, 
     unless such assessments or agreements have completed the 
     normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
       Sec. 102.  Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United 
     States Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide payments in 
     advance to vendors that are necessary to carry out the 
     Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program 
     under Executive Order 13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 
     109-59:  Provided, That the Department shall include adequate 
     safeguards in the contract with the vendors to ensure timely 
     and high-quality performance under the contract.
       Sec. 103.  The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
     Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of 
     the Credit Council, including the agenda for each meeting, 
     and require the Credit Council to record the decisions and 
     actions of each meeting.
       Sec. 104.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial or full 
     payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from 
     all Federal agencies for transit benefit distribution 
     services that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit 
     pass transportation fringe benefit program under Executive 
     Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109-59:  
     Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reasonable 
     operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended 
     in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to 
     Government employees, provided that such reserve will not 
     exceed one month of benefits payable:  Provided further, that 
     such reserve may be used only for the purpose of providing 
     for the continuation of transit benefits, provided that the 
     Working Capital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each 
     customer agency for the actual cost of the transit benefit.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
     the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
     maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
     available by Public Law 112-95, $9,909,724,000 of which 
     $7,922,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,505,293,000 shall be 
     available for air traffic organization activities; not to 
     exceed $1,258,411,000 shall be available for aviation safety 
     activities; not to exceed $17,800,000 shall be available for 
     commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
     $760,500,000 shall be available for finance and management 
     activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available for 
     NextGen and operations planning activities; not to exceed 
     $100,880,000 shall be available for security and hazardous 
     materials safety; and not to exceed $206,751,000 shall be 
     available for staff offices:  Provided, That not to exceed 2 
     percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety 
     budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That no transfer may 
     increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 
     percent:  Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 
     percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
     section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for 
     obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, That 
     not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted 
     to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of 
     Public Law 108-176:  Provided further, That the amount herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
     March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
     Congress:  Provided further, That not later than March 31 of 
     each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit 
     to Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive 
     strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards 
     and aircraft certification staff in a format similar to the 
     one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including 
     stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by 
     fiscal year:  Provided further, That the amount herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
     day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to 
     Congress:  Provided further, That funds may be used to enter 
     into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
     organization to assist in the development of aviation safety 
     standards:  Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
     Act shall be available for new applicants for the second 
     career training program:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that 
     would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
     authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from 
     States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred 
     in the provision of agency services, including receipts for 
     the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, 
     and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, 
     including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, 
     or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair 
     or alteration forms:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $154,400,000 
     shall be for the contract tower program, including the 
     contract tower cost share program:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and 
     cartography are available for activities conducted by, or 
     coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund:  Provided 
     further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Administrator shall review and update the agency's 
     ``Community Involvement Manual'' related to new air traffic 
     procedures, public outreach and community involvement:  
     Provided further, That the Administrator shall complete and 
     implement a plan which enhances community involvement 
     techniques and proactively addresses concerns associated with 
     performance based navigation projects:  Provided further, 
     That the Administrator shall transmit, in electronic format, 
     the community involvement manual and plan to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee 
     on Commerce, Science and Transportation not later than 180 
     days after enactment of this Act.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
     improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
     airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, 
     as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, 
     United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
     necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
     testing, including construction of test facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
     accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where 
     such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
     lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under

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     this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and 
     certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, $2,855,000,000, of which $470,049,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2016, and $2,384,951,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, 
     That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
     received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
     the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national 
     airspace systems:  Provided further, That no later than March 
     31, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the 
     Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration which includes funding for each budget line 
     item for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with total funding 
     for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets 
     for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of 
     Management and Budget:  Provided further, That the amount 
     herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
     each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
     submitted to Congress.

                 research, engineering, and development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $166,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation as 
     offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
     sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for 
     research, engineering, and development.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
     for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
     planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
     chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and under other law authorizing such 
     obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning 
     of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
     airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 
     41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection 
     activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
     including those related to airport operating certificates 
     under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $3,600,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That none of the funds under this heading shall be available 
     for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, 
     notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That none of the funds under this 
     heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
     conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, 
     or other airport improvements that are necessary to install 
     bulk explosive detection systems:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United States 
     Code, the Government's share of allowable project costs under 
     paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that section 
     shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or 
     medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-
     phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
     received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
     project:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not 
     more than $107,100,000 shall be obligated for administration, 
     not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport 
     Cooperative Research Program, not less than $31,000,000 shall 
     be available for Airport Technology Research, and $5,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be available and 
     transferred to ``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 
     Expenses'' to carry out the Small Community Air Service 
     Development Program:  Provided further, That in addition to 
     airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, such 
     program may include the participation of an airport that 
     serves a community or consortium that is not larger than a 
     small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 
     effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a 
     request for proposals.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

       Sec. 110.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the 
     federally funded research and development center contract 
     between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center 
     for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 
     2016.
       Sec. 111.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
     sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 
     without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities 
     and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for 
     services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or 
     weather reporting:  Provided, That the prohibition of funds 
     in this section does not apply to negotiations between the 
     agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-
     market'' rates for these items or to grant assurances that 
     require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
     FAA for air traffic control facilities.
       Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
     satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
     U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account at the 
     close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy 
     section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.
       Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
     title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
     appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged 
     with and available for the same purposes of such 
     appropriation.
       Sec. 114.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, 
     United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration 
     employee unless such employee actually performed work during 
     the time corresponding to such premium pay.
       Sec. 115.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
     or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift 
     certificate through use of a Government-issued credit card.
       Sec. 116.  The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of 
     an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service 
     from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of 
     title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other 
     regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the 
     authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the minimum 
     apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if the 
     Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 
     passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based on 
     data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 14, 
     Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 117.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
     or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration without the prior written 
     approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administration of the 
     Department of Transportation.
       Sec. 118.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act 
     may be used to implement or to continue to implement any 
     limitation on the ability of any owner or operator of a 
     private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
     blocking of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration 
     number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration's Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
     data that is made available to the public, except data made 
     available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
     flights of that owner or operator.
       Sec. 119.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than nine political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation 
     Administration.
       Sec. 119A.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of 
     title 49, United States Code, until the FAA provides to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report that 
     justifies all fees related to aeronautical navigation 
     products and explains how such fees are consistent with 
     Executive Order 13642.
       Sec. 119B.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration or reduce its services unless the 
     Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
     advance.
       Sec. 119C.  None of the funds appropriated or limited by 
     this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior 
     permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New 
     Jersey.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Not to exceed $425,752,000, together with advances and 
     reimbursements received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
     administration and operation of the Federal Highway 
     Administration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall 
     be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
     accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States Code.

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Funds available for the implementation or execution of 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
     authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States

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     Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations of 
     $42,361,000,000 for fiscal year 2016:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
     23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of 
     expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal 
     and project finance to assist in the underwriting and 
     servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 
     of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 
     credit instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are 
     available until expended to pay for such costs:  Provided 
     further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative 
     expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are 
     not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on 
     administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United 
     States Code.

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
     authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
     $43,100,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
     than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
     expended.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

       Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid highways--
       (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses and 
     programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; 
     and
       (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics;
       (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
     for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts--
       (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
     safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the 
     funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or 
     apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of 
     title 23, United States Code); and
       (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in a 
     previous fiscal year;
       (3) determine the proportion that--
       (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
     less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
     programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of 
     subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
     amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
     year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed 
     under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;
       (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than 
     programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated 
     by the Secretary under the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act and title 23, United States Code, or 
     apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of 
     that title, by multiplying--
       (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by
       (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such 
     program for such fiscal year; and
       (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under 
     paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
     under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
     apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in 
     section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
     from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts 
     apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
     proportion that--
       (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs 
     that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
     each State for such fiscal year; bears to
       (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
     States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to 
     obligations under or for--
       (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
       (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
     Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
       (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
     Stat. 1701);
       (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
     Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
       (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
     (101 Stat. 198);
       (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
       (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect on June 8, 1998);
       (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
     authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
     for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
     only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
     lapsed or been used;
       (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
     Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
     with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
     obligations at the time at which the funds were initially 
     made available for obligation; and
       (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
     each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, only in an amount 
     equal to $639,000,000).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after 
     August 1 of such fiscal year--
       (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
     available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed 
     cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and
       (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
     obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
     during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States 
     having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under 
     sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
     contract authority for transportation research programs 
     carried out under--
       (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
       (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act.
       (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and
       (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
     on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs for future fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
     (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 
     of title 23, United States Code) that--
       (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year 
     for Federal-aid highway programs; and
       (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the 
     States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
     section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be 
     available for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
       (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
     in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
     authority under subsection (a)(5).
       (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
     section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received 
     by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of 
     data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 
     chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited 
     to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of 
     reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses:  Provided, That 
     such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs.
       Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under 
     his or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement 
     for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
     comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
     the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 
     America requirements.
       Sec. 123.  None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
     of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance 
     unless not

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     less than 3 days before any application approval to provide 
     credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, 
     United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides 
     notification in writing to the following committees: the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives:  Provided, That such notification shall 
     include, but not be limited to, the name of the project 
     sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit 
     assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, 
     or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
       Sec. 124.  Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in each of subsections (a)(11)(A) and (B) by striking 
     ``through December 31, 2031'', and
       (2) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(t) Vehicles in Idaho.--A vehicle limited or prohibited 
     under this section from operating on a segment of the 
     Interstate System in the State of Idaho may operate on such a 
     segment if such vehicle-
       ``(1) has a gross vehicle weight of 129,000 pounds or less;
       ``(2) other than gross vehicle weight, complies with the 
     single axle, tandem axle, and bridge formula limits set forth 
     in subsection (a); and
       ``(3) is authorized to operate on such segment under Idaho 
     State law.''.
       Sec. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
     165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
     eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
     title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
     territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obligation 
     limitation, provided that the Department of Transportation 
     for the State or territory for which the earmarked amount was 
     originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
     Transportation of its intent to use its authority under this 
     section and submits a quarterly report to the Secretary 
     identifying the projects to which the funding would be 
     applied. Notwithstanding the original period of availability 
     of funds to be obligated under this section, such funds and 
     associated obligation limitation shall remain available for 
     obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal 
     year in which the Secretary of Transportation is notified. 
     The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with 
     funds made available under this section shall be the same as 
     associated with the earmark.
       (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
       (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
     XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 
     prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the fiscal year in which this Act 
     becomes effective, and administered by the Federal Highway 
     Administration; or
       (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives identified in a prior 
     law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the fiscal year in which this Act 
     becomes effective, and administered by the Federal Highway 
     Administration.
       (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised 
     only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
     less than 10 percent of the amount made available for 
     obligation as of the effective date of this Act, and shall be 
     applied to projects within the same general geographic area 
     within 50 miles for which the funding was designated, except 
     that a State or territory may apply such authority to 
     unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities the 
     State or territory certifies have been closed and for which 
     payments have been made under a final voucher.
       (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
     information provided by the States and territories each 
     quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 126.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     amount that the Secretary sets aside for fiscal year 2016 
     under section 130(e)(1) of title 23, United States Code, for 
     the elimination of hazards and the installation of protective 
     devices at railway-highway crossings shall be $350,000,000.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
     execution and administration of motor carrier safety 
     operations and programs pursuant to section 31110(a)-(c) of 
     title 49, United States Code, and section 4134 of Public Law 
     109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, as amended by the 
     Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, $267,400,000, to 
     be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
     Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements 
     received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
     the sum of which shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution 
     or administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
     programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
     not exceed total obligations of $267,400,000 for ``Motor 
     Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 
     2016, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2018, is for the research and technology 
     program, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2018, is for information 
     management:  Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be made 
     available for commercial motor vehicle operator grants to 
     carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
     Public Law 112-141, as amended by the Fixing America's 
     Surface Transportation Act.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 
     of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 
     of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, as 
     amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
     $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
     (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That funds available for the 
     implementation or execution of motor carrier safety programs 
     shall not exceed total obligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2016 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''; of which 
     $218,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety 
     assistance program, $30,000,000 shall be available for 
     commercial driver's license program improvement grants, 
     $32,000,000 shall be available for border enforcement grants, 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for performance and 
     registration information system management grants, 
     $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle 
     information systems and networks deployment program, and 
     $3,000,000 shall be available for safety data improvement 
     grants:  Provided further, That, of the funds made available 
     herein for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 
     $32,000,000 shall be available for audits of new entrant 
     motor carriers.

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

       Sec. 130. (a) Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
     shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
     section 350 of Public Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public 
     Law 110-28.
       (b) Section 350(d) of the Department of Transportation and 
     Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-87) 
     is hereby repealed.
       Sec. 131.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
     shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by 
     certified mail, registered mail, or another manner of 
     delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 
     persons responsible for the violations.
       Sec. 132.  None of the funds limited or otherwise made 
     available under this Act, or any other Act, hereafter, shall 
     be used by the Secretary to enforce any regulation 
     prohibiting a State from issuing a commercial learner's 
     permit to individuals under the age of eighteen if the State 
     had a law authorizing the issuance of commercial learner's 
     permits to individuals under eighteen years of age as of May 
     9, 2011.
       Sec. 133.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     implement, administer, or enforce sections 395.3(c) and 
     395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such 
     section shall have no force or effect on submission of the 
     final report issued by the Secretary, as required by section 
     133 of division K of Public Law 113-235, unless the Secretary 
     and the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 
     each review and determine that the final report--
       (1) meets the statutory requirements set forth in such 
     section; and
       (2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle drivers who 
     operated under the restart provisions in effect between July 
     1, 2013, and the day before the date of enactment of such 
     Public Law demonstrated statistically significant improvement 
     in all outcomes related to safety, operator fatigue, driver 
     health and longevity, and work schedules, in comparison to 
     commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated under the 
     restart provisions in effect on June 30, 2013.
       Sec. 134.  None of the funds limited or otherwise made 
     available under the heading ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations 
     and Programs'' may be used to deny an application to renew a 
     Hazardous Materials Safety Program permit for a motor carrier 
     based on that carrier's Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service 
     rate, unless the carrier has the opportunity to submit a 
     written description of corrective actions taken, and other 
     documentation the carrier wishes the Secretary to consider, 
     including submitting a corrective action plan, and the 
     Secretary determines the actions or plan is insufficient to 
     address the safety concerns that resulted in that Hazardous 
     Materials Out-of-Service rate.

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       Sec. 135.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts under the heading ``Motor 
     Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' shall be used to pay 
     for costs associated with design, development, testing, or 
     implementation of a wireless roadside inspection program 
     until 180 days after the Secretary of Transportation 
     certifies to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations that such program does not conflict with 
     existing non-Federal electronic screening systems, create 
     capabilities already available, or require additional 
     statutory authority to incorporate generated inspection data 
     into safety determinations or databases, and has restrictions 
     to specifically address privacy concerns of affected motor 
     carriers and operators:  Provided, That nothing in this 
     section shall be construed as affecting the Department's 
     ongoing research efforts in this area.
       Sec. 136.  Section 13506(a) of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended:
       (1) in subsection (14) by striking ``or'';
       (2) in subsection (15) by striking ``.'' and inserting ``; 
     or''; and
       (3) by inserting at the end, ``(16) the transportation of 
     passengers by 9 to 15 passenger motor vehicles operated by 
     youth or family camps that provide recreational or 
     educational activities.''.
       Sec. 137. (a) In General.--Section 31112(c)(5) of title 49, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Nebraska may'' and inserting ``Nebraska 
     and Kansas may''; and
       (2) by striking ``the State of Nebraska'' and inserting 
     ``the relevant state''.
       (b) Conforming and Technical Amendments.--Section 31112(c) 
     of such title is amended--
       (1) by striking the subsection designation and heading and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(c) Special Rules for Wyoming, Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, 
     Nebraska, and Kansas.--'';
       (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (3) and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
     inserting ``; and''.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
     authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
     title 49, United States Code, $152,800,000, of which 
     $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
     2017.

                        operations and research

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, 
     United States Code, $142,900,000, to be derived from the 
     Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none of 
     the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
     execution of programs the total obligations for which, in 
     fiscal year 2016, are in excess of $142,900,000, of which 
     $137,800,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
     403 and $5,100,000 shall be for the National Driver Register 
     authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: 
      Provided further, That within the $142,900,000 obligation 
     limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, and shall be in 
     addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
     obligations for future years.

                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 
     4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act, to remain available until expended, $573,332,000, to be 
     derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
     Transit Account):  Provided, That none of the funds in this 
     Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
     programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
     2016, are in excess of $573,332,000 for programs authorized 
     under 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of 
     the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, of which 
     $243,500,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 
     23 U.S.C. 402; $274,700,000 shall be for ``National Priority 
     Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,300,000 shall be 
     for ``High Visibility Enforcement Program'' under 23 U.S.C. 
     404; $25,832,000 shall be for ``Administrative Expenses'' 
     under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act:  Provided further, That none of these 
     funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or 
     remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
     State, local or private buildings or structures:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
     available for ``National Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 
     U.S.C. 405 for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as 
     described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
     available for technical assistance to the States:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to the ``Transfers'' provision 
     under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to 
     increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall 
     include the obligation authority for such amounts:  Provided 
     further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the 
     authority granted under the previous proviso or under 23 
     U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within five days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

       Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available 
     to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of 
     the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States 
     Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State 
     management reviews and to pay for core competency development 
     training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
       Sec. 141.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in 
     this Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation 
     authority was made available in previous public laws but only 
     to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
     been used.
       Sec. 142.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to obligate or award funds for the National Highway 
     Traffic Safety Administration's National Roadside Survey.
       Sec. 143.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to mandate global positioning system (GPS) tracking 
     in private passenger motor vehicles without providing full 
     and appropriate consideration of privacy concerns under 5 
     U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, $199,000,000, of 
     which $15,900,000 shall remain available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $39,100,000, to remain available until expended.

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

       The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 
     direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 
     through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
     Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, such 
     authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
     guarantee is outstanding.  Provided, That pursuant to section 
     502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan 
     guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 
     the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2016.

                         railroad safety grants

       For necessary expenses related to railroad safety grants, 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
     to exceed $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out 49 
     U.S.C. 20167, as in effect the day before the enactment of 
     the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 
     (division A, title XI of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act); and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be 
     made available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 20158.

    operating grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
     grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, in 
     amounts based on the Secretary's assessment of the 
     Corporation's seasonal cash flow requirements, for the 
     operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by 
     section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
     Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110-432), as in effect 
     the day before the enactment of the Passenger Rail Reform and 
     Investment Act of 2015 (division A, title XI of the Fixing 
     America's Surface Transportation Act), $288,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That the amounts 
     available under this paragraph shall be available for the 
     Secretary to approve funding to cover operating losses for 
     the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant 
     request for each specific train route:  Provided further, 
     That each such grant request shall be accompanied by a 
     detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital 
     expenditure projection justifying the Federal support to the 
     Secretary's satisfaction:  Provided further, That not later 
     than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation 
     shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary and 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual 
     budget, business plan, the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal 
     year 2016 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail 
     Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the comprehensive 
     fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock:  Provided further, 
     That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan 
     shall include annual information on the maintenance, 
     refurbishment, replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak 
     rolling stock consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan:  
     Provided further, That the Corporation shall provide monthly 
     performance reports in an electronic format which shall 
     describe the work completed to date, any changes to the 
     business plan, and the

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     reasons for such changes as well as progress against the 
     milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance 
     improvement plan:  Provided further, That the Corporation's 
     budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual 
     reports, monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all 
     supplemental reports or plans comply with requirements in 
     Public Law 112-55:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this Act may be used to support any route on 
     which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 50 percent 
     off the normal peak fare:  Provided further, That the 
     preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the 
     operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a 
     State and the State participates in the setting of fares.

  capital and debt service grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital 
     investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, and 219(b) 
     of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 
     (division B of Public Law 110-432), as in effect the day 
     before the enactment of the Passenger Rail Reform and 
     Investment Act of 2015 (division A, title XI of the Fixing 
     America's Surface Transportation Act), $1,101,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
     $160,200,000 shall be for debt service obligations as 
     authorized by section 102 of such Act:  Provided, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
     $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak-served 
     facilities and stations into compliance with the Americans 
     with Disabilities Act:  Provided further, That after an 
     initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, which shall be 
     used by the Corporation as a working capital account, all 
     remaining funds shall be provided to the Corporation only on 
     a reimbursable basis:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading, up to $50,000,000 may be 
     used by the Secretary to subsidize operating losses of the 
     Corporation should the funds provided under the heading 
     ``Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation'' be insufficient to meet operational costs for 
     fiscal year 2016:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 
     under this heading to fund the costs of project management 
     and oversight of activities authorized by subsections 101(a) 
     and 101(c) of division B of Public Law 110-432, of which up 
     to $500,000 may be available for technical assistance for 
     States, the District of Columbia, and other public entities 
     responsible for the implementation of section 209 of division 
     B of Public Law 110-432:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall approve funding for capital expenditures, 
     including advance purchase orders of materials, for the 
     Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant 
     request for each specific capital project justifying the 
     Federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction:  Provided 
     further, That except as otherwise provided herein, none of 
     the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize 
     operating losses of the Corporation:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital 
     projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or 
     on the Corporation's fiscal year 2016 business plan:  
     Provided further, That in addition to the project management 
     oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of division B 
     of Public Law 110-432, the Secretary may retain up to an 
     additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
     heading to fund expenses associated with implementing section 
     212 of division B of Public Law 110-432, including the 
     amendments made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, 
     United States Code:  Provided further, That Amtrak shall 
     conduct a business case analysis on capital investments that 
     exceed $10,000,000 in life-cycle costs:  Provided further, 
     That each contract for a capital acquisition that exceeds 
     $10,000,000 in life-cycle costs shall state that funding is 
     subject to the availability of appropriated funds provided by 
     an appropriations Act.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                        (including rescissions)

       Sec. 150.  The Secretary of Transportation may receive and 
     expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar 
     items, from non-United States Government sources to repair 
     damages to or replace United States Government owned 
     automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of 
     third-party liability for such damages, and any amounts 
     collected under this section shall be credited directly to 
     the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, and shall remain available until expended for 
     the repair, operation and maintenance of automated track 
     inspection cars and equipment in connection with the 
     automated track inspection program.
       Sec. 151.  None of the funds provided to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
     overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 
     employee:  Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
     the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
     when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a 
     risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  
     Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations each 
     quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to employees 
     and amounts paid above the cap for each month within such 
     quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was granted:  
     Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 
     1, 2016, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by the 
     Corporation for 2015 and the three prior calendar years:  
     Provided further, That such summary shall include the total 
     number of employees that received waivers and the total 
     overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees 
     receiving waivers for each month for 2015 and for the three 
     prior calendar years.
       Sec. 152.  Of the unobligated balances of funds available 
     to the Federal Railroad Administration from the ``Railroad 
     Research and Development'' account, $1,960,000 is permanently 
     rescinded:  Provided, That such amounts are made available to 
     enable the Secretary of Transportation to assist Class II and 
     Class III railroads with eligible projects pursuant to 
     sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
     Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
     amended:  Provided further, That such funds shall be 
     available for applicant expenses in preparing to apply and 
     applying for direct loans and loan guarantees:  Provided 
     further, That these funds shall remain available until 
     expended.
       Sec. 153.  Of the unobligated balances of funds available 
     to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following funds 
     are hereby rescinded: $5,000,000 of the unobligated balances 
     of funds made available to fund expenses associated with 
     implementing section 212 of division B of Public Law 110-432 
     in the Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation account of the Consolidated 
     and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015; and 
     $14,163,385 of the unobligated balances of funds made 
     available from the following accounts in the specified 
     amounts--``Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation'', $267,019; ``Next Generation High-Speed Rail'', 
     $4,944,504; ``Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program'', 
     $2,241,385; and ``Safety and Operations'', $6,710,477:  
     Provided, That such amounts are made available to enable the 
     Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by section 
     101(c) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act 
     of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110-432) for state-of-good-
     repair backlog and infrastructure improvements on Northeast 
     Corridor shared-use infrastructure identified in the 
     Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory 
     Commission's approved 5-year capital plan:  Provided further, 
     That these funds shall remain available until expended and 
     shall be available for grants in an amount not to exceed 50 
     percent of the total project cost, with the required matching 
     funds to be provided consistent with the Commission's cost 
     allocation policy.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                        administrative expenses

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
     Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code, $108,000,000, of which not more 
     than $6,500,000 shall be available to carry out the 
     provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 
     shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
     5326:  Provided, That none of the funds provided or limited 
     in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 
     transit security under this heading:  Provided further, That 
     upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2017 
     President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, 
     including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2017.

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
     Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for 
     payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 
     5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 
     the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, and section 
     20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the 
     Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, $10,400,000,000, 
     to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That funds available for the implementation or execution of 
     programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
     5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
     amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
     and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 
     3006(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
     shall not exceed total obligations of $9,347,604,639 in 
     fiscal year 2016.

                       capital investment grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
     $2,177,000,000, to remain available until expended.

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      grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

       For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
     Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of 
     Public Law 110-432, $150,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation 
     shall approve grants for capital and preventive maintenance 
     expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
     Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for 
     each specific project:  Provided further, That prior to 
     approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify that the 
     Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is making 
     progress to improve its safety management system in response 
     to the Federal Transit Administration's 2015 safety 
     management inspection:  Provided further, That prior to 
     approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify that the 
     Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is making 
     progress toward full implementation of the corrective actions 
     identified in the 2014 Financial Management Oversight Review 
     Report:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine 
     that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
     placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
     improve the safety of the system before approving such 
     grants:  Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
     ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
     requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 
     110-432 (112 Stat. 4968).

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

                         (including rescission)

       Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
     obligation, or to any other authority previously made 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
     ``Fixed Guideway Capital Investment'' of the Federal Transit 
     Administration for projects specified in this Act or 
     identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
     September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall be directed 
     to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 
     which they were originally provided.
       Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated before October 1, 2015, under any section 
     of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
     available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
     administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
     any such section.
       Sec. 163.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to 
     enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project with 
     a New Starts share greater than 60 percent.
       Sec. 164. (a) Loss of Eligibility.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (b), none of the funds in this or any other Act 
     may be available to advance in any way a new light or heavy 
     rail project towards a full funding grant agreement as 
     defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit 
     Authority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital 
     project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on 
     Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak 
     Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas.
       (b) Exception for a New Election.--The Metropolitan Transit 
     Authority of Harris County, Texas, may attempt to construct 
     or construct a new fixed guideway capital project, including 
     light rail, in the locations referred to in subsection (a) 
     if--
       (1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such locations 
     approve a ballot proposition that specifies routes on 
     Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak 
     Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas; and
       (2) the proposed construction of such routes is part of a 
     comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area wide transportation 
     plan that includes multiple additional segments of fixed 
     guideway capital projects, including light rail for the 
     jurisdiction set forth in the ballot proposition. The ballot 
     language shall include reasonable cost estimates, sources of 
     revenue to be used and the total amount of bonded 
     indebtedness to be incurred as well as a description of each 
     route and the beginning and end point of each proposed 
     transit project.
       Sec. 165.  Of the unobligated amounts made available for 
     fiscal year 2012 or prior fiscal years to carry out the 
     discretionary bus and bus facilities and new fixed guideway 
     capital projects programs under 49 U.S.C. 5309 and the 
     discretionary job access and reverse commute program under 
     section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century, $25,397,797 is hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 166.  Until September 15, 2016, the Secretary may not 
     enforce regulations related to charter bus service under part 
     604 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit 
     agency that, during fiscal year 2008 was both initially 
     granted a 60-day period to come into compliance with part 
     604, and then was subsequently granted an exception from said 
     part:  Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5323(t), such 
     transit agency may receive its allocation of urbanized area 
     formula funds apportioned in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5336.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

       The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
     and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
     programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the 
     current fiscal year.

                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
     maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
     portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
     maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation, $28,400,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
     Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

       For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
     merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 
     United States, $210,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                        operations and training

       For necessary expenses of operations and training 
     activities authorized by law, $171,155,000, of which 
     $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     maintenance and repair of training ships at State Maritime 
     Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended for National Security Multi-Mission Vessel 
     design for State Maritime Academies and National Security, 
     and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2017, for the Student Incentive Program at 
     State Maritime Academies, and of which $1,200,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for training ship fuel 
     assistance payments, and of which $18,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for facilities maintenance and 
     repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the United 
     States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $3,000,000 shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2017, for Maritime
     Environment and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and 
     cooperative agreement, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation 
     Program (America's Marine Highways) to make grants for the 
     purposes provided in title 46 sections 55601(b)(1) and 
     55601(b)(3):  Provided, That amounts apportioned for the 
     United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only 
     upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of 
     Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and 
     Programs:  Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy 
     Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
     Management of the United States Merchant Marine Academy may 
     not be allotment holders for the United States Merchant 
     Marine Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime 
     Administration shall hold all allotments made by the 
     Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
     Budget and Programs under the previous proviso:  Provided 
     further, That 50 percent of the funding made available for 
     the United States Merchant Marine Academy under this heading 
     shall be available only after the Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Superintendent and the Maritime Administrator, 
     completes a plan detailing by program or activity how such 
     funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is 
     submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That not later than 
     January 12, 2016, the Administrator of the Maritime 
     Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
     assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant 
     Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public 
     Law 110-417.

                     assistance to small shipyards

       To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
     section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by 
     Public Law 113-281, $5,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the Secretary shall issue the 
     Notice of Funding Availability no later than 15 days after 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That from 
     applications submitted under the previous proviso, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 
     120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as the 
     Secretary determines:  Provided further, That not to exceed 2 
     percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for necessary costs of grant administration.

                             ship disposal

       For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete 
     vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime 
     Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

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          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 
     $8,135,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $3,135,000 shall be available for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
     program, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriations for ``Operations and Training'', Maritime 
     Administration.

           administrative provisions--maritime administration

       Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
     Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
     services and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
     lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property 
     under control of the Maritime Administration:  Provided, That 
     payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
     appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That rental 
     payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 
     items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall 
     be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
       Sec. 171.  None of the funds available or appropriated in 
     this Act shall be used by the United States Department of 
     Transportation or the United States Maritime Administration 
     to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or 
     perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal, 
     scrapping or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic 
     ship recycler that will pay any sum of money to purchase and 
     scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated or managed by the 
     Maritime Administration or that is part of the National 
     Defense Reserve Fleet:  Provided, That such sales offers must 
     be consistent with the solicitation and provide that the work 
     will be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified 
     within the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106-398:  
     Provided further, That nothing contained herein shall affect 
     the Maritime Administration's authority to award contracts at 
     least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with the 
     requirements of 54 U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or otherwise 
     authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

       For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
     Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $21,000,000:  
     Provided, That no later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     initiate a rulemaking to expand the applicability of 
     comprehensive oil spill response plans, and shall issue a 
     final rule no later than one year after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.

                       hazardous materials safety

       For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
     safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
     Safety Administration, $55,619,000, of which $7,570,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That up 
     to $800,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall 
     be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as 
     offsetting receipts:  Provided further, That there may be 
     credited to this appropriation, to be available until 
     expended, funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
     and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in 
     performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
     functions.

                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
     pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
     pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
     and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,623,000, of which $22,123,000 
     shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2018; and of which 
     $124,500,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
     of which $59,835,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2018:  Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the 
     funds provided under this heading shall be for the One-Call 
     state grant program:  Provided further, That not less than 
     $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be 
     for the finalization and implementation of rules required 
     under section 60102(n) of title 49, United States Code, and 
     section 8(b)(3) of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, 
     and Job Creation Act of 2011 (49 U.S.C. 60108 note; 125 Stat. 
     1911).

                     emergency preparedness grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
     $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 49 
     U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made 
     available for obligation in fiscal year 2016 from amounts 
     made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c):  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), 
     not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from 
     this account shall be available to pay administrative costs:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 49 
     U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available 
     for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of 
     Transportation, or his or her designee:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the 
     current year obligation limitation, prior year recoveries 
     recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
     a hazardous materials response training curriculum for 
     emergency responders, including response activities for the 
     transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable 
     liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
     Association standards, and to make such training available 
     through an electronic format:  Provided further, That the 
     prior year recoveries made available under this heading shall 
     also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 
     5116(i).

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978, as amended, $87,472,000:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in 
     carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General 
     Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
     of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
     U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
     regulation by the Department of Transportation:  Provided 
     further, That the funds made available under this heading may 
     be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 
     49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and 
     unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air 
     carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of 
     domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of 
     this proviso.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,375,000:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the 
     Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be 
     credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and 
     used for necessary and authorized expenses under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
     from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 
     basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2016, to result in a final appropriation from the 
     general fund estimated at no more than $31,125,000.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

       Sec. 180.  During the current fiscal year, applicable 
     appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be 
     available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability 
     insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries 
     on official department business; and uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
     Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
     not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an 
     Executive Level IV.
       Sec. 182.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:  
     Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this 
     provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the 
     Department of Transportation.
       Sec. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
     Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 
     U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor 
     vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined 
     in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 
     for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
     withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a 
     State is in noncompliance with this provision.
       Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
     States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
     and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be 
     credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's 
     ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal Railroad 
     Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except 
     for State rail safety inspectors participating in training 
     pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
       Sec. 185.  None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
     of Transportation may be

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     used to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or grant 
     unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
     business days before any project competitively selected to 
     receive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 
     award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee 
     commitment, line of credit commitment, or full funding grant 
     agreement totaling $750,000 or more is announced by the 
     department or its modal administrations from--
       (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit program of 
     the Federal Highway Administration including the emergency 
     relief program;
       (2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration;
       (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration;
       (4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration other 
     than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization 
     programs;
       (5) any program of the Maritime Administration; or
       (6) any funding provided under the headings ``National 
     Infrastructure Investments'' in this Act: 
       Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any 
     ``quick release'' of funds from the emergency relief program: 
      Provided further, That no notification shall involve funds 
     that are not available for obligation.
       Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
     and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
     from travel management centers, charge card programs, the 
     subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are 
     to be credited to appropriations of the Department of 
     Transportation and allocated to elements of the Department of 
     Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such 
     funds shall be available until expended.
       Sec. 187.  Amounts made available in this or any other Act 
     that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 
     the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor 
     under a financial assistance award, which are recovered 
     pursuant to law, shall be available--
       (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
     Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments; 
     and
       (2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
     improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
     of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002:  Provided, 
     That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) 
     and (2)--
       (A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation 
     from which the improper payments were made, and shall be 
     available for the purposes and period for which such 
     appropriations are available:  Provided further, That where 
     specific project or accounting information associated with 
     the improper payment or payments is not readily available, 
     the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
     be available for the purposes and period associated with the 
     account so credited; or
       (B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:  
     Provided further, That prior to the transfer of any such 
     recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall 
     notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
     the amount and reasons for such transfer:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of this section, the term ``improper 
     payments'' has the same meaning as that provided in section 
     2(d)(2) of Public Law 107-300.
       Sec. 188.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if 
     any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a 
     reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
     transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be provided 
     solely to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
     and said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied 
     solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide 
     notice to other congressional committees of the action of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on such 
     reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days following the date 
     on which the reprogramming action has been approved or denied 
     by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 189.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
     Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation to 
     charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice 
     complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the 
     amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees 
     under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code.
       Sec. 190.  Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
     administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 
     Secretary for the costs related to assessments or 
     reimbursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
     costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide a 
     direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
     administrations.
       Sec. 191.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
     carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for 
     developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit 
     benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United 
     States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by 
     various paper and electronic media.
       Sec. 192.  The Department of Transportation may use funds 
     provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract 
     under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
     geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
     otherwise authorized by law, except for such preferences 
     authorized in this Act, or to amend a rule, regulation, 
     policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal 
     Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration 
     grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or 
     construction project with which the Department of 
     Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient 
     certifies the following:
       (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a 
     pool of readily available but unemployed individuals 
     possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the 
     work that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
       (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
     provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor 
     does not displace any of its existing employees in order to 
     satisfy such hiring preference; and
       (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
     delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
     not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
     applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
     Transportation Improvement Program.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of 
     Transportation Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                           executive offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 
     which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
     Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and 
     Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and 
     Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith-
     Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $13,800,000:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
     this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official 
     reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
     determine.

                     administrative support offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
     Support Offices, $559,100,000, of which $79,000,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
     $94,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
     Counsel; $207,600,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Administration; $56,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
     of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $51,500,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
     $17,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
     Procurement Officer; $3,300,000 shall be available for the 
     Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
     $4,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
     Planning and Management; and $45,200,000 shall be available 
     for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:  Provided, 
     That funds provided under this heading may be used for 
     necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not 
     otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
     directly support program activities funded in this title:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written 
     notification regarding the status of pending congressional 
     reports:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
     in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress.

                  Program Office Salaries and Expenses

                       public and indian housing

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 
     and Indian Housing, $205,500,000.

                   community planning and development

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Community Planning and Development, $104,800,000.

                                housing

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Housing, $375,000,000.

                    policy development and research

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
     Development and Research, $23,100,000.

                   fair housing and equal opportunity

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
     Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,000,000.

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            office of lead hazard control and healthy homes

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead 
     Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,000,000.

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       There is hereby established in the United States Treasury, 
     pursuant to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), a working capital 
     fund for the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Fund''):  Provided, 
     That amounts transferred to the Fund under this heading shall 
     be available for Federal shared services used by offices and 
     agencies of the Department, and for such portion of any 
     office or agency's printing, records management, space 
     renovation, furniture, or supply services as the Secretary 
     determines shall be derived from centralized sources made 
     available by the Department to all offices and agencies and 
     funded through the Fund:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available in this title for salaries and 
     expenses under the headings ``Executive Offices'', 
     ``Administrative Support Offices'', ``Program Office Salaries 
     and Expenses'', and ``Government National Mortgage 
     Association'', the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such 
     amounts, to remain available until expended, as are necessary 
     to fund services, specified in the first proviso, for which 
     the appropriation would otherwise have been available, and 
     may transfer not to exceed an additional $10,000,000, in 
     aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with 
     the Fund and to remain available until expended for use for 
     any office or agency:  Provided further, That amounts in the 
     Fund shall be the only amounts available to each office or 
     agency of the Department for the services, or portion of 
     services, specified in the first proviso:  Provided further, 
     That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions 
     under this heading shall supplant the authorities and 
     conditions provided under section 7(f) of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development Act.

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-
     based rental assistance authorized under the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
     (``the Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, 
     $15,628,525,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2015 (in addition to the 
     $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
     that shall be available on October 1, 2015), and 
     $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2016:  Provided, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading are provided as follows:
       (1) $17,681,451,000 shall be available for renewals of 
     expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
     contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 
     provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
     8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of other special 
     purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
     paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar 
     year 2016 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for 
     each public housing agency based on validated voucher 
     management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior 
     calendar year and by applying an inflation factor as 
     established by the Secretary, by notice published in the 
     Federal Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
     the costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 
     under this paragraph including tenant protection, HOPE VI, 
     and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers:  Provided further, That in 
     determining calendar year 2016 funding allocations under this 
     heading for public housing agencies, including agencies 
     participating in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 
     Secretary may take into account the anticipated impact of 
     changes in targeting and utility allowances, on public 
     housing agencies' contract renewal needs:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may be 
     used to fund a total number of unit months under lease which 
     exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of units 
     under contract, except for public housing agencies 
     participating in the MTW demonstration, which are instead 
     governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
      Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
     necessary to stay within the amount specified under this 
     paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
     paragraph), prorate each public housing agency's allocation 
     otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided 
     further, That except as provided in the following provisos, 
     the entire amount specified under this paragraph (except as 
     otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated 
     to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and 
     pro rata method described above, and the Secretary shall 
     notify public housing agencies of their annual budget by the 
     latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 
     2016:  Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 
     notification period with the prior written approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That public housing agencies participating in the 
     MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 
     agreements and shall be subject to the same pro rata 
     adjustments under the previous provisos:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' 
     calendar year 2016 allocations based on the excess amounts of 
     public housing agencies' net restricted assets accounts, 
     including HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
     VMS data in calendar year 2015 that is verifiable and 
     complete), as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
     demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as 
     determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the 
     single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
     agreements, from the agencies' calendar year 2016 MTW funding 
     allocation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
     any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
     throughout the calendar year to prevent the termination of 
     rental assistance for families as the result of insufficient 
     funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or 
     reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations:  
     Provided further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available 
     only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
     housing agencies, after application for an adjustment by a 
     public housing agency that experienced a significant 
     increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
     vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
     portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers 
     that were not in use during the previous 12-month period in 
     order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to 
     section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs 
     associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-
     VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that 
     despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as 
     determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to 
     terminate rental assistance for families as a result of 
     insufficient funding:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
     need, as determined by the Secretary;
       (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
     for relocation and replacement of housing units that are 
     demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, 
     conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
     8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the 
     Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
     combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a 
     request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, 
     enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
     assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice 
     Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
     and tenant protection assistance including replacement and 
     relocation assistance or for project-based assistance to 
     prevent the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants 
     currently residing in section 202 properties financed between 
     1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106-
     569, as amended, or under the authority as provided under 
     this Act:  Provided, That when a public housing development 
     is submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 
     of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental 
     assistance when the units pose an imminent health and safety 
     risk to residents:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     only provide replacement vouchers for units that were 
     occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
     available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
     availability of funds:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be 
     available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 
     otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
     residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
     greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result 
     of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 
     202 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary prior 
     to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance 
     contract for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced 
     voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; 
     or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
     accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered 
     by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such tenant 
     protection assistance made available under the previous 
     proviso may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) 
     or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)):  Provided further, That any tenant 
     protection voucher made available from amounts under this 
     paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
     except the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary 
     by notice, when the initial family that received any such 
     voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 
     for any public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall 
     cease to exist:  Provided further, That the Secretary, for 
     the purpose under this paragraph, may use unobligated 
     balances, including recaptures and

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     carryovers, remaining from amounts appropriated in prior 
     fiscal years under this heading for voucher assistance for 
     nonelderly disabled families and for disaster assistance made 
     available under Public Law 110-329;
       (3) $1,650,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
     expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
     section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up 
     to $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to 
     allocate to public housing agencies that need additional 
     funds to administer their section 8 programs, including fees 
     associated with section 8 tenant protection rental 
     assistance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
     Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other 
     special purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, That no less 
     than $1,640,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 
     shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the 
     calendar year 2016 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the 
     Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect 
     immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and 
     Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276):  
     Provided further, That if the amounts made available under 
     this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
     under the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
     amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage 
     applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this 
     paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 
     payment of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
     utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
     carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development under this 
     heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
     vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
     were appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing 
     agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
     funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject 
     to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous 
     proviso:  Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
     paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
     provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under 
     section 8, including related development activities;
       (4) $107,074,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
     contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
     administrative expenses:  Provided, That administrative and 
     other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
     the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be 
     funded under the same terms and be subject to the same pro 
     rata reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and 
     other expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) 
     of this heading;
       (5) $60,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
     for use through a supported housing program administered in 
     conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
     authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937:  Provided, That the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development shall make such funding available, 
     notwithstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this 
     title, to public housing agencies that partner with eligible 
     VA Medical Centers or other entities as designated by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 
     geographical need for such assistance as identified by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public 
     housing agency administrative performance, and other factors 
     as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any 
     provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with 
     the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except 
     for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
     Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
     are necessary for the effective delivery and administration 
     of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, That 
     assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
     to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and
       (6) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
     purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                        (including rescissions)

       Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
     remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading 
     ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and the heading 
     ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', for fiscal year 2016 and 
     prior years may be used for renewal of or amendments to 
     section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-based 
     contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 
     which such funds were appropriated:  Provided, That any 
     obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal year 
     1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be rescinded:  
     Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or 
     recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
     project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
     through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount 
     of additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount 
     rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
     expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, in 
     addition to amounts otherwise available.

                      public housing capital fund

       For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
     capital and management activities for public housing 
     agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ``Act'') 
     $1,900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
      Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation, during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department 
     official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 
     Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority under 
     paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 
     time periods under such section:  Provided further, That for 
     purposes of such section 9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, 
     with respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
     binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately or 
     in the future:  Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 shall 
     be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical 
     Assessment activities:  Provided further, That up to 
     $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative 
     and judicial receiverships:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
     $21,500,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
     grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public 
     housing agencies for emergency capital needs including safety 
     and security measures necessary to address crime and drug-
     related activity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen 
     or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 
     Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters 
     under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2016:  
     Provided further, That of the amount made available under the 
     previous proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for 
     safety and security measures:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be 
     for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate 
     services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437z-6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
     Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided 
     further, That of the total amount made available under this 
     heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative 
     modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration:  Provided further, 
     That the funding provided under the previous proviso shall 
     provide competitive grants to partnerships between public 
     housing authorities, local workforce investment boards 
     established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act 
     of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that provide 
     support to help public housing residents obtain employment 
     and increase earnings:  Provided further, That applicants 
     must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
     residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 
     leverage service dollars:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request 
     exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements under 
     sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as 
     necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms 
     and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by 
     the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
     requirements are necessary for the effective implementation 
     of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for 
     residents:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or 
     alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 
     later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice:  
     Provided further, That for funds provided under this heading, 
     the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 
     percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 
     limitation in the previous proviso to allow public housing 
     agencies to fund activities authorized under section 
     9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers under 
     the previous proviso if the request is approved or denied 
     within 14 days of submitting the request:  Provided further, 
     That from the funds made available under this heading, the 
     Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2016 to 
     public housing agencies that are designated high performers:  
     Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
     housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days 
     of enactment of this Act.

                     public housing operating fund

       For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 
     operation and management of public housing, as authorized by 
     section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,500,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017.

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                    choice neighborhoods initiative

       For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
     Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
     specified under this heading), for transformation, 
     rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public 
     and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
     poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income 
     neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public 
     assets, transportation and access to jobs, $125,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That 
     grant funds may be used for resident and community services, 
     community development, and affordable housing needs in the 
     community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 
     properties to affordable housing:  Provided further, That the 
     use of funds made available under this heading shall not be 
     deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 
     of such Act:  Provided further, That grantees shall commit to 
     an additional period of affordability determined by the 
     Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided further, That 
     grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 
     input from residents and the community, and that grantees 
     shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal or 
     private funds:  Provided further, That grantees may include 
     local governments, tribal entities, public housing 
     authorities, and nonprofits:  Provided further, That for-
     profit developers may apply jointly with a public entity:  
     Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 
     a grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under 
     section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
     to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
     section:  Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
     less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
     agencies:  Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
     partnerships with other local organizations including 
     assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident 
     organizations:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
     Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
     Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
     other appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That 
     no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 
     heading may be provided to assist communities in developing 
     comprehensive strategies for implementing this program or 
     implementing other revitalization efforts in conjunction with 
     community notice and input:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the use of 
     such competitive funds, including but not limited to eligible 
     activities, program requirements, and performance metrics:  
     Provided further, That unobligated balances, including 
     recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
     Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal 
     years may be used for purposes under this heading, 
     notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
     appropriated.

                        family self-sufficiency

       For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family 
     self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of 
     local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under 
     sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and private 
     resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic 
     independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify 
     alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or 
     c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate the 
     operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for 
     individuals receiving assistance under different provisions 
     of the Act, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That owners of a privately owned multifamily 
     property with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a 
     Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted 
     tenants of such property in accordance with procedures 
     established by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such 
     procedures established pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
     permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in 
     accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to 
     use funding from residual receipt accounts to hire 
     coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency program.

                  native american housing block grants

       For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 
     U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, notwithstanding the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation under 
     title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary 
     shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with 
     the need component based on single-race census data and with 
     the need component based on multi-race census data, and the 
     amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the 
     greater of the two resulting allocation amounts:  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, $3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for 
     national or regional organizations representing Native 
     American housing interests for providing training and 
     technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and 
     tribally designated housing entities as authorized under 
     NAHASDA:  Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
     made available for a national organization as authorized 
     under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212):  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of 
     Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 
     technical assistance in the training, oversight, and 
     management of such Indian housing and tenant-based 
     assistance:  Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for 
     the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as 
     authorized by title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided further, That 
     such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 
     other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize the 
     total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, 
     any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
     $17,452,007:  Provided further, That the Department will 
     notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
     the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     notwithstanding section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 
     2016, a recipient's total amount of undisbursed block grants 
     in the Department's line of credit control system is greater 
     than three times the formula allocation it would otherwise 
     receive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that 
     recipient's formula allocation down by the difference between 
     its total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 
     Department's line of credit control system on January 1, 
     2016, and three times the formula allocation it would 
     otherwise receive:  Provided further, That grant amounts not 
     allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso 
     shall be allocated under the need component of the formula 
     proportionately among all other Indian tribes not subject to 
     an adjustment:  Provided further, That the two previous 
     provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that would 
     otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than 
     $8,000,000:  Provided further, That to take effect, the three 
     previous provisos do not require issuance or amendment of any 
     regulation, and shall not be construed to confer hearing 
     rights under any section of NAHASDA or its implementing 
     regulations.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $7,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
     any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $1,190,476,190, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
     up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative 
     contract expenses including management processes and systems 
     to carry out the loan guarantee program.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

       For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
     AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $335,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017, except that amounts 
     allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That 
     the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for 
     permanent supportive housing that initially were funded under 
     section 854(c)(3) of such Act from funds made available under 
     this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that 
     meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new 
     contracts under such section:  Provided further, That the 
     Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                       community development fund

       For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
     to other entities, for economic and community development 
     activities, and for other purposes, $3,060,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2018, unless otherwise 
     specified:  Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
     $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community development 
     block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (``the Act'' 
     herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.):  Provided further, That 
     unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not to 
     exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be expended for planning and

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     management development and administration:  Provided further, 
     That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local 
     government, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or 
     indirectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 
     trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds 
     to another such entity in exchange for any other funds, 
     credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such 
     funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 
     the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be provided 
     to a for-profit entity for an economic development project 
     under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been 
     evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
     under subparagraph (e)(2):  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this heading may be used for 
     grants for the Economic Development Initiative (``EDI'') or 
     Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, 
     or for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307):  Provided 
     further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
     formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
     this heading $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
     notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 
     204 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for 
     emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
     safety.

         community development loan guarantees program account

                         (including rescission)

       Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to guarantee loans 
     under section 108 of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is 
     guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal amount of 
     $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on 
     outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of such 
     section 108:  Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees 
     from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such 
     section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for 
     guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected 
     in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974:  Provided further, That all unobligated 
     balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
     funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development under this heading are hereby permanently 
     rescinded.

                  home investment partnerships program

       For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized 
     under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act, as amended, $950,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That notwithstanding the 
     amount made available under this heading, the threshold 
     reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of 
     such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount:  
     Provided further, That the requirements under provisos 2 
     through 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such 
     requirements applicable pursuant to the ``Full-Year 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013'', shall not apply to any 
     project to which funds were committed on or after August 23, 
     2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by the 
     Final Rule titled ``Home Investment Partnerships Program; 
     Improving Performance and Accountability; Updating Property 
     Standards'' which became effective on such date:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to funds made available under this 
     heading pursuant to such Act and funds provided in prior and 
     subsequent appropriations acts that were or are used by 
     community land trusts for the development of affordable 
     homeownership housing pursuant to section 215(b) of such Act, 
     such community land trusts, notwithstanding section 
     215(b)(3)(A) of such Act, may hold and exercise purchase 
     options, rights of first refusal or other preemptive rights 
     to purchase the housing to preserve affordability, including 
     but not limited to the right to purchase the housing in lieu 
     of foreclosure:  Provided further, That the Department shall 
     notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
     enactment of this Act.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

       For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
     Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing 
     Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
     Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-Help 
     and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized 
     under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension 
     Act of 1996, as amended:  Provided further, That of the total 
     amount provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made 
     available for the second, third, and fourth capacity building 
     activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 
     Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not 
     less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural 
     capacity building activities:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
     made available for capacity building by national rural 
     housing organizations with experience assessing national 
     rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical 
     assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, 
     local governments and Indian Tribes serving high need rural 
     communities:  Provided further, That an additional 
     $5,700,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     a program to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled or 
     low-income veterans as authorized under section 1079 of 
     Public Law 113-291.

                       homeless assistance grants

       For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized 
     under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of Care program as 
     authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the 
     Rural Housing Stability Assistance program as authorized 
     under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, $2,250,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2018:  Provided, That 
     any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under such 
     Continuum of Care program shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That not less than $250,000,000 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for such Emergency Solutions Grants program:  
     Provided further, That not less than $1,918,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     such Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assistance 
     programs:  Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     the national homeless data analysis project:  Provided 
     further, That all funds awarded for supportive services under 
     the Continuum of Care program and the Rural Housing Stability 
     Assistance program shall be matched by not less than 25 
     percent in cash or in kind by each grantee:  Provided 
     further, That for all match requirements applicable to funds 
     made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
     prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a 
     source of match funds other funds administered by the 
     Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) 
     a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 
     funds:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 
     system performance measures for which each continuum of care 
     shall report baseline outcomes, and that relative to fiscal 
     year 2015, under the Continuum of Care competition with 
     respect to funds made available under this heading, the 
     Secretary shall base an increasing share of the score on 
     performance criteria:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided under this heading shall be available to 
     provide funding for new projects, except for projects created 
     through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that 
     the continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are 
     evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they 
     improve the continuum of care's system performance:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding under 
     the Continuum of Care program to continuums of care that have 
     demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower 
     performing projects to higher performing projects:  Provided 
     further, That all awards of assistance under this heading 
     shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless 
     programs with other mainstream health, social services, and 
     employment programs for which homeless populations may be 
     eligible:  Provided further, That with respect to funds 
     provided under this heading for the Continuum of Care program 
     for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 provision of 
     permanent housing rental assistance may be administered by 
     private nonprofit organizations:  Provided further, That any 
     unobligated amounts remaining from funds appropriated under 
     this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-
     based rental assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-
     year grant terms may be used for purposes under this heading, 
     notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were 
     appropriated:  Provided further, That all balances for 
     Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 
     Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account 
     shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of Care 
     renewals in fiscal year 2016:  Provided further, That the 
     Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 
     amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That up to $33,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be to implement projects to demonstrate how a 
     comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and 
     under, in up to 10 communities, including at least four rural 
     communities, can dramatically reduce youth homelessness:  
     Provided further, That such projects shall be eligible for 
     renewal under the Continuum of Care program subject to the 
     same terms and conditions as other renewal applicants:  
     Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available to provide 
     technical assistance on youth homelessness, and collection, 
     analysis, and reporting of data and performance measures

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     under the comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, 
     in addition to and in coordination with other technical 
     assistance funds provided under this title:  Provided 
     further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance 
     under this heading shall not be required to provide third 
     party documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 
     U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services:  Provided 
     further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or 
     families headed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in 
     unsafe situations may be served by youth-serving providers 
     funded under this heading:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may use amounts made available under this heading 
     for the Continuum of Care program to renew a grant originally 
     awarded pursuant to the matter under the heading ``Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development--Permanent Supportive 
     Housing'' in chapter 6 of title III of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 122 Stat. 2351) 
     for assistance under subtitle F of title IV of the McKinney-
     Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403 et seq.):  
     Provided further, That such renewal grant shall be awarded to 
     the same grantee and be subject to the provisions of such 
     Continuum of Care program except that the funds may be used 
     outside the geographic area of the continuum of care.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of project-
     based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise 
     provided for, $10,220,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015 (in addition 
     to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
     heading that became available October 1, 2015), and 
     $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2016:  Provided, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading shall be available for 
     expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
     contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
     contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
     contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
     contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 
     441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
     projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
     the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
     the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
     Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other 
     expenses associated with project-based activities and 
     assistance funded under this paragraph:  Provided further, 
     That of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to 
     exceed $215,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 
     contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
     assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     may also use such amounts in the previous proviso for 
     performance-based contract administrators for the 
     administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to 
     section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
     1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of 
     the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
     1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 
     for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
     1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts 
     for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
     section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project 
     assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); and 
     loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
     Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That amounts 
     recaptured under this heading, the heading ``Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading 
     ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of or 
     amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 
     performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding 
     the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual 
     receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 8 
     project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 
     authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that 
     surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing 
     residual receipts account and that are in excess of an amount 
     to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
     Department and deposited in this account, to be available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That amounts deposited 
     pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in 
     addition to the amount otherwise provided by this heading for 
     uses authorized under this heading.

                        housing for the elderly

       For amendments to capital advance contracts for housing for 
     the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act 
     of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance for 
     the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including 
     amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of 
     expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
     term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 
     contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 
     811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act 
     of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services associated 
     with the housing, $432,700,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 2019:  Provided, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, up to $77,000,000 shall be for service 
     coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate 
     service grants for residents of assisted housing projects:  
     Provided further, That amounts under this heading shall be 
     available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
     inspection-related activities associated with section 202 
     projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 
     provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions 
     of project rental assistance, except that the initial 
     contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in 
     duration:  Provided further, That upon request of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds 
     that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 
     subject to a section 202 project rental assistance contract, 
     and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of 
     an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be 
     remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
     be available until September 30, 2019:  Provided further, 
     That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 
     previous proviso shall be available, in addition to the 
     amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for amendments 
     and renewals:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the 
     purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

       For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive 
     housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by 
     section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance 
     for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
     section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance 
     contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 
     1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 
     to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 
     contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for 
     project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies 
     and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 
     811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and 
     for supportive services associated with the housing for 
     persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
     of such Act, $150,600,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2019:  Provided, That amounts made available 
     under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
     Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 
     activities associated with section 811 projects:  Provided 
     further, That, in this fiscal year, upon the request of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds 
     that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 
     subject to a section 811 project rental assistance contract 
     and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of 
     an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted 
     to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
     available until September 30, 2019:  Provided further, That 
     amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous 
     proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts 
     otherwise provided by this heading for amendments and 
     renewals:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     used for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the purposes 
     for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
     loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
     Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017, including up to 
     $4,500,000 for administrative contract services:  Provided, 
     That grants made available from amounts provided under this 
     heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That funds shall be used for 
     providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, 
     both current and prospective, with respect to property 
     maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other 
     matters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving 
     their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and 
     fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; 
     for program administration; and for housing counselor 
     training:  Provided further, That for purposes of providing 
     such grants from amounts provided under this heading, the 
     Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements as appropriate, 
     subject to the availability of annual appropriations.

                       rental housing assistance

       For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) 
     and section

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     236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in 
     State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $30,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
     amount, together with unobligated balances from recaptured 
     amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from 
     terminated contracts under such sections of law, and any 
     unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
     remaining from funds appropriated under this heading after 
     fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 
     up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections of 
     law.

            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

       For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
     Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $10,500,000 is to be 
     derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund:  
     Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be available from the general fund 
     of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations 
     and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 
     the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act:  Provided 
     further, That the amount made available under this heading 
     from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 
     are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a 
     final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general fund 
     estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 
     shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 
     year 2016 appropriation:  Provided further, That for the 
     dispute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect fees 
     from any program participant:  Provided further, That such 
     collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the 
     Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as 
     well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 
     expenses of such Act:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, 
     the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
     under such Act through the use of approved service providers 
     that are paid directly by the recipients of their services.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

       New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 
     under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 
     $400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, obligations to 
     make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) 
     of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 
     $5,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing amount in 
     the previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
     governmental entities in connection with sales of single 
     family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
     insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund:  Provided 
     further, That for administrative contract expenses of the 
     Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
     to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
     $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an additional 
     $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 
     available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
     commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
     $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
     this proviso exceed $30,000,000.

                general and special risk program account

       New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the 
     General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by 
     sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 in total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     during fiscal year 2016, gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 
     207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall 
     not exceed $5,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit 
     and governmental entities in connection with the sale of 
     single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
     formerly insured under such Act.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

       New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
     purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
     $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2017:  Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available for 
     necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 
     National Mortgage Association:  Provided further, That to the 
     extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
     $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an additional 
     $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 
     until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 
     loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
     below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available 
     by this proviso exceed $3,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected 
     pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
     account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

       For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
     of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
     problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
     V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 
     1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 
     1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for 
     technical assistance, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That with respect to amounts 
     made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 
     204 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
     agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
     agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 
     for research projects:  Provided further, That with respect 
     to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 
     agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match toward 
     the cost of the project:  Provided further, That for non-
     competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the 
     previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal 
     Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public 
     Law 109-282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with 
     section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award 
     decisions:  Provided further, That prior to obligation of 
     technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a 
     plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this 
     activity.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
     provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
     1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1987, as amended, $65,300,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
     collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
     Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training:  
     Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative 
     branches of the Federal Government in connection with a 
     specific contract, grant, or loan:  Provided further, That of 
     the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 shall 
     be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development for the creation and promotion of translated 
     materials and other programs that support the assistance of 
     persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the 
     services provided by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

       For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
     section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2017, of which $20,000,000 shall be for 
     the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 
     502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that 
     shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration 
     efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-
     based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 
     hazards:  Provided, That for purposes of environmental 
     review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law 
     that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
     Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
     program under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts 
     for such purposes under this heading, shall be considered to 
     be funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) 
     of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
     1994:  Provided further, That of the total amount made 
     available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made 
     available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest 
     lead paint abatement needs:  Provided further, That each 
     recipient of funds provided under the previous proviso shall 
     contribute an amount not less than 25 percent of the total:  
     Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 
     capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the 
     proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding 
     availability:  Provided further, That amounts made available 
     under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, and 
     that still remain available, may be used for any purpose 
     under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 
     amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 
     undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 
     under this heading that are oversubscribed.

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                      Information Technology Fund

       For the development of, modifications to, and 
     infrastructure for Department-wide and program-specific 
     information technology systems, for the continuing operation 
     and maintenance of both Department-wide and program-specific 
     information systems, and for program-related maintenance 
     activities, $250,000,000, shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2017:  Provided, That any amounts transferred 
     to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That any amounts transferred to 
     this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 
     appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 
     under this Fund, in addition to any other information 
     technology purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General shall have independent authority over all 
     personnel issues within this office.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                     (including transfer of funds)

                        (including rescissions)

       Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget 
     authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
     associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
     from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
     shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
     authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
     the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies 
     or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
     approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in 
     accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous 
     sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the 
     budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
     incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest 
     rate.
       Sec. 202.  None of the amounts made available under this 
     Act may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate or 
     prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 
     activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the 
     filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is 
     engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing 
     action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
     competent jurisdiction.
       Sec. 203.  Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public Law 
     112-55 (125 Stat. 693-694) shall apply during fiscal year 
     2016 as if such sections were included in this title, except 
     that during such fiscal year such sections shall be applied 
     by substituting ``fiscal year 2016'' for ``fiscal year 2011'' 
     and for ``fiscal year 2012'' each place such terms appear, 
     and shall be amended to reflect revised delineations of 
     statistical areas established by the Office of Management and 
     Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), 
     and Executive Order No. 10253.
       Sec. 204.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
     cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to 
     title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and 
     in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
       Sec. 205.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
     or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
     without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
     for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
     utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
     the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government 
     National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
     Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or 
     any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured 
     bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
       Sec. 206.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
     through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any 
     appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall be available for any program, project or 
     activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
     estimates submitted to Congress.
       Sec. 207.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to 
     make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
     borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 
     carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2016 
     for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
     provided:  Provided, That collections of these corporations 
     and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
     commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
     Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of 
     assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
     Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the 
     mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these 
     corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
     necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
     States Government.
       Sec. 208.  The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, 
     unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and 
     activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall 
     submit additional, updated budget information to these 
     Committees upon request.
       Sec. 209.  The President's formal budget request for fiscal 
     year 2017, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development's congressional budget justifications to be 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, shall use the identical 
     account and sub-account structure provided under this Act.
       Sec. 210.  A public housing agency or such other entity 
     that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
     Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the 
     States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required 
     to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of 
     assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 
     governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
     section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
     other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
     under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of 
     Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and 
     Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of public 
     housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board 
     of directors or a similar governing board shall establish an 
     advisory board of not less than six residents of public 
     housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide 
     advice and comment to the public housing agency or other 
     administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
     section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 
     quarterly.
       Sec. 211.  No funds provided under this title may be used 
     for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 
     that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 
     Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
       Sec. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
     fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or all 
     project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the 
     Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
     income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
     multifamily housing project or projects to another 
     multifamily housing project or projects.
       (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based 
     assistance under this section may be done in phases to 
     accommodate the financing and other requirements related to 
     rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
     which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
     project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
       (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to 
     the following conditions:
       (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
       (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The 
     number of low-income and very low-income units and the 
     configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
     transferring project shall be no less than when transferred 
     to the receiving project or projects and the net dollar 
     amount of Federal assistance provided to the transferring 
     project shall remain the same in the receiving project or 
     projects.
       (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: The 
     Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling 
     units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a 
     reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market 
     demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is 
     no increase in the project-based assistance budget authority.
       (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
     Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
     nonviable.
       (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
     applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
       (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
     shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
     transferring project and provide a certification of approval 
     by all appropriate local governmental officials.
       (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
     eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving 
     project or projects shall not be required to vacate their 
     units in the transferring project or projects until new units 
     in the receiving project are available for occupancy.
       (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
     best interest of the tenants.
       (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
     project or projects meets the condition specified in 
     subsection (d)(2)(A), any

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     lien on the receiving project resulting from additional 
     financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
     FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
     project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive 
     this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
     necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, 
     construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project 
     or projects.
       (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
     subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
     project or projects shall execute and record either a 
     continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
     agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
     restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
     the existing use restrictions.
       (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent 
     that appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of 
     any such increased cost.
       (d) For purposes of this section--
       (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
     have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
     governing the program under which the project is insured or 
     assisted;
       (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
     that meets one of the following conditions--
       (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the 
     National Housing Act;
       (B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to 
     the structure including projects undergoing mark to market 
     debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
       (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
       (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the 
     enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable 
     Housing Act;
       (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or
       (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
     agreement;
       (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
       (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937;
       (B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
     rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
     8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 
     before October 1, 1983);
       (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
       (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or 
     additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the 
     National Housing Act;
       (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959; and
       (F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;
       (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
     multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all 
     of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily 
     required low-income and very low-income use restrictions are 
     to be transferred;
       (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
     housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
     project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
     low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
     receiving project or projects; and
       (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development.
       (e) Public Notice and Research Report.--
       (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 
     Register the terms and conditions, including criteria for HUD 
     approval, of transfers pursuant to this section no later than 
     30 days before the effective date of such notice.
       (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the 
     transfer authority under this section, including the effect 
     of such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract 
     rents, physical and financial conditions, and long-term 
     preservation of the affected properties.
       Sec. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
     to any individual who--
       (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
       (2) is under 24 years of age;
       (3) is not a veteran;
       (4) is unmarried;
       (5) does not have a dependent child;
       (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
     defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
     assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and
       (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
     who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
     assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
       (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 
     to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial 
     assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
     other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 
     seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
     individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with 
     dependent children.
       Sec. 214.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans 
     under the heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in 
     title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native 
     Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received funds in 
     fiscal year 2005.
       Sec. 215.  Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
     sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development may, until September 30, 2016, insure and enter 
     into commitments to insure mortgages under such section 255.
       Sec. 216.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any 
     multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during 
     the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract 
     for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the 
     Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other 
     programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the 
     property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in 
     consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
     such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is 
     not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under 
     such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of 
     (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
     and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
     including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions that 
     cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
     may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 
     contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an 
     owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or 
     provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 
     take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts 
     remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
     exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
     relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 
     and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 
     the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, 
     such as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition 
     of any multifamily property described under this section, the 
     contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 
     be subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
       Sec. 217.  The commitment authority funded by fees as 
     provided under the heading ``Community Development Loan 
     Guarantees Program Account'' may be used to guarantee, or 
     make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other obligations 
     issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement communities 
     in the State in accordance with the requirements of section 
     108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974:  
     Provided, That any State receiving such a guarantee or 
     commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such 
     guarantee to the units of general local government in non-
     entitlement areas that received the commitment.
       Sec. 218.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 
     or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 
     asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development in connection with the 
     operating fund rule:  Provided, That an agency seeking a 
     discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating 
     fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management 
     requirements.
       Sec. 219.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in 
     this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
     improvement and management of public housing as authorized by 
     sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not 
     impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset 
     management that restricts or limits in any way the use of 
     capital funds for central office costs pursuant to section 
     9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a public 
     housing agency may not use capital funds authorized under 
     section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under section 
     9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating fund in 
     excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 
     9(g)(2).
       Sec. 220.  No official or employee of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an 
     allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer has determined that such allotment holder has 
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     funds control and has received training in funds control 
     procedures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall 
     ensure that there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD 
     sub-office under the accounts ``Executive Offices'' and 
     ``Administrative Support Offices,'' as well as each account 
     receiving appropriations for ``Program Office Salaries and 
     Expenses'', ``Government National Mortgage Association--
     Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee 
     Program Account'', and ``Office of Inspector General'' within 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
       Sec. 221.  The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016, notify the 
     public through the Federal Register and other means, as 
     determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the 
     availability of assistance or notice of funding availability 
     (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund administered by 
     the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 
     2016, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the 
     Internet at the appropriate Government web site or through 
     other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 222.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
     litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
     and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
     appropriations. The annual budget submission for the program 
     offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 
     such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a 
     separate line item request. No funds provided in this title 
     may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney 
     fees until the Department submits for review a spending plan 
     for such costs to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 223.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 
     percent or $4,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
     appropriated for any office under the heading 
     ``Administrative Support Offices'' or for any account under 
     the general heading ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' 
     to any other such office or account:  Provided, That no 
     appropriation for any such office or account shall be 
     increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $4,000,000, 
     whichever is less, without prior written approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to 
     such Committees three business days in advance of any such 
     transfers under this section up to 10 percent or $4,000,000, 
     whichever is less.
       Sec. 224.  The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 
     administered by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development, shall be considered a ``program of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development'' under section 
     904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 
     verifications and matching.
       Sec. 225. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall take the required actions under subsection 
     (b) when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 
     contract or contract for similar project-based assistance:
       (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) score 
     of 30 or less; or
       (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 and:
       (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD within 60 days that 
     all deficiencies have been corrected; or
       (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on REAC 
     inspections.
     Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
     projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 
     but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
     8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
     assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
       (b) The Secretary shall take the following required actions 
     as authorized under subsection (a):
       (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and provide an 
     opportunity for response within 30 days. If the violations 
     remain, the Secretary shall develop a Compliance, Disposition 
     and Enforcement Plan within 60 days, with a specified 
     timetable for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary 
     shall provide notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the 
     local government, any mortgagees, and any contract 
     administrator.
       (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, Disposition 
     and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails to fully comply with 
     such plan, the Secretary may require immediate replacement of 
     project management with a management agent approved by the 
     Secretary, and shall take one or more of the following 
     actions, and provide additional notice of those actions to 
     the owner and the parties specified above:
       (A) impose civil money penalties;
       (B) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
     abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
     deficiencies have been corrected;
       (C) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by 
     the Secretary under established procedures, which will be 
     obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 
     renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal is 
     offered; or
       (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 
     property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 
     order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 
     project deficiencies.
       (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
     ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
     to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
     relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 
     and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 
     the affected tenants and use of other remedies set forth 
     above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in 
     consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
     the property is not feasible for continued rental assistance 
     payments under such section 8 or other programs, based on 
     consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 
     operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
     local resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 
     of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 
     Act of 1997 (``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions 
     that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 
     Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
     property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
     payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
     properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
     shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this 
     section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment 
     Center and have physical inspection scores of less than 30 or 
     have consecutive physical inspection scores of less than 60. 
     The report shall include:
       (1) The enforcement actions being taken to address such 
     conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 
     termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have 
     such conditions multiple times; and
       (2) Actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
     properties.
       Sec. 226.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or 
     any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only 
     with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program) 
     and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public housing 
     agency for any amount of salary, including bonuses, for the 
     chief executive officer of which, or any other official or 
     employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay 
     payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 
     2016.
       Sec. 227.  None of the funds in this Act may be available 
     for the doctoral dissertation research grant program at the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development.
       Sec. 228.  Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``fiscal year'' and 
     all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     ``fiscal year 2016.''; and
       (2) in subsection (o), by striking ``September'' and all 
     that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2016.''.
       Sec. 229.  None of the funds in this Act provided to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to 
     make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
     business days before any project, State, locality, housing 
     authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity 
     selected to receive a grant award is announced by the 
     Department or its offices.
       Sec. 230.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment 
     (PNA).
       Sec. 231.  None of the funds made available by this Act nor 
     any receipts or amounts collected under any Federal Housing 
     Administration program may be used to implement the 
     Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) program.
       Sec. 232.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the 
     Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 
     securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 
     or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise 
     replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
     condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 
     other political subdivision of a State.
       Sec. 233.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local 
     government as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under section 106 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
       Sec. 234.  Amounts made available under this Act which are 
     either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
     basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development and 
     Research in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     and functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or 
     statistical purposes, and which are unexpended at the time of 
     completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, 
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     be deobligated and shall immediately become available and may 
     be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal 
     year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes 
     for which the amounts are made available to that Office 
     subject to reprogramming requirements in section 405 of this 
     Act.
       Sec. 235.  Subsection (b) of section 225 of the Cranston-
     Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12755) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
     ``Such 30-day waiting period is not required if the grounds 
     for the termination or refusal to renew involve a direct 
     threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of the 
     housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the property 
     (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accordance 
     with the requirements of State or local law).''.
       Sec. 236.  None of the funds under this title may be used 
     for awards, including performance, special act, or spot, for 
     any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development who is subject to administrative discipline in 
     fiscal year 2016, including suspension from work.
       Sec. 237.  The language under the heading ``Rental 
     Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
     55) is amended:
       (1) In proviso eighteen, by inserting ``for fiscal year 
     2012 and hereafter,'' after ``Provided further, That''; and
       (2) In proviso nineteen, by striking ``, which may extend 
     beyond fiscal year 2016 as necessary to allow processing of 
     all timely applications,''.
       Sec. 238.  Section 526 (12 U.S.C. 1735f-4) of the National 
     Housing Act is amended by inserting at the end of subsection 
     (b):
       ``(c) The Secretary may establish an exception to any 
     minimum property standard established under this section in 
     order to address alternative water systems, including 
     cisterns, which meet requirements of State and local building 
     codes that ensure health and safety standards.''.
       Sec. 239.  The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number of 
     Moving to Work agencies authorized under section 204, title 
     II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
     Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321) by adding to 
     the program 100 public housing agencies that are designated 
     as high performing agencies under the Public Housing 
     Assessment System (PHAS) or the Section Eight Management 
     Assessment Program (SEMAP). No public housing agency shall be 
     granted this designation through this section that 
     administers in excess of 27,000 aggregate housing vouchers 
     and public housing units. Of the agencies selected under this 
     section, no less than 50 shall administer 1,000 or fewer 
     aggregate housing voucher and public housing units, no less 
     than 47 shall administer 1,001-6,000 aggregate housing 
     voucher and public housing units, and no more than 3 shall 
     administer 6,001-27,000 aggregate housing voucher and public 
     housing units. Of the 100 agencies selected under this 
     section, five shall be agencies with portfolio awards under 
     the Rental Assistance Demonstration that meet the other 
     requirements of this section, including current designations 
     as high performing agencies or such designations held 
     immediately prior to such portfolio awards. Selection of 
     agencies under this section shall be based on ensuring the 
     geographic diversity of Moving to Work agencies. In addition 
     to the preceding selection criteria, agencies shall be 
     designated by the Secretary over a 7-year period. The 
     Secretary shall establish a research advisory committee which 
     shall advise the Secretary with respect to specific policy 
     proposals and methods of research and evaluation for the 
     demonstration. The advisory committee shall include program 
     and research experts from the Department, a fair 
     representation of agencies with a Moving to Work designation, 
     and independent subject matter experts in housing policy 
     research. For each cohort of agencies receiving a designation 
     under this heading, the Secretary shall direct one specific 
     policy change to be implemented by the agencies, and with the 
     approval of the Secretary, such agencies may implement 
     additional policy changes. All agencies designated under this 
     section shall be evaluated through rigorous research as 
     determined by the Secretary, and shall provide information 
     requested by the Secretary to support such oversight and 
     evaluation, including the targeted policy changes. Research 
     and evaluation shall be coordinated under the direction of 
     the Secretary, and in consultation with the advisory 
     committee, and findings shall be shared broadly. The 
     Secretary shall consult the advisory committee with respect 
     to policy changes that have proven successful and can be 
     applied more broadly to all public housing agencies, and 
     propose any necessary statutory changes. The Secretary may, 
     at the request of a Moving to Work agency and one or more 
     adjacent public housing agencies in the same area, designate 
     that Moving to Work agency as a regional agency. A regional 
     Moving to Work agency may administer the assistance under 
     sections 8 and 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f and g) for the participating agencies within its 
     region pursuant to the terms of its Moving to Work agreement 
     with the Secretary. The Secretary may agree to extend the 
     term of the agreement and to make any necessary changes to 
     accommodate regionalization. A Moving to Work agency may be 
     selected as a regional agency if the Secretary determines 
     that unified administration of assistance under sections 8 
     and 9 by that agency across multiple jurisdictions will lead 
     to efficiencies and to greater housing choice for low-income 
     persons in the region. For purposes of this expansion, in 
     addition to the provisions of the Act retained in section 
     204, section 8(r)(1) of the Act shall continue to apply 
     unless the Secretary determines that waiver of this section 
     is necessary to implement comprehensive rent reform and 
     occupancy policies subject to evaluation by the Secretary, 
     and the waiver contains, at a minimum, exceptions for 
     requests to port due to employment, education, health and 
     safety. No public housing agency granted this designation 
     through this section shall receive more funding under 
     sections 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 than 
     it otherwise would have received absent this designation. The 
     Secretary shall extend the current Moving to Work agreements 
     of previously designated participating agencies until the end 
     of each such agency's fiscal year 2028 under the same terms 
     and conditions of such current agreements, except for any 
     changes to such terms or conditions otherwise mutually agreed 
     upon by the Secretary and any such agency and such extension 
     agreements shall prohibit any statutory offset of any reserve 
     balances equal to 4 months of operating expenses. Any such 
     reserve balances that exceed such amount shall remain 
     available to any such agency for all permissible purposes 
     under such agreement unless subject to a statutory offset. In 
     addition to other reporting requirements, all Moving to Work 
     agencies shall report financial data to the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development as specified by the Secretary, 
     so that the effect of Moving to Work policy changes can be 
     measured.
       Sec. 240. (a) Authority.--Subject to the conditions in 
     subsection (d), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development may authorize, in response to requests received 
     in fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the transfer of some or 
     all project-based assistance, tenant-based assistance, 
     capital advances, debt, and statutorily required use 
     restrictions from housing assisted under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013) to other new or existing housing, which may include 
     projects, units, and other types of housing, as permitted by 
     the Secretary.
       (b) Capital Advances.--Interest shall not be due and 
     repayment of a capital advance shall not be triggered by a 
     transfer pursuant to this section.
       (c) Phased and Proportional Transfers.--
       (1) Transfers under this section may be done in phases to 
     accommodate the financing and other requirements related to 
     rehabilitating or constructing the housing to which the 
     assistance is transferred, to ensure that such housing meets 
     the conditions under subsection (d).
       (2) The capital advance repayment requirements, use 
     restrictions, rental assistance, and debt shall transfer 
     proportionally from the transferring housing to the receiving 
     housing.
       (d) Conditions.--The transfers authorized by this section 
     shall be subject to the following conditions:
       (1) the owner of the transferring housing shall demonstrate 
     that the transfer is in compliance with applicable Federal, 
     State, and local requirements regarding Housing for Persons 
     with Disabilities and shall provide the Secretary with 
     evidence of obtaining any approvals related to housing 
     disabled persons that are necessary under Federal, State, and 
     local government requirements;
       (2) the owner of the transferring housing shall demonstrate 
     to the Secretary that any transfer is in the best interest of 
     the disabled residents by offering opportunities for 
     increased integration or less concentration of individuals 
     with disabilities;
       (3) the owner of the transferring housing shall continue to 
     provide the same number of units as approved for rental 
     assistance by the Secretary in the receiving housing;
       (4) the owner of the transferring housing shall consult 
     with the disabled residents in the transferring housing about 
     any proposed transfer under this section and shall notify the 
     residents of the transferring housing who are eligible for 
     assistance to be provided in the receiving housing that they 
     shall not be required to vacate the transferring housing 
     until the receiving housing is available for occupancy;
       (5) the receiving housing shall meet or exceed applicable 
     physical standards established or adopted by the Secretary; 
     and
       (6) if the receiving housing has a mortgage insured under 
     title II of the National Housing Act, any lien on the 
     receiving housing resulting from additional financing shall 
     be subordinate to any federally insured mortgage lien 
     transferred to, or placed on, such housing, except that the 
     Secretary may waive this requirement upon determination that 
     such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of 
     acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of the receiving 
     housing.

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       (e) Public Notice.--The Secretary shall publish a notice in 
     the Federal Register of the terms and conditions, including 
     criteria for the Department's approval of transfers pursuant 
     to this section no later than 30 days before the effective 
     date of such notice.
       Sec. 241. (a) Of the unobligated balances, including 
     recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 
     to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the 
     heading ``General and Special Risk Program Account'', and for 
     the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations under the 
     heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'', $12,000,000 
     is hereby permanently rescinded.
       (b) All unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
     carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development under the 
     headings ``Rural Housing and Economic Development'', and 
     ``Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere 
     Grants'' are hereby permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 242.  Funds made available in this title under the 
     heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' may be used by the 
     Secretary to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 
     authorized in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016 as 
     initially authorized under section 526 of division H of 
     Public Law 113-76 and extended under section 524 of division 
     G of Public Law 113-235:  Provided, That such participation 
     shall be limited to no more than 10 continuums of care and 
     housing activities to improve outcomes for disconnected 
     youth.
       Sec. 243.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the 
     heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015 
     and 2016 for the Continuum of Care (CoC) program as 
     authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program income of 
     grant recipients may count toward meeting the recipient's 
     matching requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC 
     costs that supplement the recipients CoC program.
       Sec. 244.  With respect to funds appropriated under the 
     ``Community Development Fund'' heading for formula allocation 
     to states pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5306(d), the Secretary shall 
     permit a jurisdiction to demonstrate compliance with 42 
     U.S.C. 5305(c)(2)(A) if it had been designated as majority 
     low- and moderate-income pursuant to data from the 2000 
     decennial Census and it continues to have economic distress 
     as evidenced by inclusion in a designated Rural Promise Zone 
     or Distressed County as defined by the Appalachian Regional 
     Commission. This section shall apply to any such state funds 
     appropriated under such heading under this Act, in each 
     fiscal year from 2017 through 2020, and under prior 
     appropriation Acts (with respect to any such allocated but 
     uncommitted funds available to any such state).
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016''.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 
     by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
     $8,023,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received for publications and training expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
     as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
     1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, 
     $25,660,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out 
     the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $24,499,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General 
     shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the 
     duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 
     U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, 
     including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
     1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
     by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided 
     further, That the Inspector General may enter into contracts 
     and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and 
     other services with public agencies and with private persons, 
     subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern 
     the obtaining of such services within the National Railroad 
     Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector 
     General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and 
     employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions, 
     powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 
     subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern 
     such selections, appointments, and employment within the 
     Corporation:  Provided further, That concurrent with the 
     President's budget request for fiscal year 2017, the 
     Inspector General shall submit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 
     2017 in similar format and substance to those submitted by 
     executive agencies of the Federal Government.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
     rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), 
     $105,170,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 
     official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 
     made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in 
     this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on 
     an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital 
     lease.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

       For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
     authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $135,000,000, of which $5,000,000 
     shall be for a multi-family rental housing program:  
     Provided, That in addition, $40,000,000 shall be made 
     available until expended to the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
     Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, 
     under the following terms and conditions:
       (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) shall 
     make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (with match 
     to be determined by NRC based on affordability and the 
     economic conditions of an area; a match also may be waived by 
     NRC based on the aforementioned conditions) to provide 
     mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance primarily to 
     States and areas with high rates of defaults and foreclosures 
     to help eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 
     owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such 
     foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of defaults and 
     foreclosures, grants may also be provided to approved 
     counseling intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of 
     the Nation by NRC which determines where there is a 
     prevalence of mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, 
     including any trends for mortgages that are likely to default 
     and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may also 
     be eligible where the State Housing Finance Agency meets all 
     the requirements under this paragraph. A HUD-approved 
     counseling intermediary shall meet certain mortgage 
     foreclosure mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as 
     determined by NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or NRC as 
     meeting these requirements.
       (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance shall only 
     be made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with 
     mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mortgages 
     shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and 
     homeowners will be provided such assistance that shall 
     consist of activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures 
     and result in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 
     retained pursuant to such activity or another positive 
     outcome for the homeowner. No funds made available under this 
     paragraph may be provided directly to lenders or homeowners 
     to discharge outstanding mortgage balances or for any other 
     direct debt reduction payments.
       (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
     by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing 
     Finance Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the 
     borrower's financial situation, an evaluation of the current 
     value of the property that is subject to the mortgage, 
     counseling regarding the assumption of the mortgage by 
     another non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 
     purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third party, 
     counseling and advice of all likely restructuring and 
     refinancing strategies or the approval of a work-out strategy 
     by all interested parties.
       (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the total funds 
     under this paragraph to its own charter members with 
     expertise in foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a 
     certification by NRC that the procedures for selection do not 
     consist of any procedures or activities that could be 
     construed as a conflict of interest or have the appearance of 
     impropriety.
       (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and State Housing 
     Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph shall 
     have demonstrated experience in successfully working with 
     financial institutions as well as borrowers facing default, 
     delinquency and foreclosure as well as documented counseling 
     capacity, outreach capacity, past successful performance and 
     positive outcomes with documented counseling plans (including 
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     mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout 
     agreements and loan modification agreements. NRC may use 
     other criteria to demonstrate capacity in underserved areas.
       (6) Of the total amount made available under this 
     paragraph, up to $2,000,000 may be made available to build 
     the mortgage foreclosure and default mitigation counseling 
     capacity of counseling intermediaries through NRC training 
     courses with HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 
     partners, except that private financial institutions that 
     participate in NRC training shall pay market rates for such 
     training.
       (7) Of the total amount made available under this 
     paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for associated 
     administrative expenses for NRC to carry out activities 
     provided under this section.
       (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may 
     include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, 
     as determined by NRC.
       (9) NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as the Senate 
     Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee on 
     its efforts to mitigate mortgage default.

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
     authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
     rental of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
     consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
     Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
     Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title 
     II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
     $3,530,000.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

       Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that--
       (1) creates a new program;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
     or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
     the Congress;
       (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
     by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     for a different purpose;
       (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
     excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
       (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
     $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
       (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
     division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
     administration, or department different from the budget 
     justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
     or the table accompanying the explanatory statement 
     accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless 
     prior approval is received from the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That not later than 
     60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 
     funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of 
     Representatives to establish the baseline for application of 
     reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
     year:  Provided further, That the report shall include--
       (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the prior year enacted level, the President's 
     budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
     to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
     enacted level;
       (B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
     its respective prior year enacted level by object class and 
     program, project, and activity as detailed in the budget 
     appendix for the respective appropriation; and
       (C) an identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
     fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2017, for each such account for the purposes 
     authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
     approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided 
     further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with 
     reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
       Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
     Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power 
     of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for 
     a public use:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
     public use shall not be construed to include economic 
     development that primarily benefits private entities:  
     Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, 
     railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as 
     utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
     (including energy-related, communication-related, water-
     related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other 
     structures designated for use by the general public or which 
     have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that 
     serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
     oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of 
     an immediate threat to public health and safety or 
     brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief 
     and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall 
     be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
       Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 409.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
     filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
     held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of 
     the United States and has satisfactorily completed his or her 
     period of active military or naval service, and has within 90 
     days after his or her release from such service or from 
     hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of 
     not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 
     or her former position and has been certified by the Office 
     of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the 
     duties of his or her former position and has not been 
     restored thereto.
       Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
     be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       Sec. 411.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act shall be made available to any 
     person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
     American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
       Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 
     41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 
     sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, 
     or exemption application under section 40109 of that title of 
     an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate 
     issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-
     Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval would 
     contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-
     E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
     otherwise preclude the Secretary

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     of Transportation from granting a foreign air carrier permit 
     or an exemption to such an air carrier where such 
     authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway 
     Air Transport Agreement and United States law.
       Sec. 414.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
     than 50 employees of a single agency or department of the 
     United States Government, who are stationed in the United 
     States, at any single international conference unless the 
     relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such 
     attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided, 
     That for purposes of this section the term ``international 
     conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
     United States attended by representatives of the United 
     States Government and of foreign governments, international 
     organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
       Sec. 415.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Transit Administration to implement, 
     administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) of title 49, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, for construction hiring purposes.
       Sec. 416.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th Amendment to the 
     Constitution or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
       Sec. 417.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Transportation, the Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development, or any other Federal agency 
     to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any 
     executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, except 
     in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--Federal Fleet 
     Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
       Sec. 418.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of subpart E of part 5 of the 
     regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     (24 CFR part 5, subpart E, relating to restrictions on 
     assistance to noncitizens).
       Sec. 419.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide financial assistance in contravention of 
     section 214(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)).
       Sec. 420.  For an additional amount for ``Community 
     Planning and Development, Community Development Fund'', 
     $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     necessary expenses for activities authorized under title I of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
     5301 et seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, 
     restoration of infrastructure and housing, and economic 
     revitalization in the most impacted and distressed areas 
     resulting from a major disaster declared in 2015 pursuant to 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) related to the 
     consequences of Hurricane Joaquin and adjacent storm systems, 
     Hurricane Patricia, and other flood events:  Provided, That 
     funds shall be awarded directly to the State or unit of 
     general local government at the discretion of the Secretary:  
     Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds a 
     grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 
     detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 
     for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 
     long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 
     housing and economic revitalization in the most impacted and 
     distressed areas:  Provided further, That such funds may not 
     be used for activities reimbursable by, or for which funds 
     are made available by, the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers:  Provided further, 
     That funds allocated under this heading shall not be 
     considered relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations 
     made pursuant to section 106 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306):  Provided further, 
     That a State or subdivision thereof may use up to five 
     percent of its allocation for administrative costs:  Provided 
     further, That in administering the funds under this heading, 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by 
     the recipient of these funds (except for requirements related 
     to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
     environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 
     for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver or 
     alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with the 
     overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of funds 
     provided under this heading that use such funds to supplement 
     Federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 
     407, or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, 
     without review or public comment, any environmental review, 
     approval, or permit performed by a Federal agency, and such 
     adoption shall satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient 
     with respect to such environmental review, approval or 
     permit:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
     104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon receipt 
     of a request for release of funds and certification, 
     immediately approve the release of funds for an activity or 
     project assisted under this heading if the recipient has 
     adopted an environmental review, approval or permit under the 
     preceding proviso or the activity or project is categorically 
     excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.):  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall publish via notice in the Federal 
     Register any waiver, or alternative requirement, to any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers pursuant 
     to title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974 no later than five days before the effective date of 
     such waiver or alternative requirement:  Provided further, 
     That of the amounts made available under this section, up to 
     $1,000,000 may be transferred to ``Program Office Salaries 
     and Expenses, Community Planning and Development'' for 
     necessary costs, including information technology costs, of 
     administering and overseeing funds made available under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
     section shall be designated by Congress as being for disaster 
     relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 421.  Effective as of December 4, 2015, and as if 
     included therein as enacted, section 1408 of the Fixing 
     America's Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114-94) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (b) 
     shall apply to projects to repair or reconstruct facilities 
     damaged as a result of a natural disaster or catastrophic 
     failure described in section 125(a) of title 23, United 
     States Code, occurring on or after October 1, 2015.''.
       This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing 
     and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2016''.

    DIVISION M--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016

     SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
     ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     division is as follows:

    DIVISION M--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Explanatory statement.

                    TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations.
Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments.
Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account.
Sec. 105. Clarification regarding authority for flexible personnel 
              management among elements of intelligence community.

 TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by 
              law.
Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 303. Provision of information and assistance to Inspector General 
              of the Intelligence Community.
Sec. 304. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence Community in 
              Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and 
              Efficiency.
Sec. 305. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil Liberties 
              Oversight Board.
Sec. 306. Enhancing government personnel security programs.
Sec. 307. Notification of changes to retention of call detail record 
              policies.
Sec. 308. Personnel information notification policy by the Director of 
              National Intelligence.
Sec. 309. Designation of lead intelligence officer for tunnels.
Sec. 310. Reporting process required for tracking certain requests for 
              country clearance.
Sec. 311. Study on reduction of analytic duplication.
Sec. 312. Strategy for comprehensive interagency review of the United 
              States national security overhead satellite architecture.
Sec. 313. Cyber attack standards of measurement study.

  TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

      Subtitle A--Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Sec. 401. Appointment and confirmation of the National 
              Counterintelligence Executive.

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Sec. 402. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 5, United 
              States Code.
Sec. 403. Analytic objectivity review.

       Subtitle B--Central Intelligence Agency and Other Elements

Sec. 411. Authorities of the Inspector General for the Central 
              Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 412. Prior congressional notification of transfers of funds for 
              certain intelligence activities.

             TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

                 Subtitle A--Matters Relating to Russia

Sec. 501. Notice of deployment or transfer of Club-K container missile 
              system by the Russian Federation.
Sec. 502. Assessment on funding of political parties and 
              nongovernmental organizations by the Russian Federation.
Sec. 503. Assessment on the use of political assassinations as a form 
              of statecraft by the Russian Federation.

            Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Other Countries

Sec. 511. Report on resources and collection posture with regard to the 
              South China Sea and East China Sea.
Sec. 512. Use of locally employed staff serving at a United States 
              diplomatic facility in Cuba.
Sec. 513. Inclusion of sensitive compartmented information facilities 
              in United States diplomatic facilities in Cuba.
Sec. 514. Report on use by Iran of funds made available through 
              sanctions relief.

 TITLE VI--MATTERS RELATING TO UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO 
                               BAY, CUBA

Sec. 601. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of 
              individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 
              Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.
Sec. 602. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities 
              in the United States to house detainees transferred from 
              United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 603. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to 
              certain countries of individuals detained at United 
              States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

                  TITLE VII--REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

                          Subtitle A--Reports

Sec. 701. Repeal of certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 702. Reports on foreign fighters.
Sec. 703. Report on strategy, efforts, and resources to detect, deter, 
              and degrade Islamic State revenue mechanisms.
Sec. 704. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, 
              dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State, al-Qa'ida, and 
              their affiliated groups, associated groups, and 
              adherents.
Sec. 705. Report on effects of data breach of Office of Personnel 
              Management.
Sec. 706. Report on hiring of graduates of Cyber Corps Scholarship 
              Program by intelligence community.
Sec. 707. Report on use of certain business concerns.

                       Subtitle B--Other Matters

Sec. 711. Use of homeland security grant funds in conjunction with 
              Department of Energy national laboratories.
Sec. 712. Inclusion of certain minority-serving institutions in grant 
              program to enhance recruiting of intelligence community 
              workforce.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this division:
       (1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The term 
     ``congressional intelligence committees'' means--
       (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
     community'' has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) 
     of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

     SEC. 3. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

       The explanatory statement regarding this division, printed 
     in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about 
     December 15, 2015, by the Chairman of the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, 
     shall have the same effect with respect to the implementation 
     of this division as if it were a joint explanatory statement 
     of a committee of conference.

                    TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2016 for the conduct of the intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 
     the United States Government:
       (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
       (2) The Central Intelligence Agency.
       (3) The Department of Defense.
       (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
       (5) The National Security Agency.
       (6) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
     and the Department of the Air Force.
       (7) The Coast Guard.
       (8) The Department of State.
       (9) The Department of the Treasury.
       (10) The Department of Energy.
       (11) The Department of Justice.
       (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
       (14) The National Reconnaissance Office.
       (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
       (16) The Department of Homeland Security.

     SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.

       (a) Specifications of Amounts and Personnel Levels.--The 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, 
     subject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as 
     of September 30, 2016, for the conduct of the intelligence 
     activities of the elements listed in paragraphs (1) through 
     (16) of section 101, are those specified in the classified 
     Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany this 
     division of this Act.
       (b) Availability of Classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations.--
       (1) Availability.--The classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be made 
     available to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, and to the President.
       (2) Distribution by the president.--Subject to paragraph 
     (3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of 
     the classified Schedule of Authorizations, or of appropriate 
     portions of the Schedule, within the executive branch.
       (3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly 
     disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any 
     portion of such Schedule except--
       (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Implementing 
     Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 
     3306(a));
       (B) to the extent necessary to implement the budget; or
       (C) as otherwise required by law.

     SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS.

       (a) Authority for Increases.--The Director of National 
     Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian personnel 
     in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 2016 by 
     the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in 
     section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence 
     determines that such action is necessary to the performance 
     of important intelligence functions, except that the number 
     of personnel employed in excess of the number authorized 
     under such section may not, for any element of the 
     intelligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of 
     civilian personnel authorized under such schedule for such 
     element.
       (b) Treatment of Certain Personnel.--The Director of 
     National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that govern, 
     for each element of the intelligence community, the treatment 
     under the personnel levels authorized under section 102(a), 
     including any exemption from such personnel levels, of 
     employment or assignment in--
       (1) a student program, trainee program, or similar program;
       (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or
       (3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training.
       (c) Notice to Congressional Intelligence Committees.--The 
     Director of National Intelligence shall notify the 
     congressional intelligence committees in writing at least 15 
     days prior to each exercise of an authority described in 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management 
     Account of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal 
     year 2016 the sum of $516,306,000. Within such amount, funds 
     identified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
     referred to in section 102(a) for advanced research and 
     development shall remain available until September 30, 2017.
       (b) Authorized Personnel Levels.--The elements within the 
     Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of 
     National Intelligence are authorized 785 positions as of 
     September 30, 2016. Personnel serving in such elements may be 
     permanent employees of the Office of the Director of National 
     Intelligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the 
     United States Government.
       (c) Classified Authorizations.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence 
     Community Management Account by subsection (a), there are

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     authorized to be appropriated for the Community Management 
     Account for fiscal year 2016 such additional amounts as are 
     specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
     referred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts for 
     advanced research and development shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2017.
       (2) Authorization of personnel.--In addition to the 
     personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the 
     Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 
     2016, there are authorized such additional personnel for the 
     Community Management Account as of that date as are specified 
     in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in 
     section 102(a).

     SEC. 105. CLARIFICATION REGARDING AUTHORITY FOR FLEXIBLE 
                   PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AMONG ELEMENTS OF 
                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) Clarification.--Section 102A(v) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(v)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) A covered department may appoint an individual to a 
     position converted or established pursuant to this subsection 
     without regard to the civil-service laws, including parts II 
     and III of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to an appointment under section 
     102A(v) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3024(v)) made on or after the date of the enactment of the 
     Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
     Law 112-87) and to any proceeding pending on or filed after 
     the date of the enactment of this section that relates to 
     such an appointment.

 TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

     SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fiscal 
     year 2016 the sum of $514,000,000.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
                   AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

       Appropriations authorized by this division for salary, pay, 
     retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may be 
     increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may 
     be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits 
     authorized by law.

     SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

       The authorization of appropriations by this division shall 
     not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any 
     intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 
     the Constitution or the laws of the United States.

     SEC. 303. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO 
                   INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
                   COMMUNITY.

       Section 103H(j)(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3033(j)(4)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``any department, 
     agency, or other element of the United States Government'' 
     and inserting ``any Federal, State (as defined in section 
     804), or local governmental agency or unit thereof''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``from a department, 
     agency, or element of the Federal Government'' before ``under 
     subparagraph (A)''.

     SEC. 304. INCLUSION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE 
                   COMMUNITY IN COUNCIL OF INSPECTORS GENERAL ON 
                   INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY.

       Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking 
     ``the Office of the Director of National Intelligence'' and 
     inserting ``the Intelligence Community''.

     SEC. 305. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRIVACY AND CIVIL 
                   LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD.

       Section 1061(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
     Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(g)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Access.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
     to authorize the Board, or any agent thereof, to gain access 
     to information regarding an activity covered by section 
     503(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3093(a)).''.

     SEC. 306. ENHANCING GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

       (a) Enhanced Security Clearance Programs.--
       (1) In general.--Part III of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

           ``Subpart J--Enhanced Personnel Security Programs

          ``CHAPTER 110--ENHANCED PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAMS

``Sec.
``11001. Enhanced personnel security programs.

     ``SEC. 11001. ENHANCED PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

       ``(a) Enhanced Personnel Security Program.--The Director of 
     National Intelligence shall direct each agency to implement a 
     program to provide enhanced security review of covered 
     individuals--
       ``(1) in accordance with this section; and
       ``(2) not later than the earlier of--
       ``(A) the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
     enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2016; or
       ``(B) the date on which the backlog of overdue periodic 
     reinvestigations of covered individuals is eliminated, as 
     determined by the Director of National Intelligence.
       ``(b) Comprehensiveness.--
       ``(1) Sources of information.--The enhanced personnel 
     security program of an agency shall integrate relevant and 
     appropriate information from various sources, including 
     government, publicly available, and commercial data sources, 
     consumer reporting agencies, social media, and such other 
     sources as determined by the Director of National 
     Intelligence.
       ``(2) Types of information.--Information obtained and 
     integrated from sources described in paragraph (1) may 
     include--
       ``(A) information relating to any criminal or civil legal 
     proceeding;
       ``(B) financial information relating to the covered 
     individual, including the credit worthiness of the covered 
     individual;
       ``(C) publicly available information, whether electronic, 
     printed, or other form, including relevant security or 
     counterintelligence information about the covered individual 
     or information that may suggest ill intent, vulnerability to 
     blackmail, compulsive behavior, allegiance to another 
     country, change in ideology, or that the covered individual 
     lacks good judgment, reliability, or trustworthiness; and
       ``(D) data maintained on any terrorist or criminal watch 
     list maintained by any agency, State or local government, or 
     international organization.
       ``(c) Reviews of Covered Individuals.--
       ``(1) Reviews.--
       ``(A) In general.--The enhanced personnel security program 
     of an agency shall require that, not less than 2 times every 
     5 years, the head of the agency shall conduct or request the 
     conduct of automated record checks and checks of information 
     from sources under subsection (b) to ensure the continued 
     eligibility of each covered individual to access classified 
     information and hold a sensitive position unless more 
     frequent reviews of automated record checks and checks of 
     information from sources under subsection (b) are conducted 
     on the covered individual.
       ``(B) Scope of reviews.--Except for a covered individual 
     who is subject to more frequent reviews to ensure the 
     continued eligibility of the covered individual to access 
     classified information and hold a sensitive position, the 
     reviews under subparagraph (A) shall consist of random or 
     aperiodic checks of covered individuals, such that each 
     covered individual is subject to at least 2 reviews during 
     the 5-year period beginning on the date on which the agency 
     implements the enhanced personnel security program of an 
     agency, and during each 5-year period thereafter.
       ``(C) Individual reviews.--A review of the information 
     relating to the continued eligibility of a covered individual 
     to access classified information and hold a sensitive 
     position under subparagraph (A) may not be conducted until 
     after the end of the 120-day period beginning on the date the 
     covered individual receives the notification required under 
     paragraph (3).
       ``(2) Results.--The head of an agency shall take 
     appropriate action if a review under paragraph (1) finds 
     relevant information that may affect the continued 
     eligibility of a covered individual to access classified 
     information and hold a sensitive position.
       ``(3) Information for covered individuals.--The head of an 
     agency shall ensure that each covered individual is 
     adequately advised of the types of relevant security or 
     counterintelligence information the covered individual is 
     required to report to the head of the agency.
       ``(4) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed to affect the authority of an agency to determine 
     the appropriate weight to be given to information relating to 
     a covered individual in evaluating the continued eligibility 
     of the covered individual.
       ``(5) Authority of the president.--Nothing in this 
     subsection shall be construed as limiting the authority of 
     the President to direct or perpetuate periodic 
     reinvestigations of a more comprehensive nature or to 
     delegate the authority to direct or perpetuate such 
     reinvestigations.
       ``(6) Effect on other reviews.--Reviews conducted under 
     paragraph (1) are in addition to investigations and 
     reinvestigations conducted pursuant to section 3001 of the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 
     U.S.C. 3341).
       ``(d) Audit.--
       ``(1) In general.--Beginning 2 years after the date of the 
     implementation of the enhanced personnel security program of 
     an agency under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the 
     agency shall conduct at least 1 audit to assess the 
     effectiveness and fairness, which shall be determined in 
     accordance with performance measures and standards 
     established by the Director of National Intelligence, to 
     covered individuals of the

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     enhanced personnel security program of the agency.
       ``(2) Submissions to dni.--The results of each audit 
     conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the 
     Director of National Intelligence to assess the effectiveness 
     and fairness of the enhanced personnel security programs 
     across the Federal Government.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `agency' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
     Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341);
       ``(2) the term `consumer reporting agency' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a);
       ``(3) the term `covered individual' means an individual 
     employed by an agency or a contractor of an agency who has 
     been determined eligible for access to classified information 
     or eligible to hold a sensitive position;
       ``(4) the term `enhanced personnel security program' means 
     a program implemented by an agency at the direction of the 
     Director of National Intelligence under subsection (a); 
     and''.
       (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of 
     chapters for part III of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end following:

           ``Subpart J--Enhanced Personnel Security Programs

``110.  Enhanced personnel security programs...............11001''.....

       (b) Resolution of Backlog of Overdue Periodic 
     Reinvestigations.--
       (1) In general.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog 
     of overdue periodic reinvestigations of covered individuals.
       (2) Requirements.--The plan developed under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) use a risk-based approach to--
       (i) identify high-risk populations; and
       (ii) prioritize reinvestigations that are due or overdue to 
     be conducted; and
       (B) use random automated record checks of covered 
     individuals that shall include all covered individuals in the 
     pool of individuals subject to a one-time check.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) The term ``covered individual'' means an individual who 
     has been determined eligible for access to classified 
     information or eligible to hold a sensitive position.
       (B) The term ``periodic reinvestigations'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 3001(a)(7) of the Intelligence 
     Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
     3341(a)(7)).

     SEC. 307. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO RETENTION OF CALL DETAIL 
                   RECORD POLICIES.

       (a) Requirement To Retain.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 15 days after learning that 
     an electronic communication service provider that generates 
     call detail records in the ordinary course of business has 
     changed the policy of the provider on the retention of such 
     call detail records to result in a retention period of less 
     than 18 months, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
     notify, in writing, the congressional intelligence committees 
     of such change.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report identifying 
     each electronic communication service provider that has, as 
     of the date of the report, a policy to retain call detail 
     records for a period of 18 months or less.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Call detail record.--The term ``call detail record'' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 501(k) of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1861(k)).
       (2) Electronic communication service provider.--The term 
     ``electronic communication service provider'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 701(b)(4) of the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881(b)(4)).

     SEC. 308. PERSONNEL INFORMATION NOTIFICATION POLICY BY THE 
                   DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

       (a) Directive Required.--The Director of National 
     Intelligence shall issue a directive containing a written 
     policy for the timely notification to the congressional 
     intelligence committees of the identities of individuals 
     occupying senior level positions within the intelligence 
     community.
       (b) Senior Level Position.--In identifying positions that 
     are senior level positions in the intelligence community for 
     purposes of the directive required under subsection (a), the 
     Director of National Intelligence shall consider whether a 
     position--
       (1) constitutes the head of an entity or a significant 
     component within an agency;
       (2) is involved in the management or oversight of matters 
     of significant import to the leadership of an entity of the 
     intelligence community;
       (3) provides significant responsibility on behalf of the 
     intelligence community;
       (4) requires the management of a significant number of 
     personnel or funds;
       (5) requires responsibility management or oversight of 
     sensitive intelligence activities; and
       (6) is held by an individual designated as a senior 
     intelligence management official as such term is defined in 
     section 368(a)(6) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-259; 50 U.S.C. 404i-1 note).
       (c) Notification.--The Director shall ensure that each 
     notification under the directive issued under subsection (a) 
     includes each of the following:
       (1) The name of the individual occupying the position.
       (2) Any previous senior level position held by the 
     individual, if applicable, or the position held by the 
     individual immediately prior to the appointment.
       (3) The position to be occupied by the individual.
       (4) Any other information the Director determines 
     appropriate.
       (d) Relationship to Other Laws.--The directive issued under 
     subsection (a) and any amendment to such directive shall be 
     consistent with the provisions of the National Security Act 
     of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).
       (e) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees the directive issued 
     under subsection (a).

     SEC. 309. DESIGNATION OF LEAD INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR 
                   TUNNELS.

       (a) In General.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall designate an official to manage the collection and 
     analysis of intelligence regarding the tactical use of 
     tunnels by state and nonstate actors.
       (b) Annual Report.--Not later than the date that is 10 
     months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
     biennially thereafter until the date that is 4 years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees and the congressional defense 
     committees (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(16) of 
     title 10, United States Code) a report describing--
       (1) trends in the use of tunnels by foreign state and 
     nonstate actors; and
       (2) collaboration efforts between the United States and 
     partner countries to address the use of tunnels by 
     adversaries.

     SEC. 310. REPORTING PROCESS REQUIRED FOR TRACKING CERTAIN 
                   REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE.

       (a) In General.--By not later than September 30, 2016, the 
     Director of National Intelligence shall establish a formal 
     internal reporting process for tracking requests for country 
     clearance submitted to overseas Director of National 
     Intelligence representatives by departments and agencies of 
     the United States. Such reporting process shall include a 
     mechanism for tracking the department or agency that submits 
     each such request and the date on which each such request is 
     submitted.
       (b) Congressional Briefing.--By not later than December 31, 
     2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall brief the 
     congressional intelligence committees on the progress of the 
     Director in establishing the process required under 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 311. STUDY ON REDUCTION OF ANALYTIC DUPLICATION.

       (a) Study and Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than January 31, 2016, the 
     Director of National Intelligence shall--
       (A) carry out a study to evaluate and measure the incidence 
     of duplication in finished intelligence analysis products; 
     and
       (B) submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
     report on the findings of such study.
       (2) Methodology requirements.--The methodology used to 
     carry out the study required by this subsection shall be able 
     to be repeated for use in other subsequent studies.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a)(1)(B) 
     shall include--
       (1) detailed information--
       (A) relating to the frequency of duplication of finished 
     intelligence analysis products; and
       (B) that describes the types of, and the reasons for, any 
     such duplication; and
       (2) a determination as to whether to make the production of 
     such information a routine part of the mission of the 
     Analytic Integrity and Standards Group.
       (c) Customer Impact Plan.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees a plan for revising analytic 
     practice, tradecraft, and standards to ensure customers are 
     able to clearly identify--
       (1) the manner in which intelligence products written on 
     similar topics and that are produced contemporaneously differ 
     from one another in terms of methodology, sourcing, or other 
     distinguishing analytic characteristics; and
       (2) the significance of that difference.
       (d) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
     to impose any requirement that would interfere with the 
     production of an operationally urgent or otherwise time-
     sensitive current intelligence product.

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     SEC. 312. STRATEGY FOR COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY REVIEW OF 
                   THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY OVERHEAD 
                   SATELLITE ARCHITECTURE.

       (a) Requirement for Strategy.--The Director of National 
     Intelligence shall collaborate with the Secretary of Defense 
     and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a 
     strategy, with milestones and benchmarks, to ensure that 
     there is a comprehensive interagency review of policies and 
     practices for planning and acquiring national security 
     satellite systems and architectures, including the 
     capabilities of commercial systems and partner countries, 
     consistent with the National Space Policy issued on June 28, 
     2010. Such strategy shall, where applicable, account for the 
     unique missions and authorities vested in the Department of 
     Defense and the intelligence community.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a) 
     shall ensure that the United States national security 
     overhead satellite architecture--
       (1) meets the needs of the United States in peace time and 
     is resilient in war time;
       (2) is fiscally responsible;
       (3) accurately takes into account cost and performance 
     tradeoffs;
       (4) meets realistic requirements;
       (5) produces excellence, innovation, competition, and a 
     robust industrial base;
       (6) aims to produce in less than 5 years innovative 
     satellite systems that are able to leverage common, 
     standardized design elements and commercially available 
     technologies;
       (7) takes advantage of rapid advances in commercial 
     technology, innovation, and commercial-like acquisition 
     practices;
       (8) is open to innovative concepts, such as distributed, 
     disaggregated architectures, that could allow for better 
     resiliency, reconstitution, replenishment, and rapid 
     technological refresh; and
       (9) emphasizes deterrence and recognizes the importance of 
     offensive and defensive space control capabilities.
       (c) Report on Strategy.--Not later than February 28, 2016, 
     the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of 
     Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
     jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees, 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a 
     report on the strategy required by subsection (a).

     SEC. 313. CYBER ATTACK STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT STUDY.

       (a) Study Required.--The Director of National Intelligence, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the 
     Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a study to determine 
     appropriate standards that--
       (1) can be used to measure the damage of cyber incidents 
     for the purposes of determining the response to such 
     incidents; and
       (2) include a method for quantifying the damage caused to 
     affected computers, systems, and devices.
       (b) Reports to Congress.--
       (1) Preliminary findings.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees the initial findings of the study 
     required under subsection (a).
       (2) Report.--Not later than 360 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report containing the complete findings of such study.
       (3) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (2) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The congressional intelligence committees.
       (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.
       (4) The Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

  TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

      Subtitle A--Office of the Director of National Intelligence

     SEC. 401. APPOINTMENT AND CONFIRMATION OF THE NATIONAL 
                   COUNTERINTELLIGENCE EXECUTIVE.

       (a) In General.--Section 902(a) of the Counterintelligence 
     Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(a) Establishment.--There shall be a National 
     Counterintelligence Executive who shall be appointed by the 
     President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY UNDER TITLE 5, 
                   UNITED STATES CODE.

       Section 5102(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in clause (vii), by striking ``or'';
       (2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following new 
     clause:
       ``(viii) the Office of the Director of National 
     Intelligence;''; and
       (3) in clause (x), by striking the period and inserting a 
     semicolon.

     SEC. 403. ANALYTIC OBJECTIVITY REVIEW.

       (a) Assessment.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall assign the Chief of the Analytic Integrity and 
     Standards Group to conduct a review of finished intelligence 
     products produced by the Central Intelligence Agency to 
     assess whether the reorganization of the Agency, announced 
     publicly on March 6, 2015, has resulted in any loss of 
     analytic objectivity.
       (b) Submission.--Not later than March 6, 2017, the Director 
     of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees, in writing, the results of the 
     review required under subsection (a), including--
       (1) an assessment comparing the analytic objectivity of a 
     representative sample of finished intelligence products 
     produced by the Central Intelligence Agency before the 
     reorganization and a representative sample of such finished 
     intelligence products produced after the reorganization, 
     predicated on the products' communication of uncertainty, 
     expression of alternative analysis, and other underlying 
     evaluative criteria referenced in the Strategic Evaluation of 
     All-Source Analysis directed by the Director;
       (2) an assessment comparing the historical results of 
     anonymous surveys of Central Intelligence Agency analysts and 
     customers conducted before the reorganization and the results 
     of such anonymous surveys conducted after the reorganization, 
     with a focus on the analytic standard of objectivity;
       (3) a metrics-based evaluation measuring the effect that 
     the reorganization's integration of operational, analytic, 
     support, technical, and digital personnel and capabilities 
     into Mission Centers has had on analytic objectivity; and
       (4) any recommendations for ensuring that analysts of the 
     Central Intelligence Agency perform their functions with 
     objectivity, are not unduly constrained, and are not 
     influenced by the force of preference for a particular 
     policy.

       Subtitle B--Central Intelligence Agency and Other Elements

     SEC. 411. AUTHORITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE 
                   CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

       (a) Information and Assistance.--Paragraph (9) of section 
     17(e) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 
     U.S.C. 3517(e)(9)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(9)(A) The Inspector General may request such information 
     or assistance as may be necessary for carrying out the duties 
     and responsibilities of the Inspector General provided by 
     this section from any Federal, State, or local governmental 
     agency or unit thereof.
       ``(B) Upon request of the Inspector General for information 
     or assistance from a department or agency of the Federal 
     Government, the head of the department or agency involved, 
     insofar as practicable and not in contravention of any 
     existing statutory restriction or regulation of such 
     department or agency, shall furnish to the Inspector General, 
     or to an authorized designee, such information or assistance.
       ``(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to provide 
     any new authority to the Central Intelligence Agency to 
     conduct intelligence activity in the United States.
       ``(D) In this paragraph, the term `State' means each of the 
     several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, and any territory or possession of the United 
     States.''.
       (b) Technical Amendments Relating to Selection of 
     Employees.--Paragraph (7) of such section (50 U.S.C. 
     3517(e)(7)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Subject to applicable 
     law''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) Consistent with budgetary and personnel resources 
     allocated by the Director, the Inspector General has final 
     approval of--
       ``(i) the selection of internal and external candidates for 
     employment with the Office of Inspector General; and
       ``(ii) all other personnel decisions concerning personnel 
     permanently assigned to the Office of Inspector General, 
     including selection and appointment to the Senior 
     Intelligence Service, but excluding all security-based 
     determinations that are not within the authority of a head of 
     other Central Intelligence Agency offices.''.

     SEC. 412. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFERS OF 
                   FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
     of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this division 
     or otherwise made available for the intelligence community 
     for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate a transfer of 
     funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund 
     or

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     the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to be used for 
     intelligence activities unless the Director of National 
     Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, 
     submits to the congressional intelligence committees, by not 
     later than 15 days before initiating such a transfer, written 
     notice of the transfer.
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--The Director of National Intelligence or 
     the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, may waive 
     subsection (a) with respect to the initiation of a transfer 
     of funds if the Director or Secretary, as the case may be, 
     determines that an emergency situation makes it impossible or 
     impractical to provide the notice required under such 
     subsection by the date that is 15 days before such 
     initiation.
       (2) Notice.--If the Director or Secretary issues a waiver 
     under paragraph (1), the Director or Secretary, as the case 
     may be, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees, by not later than 48 hours after the initiation 
     of the transfer of funds covered by the waiver, written 
     notice of the waiver and a justification for the waiver, 
     including a description of the emergency situation that 
     necessitated the waiver.

             TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

                 Subtitle A--Matters Relating to Russia

     SEC. 501. NOTICE OF DEPLOYMENT OR TRANSFER OF CLUB-K 
                   CONTAINER MISSILE SYSTEM BY THE RUSSIAN 
                   FEDERATION.

       (a) Notice to Congress.--The Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees written notice if the intelligence community 
     receives intelligence that the Russian Federation has--
       (1) deployed, or is about to deploy, the Club-K container 
     missile system through the Russian military; or
       (2) transferred or sold, or intends to transfer or sell, 
     the Club-K container missile system to another state or non-
     state actor.
       (b) Notice to Congressional Intelligence Committees.--Not 
     later than 30 days after the date on which the Director 
     submits a notice under subsection (a), the Director shall 
     submit to the congressional intelligence committees a written 
     update regarding any intelligence community engagement with a 
     foreign partner on the deployment and impacts of a deployment 
     of the Club-K container missile system to any potentially 
     impacted nation.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The congressional intelligence committees.
       (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.

     SEC. 502. ASSESSMENT ON FUNDING OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND 
                   NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BY THE RUSSIAN 
                   FEDERATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an intelligence community assessment on the 
     funding of political parties and nongovernmental 
     organizations in former Soviet states and countries in Europe 
     by the Russian Security Services since January 1, 2006. Such 
     assessment shall include the following:
       (1) The country involved, the entity funded, the security 
     service involved, and the intended effect of the funding.
       (2) An evaluation of such intended effects, including with 
     respect to--
       (A) undermining the political cohesion of the country 
     involved;
       (B) undermining the missile defense of the United States 
     and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
       (C) undermining energy projects that could provide an 
     alternative to Russian energy.
       (b) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The congressional intelligence committees.
       (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.

     SEC. 503. ASSESSMENT ON THE USE OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS 
                   AS A FORM OF STATECRAFT BY THE RUSSIAN 
                   FEDERATION.

       (a) Requirement for Assessment.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees an intelligence community assessment 
     on the use of political assassinations as a form of 
     statecraft by the Russian Federation since January 1, 2000.
       (b) Content.--The assessment required by subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) a list of Russian politicians, businessmen, dissidents, 
     journalists, current or former government officials, foreign 
     heads-of-state, foreign political leaders, foreign 
     journalists, members of nongovernmental organizations, and 
     other relevant individuals that the intelligence community 
     assesses were assassinated by Russian Security Services, or 
     agents of such services, since January 1, 2000; and
       (2) for each individual described in paragraph (1), the 
     country in which the assassination took place, the means 
     used, associated individuals and organizations, and other 
     background information related to the assassination of the 
     individual.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The congressional intelligence committees.
       (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.

            Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Other Countries

     SEC. 511. REPORT ON RESOURCES AND COLLECTION POSTURE WITH 
                   REGARD TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND EAST CHINA 
                   SEA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees an intelligence community assessment on the 
     resources used for collection efforts and the collection 
     posture of the intelligence community with regard to the 
     South China Sea and East China Sea.
       (b) Elements.--The intelligence community assessment 
     required by subsection (a) shall provide detailed information 
     related to intelligence collection by the United States with 
     regard to the South China Sea and East China Sea, including--
       (1) a review of intelligence community collection 
     activities and a description of these activities, including 
     the lead agency, key partners, purpose of collection 
     activity, annual funding and personnel, the manner in which 
     the collection is conducted, and types of information 
     collected;
       (2) an explanation of how the intelligence community 
     prioritizes and coordinates collection activities focused on 
     such region; and
       (3) a description of any collection and resourcing gaps and 
     efforts being made to address such gaps.

     SEC. 512. USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF SERVING AT A UNITED 
                   STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY IN CUBA.

       (a) Supervisory Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), 
     the Secretary of State shall ensure that, not later than 1 
     year after the date of the enactment of this Act, key 
     supervisory positions at a United States diplomatic facility 
     in Cuba are occupied by citizens of the United States.
       (2) Extension.--The Secretary of State may extend the 
     deadline under paragraph (1) for up to 1 year by providing 
     advance written notification and justification of such 
     extension to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal 
     agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on--
       (1) the progress made toward meeting the requirement under 
     subsection (a)(1); and
       (2) the use of locally employed staff in United States 
     diplomatic facilities in Cuba, including--
       (A) the number of such staff;
       (B) the responsibilities of such staff;
       (C) the manner in which such staff are selected, including 
     efforts to mitigate counterintelligence threats to the United 
     States; and
       (D) the potential cost and impact on the operational 
     capacity of the diplomatic facility if such staff were 
     reduced.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional intelligence committees;
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 513. INCLUSION OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION 
                   FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC 
                   FACILITIES IN CUBA.

       (a) Restricted Access Space Requirement.--Each United 
     States diplomatic facility in Cuba in which classified 
     information will be processed or in which classified 
     communications occur that, after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, is constructed or undergoes a major construction 
     upgrade shall be constructed to include a sensitive 
     compartmented information facility.
       (b) National Security Waiver.--The Secretary of State may 
     waive the requirement under subsection (a) if the Secretary--
       (1) determines that such waiver is in the national security 
     interest of the United States; and

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       (2) submits a written justification for such waiver to the 
     appropriate congressional committees not later than 90 days 
     before exercising such waiver.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional intelligence committees;
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 514. REPORT ON USE BY IRAN OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE 
                   THROUGH SANCTIONS RELIEF.

       (a) In General.--At the times specified in subsection (b), 
     the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the 
     following:
       (1) The monetary value of any direct or indirect forms of 
     sanctions relief that Iran has received since the Joint Plan 
     of Action first entered into effect.
       (2) How Iran has used funds made available through 
     sanctions relief, including the extent to which any such 
     funds have facilitated the ability of Iran--
       (A) to provide support for--
       (i) any individual or entity designated for the imposition 
     of sanctions for activities relating to international 
     terrorism pursuant to an executive order or by the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury as 
     of the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (ii) any organization designated by the Secretary of State 
     as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (iii) any other terrorist organization; or
       (iv) the regime of Bashar al Assad in Syria;
       (B) to advance the efforts of Iran or any other country to 
     develop nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles overtly or 
     covertly; or
       (C) to commit any violation of the human rights of the 
     people of Iran.
       (3) The extent to which any senior official of the 
     Government of Iran has diverted any funds made available 
     through sanctions relief to be used by the official for 
     personal use.
       (b) Submission to Congress.--
       (1) In general.--The Director shall submit the report 
     required by subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional 
     committees--
       (A) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act and every 180 days thereafter during the period 
     that the Joint Plan of Action is in effect; and
       (B) not later than 1 year after a subsequent agreement with 
     Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran takes effect and 
     annually thereafter during the period that such agreement 
     remains in effect.
       (2) Nonduplication.--The Director may submit the 
     information required by subsection (a) with a report required 
     to be submitted to Congress under another provision of law 
     if--
       (A) the Director notifies the appropriate congressional 
     committees of the intention of making such submission before 
     submitting that report; and
       (B) all matters required to be covered by subsection (a) 
     are included in that report.
       (c) Form of Reports.--Each report required by subsection 
     (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
     a classified annex.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
     the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
     and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Joint plan of action.--The term ``Joint Plan of 
     Action'' means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at Geneva 
     November 24, 2013, by Iran and by France, Germany, the 
     Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the 
     United Kingdom, and the United States, and all implementing 
     materials and agreements related to the Joint Plan of Action, 
     including the technical understandings reached on January 12, 
     2014, the extension thereto agreed to on July 18, 2014, and 
     the extension thereto agreed to on November 24, 2014.

 TITLE VI--MATTERS RELATING TO UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO 
                               BAY, CUBA

     SEC. 601. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE 
                   OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
                   STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to an element of the intelligence community may be 
     used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, 
     release, or assist in the transfer or release, to or within 
     the United States, its territories, or possessions, Khalid 
     Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
       (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is or was held on or after January 20, 2009, at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
     of Defense.

     SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY 
                   FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO HOUSE 
                   DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 
                   STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

       (a) In General.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     or otherwise made available to an element of the intelligence 
     community may be used during the period beginning on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, 
     to construct or modify any facility in the United States, its 
     territories, or possessions to house any individual detained 
     at Guantanamo for the purposes of detention or imprisonment 
     in the custody or under the control of the Department of 
     Defense unless authorized by Congress.
       (b) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to any modification of facilities at United States 
     Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       (c) Individual Detained at Guantanamo Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means 
     any individual located at United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who--
       (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is--
       (A) in the custody or under the control of the Department 
     of Defense; or
       (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

     SEC. 603. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE 
                   TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
                   UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 
                   CUBA.

       No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to an element of the intelligence community may be 
     used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, 
     release, or assist in the transfer or release of any 
     individual detained in the custody or under the control of 
     the Department of Defense at United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of any 
     country, or any entity within such country, as follows:
       (1) Libya.
       (2) Somalia.
       (3) Syria.
       (4) Yemen.

                  TITLE VII--REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

                          Subtitle A--Reports

     SEC. 701. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Quadrennial Audit of Positions Requiring Security 
     Clearances.--Section 506H of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (a);
       (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
     (a) and (b), respectively; and
       (3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``The results required under subsection (a)(2) and the 
     reports required under subsection (b)(1)'' and inserting 
     ``The reports required under subsection (a)(1)''.
       (b) Reports on Role of Analysts at FBI.--Section 2001(g) of 
     the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
     (Public Law 108-458; 118 Stat. 3700; 28 U.S.C. 532 note) is 
     amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph 
     (4) as paragraph (3).
       (c) Report on Outside Employment by Officers and Employees 
     of Intelligence Community.--
       (1) In general.--Section 102A(u) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(u)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(1) The Director'' and inserting ``The 
     Director''; and
       (B) by striking paragraph (2).
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 507 of 
     such Act (50 U.S.C. 3106) is amended--
       (A) by striking paragraph (5); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).
       (3) Technical amendment.--Subsection (c)(1) of such section 
     507 is amended by striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' and 
     inserting ``subsection (a)''.
       (d) Reports on Nuclear Aspirations of Non-State Entities.--
     Section 1055 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371) is repealed.
       (e) Reports on Espionage by People's Republic of China.--
     Section 3151 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7383e) is repealed.
       (f) Reports on Security Vulnerabilities of National 
     Laboratory Computers.--Section 4508 of the Atomic Energy 
     Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2659) is repealed.

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     SEC. 702. REPORTS ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS.

       (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days 
     thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
     submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
     on foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and to and from 
     Iraq. The Director shall define the term ``foreign fighter'' 
     in such reports.
       (b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report submitted under 
     subsection (a) shall include each of the following:
       (1) The total number of foreign fighters who have traveled 
     to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of 
     foreign fighters in Syria or Iraq as of the date of the 
     submittal of the report, the total number of foreign fighters 
     whose countries of origin have a visa waiver program 
     described in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the total number of foreign fighters who 
     have left Syria or Iraq, the total number of female foreign 
     fighters, and the total number of deceased foreign fighters.
       (2) The total number of United States persons who have 
     traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or Iraq since 
     January 1, 2011, the total number of such persons who have 
     arrived in Syria or Iraq since such date, and the total 
     number of such persons who have returned to the United States 
     from Syria or Iraq since such date.
       (3) The total number of foreign fighters in the Terrorist 
     Identities Datamart Environment and the status of each such 
     foreign fighter in that database, the number of such foreign 
     fighters who are on a watchlist, and the number of such 
     foreign fighters who are not on a watchlist.
       (4) The total number of foreign fighters who have been 
     processed with biometrics, including face images, 
     fingerprints, and iris scans.
       (5) Any programmatic updates to the foreign fighter report 
     since the last report was submitted, including updated 
     analysis on foreign country cooperation, as well as actions 
     taken, such as denying or revoking visas.
       (6) A worldwide graphic that describes foreign fighters 
     flows to and from Syria, with points of origin by country.
       (c) Additional Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees a report that includes--
       (1) with respect to the travel of foreign fighters to and 
     from Iraq and Syria, a description of the intelligence 
     sharing relationships between the United States and member 
     states of the European Union and member states of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
       (2) an analysis of the challenges impeding such 
     intelligence sharing relationships.
       (d) Form.--The reports submitted under subsections (a) and 
     (c) may be submitted in classified form.
       (e) Termination.--The requirement to submit reports under 
     subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 3 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 703. REPORT ON STRATEGY, EFFORTS, AND RESOURCES TO 
                   DETECT, DETER, AND DEGRADE ISLAMIC STATE 
                   REVENUE MECHANISMS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the intelligence community should dedicate necessary 
     resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic 
     State.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
     shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
     report on the strategy, efforts, and resources of the 
     intelligence community that are necessary to detect, deter, 
     and degrade the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic State.

     SEC. 704. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY 
                   TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, AND DEFEAT THE ISLAMIC 
                   STATE, AL-QA'IDA, AND THEIR AFFILIATED GROUPS, 
                   ASSOCIATED GROUPS, AND ADHERENTS.

       (a) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 
     report on the counterterrorism strategy of the United States 
     to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State, al-
     Qa'ida, and their affiliated groups, associated groups, and 
     adherents.
       (2) Coordination.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be 
     prepared in coordination with the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense, 
     and the head of any other department or agency of the Federal 
     Government that has responsibility for activities directed at 
     combating the Islamic State, al-Qa'ida, and their affiliated 
     groups, associated groups, and adherents.
       (3) Elements.--The report under by paragraph (1) shall 
     include each of the following:
       (A) A definition of--
       (i) core al-Qa'ida, including a list of which known 
     individuals constitute core al-Qa'ida;
       (ii) the Islamic State, including a list of which known 
     individuals constitute Islamic State leadership;
       (iii) an affiliated group of the Islamic State or al-
     Qa'ida, including a list of which known groups constitute an 
     affiliate group of the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida;
       (iv) an associated group of the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida, 
     including a list of which known groups constitute an 
     associated group of the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida;
       (v) an adherent of the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida, 
     including a list of which known groups constitute an adherent 
     of the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida; and
       (vi) a group aligned with the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida, 
     including a description of what actions a group takes or 
     statements it makes that qualify it as a group aligned with 
     the Islamic State or al-Qa'ida.
       (B) An assessment of the relationship between all 
     identified Islamic State or al-Qa'ida affiliated groups, 
     associated groups, and adherents with Islamic State 
     leadership or core al-Qa'ida.
       (C) An assessment of the strengthening or weakening of the 
     Islamic State or al-Qa'ida, its affiliated groups, associated 
     groups, and adherents, from January 1, 2010, to the present, 
     including a description of the metrics that are used to 
     assess strengthening or weakening and an assessment of the 
     relative increase or decrease in violent attacks attributed 
     to such entities.
       (D) An assessment of whether an individual can be a member 
     of core al-Qa'ida if such individual is not located in 
     Afghanistan or Pakistan.
       (E) An assessment of whether an individual can be a member 
     of core al-Qa'ida as well as a member of an al-Qa'ida 
     affiliated group, associated group, or adherent.
       (F) A definition of defeat of the Islamic State or core al-
     Qa'ida.
       (G) An assessment of the extent or coordination, command, 
     and control between the Islamic State or core al-Qa'ida and 
     their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents, 
     specifically addressing each such entity.
       (H) An assessment of the effectiveness of counterterrorism 
     operations against the Islamic State or core al-Qa'ida, their 
     affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents, and 
     whether such operations have had a sustained impact on the 
     capabilities and effectiveness of the Islamic State or core 
     al-Qa'ida, their affiliated groups, associated groups, and 
     adherents.
       (4) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The congressional intelligence committees.
       (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.

     SEC. 705. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF DATA BREACH OF OFFICE OF 
                   PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on the data 
     breach of the Office of Personnel Management disclosed in 
     June 2015.
       (b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) The effects, if any, of the data breach on the 
     operations of the intelligence community abroad, including 
     the types of operations, if any, that have been negatively 
     affected or entirely suspended or terminated as a result of 
     the data breach.
       (2) An assessment of the effects of the data breach on each 
     element of the intelligence community.
       (3) An assessment of how foreign persons, groups, or 
     countries may use the data collected by the data breach 
     (particularly regarding information included in background 
     investigations for security clearances), including with 
     respect to--
       (A) recruiting intelligence assets;
       (B) influencing decisionmaking processes within the Federal 
     Government, including regarding foreign policy decisions; and
       (C) compromising employees of the Federal Government and 
     friends and families of such employees for the purpose of 
     gaining access to sensitive national security and economic 
     information.
       (4) An assessment of which departments or agencies of the 
     Federal Government use the best practices to protect 
     sensitive data, including a summary of any such best 
     practices that were not used by the Office of Personnel 
     Management.
       (5) An assessment of the best practices used by the 
     departments or agencies identified under paragraph (4) to 
     identify and fix potential vulnerabilities in the systems of 
     the department or agency.
       (c) Briefing.--The Director of National Intelligence shall 
     provide to the congressional intelligence committees an 
     interim briefing on the report under subsection (a), 
     including a discussion of proposals and options for 
     responding to cyber attacks.
       (d) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.

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     SEC. 706. REPORT ON HIRING OF GRADUATES OF CYBER CORPS 
                   SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the 
     National Science Foundation, shall submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on the 
     employment by the intelligence community of graduates of the 
     Cyber Corps Scholarship Program. The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) The number of graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholarship 
     Program hired by each element of the intelligence community.
       (2) A description of how each element of the intelligence 
     community recruits graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholar 
     Program.
       (3) A description of any processes available to the 
     intelligence community to expedite the hiring or processing 
     of security clearances for graduates of the Cyber Corps 
     Scholar Program.
       (4) Recommendations by the Director of National 
     Intelligence to improve the hiring by the intelligence 
     community of graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholarship 
     Program, including any recommendations for legislative action 
     to carry out such improvements.
       (b) Cyber Corps Scholarship Program Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Cyber Corps Scholarship Program'' means 
     the Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service Program under 
     section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 
     U.S.C. 7442).

     SEC. 707. REPORT ON USE OF CERTAIN BUSINESS CONCERNS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees a report on the representation, as of the date of 
     the report, of covered business concerns among the 
     contractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the 
     intelligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and 
     services.
       (b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) The representation of covered business concerns as 
     described in subsection (a), including such representation 
     by--
       (A) each type of covered business concern; and
       (B) each element of the intelligence community.
       (2) If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Director does not record and monitor the statistics required 
     to carry out this section, a description of the actions taken 
     by the Director to ensure that such statistics are recorded 
     and monitored beginning in fiscal year 2016.
       (3) The actions the Director plans to take during fiscal 
     year 2016 to enhance the awarding of contracts to covered 
     business concerns by elements of the intelligence community.
       (c) Covered Business Concerns Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``covered business concerns'' means the following:
       (1) Minority-owned businesses.
       (2) Women-owned businesses.
       (3) Small disadvantaged businesses.
       (4) Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
       (5) Veteran-owned small businesses.

                       Subtitle B--Other Matters

     SEC. 711. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS IN CONJUNCTION 
                   WITH DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 
                   LABORATORIES.

       Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1) by inserting ``including by working in conjunction with a 
     National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801(3))),'' after ``plans,''.

     SEC. 712. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
                   IN GRANT PROGRAM TO ENHANCE RECRUITING OF 
                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORKFORCE.

       Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3224) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``historically black 
     colleges and universities and Predominantly Black 
     Institutions'' and inserting ``historically black colleges 
     and universities, Predominantly Black Institutions, Hispanic-
     serving institutions, and Asian American and Native American 
     Pacific Islander-serving institutions''; and
       (B) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Historically 
     Black'' and inserting ``Certain Minority-Serving''; and
       (2) in subsection (g)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraphs (5) and (6):
       ``(5) Hispanic-serving institution.--The term `Hispanic-
     serving institution' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)).
       ``(6) Asian american and native american pacific islander-
     serving institution.--The term `Asian American and Native 
     American Pacific Islander-serving institution' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 320(b)(2) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)(2)).''.

                 DIVISION N--CYBERSECURITY ACT OF 2015

     SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
     ``Cybersecurity Act of 2015''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     division is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

               TITLE I--CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Sharing of information by the Federal Government.
Sec. 104. Authorizations for preventing, detecting, analyzing, and 
              mitigating cybersecurity threats.
Sec. 105. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures 
              with the Federal Government.
Sec. 106. Protection from liability.
Sec. 107. Oversight of Government activities.
Sec. 108. Construction and preemption.
Sec. 109. Report on cybersecurity threats.
Sec. 110. Exception to limitation on authority of Secretary of Defense 
              to disseminate certain information.
Sec. 111. Effective period.

              TITLE II--NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ADVANCEMENT

   Subtitle A--National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration 
                                 Center

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Information sharing structure and processes.
Sec. 204. Information sharing and analysis organizations.
Sec. 205. National response framework.
Sec. 206. Report on reducing cybersecurity risks in DHS data centers.
Sec. 207. Assessment.
Sec. 208. Multiple simultaneous cyber incidents at critical 
              infrastructure.
Sec. 209. Report on cybersecurity vulnerabilities of United States 
              ports.
Sec. 210. Prohibition on new regulatory authority.
Sec. 211. Termination of reporting requirements.

             Subtitle B--Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement

Sec. 221. Short title.
Sec. 222. Definitions.
Sec. 223. Improved Federal network security.
Sec. 224. Advanced internal defenses.
Sec. 225. Federal cybersecurity requirements.
Sec. 226. Assessment; reports.
Sec. 227. Termination.
Sec. 228. Identification of information systems relating to national 
              security.
Sec. 229. Direction to agencies.

         TITLE III--FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. National cybersecurity workforce measurement initiative.
Sec. 304. Identification of cyber-related work roles of critical need.
Sec. 305. Government Accountability Office status reports.

                     TITLE IV--OTHER CYBER MATTERS

Sec. 401. Study on mobile device security.
Sec. 402. Department of State international cyberspace policy strategy.
Sec. 403. Apprehension and prosecution of international cyber 
              criminals.
Sec. 404. Enhancement of emergency services.
Sec. 405. Improving cybersecurity in the health care industry.
Sec. 406. Federal computer security.
Sec. 407. Stopping the fraudulent sale of financial information of 
              people of the United States.

               TITLE I--CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING

     SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Information 
     Sharing Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
       (2) Antitrust laws.--The term ``antitrust laws''--
       (A) has the meaning given the term in the first section of 
     the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12);
       (B) includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that section 5 of that Act 
     applies to unfair methods of competition; and
       (C) includes any State antitrust law, but only to the 
     extent that such law is consistent with the law referred to 
     in subparagraph (A) or the law referred to in subparagraph 
     (B).
       (3) Appropriate federal entities.--The term ``appropriate 
     Federal entities'' means the following:
       (A) The Department of Commerce.
       (B) The Department of Defense.
       (C) The Department of Energy.
       (D) The Department of Homeland Security.
       (E) The Department of Justice.
       (F) The Department of the Treasury.
       (G) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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       (4) Cybersecurity purpose.--The term ``cybersecurity 
     purpose'' means the purpose of protecting an information 
     system or information that is stored on, processed by, or 
     transiting an information system from a cybersecurity threat 
     or security vulnerability.
       (5) Cybersecurity threat.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the term ``cybersecurity threat'' means an action, not 
     protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States, on or through an information system that may 
     result in an unauthorized effort to adversely impact the 
     security, availability, confidentiality, or integrity of an 
     information system or information that is stored on, 
     processed by, or transiting an information system.
       (B) Exclusion.--The term ``cybersecurity threat'' does not 
     include any action that solely involves a violation of a 
     consumer term of service or a consumer licensing agreement.
       (6) Cyber threat indicator.--The term ``cyber threat 
     indicator'' means information that is necessary to describe 
     or identify--
       (A) malicious reconnaissance, including anomalous patterns 
     of communications that appear to be transmitted for the 
     purpose of gathering technical information related to a 
     cybersecurity threat or security vulnerability;
       (B) a method of defeating a security control or 
     exploitation of a security vulnerability;
       (C) a security vulnerability, including anomalous activity 
     that appears to indicate the existence of a security 
     vulnerability;
       (D) a method of causing a user with legitimate access to an 
     information system or information that is stored on, 
     processed by, or transiting an information system to 
     unwittingly enable the defeat of a security control or 
     exploitation of a security vulnerability;
       (E) malicious cyber command and control;
       (F) the actual or potential harm caused by an incident, 
     including a description of the information exfiltrated as a 
     result of a particular cybersecurity threat;
       (G) any other attribute of a cybersecurity threat, if 
     disclosure of such attribute is not otherwise prohibited by 
     law; or
       (H) any combination thereof.
       (7) Defensive measure.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the term ``defensive measure'' means an action, device, 
     procedure, signature, technique, or other measure applied to 
     an information system or information that is stored on, 
     processed by, or transiting an information system that 
     detects, prevents, or mitigates a known or suspected 
     cybersecurity threat or security vulnerability.
       (B) Exclusion.--The term ``defensive measure'' does not 
     include a measure that destroys, renders unusable, provides 
     unauthorized access to, or substantially harms an information 
     system or information stored on, processed by, or transiting 
     such information system not owned by--
       (i) the private entity operating the measure; or
       (ii) another entity or Federal entity that is authorized to 
     provide consent and has provided consent to that private 
     entity for operation of such measure.
       (8) Federal entity.--The term ``Federal entity'' means a 
     department or agency of the United States or any component of 
     such department or agency.
       (9) Information system.--The term ``information system''--
       (A) has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 
     44, United States Code; and
       (B) includes industrial control systems, such as 
     supervisory control and data acquisition systems, distributed 
     control systems, and programmable logic controllers.
       (10) Local government.--The term ``local government'' means 
     any borough, city, county, parish, town, township, village, 
     or other political subdivision of a State.
       (11) Malicious cyber command and control.--The term 
     ``malicious cyber command and control'' means a method for 
     unauthorized remote identification of, access to, or use of, 
     an information system or information that is stored on, 
     processed by, or transiting an information system.
       (12) Malicious reconnaissance.--The term ``malicious 
     reconnaissance'' means a method for actively probing or 
     passively monitoring an information system for the purpose of 
     discerning security vulnerabilities of the information 
     system, if such method is associated with a known or 
     suspected cybersecurity threat.
       (13) Monitor.--The term ``monitor'' means to acquire, 
     identify, or scan, or to possess, information that is stored 
     on, processed by, or transiting an information system.
       (14) Non-federal entity.--
       (A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     paragraph, the term ``non-Federal entity'' means any private 
     entity, non-Federal government agency or department, or 
     State, tribal, or local government (including a political 
     subdivision, department, or component thereof).
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``non-Federal entity'' includes a 
     government agency or department of the District of Columbia, 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
     and any other territory or possession of the United States.
       (C) Exclusion.--The term ``non-Federal entity'' does not 
     include a foreign power as defined in section 101 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1801).
       (15) Private entity.--
       (A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     paragraph, the term ``private entity'' means any person or 
     private group, organization, proprietorship, partnership, 
     trust, cooperative, corporation, or other commercial or 
     nonprofit entity, including an officer, employee, or agent 
     thereof.
       (B) Inclusion.--The term ``private entity'' includes a 
     State, tribal, or local government performing utility 
     services, such as electric, natural gas, or water services.
       (C) Exclusion.--The term ``private entity'' does not 
     include a foreign power as defined in section 101 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1801).
       (16) Security control.--The term ``security control'' means 
     the management, operational, and technical controls used to 
     protect against an unauthorized effort to adversely affect 
     the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an 
     information system or its information.
       (17) Security vulnerability.--The term ``security 
     vulnerability'' means any attribute of hardware, software, 
     process, or procedure that could enable or facilitate the 
     defeat of a security control.
       (18) Tribal.--The term ``tribal'' has the meaning given the 
     term ``Indian tribe'' in section 4 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).

     SEC. 103. SHARING OF INFORMATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

       (a) In General.--Consistent with the protection of 
     classified information, intelligence sources and methods, and 
     privacy and civil liberties, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the heads of the appropriate Federal 
     entities, shall jointly develop and issue procedures to 
     facilitate and promote--
       (1) the timely sharing of classified cyber threat 
     indicators and defensive measures in the possession of the 
     Federal Government with representatives of relevant Federal 
     entities and non-Federal entities that have appropriate 
     security clearances;
       (2) the timely sharing with relevant Federal entities and 
     non-Federal entities of cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures, and information relating to cybersecurity threats 
     or authorized uses under this title, in the possession of the 
     Federal Government that may be declassified and shared at an 
     unclassified level;
       (3) the timely sharing with relevant Federal entities and 
     non-Federal entities, or the public if appropriate, of 
     unclassified, including controlled unclassified, cyber threat 
     indicators and defensive measures in the possession of the 
     Federal Government;
       (4) the timely sharing with Federal entities and non-
     Federal entities, if appropriate, of information relating to 
     cybersecurity threats or authorized uses under this title, in 
     the possession of the Federal Government about cybersecurity 
     threats to such entities to prevent or mitigate adverse 
     effects from such cybersecurity threats; and
       (5) the periodic sharing, through publication and targeted 
     outreach, of cybersecurity best practices that are developed 
     based on ongoing analyses of cyber threat indicators, 
     defensive measures, and information relating to cybersecurity 
     threats or authorized uses under this title, in the 
     possession of the Federal Government, with attention to 
     accessibility and implementation challenges faced by small 
     business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).
       (b) Development of Procedures.--
       (1) In general.--The procedures developed under subsection 
     (a) shall--
       (A) ensure the Federal Government has and maintains the 
     capability to share cyber threat indicators and defensive 
     measures in real time consistent with the protection of 
     classified information;
       (B) incorporate, to the greatest extent practicable, 
     existing processes and existing roles and responsibilities of 
     Federal entities and non-Federal entities for information 
     sharing by the Federal Government, including sector specific 
     information sharing and analysis centers;
       (C) include procedures for notifying, in a timely manner, 
     Federal entities and non-Federal entities that have received 
     a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure from a Federal 
     entity under this title that is known or determined to be in 
     error or in contravention of the requirements of this title 
     or another provision of Federal law or policy of such error 
     or contravention;
       (D) include requirements for Federal entities sharing cyber 
     threat indicators or defensive measures to implement and 
     utilize security controls to protect against unauthorized 
     access to or acquisition of such cyber threat indicators or 
     defensive measures;
       (E) include procedures that require a Federal entity, prior 
     to the sharing of a cyber threat indicator--
       (i) to review such cyber threat indicator to assess whether 
     such cyber threat indicator contains any information not 
     directly related to a cybersecurity threat that such

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     Federal entity knows at the time of sharing to be personal 
     information of a specific individual or information that 
     identifies a specific individual and remove such information; 
     or
       (ii) to implement and utilize a technical capability 
     configured to remove any information not directly related to 
     a cybersecurity threat that the Federal entity knows at the 
     time of sharing to be personal information of a specific 
     individual or information that identifies a specific 
     individual; and
       (F) include procedures for notifying, in a timely manner, 
     any United States person whose personal information is known 
     or determined to have been shared by a Federal entity in 
     violation of this title.
       (2) Consultation.--In developing the procedures required 
     under this section, the Director of National Intelligence, 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, 
     and the Attorney General shall consult with appropriate 
     Federal entities, including the Small Business Administration 
     and the National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), to ensure that 
     effective protocols are implemented that will facilitate and 
     promote the sharing of cyber threat indicators by the Federal 
     Government in a timely manner.
       (c) Submittal to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of the 
     appropriate Federal entities, shall submit to Congress the 
     procedures required by subsection (a).

     SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PREVENTING, DETECTING, 
                   ANALYZING, AND MITIGATING CYBERSECURITY 
                   THREATS.

       (a) Authorization for Monitoring.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a private entity may, for cybersecurity purposes, 
     monitor--
       (A) an information system of such private entity;
       (B) an information system of another non-Federal entity, 
     upon the authorization and written consent of such other 
     entity;
       (C) an information system of a Federal entity, upon the 
     authorization and written consent of an authorized 
     representative of the Federal entity; and
       (D) information that is stored on, processed by, or 
     transiting an information system monitored by the private 
     entity under this paragraph.
       (2) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed--
       (A) to authorize the monitoring of an information system, 
     or the use of any information obtained through such 
     monitoring, other than as provided in this title; or
       (B) to limit otherwise lawful activity.
       (b) Authorization for Operation of Defensive Measures.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a private entity may, for cybersecurity purposes, 
     operate a defensive measure that is applied to--
       (A) an information system of such private entity in order 
     to protect the rights or property of the private entity;
       (B) an information system of another non-Federal entity 
     upon written consent of such entity for operation of such 
     defensive measure to protect the rights or property of such 
     entity; and
       (C) an information system of a Federal entity upon written 
     consent of an authorized representative of such Federal 
     entity for operation of such defensive measure to protect the 
     rights or property of the Federal Government.
       (2) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed--
       (A) to authorize the use of a defensive measure other than 
     as provided in this subsection; or
       (B) to limit otherwise lawful activity.
       (c) Authorization for Sharing or Receiving Cyber Threat 
     Indicators or Defensive Measures.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, a non-Federal 
     entity may, for a cybersecurity purpose and consistent with 
     the protection of classified information, share with, or 
     receive from, any other non-Federal entity or the Federal 
     Government a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure.
       (2) Lawful restriction.--A non-Federal entity receiving a 
     cyber threat indicator or defensive measure from another non-
     Federal entity or a Federal entity shall comply with 
     otherwise lawful restrictions placed on the sharing or use of 
     such cyber threat indicator or defensive measure by the 
     sharing non-Federal entity or Federal entity.
       (3) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed--
       (A) to authorize the sharing or receiving of a cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure other than as provided in this 
     subsection; or
       (B) to limit otherwise lawful activity.
       (d) Protection and Use of Information.--
       (1) Security of information.--A non-Federal entity 
     monitoring an information system, operating a defensive 
     measure, or providing or receiving a cyber threat indicator 
     or defensive measure under this section shall implement and 
     utilize a security control to protect against unauthorized 
     access to or acquisition of such cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure.
       (2) Removal of certain personal information.--A non-Federal 
     entity sharing a cyber threat indicator pursuant to this 
     title shall, prior to such sharing--
       (A) review such cyber threat indicator to assess whether 
     such cyber threat indicator contains any information not 
     directly related to a cybersecurity threat that the non-
     Federal entity knows at the time of sharing to be personal 
     information of a specific individual or information that 
     identifies a specific individual and remove such information; 
     or
       (B) implement and utilize a technical capability configured 
     to remove any information not directly related to a 
     cybersecurity threat that the non-Federal entity knows at the 
     time of sharing to be personal information of a specific 
     individual or information that identifies a specific 
     individual.
       (3) Use of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures 
     by non-federal entities.--
       (A) In general.--Consistent with this title, a cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure shared or received under this 
     section may, for cybersecurity purposes--
       (i) be used by a non-Federal entity to monitor or operate a 
     defensive measure that is applied to--

       (I) an information system of the non-Federal entity; or
       (II) an information system of another non-Federal entity or 
     a Federal entity upon the written consent of that other non-
     Federal entity or that Federal entity; and

       (ii) be otherwise used, retained, and further shared by a 
     non-Federal entity subject to--

       (I) an otherwise lawful restriction placed by the sharing 
     non-Federal entity or Federal entity on such cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure; or
       (II) an otherwise applicable provision of law.

       (B) Construction.--Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
     construed to authorize the use of a cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure other than as provided in this section.
       (4) Use of cyber threat indicators by state, tribal, or 
     local government.--
       (A) Law enforcement use.--A State, tribal, or local 
     government that receives a cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure under this title may use such cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure for the purposes described in 
     section 105(d)(5)(A).
       (B) Exemption from disclosure.--A cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure shared by or with a State, tribal, or local 
     government, including a component of a State, tribal, or 
     local government that is a private entity, under this section 
     shall be--
       (i) deemed voluntarily shared information; and
       (ii) exempt from disclosure under any provision of State, 
     tribal, or local freedom of information law, open government 
     law, open meetings law, open records law, sunshine law, or 
     similar law requiring disclosure of information or records.
       (C) State, tribal, and local regulatory authority.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), a cyber 
     threat indicator or defensive measure shared with a State, 
     tribal, or local government under this title shall not be 
     used by any State, tribal, or local government to regulate, 
     including an enforcement action, the lawful activity of any 
     non-Federal entity or any activity taken by a non-Federal 
     entity pursuant to mandatory standards, including an activity 
     relating to monitoring, operating a defensive measure, or 
     sharing of a cyber threat indicator.
       (ii) Regulatory authority specifically relating to 
     prevention or mitigation of cybersecurity threats.--A cyber 
     threat indicator or defensive measure shared as described in 
     clause (i) may, consistent with a State, tribal, or local 
     government regulatory authority specifically relating to the 
     prevention or mitigation of cybersecurity threats to 
     information systems, inform the development or implementation 
     of a regulation relating to such information systems.
       (e) Antitrust Exemption.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in section 108(e), it 
     shall not be considered a violation of any provision of 
     antitrust laws for 2 or more private entities to exchange or 
     provide a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure, or 
     assistance relating to the prevention, investigation, or 
     mitigation of a cybersecurity threat, for cybersecurity 
     purposes under this title.
       (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply only to 
     information that is exchanged or assistance provided in order 
     to assist with--
       (A) facilitating the prevention, investigation, or 
     mitigation of a cybersecurity threat to an information system 
     or information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting 
     an information system; or
       (B) communicating or disclosing a cyber threat indicator to 
     help prevent, investigate, or mitigate the effect of a 
     cybersecurity threat to an information system or information 
     that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an information 
     system.
       (f) No Right or Benefit.--The sharing of a cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure with a non-Federal entity 
     under this title shall not create a right or benefit to 
     similar information by such non-Federal entity or any other 
     non-Federal entity.

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     SEC. 105. SHARING OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND DEFENSIVE 
                   MEASURES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

       (a) Requirement for Policies and Procedures.--
       (1) Interim policies and procedures.--Not later than 60 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall, in consultation with the heads of the appropriate 
     Federal entities, jointly develop and submit to Congress 
     interim policies and procedures relating to the receipt of 
     cyber threat indicators and defensive measures by the Federal 
     Government.
       (2) Final policies and procedures.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
     General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in 
     consultation with the heads of the appropriate Federal 
     entities, jointly issue and make publicly available final 
     policies and procedures relating to the receipt of cyber 
     threat indicators and defensive measures by the Federal 
     Government.
       (3) Requirements concerning policies and procedures.--
     Consistent with the guidelines required by subsection (b), 
     the policies and procedures developed or issued under this 
     subsection shall--
       (A) ensure that cyber threat indicators shared with the 
     Federal Government by any non-Federal entity pursuant to 
     section 104(c) through the real-time process described in 
     subsection (c) of this section--
       (i) are shared in an automated manner with all of the 
     appropriate Federal entities;
       (ii) are only subject to a delay, modification, or other 
     action due to controls established for such real-time process 
     that could impede real-time receipt by all of the appropriate 
     Federal entities when the delay, modification, or other 
     action is due to controls--

       (I) agreed upon unanimously by all of the heads of the 
     appropriate Federal entities;
       (II) carried out before any of the appropriate Federal 
     entities retains or uses the cyber threat indicators or 
     defensive measures; and
       (III) uniformly applied such that each of the appropriate 
     Federal entities is subject to the same delay, modification, 
     or other action; and

       (iii) may be provided to other Federal entities;
       (B) ensure that cyber threat indicators shared with the 
     Federal Government by any non-Federal entity pursuant to 
     section 104 in a manner other than the real-time process 
     described in subsection (c) of this section--
       (i) are shared as quickly as operationally practicable with 
     all of the appropriate Federal entities;
       (ii) are not subject to any unnecessary delay, 
     interference, or any other action that could impede receipt 
     by all of the appropriate Federal entities; and
       (iii) may be provided to other Federal entities; and
       (C) ensure there are--
       (i) audit capabilities; and
       (ii) appropriate sanctions in place for officers, 
     employees, or agents of a Federal entity who knowingly and 
     willfully conduct activities under this title in an 
     unauthorized manner.
       (4) Guidelines for entities sharing cyber threat indicators 
     with federal government.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly develop and make 
     publicly available guidance to assist entities and promote 
     sharing of cyber threat indicators with Federal entities 
     under this title.
       (B) Contents.--The guidelines developed and made publicly 
     available under subparagraph (A) shall include guidance on 
     the following:
       (i) Identification of types of information that would 
     qualify as a cyber threat indicator under this title that 
     would be unlikely to include information that--

       (I) is not directly related to a cybersecurity threat; and
       (II) is personal information of a specific individual or 
     information that identifies a specific individual.

       (ii) Identification of types of information protected under 
     otherwise applicable privacy laws that are unlikely to be 
     directly related to a cybersecurity threat.
       (iii) Such other matters as the Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security consider appropriate for 
     entities sharing cyber threat indicators with Federal 
     entities under this title.
       (b) Privacy and Civil Liberties.--
       (1) Interim guidelines.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation 
     with heads of the appropriate Federal entities and in 
     consultation with officers designated under section 1062 of 
     the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (42 
     U.S.C. 2000ee-1), jointly develop, submit to Congress, and 
     make available to the public interim guidelines relating to 
     privacy and civil liberties which shall govern the receipt, 
     retention, use, and dissemination of cyber threat indicators 
     by a Federal entity obtained in connection with activities 
     authorized in this title.
       (2) Final guidelines.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in coordination with 
     heads of the appropriate Federal entities and in consultation 
     with officers designated under section 1062 of the National 
     Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee-1) 
     and such private entities with industry expertise as the 
     Attorney General and the Secretary consider relevant, jointly 
     issue and make publicly available final guidelines relating 
     to privacy and civil liberties which shall govern the 
     receipt, retention, use, and dissemination of cyber threat 
     indicators by a Federal entity obtained in connection with 
     activities authorized in this title.
       (B) Periodic review.--The Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in coordination with 
     heads of the appropriate Federal entities and in consultation 
     with officers and private entities described in subparagraph 
     (A), periodically, but not less frequently than once every 2 
     years, jointly review the guidelines issued under 
     subparagraph (A).
       (3) Content.--The guidelines required by paragraphs (1) and 
     (2) shall, consistent with the need to protect information 
     systems from cybersecurity threats and mitigate cybersecurity 
     threats--
       (A) limit the effect on privacy and civil liberties of 
     activities by the Federal Government under this title;
       (B) limit the receipt, retention, use, and dissemination of 
     cyber threat indicators containing personal information of 
     specific individuals or information that identifies specific 
     individuals, including by establishing--
       (i) a process for the timely destruction of such 
     information that is known not to be directly related to uses 
     authorized under this title; and
       (ii) specific limitations on the length of any period in 
     which a cyber threat indicator may be retained;
       (C) include requirements to safeguard cyber threat 
     indicators containing personal information of specific 
     individuals or information that identifies specific 
     individuals from unauthorized access or acquisition, 
     including appropriate sanctions for activities by officers, 
     employees, or agents of the Federal Government in 
     contravention of such guidelines;
       (D) consistent with this title, any other applicable 
     provisions of law, and the fair information practice 
     principles set forth in appendix A of the document entitled 
     ``National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace'' 
     and published by the President in April 2011, govern the 
     retention, use, and dissemination by the Federal Government 
     of cyber threat indicators shared with the Federal Government 
     under this title, including the extent, if any, to which such 
     cyber threat indicators may be used by the Federal 
     Government;
       (E) include procedures for notifying entities and Federal 
     entities if information received pursuant to this section is 
     known or determined by a Federal entity receiving such 
     information not to constitute a cyber threat indicator;
       (F) protect the confidentiality of cyber threat indicators 
     containing personal information of specific individuals or 
     information that identifies specific individuals to the 
     greatest extent practicable and require recipients to be 
     informed that such indicators may only be used for purposes 
     authorized under this title; and
       (G) include steps that may be needed so that dissemination 
     of cyber threat indicators is consistent with the protection 
     of classified and other sensitive national security 
     information.
       (c) Capability and Process Within the Department of 
     Homeland Security.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in coordination with the heads of the appropriate 
     Federal entities, shall develop and implement a capability 
     and process within the Department of Homeland Security that--
       (A) shall accept from any non-Federal entity in real time 
     cyber threat indicators and defensive measures, pursuant to 
     this section;
       (B) shall, upon submittal of the certification under 
     paragraph (2) that such capability and process fully and 
     effectively operates as described in such paragraph, be the 
     process by which the Federal Government receives cyber threat 
     indicators and defensive measures under this title that are 
     shared by a non-Federal entity with the Federal Government 
     through electronic mail or media, an interactive form on an 
     Internet website, or a real time, automated process between 
     information systems except--
       (i) consistent with section 104, communications between a 
     Federal entity and a non-Federal entity regarding a 
     previously shared cyber threat indicator to describe the 
     relevant cybersecurity threat or develop a defensive measure 
     based on such cyber threat indicator; and
       (ii) communications by a regulated non-Federal entity with 
     such entity's Federal regulatory authority regarding a 
     cybersecurity threat;
       (C) ensures that all of the appropriate Federal entities 
     receive in an automated manner such cyber threat indicators 
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     measures shared through the real-time process within the 
     Department of Homeland Security;
       (D) is in compliance with the policies, procedures, and 
     guidelines required by this section; and
       (E) does not limit or prohibit otherwise lawful disclosures 
     of communications, records, or other information, including--
       (i) reporting of known or suspected criminal activity, by a 
     non-Federal entity to any other non-Federal entity or a 
     Federal entity, including cyber threat indicators or 
     defensive measures shared with a Federal entity in 
     furtherance of opening a Federal law enforcement 
     investigation;
       (ii) voluntary or legally compelled participation in a 
     Federal investigation; and
       (iii) providing cyber threat indicators or defensive 
     measures as part of a statutory or authorized contractual 
     requirement.
       (2) Certification and designation.--
       (A) Certification of capability and process.--Not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with 
     the heads of the appropriate Federal entities, submit to 
     Congress a certification as to whether the capability and 
     process required by paragraph (1) fully and effectively 
     operates--
       (i) as the process by which the Federal Government receives 
     from any non-Federal entity a cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure under this title; and
       (ii) in accordance with the interim policies, procedures, 
     and guidelines developed under this title.
       (B) Designation.--
       (i) In general.--At any time after certification is 
     submitted under subparagraph (A), the President may designate 
     an appropriate Federal entity, other than the Department of 
     Defense (including the National Security Agency), to develop 
     and implement a capability and process as described in 
     paragraph (1) in addition to the capability and process 
     developed under such paragraph by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, if, not fewer than 30 days before making such 
     designation, the President submits to Congress a 
     certification and explanation that--

       (I) such designation is necessary to ensure that full, 
     effective, and secure operation of a capability and process 
     for the Federal Government to receive from any non-Federal 
     entity cyber threat indicators or defensive measures under 
     this title;
       (II) the designated appropriate Federal entity will receive 
     and share cyber threat indicators and defensive measures in 
     accordance with the policies, procedures, and guidelines 
     developed under this title, including subsection (a)(3)(A); 
     and
       (III) such designation is consistent with the mission of 
     such appropriate Federal entity and improves the ability of 
     the Federal Government to receive, share, and use cyber 
     threat indicators and defensive measures as authorized under 
     this title.

       (ii) Application to additional capability and process.--If 
     the President designates an appropriate Federal entity to 
     develop and implement a capability and process under clause 
     (i), the provisions of this title that apply to the 
     capability and process required by paragraph (1) shall also 
     be construed to apply to the capability and process developed 
     and implemented under clause (i).
       (3) Public notice and access.--The Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall ensure there is public notice of, and access 
     to, the capability and process developed and implemented 
     under paragraph (1) so that--
       (A) any non-Federal entity may share cyber threat 
     indicators and defensive measures through such process with 
     the Federal Government; and
       (B) all of the appropriate Federal entities receive such 
     cyber threat indicators and defensive measures in real time 
     with receipt through the process within the Department of 
     Homeland Security consistent with the policies and procedures 
     issued under subsection (a).
       (4) Other federal entities.--The process developed and 
     implemented under paragraph (1) shall ensure that other 
     Federal entities receive in a timely manner any cyber threat 
     indicators and defensive measures shared with the Federal 
     Government through such process.
       (d) Information Shared With or Provided to the Federal 
     Government.--
       (1) No waiver of privilege or protection.--The provision of 
     cyber threat indicators and defensive measures to the Federal 
     Government under this title shall not constitute a waiver of 
     any applicable privilege or protection provided by law, 
     including trade secret protection.
       (2) Proprietary information.--Consistent with section 
     104(c)(2) and any other applicable provision of law, a cyber 
     threat indicator or defensive measure provided by a non-
     Federal entity to the Federal Government under this title 
     shall be considered the commercial, financial, and 
     proprietary information of such non-Federal entity when so 
     designated by the originating non-Federal entity or a third 
     party acting in accordance with the written authorization of 
     the originating non-Federal entity.
       (3) Exemption from disclosure.--A cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure shared with the Federal Government under 
     this title shall be--
       (A) deemed voluntarily shared information and exempt from 
     disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 
     and any State, tribal, or local provision of law requiring 
     disclosure of information or records; and
       (B) withheld, without discretion, from the public under 
     section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, and any 
     State, tribal, or local provision of law requiring disclosure 
     of information or records.
       (4) Ex parte communications.--The provision of a cyber 
     threat indicator or defensive measure to the Federal 
     Government under this title shall not be subject to a rule of 
     any Federal agency or department or any judicial doctrine 
     regarding ex parte communications with a decision-making 
     official.
       (5) Disclosure, retention, and use.--
       (A) Authorized activities.--Cyber threat indicators and 
     defensive measures provided to the Federal Government under 
     this title may be disclosed to, retained by, and used by, 
     consistent with otherwise applicable provisions of Federal 
     law, any Federal agency or department, component, officer, 
     employee, or agent of the Federal Government solely for--
       (i) a cybersecurity purpose;
       (ii) the purpose of identifying--

       (I) a cybersecurity threat, including the source of such 
     cybersecurity threat; or
       (II) a security vulnerability;

       (iii) the purpose of responding to, or otherwise preventing 
     or mitigating, a specific threat of death, a specific threat 
     of serious bodily harm, or a specific threat of serious 
     economic harm, including a terrorist act or a use of a weapon 
     of mass destruction;
       (iv) the purpose of responding to, investigating, 
     prosecuting, or otherwise preventing or mitigating, a serious 
     threat to a minor, including sexual exploitation and threats 
     to physical safety; or
       (v) the purpose of preventing, investigating, disrupting, 
     or prosecuting an offense arising out of a threat described 
     in clause (iii) or any of the offenses listed in--

       (I) sections 1028 through 1030 of title 18, United States 
     Code (relating to fraud and identity theft);
       (II) chapter 37 of such title (relating to espionage and 
     censorship); and
       (III) chapter 90 of such title (relating to protection of 
     trade secrets).

       (B) Prohibited activities.--Cyber threat indicators and 
     defensive measures provided to the Federal Government under 
     this title shall not be disclosed to, retained by, or used by 
     any Federal agency or department for any use not permitted 
     under subparagraph (A).
       (C) Privacy and civil liberties.--Cyber threat indicators 
     and defensive measures provided to the Federal Government 
     under this title shall be retained, used, and disseminated by 
     the Federal Government--
       (i) in accordance with the policies, procedures, and 
     guidelines required by subsections (a) and (b);
       (ii) in a manner that protects from unauthorized use or 
     disclosure any cyber threat indicators that may contain--

       (I) personal information of a specific individual; or
       (II) information that identifies a specific individual; and

       (iii) in a manner that protects the confidentiality of 
     cyber threat indicators containing--

       (I) personal information of a specific individual; or
       (II) information that identifies a specific individual.

       (D) Federal regulatory authority.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), cyber 
     threat indicators and defensive measures provided to the 
     Federal Government under this title shall not be used by any 
     Federal, State, tribal, or local government to regulate, 
     including an enforcement action, the lawful activities of any 
     non-Federal entity or any activities taken by a non-Federal 
     entity pursuant to mandatory standards, including activities 
     relating to monitoring, operating defensive measures, or 
     sharing cyber threat indicators.
       (ii) Exceptions.--

       (I) Regulatory authority specifically relating to 
     prevention or mitigation of cybersecurity threats.--Cyber 
     threat indicators and defensive measures provided to the 
     Federal Government under this title may, consistent with 
     Federal or State regulatory authority specifically relating 
     to the prevention or mitigation of cybersecurity threats to 
     information systems, inform the development or implementation 
     of regulations relating to such information systems.
       (II) Procedures developed and implemented under this 
     title.--Clause (i) shall not apply to procedures developed 
     and implemented under this title.

     SEC. 106. PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY.

       (a) Monitoring of Information Systems.--No cause of action 
     shall lie or be maintained in any court against any private 
     entity, and such action shall be promptly dismissed, for the 
     monitoring of an information system and information under 
     section 104(a) that is conducted in accordance with this 
     title.
       (b) Sharing or Receipt of Cyber Threat Indicators.--No 
     cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any court 
     against any private entity, and such action shall be promptly 
     dismissed, for the sharing or receipt of a cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure under section 104(c) if--

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       (1) such sharing or receipt is conducted in accordance with 
     this title; and
       (2) in a case in which a cyber threat indicator or 
     defensive measure is shared with the Federal Government, the 
     cyber threat indicator or defensive measure is shared in a 
     manner that is consistent with section 105(c)(1)(B) and the 
     sharing or receipt, as the case may be, occurs after the 
     earlier of--
       (A) the date on which the interim policies and procedures 
     are submitted to Congress under section 105(a)(1) and 
     guidelines are submitted to Congress under section 105(b)(1); 
     or
       (B) the date that is 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (c) Construction.--Nothing in this title shall be 
     construed--
       (1) to create--
       (A) a duty to share a cyber threat indicator or defensive 
     measure; or
       (B) a duty to warn or act based on the receipt of a cyber 
     threat indicator or defensive measure; or
       (2) to undermine or limit the availability of otherwise 
     applicable common law or statutory defenses.

     SEC. 107. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Report on Implementation.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this title, the heads of the appropriate 
     Federal entities shall jointly submit to Congress a detailed 
     report concerning the implementation of this title.
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) may 
     include such recommendations as the heads of the appropriate 
     Federal entities may have for improvements or modifications 
     to the authorities, policies, procedures, and guidelines 
     under this title and shall include the following:
       (A) An evaluation of the effectiveness of real-time 
     information sharing through the capability and process 
     developed under section 105(c), including any impediments to 
     such real-time sharing.
       (B) An assessment of whether cyber threat indicators or 
     defensive measures have been properly classified and an 
     accounting of the number of security clearances authorized by 
     the Federal Government for the purpose of sharing cyber 
     threat indicators or defensive measures with the private 
     sector.
       (C) The number of cyber threat indicators or defensive 
     measures received through the capability and process 
     developed under section 105(c).
       (D) A list of Federal entities that have received cyber 
     threat indicators or defensive measures under this title.
       (b) Biennial Report on Compliance.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once 
     every 2 years thereafter, the inspectors general of the 
     appropriate Federal entities, in consultation with the 
     Inspector General of the Intelligence Community and the 
     Council of Inspectors General on Financial Oversight, shall 
     jointly submit to Congress an interagency report on the 
     actions of the executive branch of the Federal Government to 
     carry out this title during the most recent 2-year period.
       (2) Contents.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include, for the period covered by the report, the 
     following:
       (A) An assessment of the sufficiency of the policies, 
     procedures, and guidelines relating to the sharing of cyber 
     threat indicators within the Federal Government, including 
     those policies, procedures, and guidelines relating to the 
     removal of information not directly related to a 
     cybersecurity threat that is personal information of a 
     specific individual or information that identifies a specific 
     individual.
       (B) An assessment of whether cyber threat indicators or 
     defensive measures have been properly classified and an 
     accounting of the number of security clearances authorized by 
     the Federal Government for the purpose of sharing cyber 
     threat indicators or defensive measures with the private 
     sector.
       (C) A review of the actions taken by the Federal Government 
     based on cyber threat indicators or defensive measures shared 
     with the Federal Government under this title, including a 
     review of the following:
       (i) The appropriateness of subsequent uses and 
     disseminations of cyber threat indicators or defensive 
     measures.
       (ii) Whether cyber threat indicators or defensive measures 
     were shared in a timely and adequate manner with appropriate 
     entities, or, if appropriate, were made publicly available.
       (D) An assessment of the cyber threat indicators or 
     defensive measures shared with the appropriate Federal 
     entities under this title, including the following:
       (i) The number of cyber threat indicators or defensive 
     measures shared through the capability and process developed 
     under section 105(c).
       (ii) An assessment of any information not directly related 
     to a cybersecurity threat that is personal information of a 
     specific individual or information identifying a specific 
     individual and was shared by a non-Federal government entity 
     with the Federal government in contravention of this title, 
     or was shared within the Federal Government in contravention 
     of the guidelines required by this title, including a 
     description of any significant violation of this title.
       (iii) The number of times, according to the Attorney 
     General, that information shared under this title was used by 
     a Federal entity to prosecute an offense listed in section 
     105(d)(5)(A).
       (iv) A quantitative and qualitative assessment of the 
     effect of the sharing of cyber threat indicators or defensive 
     measures with the Federal Government on privacy and civil 
     liberties of specific individuals, including the number of 
     notices that were issued with respect to a failure to remove 
     information not directly related to a cybersecurity threat 
     that was personal information of a specific individual or 
     information that identified a specific individual in 
     accordance with the procedures required by section 
     105(b)(3)(E).
       (v) The adequacy of any steps taken by the Federal 
     Government to reduce any adverse effect from activities 
     carried out under this title on the privacy and civil 
     liberties of United States persons.
       (E) An assessment of the sharing of cyber threat indicators 
     or defensive measures among Federal entities to identify 
     inappropriate barriers to sharing information.
       (3) Recommendations.--Each report submitted under this 
     subsection may include such recommendations as the inspectors 
     general may have for improvements or modifications to the 
     authorities and processes under this title.
       (c) Independent Report on Removal of Personal 
     Information.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress a report on the actions taken 
     by the Federal Government to remove personal information from 
     cyber threat indicators or defensive measures pursuant to 
     this title. Such report shall include an assessment of the 
     sufficiency of the policies, procedures, and guidelines 
     established under this title in addressing concerns relating 
     to privacy and civil liberties.
       (d) Form of Reports.--Each report required under this 
     section shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 
     include a classified annex.
       (e) Public Availability of Reports.--The unclassified 
     portions of the reports required under this section shall be 
     made available to the public.

     SEC. 108. CONSTRUCTION AND PREEMPTION.

       (a) Otherwise Lawful Disclosures.--Nothing in this title 
     shall be construed--
       (1) to limit or prohibit otherwise lawful disclosures of 
     communications, records, or other information, including 
     reporting of known or suspected criminal activity, by a non-
     Federal entity to any other non-Federal entity or the Federal 
     Government under this title; or
       (2) to limit or prohibit otherwise lawful use of such 
     disclosures by any Federal entity, even when such otherwise 
     lawful disclosures duplicate or replicate disclosures made 
     under this title.
       (b) Whistle Blower Protections.--Nothing in this title 
     shall be construed to prohibit or limit the disclosure of 
     information protected under section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 
     United States Code (governing disclosures of illegality, 
     waste, fraud, abuse, or public health or safety threats), 
     section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (governing 
     disclosures to Congress), section 1034 of title 10, United 
     States Code (governing disclosure to Congress by members of 
     the military), section 1104 of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) (governing disclosure by employees of 
     elements of the intelligence community), or any similar 
     provision of Federal or State law.
       (c) Protection of Sources and Methods.--Nothing in this 
     title shall be construed--
       (1) as creating any immunity against, or otherwise 
     affecting, any action brought by the Federal Government, or 
     any agency or department thereof, to enforce any law, 
     executive order, or procedure governing the appropriate 
     handling, disclosure, or use of classified information;
       (2) to affect the conduct of authorized law enforcement or 
     intelligence activities; or
       (3) to modify the authority of a department or agency of 
     the Federal Government to protect classified information and 
     sources and methods and the national security of the United 
     States.
       (d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this title 
     shall be construed to affect any requirement under any other 
     provision of law for a non-Federal entity to provide 
     information to the Federal Government.
       (e) Prohibited Conduct.--Nothing in this title shall be 
     construed to permit price-fixing, allocating a market between 
     competitors, monopolizing or attempting to monopolize a 
     market, boycotting, or exchanges of price or cost 
     information, customer lists, or information regarding future 
     competitive planning.
       (f) Information Sharing Relationships.--Nothing in this 
     title shall be construed--
       (1) to limit or modify an existing information sharing 
     relationship;
       (2) to prohibit a new information sharing relationship;
       (3) to require a new information sharing relationship 
     between any non-Federal entity and a Federal entity or 
     another non-Federal entity; or

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       (4) to require the use of the capability and process within 
     the Department of Homeland Security developed under section 
     105(c).
       (g) Preservation of Contractual Obligations and Rights.--
     Nothing in this title shall be construed--
       (1) to amend, repeal, or supersede any current or future 
     contractual agreement, terms of service agreement, or other 
     contractual relationship between any non-Federal entities, or 
     between any non-Federal entity and a Federal entity; or
       (2) to abrogate trade secret or intellectual property 
     rights of any non-Federal entity or Federal entity.
       (h) Anti-tasking Restriction.--Nothing in this title shall 
     be construed to permit a Federal entity--
       (1) to require a non-Federal entity to provide information 
     to a Federal entity or another non-Federal entity;
       (2) to condition the sharing of cyber threat indicators 
     with a non-Federal entity on such entity's provision of cyber 
     threat indicators to a Federal entity or another non-Federal 
     entity; or
       (3) to condition the award of any Federal grant, contract, 
     or purchase on the provision of a cyber threat indicator to a 
     Federal entity or another non-Federal entity.
       (i) No Liability for Non-participation.--Nothing in this 
     title shall be construed to subject any entity to liability 
     for choosing not to engage in the voluntary activities 
     authorized in this title.
       (j) Use and Retention of Information.--Nothing in this 
     title shall be construed to authorize, or to modify any 
     existing authority of, a department or agency of the Federal 
     Government to retain or use any information shared under this 
     title for any use other than permitted in this title.
       (k) Federal Preemption.--
       (1) In general.--This title supersedes any statute or other 
     provision of law of a State or political subdivision of a 
     State that restricts or otherwise expressly regulates an 
     activity authorized under this title.
       (2) State law enforcement.--Nothing in this title shall be 
     construed to supersede any statute or other provision of law 
     of a State or political subdivision of a State concerning the 
     use of authorized law enforcement practices and procedures.
       (l) Regulatory Authority.--Nothing in this title shall be 
     construed--
       (1) to authorize the promulgation of any regulations not 
     specifically authorized to be issued under this title;
       (2) to establish or limit any regulatory authority not 
     specifically established or limited under this title; or
       (3) to authorize regulatory actions that would duplicate or 
     conflict with regulatory requirements, mandatory standards, 
     or related processes under another provision of Federal law.
       (m) Authority of Secretary of Defense to Respond to 
     Malicious Cyber Activity Carried Out by Foreign Powers.--
     Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the 
     authority of the Secretary of Defense under section 130g of 
     title 10, United States Code.
       (n) Criminal Prosecution.--Nothing in this title shall be 
     construed to prevent the disclosure of a cyber threat 
     indicator or defensive measure shared under this title in a 
     case of criminal prosecution, when an applicable provision of 
     Federal, State, tribal, or local law requires disclosure in 
     such case.

     SEC. 109. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY THREATS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of other 
     appropriate elements of the intelligence community, shall 
     submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
     and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives a report on cybersecurity threats, 
     including cyber attacks, theft, and data breaches.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the current intelligence sharing and 
     cooperation relationships of the United States with other 
     countries regarding cybersecurity threats, including cyber 
     attacks, theft, and data breaches, directed against the 
     United States and which threaten the United States national 
     security interests and economy and intellectual property, 
     specifically identifying the relative utility of such 
     relationships, which elements of the intelligence community 
     participate in such relationships, and whether and how such 
     relationships could be improved.
       (2) A list and an assessment of the countries and nonstate 
     actors that are the primary threats of carrying out a 
     cybersecurity threat, including a cyber attack, theft, or 
     data breach, against the United States and which threaten the 
     United States national security, economy, and intellectual 
     property.
       (3) A description of the extent to which the capabilities 
     of the United States Government to respond to or prevent 
     cybersecurity threats, including cyber attacks, theft, or 
     data breaches, directed against the United States private 
     sector are degraded by a delay in the prompt notification by 
     private entities of such threats or cyber attacks, theft, and 
     data breaches.
       (4) An assessment of additional technologies or 
     capabilities that would enhance the ability of the United 
     States to prevent and to respond to cybersecurity threats, 
     including cyber attacks, theft, and data breaches.
       (5) An assessment of any technologies or practices utilized 
     by the private sector that could be rapidly fielded to assist 
     the intelligence community in preventing and responding to 
     cybersecurity threats.
       (c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall be made available in classified and unclassified forms.
       (d) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3003).

     SEC. 110. EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY 
                   OF DEFENSE TO DISSEMINATE CERTAIN INFORMATION.

       Notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of section 393 of title 
     10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may 
     authorize the sharing of cyber threat indicators and 
     defensive measures pursuant to the policies, procedures, and 
     guidelines developed or issued under this title.

     SEC. 111. EFFECTIVE PERIOD.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
     title and the amendments made by this title shall be 
     effective during the period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2025.
       (b) Exception.--With respect to any action authorized by 
     this title or information obtained pursuant to an action 
     authorized by this title, which occurred before the date on 
     which the provisions referred to in subsection (a) cease to 
     have effect, the provisions of this title shall continue in 
     effect.

              TITLE II--NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ADVANCEMENT

   Subtitle A--National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration 
                                 Center

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``National Cybersecurity 
     Protection Advancement Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Cybersecurity risk; incident.--The terms 
     ``cybersecurity risk'' and ``incident'' have the meanings 
     given those terms in section 227 of the Homeland Security Act 
     of 2002, as so redesignated by section 223(a)(3) of this 
     division.
       (3) Cyber threat indicator; defensive measure.--The terms 
     ``cyber threat indicator'' and ``defensive measure'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 102.
       (4) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security.

     SEC. 203. INFORMATION SHARING STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES.

       Section 227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as so 
     redesignated by section 223(a)(3) of this division, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (4) and (5), respectively;
       (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) the term `cybersecurity risk'--
       ``(A) means threats to and vulnerabilities of information 
     or information systems and any related consequences caused by 
     or resulting from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, 
     degradation, disruption, modification, or destruction of such 
     information or information systems, including such related 
     consequences caused by an act of terrorism; and
       ``(B) does not include any action that solely involves a 
     violation of a consumer term of service or a consumer 
     licensing agreement;
       ``(2) the terms `cyber threat indicator' and `defensive 
     measure' have the meanings given those terms in section 102 
     of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015;
       ``(3) the term `incident' means an occurrence that actually 
     or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the 
     integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information on 
     an information system, or actually or imminently jeopardizes, 
     without lawful authority, an information system;'';
       (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``and'' at the end;
       (D) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking the 
     period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
       (E) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) the term `sharing' (including all conjugations 
     thereof) means providing, receiving, and disseminating 
     (including all conjugations of each of such terms).'';
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``, including the implementation of title 
     I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015'' before the semicolon at 
     the end; and
       (ii) by inserting ``cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures,'' before ``cybersecurity risks'';

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       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``cybersecurity risks'' 
     and inserting ``cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, 
     cybersecurity risks,'';
       (C) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``cybersecurity 
     risks'' and inserting ``cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures, cybersecurity risks,'';
       (D) in paragraph (6)--
       (i) by striking ``cybersecurity risks'' and inserting 
     ``cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, cybersecurity 
     risks,''; and
       (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (E) in paragraph (7)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) sharing cyber threat indicators and defensive 
     measures;''; and
       (F) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) engaging with international partners, in consultation 
     with other appropriate agencies, to--
       ``(A) collaborate on cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures, and information related to cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents; and
       ``(B) enhance the security and resilience of global 
     cybersecurity;
       ``(9) sharing cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, 
     and other information related to cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents with Federal and non-Federal entities, including 
     across sectors of critical infrastructure and with State and 
     major urban area fusion centers, as appropriate;
       ``(10) participating, as appropriate, in national exercises 
     run by the Department; and
       ``(11) in coordination with the Office of Emergency 
     Communications of the Department, assessing and evaluating 
     consequence, vulnerability, and threat information regarding 
     cyber incidents to public safety communications to help 
     facilitate continuous improvements to the security and 
     resiliency of such communications.'';
       (3) in subsection (d)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and local'' and inserting 
     ``, local, and tribal'';
       (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     ``, including information sharing and analysis centers;'';
       (iii) in clause (iii), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
       (iv) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) private entities;''.
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
     and
       (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) an entity that collaborates with State and local 
     governments on cybersecurity risks and incidents, and has 
     entered into a voluntary information sharing relationship 
     with the Center; and'';
       (4) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``cyber threat 
     indicators, defensive measures, and'' before ``information'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``cyber threat 
     indicators, defensive measures, and'' before ``information 
     related'';
       (iii) in subparagraph (F)--

       (I) by striking ``cybersecurity risks'' and inserting 
     ``cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, cybersecurity 
     risks,''; and
       (II) by striking ``and'' at the end;

       (iv) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``cybersecurity risks 
     and incidents'' and inserting ``cyber threat indicators, 
     defensive measures, cybersecurity risks, and incidents; 
     and''; and
       (v) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(H) the Center designates an agency contact for non-
     Federal entities;'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``cybersecurity risks'' and inserting 
     ``cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, cybersecurity 
     risks,''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``or disclosure'' after ``access''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, including by working with the Privacy 
     Officer appointed under section 222 to ensure that the Center 
     follows the policies and procedures specified in subsections 
     (b) and (d)(5)(C) of section 105 of the Cybersecurity Act of 
     2015''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Automated Information Sharing.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Under Secretary appointed under 
     section 103(a)(1)(H), in coordination with industry and other 
     stakeholders, shall develop capabilities making use of 
     existing information technology industry standards and best 
     practices, as appropriate, that support and rapidly advance 
     the development, adoption, and implementation of automated 
     mechanisms for the sharing of cyber threat indicators and 
     defensive measures in accordance with title I of the 
     Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
       ``(2) Annual report.--The Under Secretary appointed under 
     section 103(a)(1)(H) shall submit to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives an annual report on the status and progress 
     of the development of the capabilities described in paragraph 
     (1). Such reports shall be required until such capabilities 
     are fully implemented.
       ``(h) Voluntary Information Sharing Procedures.--
       ``(1) Procedures.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Center may enter into a voluntary 
     information sharing relationship with any consenting non-
     Federal entity for the sharing of cyber threat indicators and 
     defensive measures for cybersecurity purposes in accordance 
     with this section. Nothing in this subsection may be 
     construed to require any non-Federal entity to enter into any 
     such information sharing relationship with the Center or any 
     other entity. The Center may terminate a voluntary 
     information sharing relationship under this subsection, at 
     the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Secretary, acting 
     through the Under Secretary appointed under section 
     103(a)(1)(H), for any reason, including if the Center 
     determines that the non-Federal entity with which the Center 
     has entered into such a relationship has violated the terms 
     of this subsection.
       ``(B) National security.--The Secretary may decline to 
     enter into a voluntary information sharing relationship under 
     this subsection, at the sole and unreviewable discretion of 
     the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary appointed 
     under section 103(a)(1)(H), for any reason, including if the 
     Secretary determines that such is appropriate for national 
     security.
       ``(2) Voluntary information sharing relationships.--A 
     voluntary information sharing relationship under this 
     subsection may be characterized as an agreement described in 
     this paragraph.
       ``(A) Standard agreement.--For the use of a non-Federal 
     entity, the Center shall make available a standard agreement, 
     consistent with this section, on the Department's website.
       ``(B) Negotiated agreement.--At the request of a non-
     Federal entity, and if determined appropriate by the Center, 
     at the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Secretary, 
     acting through the Under Secretary appointed under section 
     103(a)(1)(H), the Department shall negotiate a non-standard 
     agreement, consistent with this section.
       ``(C) Existing agreements.--An agreement between the Center 
     and a non-Federal entity that is entered into before the date 
     of enactment of this subsection, or such an agreement that is 
     in effect before such date, shall be deemed in compliance 
     with the requirements of this subsection, notwithstanding any 
     other provision or requirement of this subsection. An 
     agreement under this subsection shall include the relevant 
     privacy protections as in effect under the Cooperative 
     Research and Development Agreement for Cybersecurity 
     Information Sharing and Collaboration, as of December 31, 
     2014. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require 
     a non-Federal entity to enter into either a standard or 
     negotiated agreement to be in compliance with this 
     subsection.
       ``(i) Direct Reporting.--The Secretary shall develop 
     policies and procedures for direct reporting to the Secretary 
     by the Director of the Center regarding significant 
     cybersecurity risks and incidents.
       ``(j) Reports on International Cooperation.--Not later than 
     180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
     periodically thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on 
     the range of efforts underway to bolster cybersecurity 
     collaboration with relevant international partners in 
     accordance with subsection (c)(8).
       ``(k) Outreach.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, acting through 
     the Under Secretary appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H), 
     shall--
       ``(1) disseminate to the public information about how to 
     voluntarily share cyber threat indicators and defensive 
     measures with the Center; and
       ``(2) enhance outreach to critical infrastructure owners 
     and operators for purposes of such sharing.
       ``(l) Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure.--The Secretary, 
     in coordination with industry and other stakeholders, may 
     develop and adhere to Department policies and procedures for 
     coordinating vulnerability disclosures.''.

     SEC. 204. INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 212 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     131) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by inserting ``, including information related to 
     cybersecurity risks and incidents,'' after ``critical 
     infrastructure information''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, including cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents,'' after ``related to critical infrastructure'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by inserting ``, including cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents,'' after ``critical infrastructure information''; 
     and
       (ii) by inserting ``, including cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents,'' after ``related to critical infrastructure''; 
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       (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, including 
     cybersecurity risks and incidents,'' after ``critical 
     infrastructure information''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) Cybersecurity risk; incident.--The terms 
     `cybersecurity risk' and `incident' have the meanings given 
     those terms in section 227.''.

     SEC. 205. NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK.

       Section 228 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 
     by section 223(a)(4) of this division, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(d) National Response Framework.--The Secretary, in 
     coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal 
     departments and agencies, and in accordance with the National 
     Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan required under 
     subsection (c), shall regularly update, maintain, and 
     exercise the Cyber Incident Annex to the National Response 
     Framework of the Department.''.

     SEC. 206. REPORT ON REDUCING CYBERSECURITY RISKS IN DHS DATA 
                   CENTERS.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the feasibility of the 
     Department creating an environment for the reduction in 
     cybersecurity risks in Department data centers, including by 
     increasing compartmentalization between systems, and 
     providing a mix of security controls between such 
     compartments.

     SEC. 207. ASSESSMENT.

       Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     that includes--
       (1) an assessment of the implementation by the Secretary of 
     this title and the amendments made by this title; and
       (2) to the extent practicable, findings regarding increases 
     in the sharing of cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures, and information relating to cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents at the center established under section 227 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002, as redesignated by section 
     223(a) of this division, and throughout the United States.

     SEC. 208. MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS CYBER INCIDENTS AT CRITICAL 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Under Secretary appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H) 
     of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(a)(1)(H)) 
     shall provide information to the appropriate congressional 
     committees on the feasibility of producing a risk-informed 
     plan to address the risk of multiple simultaneous cyber 
     incidents affecting critical infrastructure, including cyber 
     incidents that may have a cascading effect on other critical 
     infrastructure.

     SEC. 209. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF UNITED 
                   STATES PORTS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, the Committee on Commerce, Science 
     and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives a report on cybersecurity vulnerabilities for 
     the 10 United States ports that the Secretary determines are 
     at greatest risk of a cybersecurity incident and provide 
     recommendations to mitigate such vulnerabilities.

     SEC. 210. PROHIBITION ON NEW REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

       Nothing in this subtitle or the amendments made by this 
     subtitle may be construed to grant the Secretary any 
     authority to promulgate regulations or set standards relating 
     to the cybersecurity of non-Federal entities, not including 
     State, local, and tribal governments, that was not in effect 
     on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 211. TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       Any reporting requirements in this subtitle shall terminate 
     on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.

             Subtitle B--Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement

     SEC. 221. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Federal Cybersecurity 
     Enhancement Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 222. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
       (2) Agency information system.--The term ``agency 
     information system'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 228 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
     section 223(a)(4) of this division.
       (3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (4) Cybersecurity risk; information system.--The terms 
     ``cybersecurity risk'' and ``information system'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 227 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002, as so redesignated by section 223(a)(3) 
     of this division.
       (5) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget.
       (6) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
     community'' has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of 
     the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
       (7) National security system.--The term ``national security 
     system'' has the meaning given the term in section 11103 of 
     title 40, United States Code.
       (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security.

     SEC. 223. IMPROVED FEDERAL NETWORK SECURITY.

       (a) In General.--Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 141 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating section 228 as section 229;
       (2) by redesignating section 227 as subsection (c) of 
     section 228, as added by paragraph (4), and adjusting the 
     margins accordingly;
       (3) by redesignating the second section designated as 
     section 226 (relating to the national cybersecurity and 
     communications integration center) as section 227;
       (4) by inserting after section 227, as so redesignated, the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 228. CYBERSECURITY PLANS.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `agency information system' means an 
     information system used or operated by an agency or by 
     another entity on behalf of an agency;
       ``(2) the terms `cybersecurity risk' and `information 
     system' have the meanings given those terms in section 227;
       ``(3) the term `intelligence community' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act 
     of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)); and
       ``(4) the term `national security system' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 11103 of title 40, United States 
     Code.
       ``(b) Intrusion Assessment Plan.--
       ``(1) Requirement.--The Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall--
       ``(A) develop and implement an intrusion assessment plan to 
     proactively detect, identify, and remove intruders in agency 
     information systems on a routine basis; and
       ``(B) update such plan as necessary.
       ``(2) Exception.--The intrusion assessment plan required 
     under paragraph (1) shall not apply to the Department of 
     Defense, a national security system, or an element of the 
     intelligence community.'';
       (5) in section 228(c), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``section 226'' and inserting ``section 227''; and
       (6) by inserting after section 229, as so redesignated, the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 230. FEDERAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION 
                   SYSTEM.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `agency' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 3502 of title 44, United States Code;
       ``(2) the term `agency information' means information 
     collected or maintained by or on behalf of an agency;
       ``(3) the term `agency information system' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 228; and
       ``(4) the terms `cybersecurity risk' and `information 
     system' have the meanings given those terms in section 227.
       ``(b) Requirement.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary shall deploy, 
     operate, and maintain, to make available for use by any 
     agency, with or without reimbursement--
       ``(A) a capability to detect cybersecurity risks in network 
     traffic transiting or traveling to or from an agency 
     information system; and
       ``(B) a capability to prevent network traffic associated 
     with such cybersecurity risks from transiting or traveling to 
     or from an agency information system or modify such network 
     traffic to remove the cybersecurity risk.
       ``(2) Regular improvement.--The Secretary shall regularly 
     deploy new technologies and modify existing technologies to 
     the intrusion detection and prevention capabilities described 
     in paragraph (1) as appropriate to improve the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities.
       ``(c) Activities.--In carrying out subsection (b), the 
     Secretary--
       ``(1) may access, and the head of an agency may disclose to 
     the Secretary or a private entity providing assistance to the 
     Secretary under paragraph (2), information transiting or 
     traveling to or from an agency information system, regardless 
     of the location from which the Secretary or a private entity 
     providing assistance to the Secretary under paragraph (2) 
     accesses such information, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law that would otherwise restrict or prevent the 
     head of an agency from disclosing such information to the 
     Secretary or a private entity providing assistance to the 
     Secretary under paragraph (2);
       ``(2) may enter into contracts or other agreements with, or 
     otherwise request and obtain the assistance of, private 
     entities to

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     deploy, operate, and maintain technologies in accordance with 
     subsection (b);
       ``(3) may retain, use, and disclose information obtained 
     through the conduct of activities authorized under this 
     section only to protect information and information systems 
     from cybersecurity risks;
       ``(4) shall regularly assess through operational test and 
     evaluation in real world or simulated environments available 
     advanced protective technologies to improve detection and 
     prevention capabilities, including commercial and 
     noncommercial technologies and detection technologies beyond 
     signature-based detection, and acquire, test, and deploy such 
     technologies when appropriate;
       ``(5) shall establish a pilot through which the Secretary 
     may acquire, test, and deploy, as rapidly as possible, 
     technologies described in paragraph (4); and
       ``(6) shall periodically update the privacy impact 
     assessment required under section 208(b) of the E-Government 
     Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note).
       ``(d) Principles.--In carrying out subsection (b), the 
     Secretary shall ensure that--
       ``(1) activities carried out under this section are 
     reasonably necessary for the purpose of protecting agency 
     information and agency information systems from a 
     cybersecurity risk;
       ``(2) information accessed by the Secretary will be 
     retained no longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose 
     of protecting agency information and agency information 
     systems from a cybersecurity risk;
       ``(3) notice has been provided to users of an agency 
     information system concerning access to communications of 
     users of the agency information system for the purpose of 
     protecting agency information and the agency information 
     system; and
       ``(4) the activities are implemented pursuant to policies 
     and procedures governing the operation of the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities.
       ``(e) Private Entities.--
       ``(1) Conditions.--A private entity described in subsection 
     (c)(2) may not--
       ``(A) disclose any network traffic transiting or traveling 
     to or from an agency information system to any entity other 
     than the Department or the agency that disclosed the 
     information under subsection (c)(1), including personal 
     information of a specific individual or information that 
     identifies a specific individual not directly related to a 
     cybersecurity risk; or
       ``(B) use any network traffic transiting or traveling to or 
     from an agency information system to which the private entity 
     gains access in accordance with this section for any purpose 
     other than to protect agency information and agency 
     information systems against cybersecurity risks or to 
     administer a contract or other agreement entered into 
     pursuant to subsection (c)(2) or as part of another contract 
     with the Secretary.
       ``(2) Limitation on liability.--No cause of action shall 
     lie in any court against a private entity for assistance 
     provided to the Secretary in accordance with this section and 
     any contract or agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 
     (c)(2).
       ``(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph (2) shall 
     be construed to authorize an Internet service provider to 
     break a user agreement with a customer without the consent of 
     the customer.
       ``(f) Privacy Officer Review.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of this section, the Privacy Officer 
     appointed under section 222, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General, shall review the policies and guidelines 
     for the program carried out under this section to ensure that 
     the policies and guidelines are consistent with applicable 
     privacy laws, including those governing the acquisition, 
     interception, retention, use, and disclosure of 
     communications.''.
       (b) Agency Responsibilities.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2)--
       (A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act or 2 months after the date on which the Secretary 
     makes available the intrusion detection and prevention 
     capabilities under section 230(b)(1) of the Homeland Security 
     Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), whichever is later, 
     the head of each agency shall apply and continue to utilize 
     the capabilities to all information traveling between an 
     agency information system and any information system other 
     than an agency information system; and
       (B) not later than 6 months after the date on which the 
     Secretary makes available improvements to the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities pursuant to section 
     230(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
     subsection (a), the head of each agency shall apply and 
     continue to utilize the improved intrusion detection and 
     prevention capabilities.
       (2) Exception.--The requirements under paragraph (1) shall 
     not apply to the Department of Defense, a national security 
     system, or an element of the intelligence community.
       (3) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 222, in this 
     subsection, the term ``agency information system'' means an 
     information system owned or operated by an agency.
       (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
     be construed to limit an agency from applying the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities to an information 
     system other than an agency information system under section 
     230(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
     subsection (a), at the discretion of the head of the agency 
     or as provided in relevant policies, directives, and 
     guidelines.
       (c) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents in 
     section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     101 note) is amended by striking the items relating to the 
     first section designated as section 226, the second section 
     designated as section 226 (relating to the national 
     cybersecurity and communications integration center), section 
     227, and section 228 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 226. Cybersecurity recruitment and retention.
``Sec. 227. National cybersecurity and communications integration 
              center.
``Sec. 228. Cybersecurity plans.
``Sec. 229. Clearances.
``Sec. 230. Federal intrusion detection and prevention system.''.

     SEC. 224. ADVANCED INTERNAL DEFENSES.

       (a) Advanced Network Security Tools.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall include, in the 
     efforts of the Department to continuously diagnose and 
     mitigate cybersecurity risks, advanced network security tools 
     to improve visibility of network activity, including through 
     the use of commercial and free or open source tools, and to 
     detect and mitigate intrusions and anomalous activity.
       (2) Development of plan.--The Director shall develop and 
     the Secretary shall implement a plan to ensure that each 
     agency utilizes advanced network security tools, including 
     those described in paragraph (1), to detect and mitigate 
     intrusions and anomalous activity.
       (b) Prioritizing Advanced Security Tools.--The Director and 
     the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate agencies, 
     shall--
       (1) review and update Government-wide policies and programs 
     to ensure appropriate prioritization and use of network 
     security monitoring tools within agency networks; and
       (2) brief appropriate congressional committees on such 
     prioritization and use.
       (c) Improved Metrics.--The Secretary, in collaboration with 
     the Director, shall review and update the metrics used to 
     measure security under section 3554 of title 44, United 
     States Code, to include measures of intrusion and incident 
     detection and response times.
       (d) Transparency and Accountability.--The Director, in 
     consultation with the Secretary, shall increase transparency 
     to the public on agency cybersecurity posture, including by 
     increasing the number of metrics available on Federal 
     Government performance websites and, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, displaying metrics for department components, 
     small agencies, and micro-agencies.
       (e) Maintenance of Technologies.--Section 3553(b)(6)(B) of 
     title 44, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
     operating, and maintaining'' after ``deploying''.
       (f) Exception.--The requirements under this section shall 
     not apply to the Department of Defense, a national security 
     system, or an element of the intelligence community.

     SEC. 225. FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Implementation of Federal Cybersecurity Standards.--
     Consistent with section 3553 of title 44, United States Code, 
     the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall 
     exercise the authority to issue binding operational 
     directives to assist the Director in ensuring timely agency 
     adoption of and compliance with policies and standards 
     promulgated under section 11331 of title 40, United States 
     Code, for securing agency information systems.
       (b) Cybersecurity Requirements at Agencies.--
       (1) In general.--Consistent with policies, standards, 
     guidelines, and directives on information security under 
     subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
     and the standards and guidelines promulgated under section 
     11331 of title 40, United States Code, and except as provided 
     in paragraph (2), not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall--
       (A) identify sensitive and mission critical data stored by 
     the agency consistent with the inventory required under the 
     first subsection (c) (relating to the inventory of major 
     information systems) and the second subsection (c) (relating 
     to the inventory of information systems) of section 3505 of 
     title 44, United States Code;
       (B) assess access controls to the data described in 
     subparagraph (A), the need for readily accessible storage of 
     the data, and individuals' need to access the data;
       (C) encrypt or otherwise render indecipherable to 
     unauthorized users the data described in subparagraph (A) 
     that is stored on or transiting agency information systems;
       (D) implement a single sign-on trusted identity platform 
     for individuals accessing each public website of the agency 
     that requires user authentication, as developed by the 
     Administrator of General Services in collaboration with the 
     Secretary; and

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       (E) implement identity management consistent with section 
     504 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (Public Law 
     113-274; 15 U.S.C. 7464), including multi-factor 
     authentication, for--
       (i) remote access to an agency information system; and
       (ii) each user account with elevated privileges on an 
     agency information system.
       (2) Exception.--The requirements under paragraph (1) shall 
     not apply to an agency information system for which--
       (A) the head of the agency has personally certified to the 
     Director with particularity that--
       (i) operational requirements articulated in the 
     certification and related to the agency information system 
     would make it excessively burdensome to implement the 
     cybersecurity requirement;
       (ii) the cybersecurity requirement is not necessary to 
     secure the agency information system or agency information 
     stored on or transiting it; and
       (iii) the agency has taken all necessary steps to secure 
     the agency information system and agency information stored 
     on or transiting it; and
       (B) the head of the agency or the designee of the head of 
     the agency has submitted the certification described in 
     subparagraph (A) to the appropriate congressional committees 
     and the agency's authorizing committees.
       (3) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to alter the authority of the Secretary, the 
     Director, or the Director of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology in implementing subchapter II of 
     chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to affect the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology standards process or the 
     requirement under section 3553(a)(4) of such title or to 
     discourage continued improvements and advancements in the 
     technology, standards, policies, and guidelines used to 
     promote Federal information security.
       (c) Exception.--The requirements under this section shall 
     not apply to the Department of Defense, a national security 
     system, or an element of the intelligence community.

     SEC. 226. ASSESSMENT; REPORTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Agency information.--The term ``agency information'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 230 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002, as added by section 223(a)(6) of this 
     division.
       (2) Cyber threat indicator; defensive measure.--The terms 
     ``cyber threat indicator'' and ``defensive measure'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 102.
       (3) Intrusion assessments.--The term ``intrusion 
     assessments'' means actions taken under the intrusion 
     assessment plan to identify and remove intruders in agency 
     information systems.
       (4) Intrusion assessment plan.--The term ``intrusion 
     assessment plan'' means the plan required under section 
     228(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
     section 223(a)(4) of this division.
       (5) Intrusion detection and prevention capabilities.--The 
     term ``intrusion detection and prevention capabilities'' 
     means the capabilities required under section 230(b) of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 223(a)(6) 
     of this division.
       (b) Third-party Assessment.--Not later than 3 years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall conduct a study and publish a report 
     on the effectiveness of the approach and strategy of the 
     Federal Government to securing agency information systems, 
     including the intrusion detection and prevention capabilities 
     and the intrusion assessment plan.
       (c) Reports to Congress.--
       (1) Intrusion detection and prevention capabilities.--
       (A) Secretary of homeland security report.--Not later than 
     6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the status 
     of implementation of the intrusion detection and prevention 
     capabilities, including--
       (i) a description of privacy controls;
       (ii) a description of the technologies and capabilities 
     utilized to detect cybersecurity risks in network traffic, 
     including the extent to which those technologies and 
     capabilities include existing commercial and noncommercial 
     technologies;
       (iii) a description of the technologies and capabilities 
     utilized to prevent network traffic associated with 
     cybersecurity risks from transiting or traveling to or from 
     agency information systems, including the extent to which 
     those technologies and capabilities include existing 
     commercial and noncommercial technologies;
       (iv) a list of the types of indicators or other identifiers 
     or techniques used to detect cybersecurity risks in network 
     traffic transiting or traveling to or from agency information 
     systems on each iteration of the intrusion detection and 
     prevention capabilities and the number of each such type of 
     indicator, identifier, and technique;
       (v) the number of instances in which the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities detected a 
     cybersecurity risk in network traffic transiting or traveling 
     to or from agency information systems and the number of times 
     the intrusion detection and prevention capabilities blocked 
     network traffic associated with cybersecurity risk; and
       (vi) a description of the pilot established under section 
     230(c)(5) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
     section 223(a)(6) of this division, including the number of 
     new technologies tested and the number of participating 
     agencies.
       (B) OMB report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director 
     shall submit to Congress, as part of the report required 
     under section 3553(c) of title 44, United States Code, an 
     analysis of agency application of the intrusion detection and 
     prevention capabilities, including--
       (i) a list of each agency and the degree to which each 
     agency has applied the intrusion detection and prevention 
     capabilities to an agency information system; and
       (ii) a list by agency of--

       (I) the number of instances in which the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities detected a 
     cybersecurity risk in network traffic transiting or traveling 
     to or from an agency information system and the types of 
     indicators, identifiers, and techniques used to detect such 
     cybersecurity risks; and
       (II) the number of instances in which the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities prevented network 
     traffic associated with a cybersecurity risk from transiting 
     or traveling to or from an agency information system and the 
     types of indicators, identifiers, and techniques used to 
     detect such agency information systems.

       (C) Chief information officer.--Not earlier than 18 months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act and not later than 2 
     years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
     Chief Information Officer shall review and submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the 
     intrusion detection and intrusion prevention capabilities, 
     including--
       (i) the effectiveness of the system in detecting, 
     disrupting, and preventing cyber-threat actors, including 
     advanced persistent threats, from accessing agency 
     information and agency information systems;
       (ii) whether the intrusion detection and prevention 
     capabilities, continuous diagnostics and mitigation, and 
     other systems deployed under subtitle D of title II of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) are 
     effective in securing Federal information systems;
       (iii) the costs and benefits of the intrusion detection and 
     prevention capabilities, including as compared to commercial 
     technologies and tools and including the value of classified 
     cyber threat indicators; and
       (iv) the capability of agencies to protect sensitive cyber 
     threat indicators and defensive measures if they were shared 
     through unclassified mechanisms for use in commercial 
     technologies and tools.
       (2) OMB report on development and implementation of 
     intrusion assessment plan, advanced internal defenses, and 
     federal cybersecurity requirements.--The Director shall--
       (A) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and 30 days after any update thereto, submit the 
     intrusion assessment plan to the appropriate congressional 
     committees;
       (B) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress, as 
     part of the report required under section 3553(c) of title 
     44, United States Code--
       (i) a description of the implementation of the intrusion 
     assessment plan;
       (ii) the findings of the intrusion assessments conducted 
     pursuant to the intrusion assessment plan;
       (iii) a description of the advanced network security tools 
     included in the efforts to continuously diagnose and mitigate 
     cybersecurity risks pursuant to section 224(a)(1); and
       (iv) a list by agency of compliance with the requirements 
     of section 225(b); and
       (C) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees--
       (i) a copy of the plan developed pursuant to section 
     224(a)(2); and
       (ii) the improved metrics developed pursuant to section 
     224(c).
       (d) Form.--Each report required under this section shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.

     SEC. 227. TERMINATION.

       (a) In General.--The authority provided under section 230 
     of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 
     223(a)(6) of this division, and the reporting requirements 
     under section 226(c) of this division shall terminate on the 
     date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall 
     be construed to affect the limitation of liability of a 
     private entity for assistance provided to the Secretary under 
     section 230(d)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
     added by section 223(a)(6) of this division, if such 
     assistance was rendered before the termination date under 
     subsection (a) or otherwise during a period in which the 
     assistance was authorized.

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     SEC. 228. IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS RELATING TO 
                   NATIONAL SECURITY.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), not 
     later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act--
       (1) the Director of National Intelligence and the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with 
     the heads of other agencies, shall--
       (A) identify all unclassified information systems that 
     provide access to information that may provide an adversary 
     with the ability to derive information that would otherwise 
     be considered classified;
       (B) assess the risks that would result from the breach of 
     each unclassified information system identified in 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (C) assess the cost and impact on the mission carried out 
     by each agency that owns an unclassified information system 
     identified in subparagraph (A) if the system were to be 
     subsequently designated as a national security system; and
       (2) the Director of National Intelligence and the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a 
     report that includes the findings under paragraph (1).
       (b) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a)(2) 
     shall be in unclassified form, and shall include a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Exception.--The requirements under subsection (a)(1) 
     shall not apply to the Department of Defense, a national 
     security system, or an element of the intelligence community.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to designate an information system as a national 
     security system.

     SEC. 229. DIRECTION TO AGENCIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 3553 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Direction to Agencies.--
       ``(1) Authority.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), in response 
     to a known or reasonably suspected information security 
     threat, vulnerability, or incident that represents a 
     substantial threat to the information security of an agency, 
     the Secretary may issue an emergency directive to the head of 
     an agency to take any lawful action with respect to the 
     operation of the information system, including such systems 
     used or operated by another entity on behalf of an agency, 
     that collects, processes, stores, transmits, disseminates, or 
     otherwise maintains agency information, for the purpose of 
     protecting the information system from, or mitigating, an 
     information security threat.
       ``(B) Exception.--The authorities of the Secretary under 
     this subsection shall not apply to a system described 
     subsection (d) or to a system described in paragraph (2) or 
     (3) of subsection (e).
       ``(2) Procedures for use of authority.--The Secretary 
     shall--
       ``(A) in coordination with the Director, and in 
     consultation with Federal contractors as appropriate, 
     establish procedures governing the circumstances under which 
     a directive may be issued under this subsection, which shall 
     include--
       ``(i) thresholds and other criteria;
       ``(ii) privacy and civil liberties protections; and
       ``(iii) providing notice to potentially affected third 
     parties;
       ``(B) specify the reasons for the required action and the 
     duration of the directive;
       ``(C) minimize the impact of a directive under this 
     subsection by--
       ``(i) adopting the least intrusive means possible under the 
     circumstances to secure the agency information systems; and
       ``(ii) limiting directives to the shortest period 
     practicable;
       ``(D) notify the Director and the head of any affected 
     agency immediately upon the issuance of a directive under 
     this subsection;
       ``(E) consult with the Director of the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology regarding any directive under 
     this subsection that implements standards and guidelines 
     developed by the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology;
       ``(F) ensure that directives issued under this subsection 
     do not conflict with the standards and guidelines issued 
     under section 11331 of title 40;
       ``(G) consider any applicable standards or guidelines 
     developed by the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 
     11331 of title 40; and
       ``(H) not later than February 1 of each year, submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report regarding the 
     specific actions the Secretary has taken pursuant to 
     paragraph (1)(A).
       ``(3) Imminent threats.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 3554, the 
     Secretary may authorize the use under this subsection of the 
     intrusion detection and prevention capabilities established 
     under section 230(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     for the purpose of ensuring the security of agency 
     information systems, if--
       ``(i) the Secretary determines there is an imminent threat 
     to agency information systems;
       ``(ii) the Secretary determines a directive under 
     subsection (b)(2)(C) or paragraph (1)(A) is not reasonably 
     likely to result in a timely response to the threat;
       ``(iii) the Secretary determines the risk posed by the 
     imminent threat outweighs any adverse consequences reasonably 
     expected to result from the use of the intrusion detection 
     and prevention capabilities under the control of the 
     Secretary;
       ``(iv) the Secretary provides prior notice to the Director, 
     and the head and chief information officer (or equivalent 
     official) of each agency to which specific actions will be 
     taken pursuant to this paragraph, and notifies the 
     appropriate congressional committees and authorizing 
     committees of each such agency within 7 days of taking an 
     action under this paragraph of--

       ``(I) any action taken under this paragraph; and
       ``(II) the reasons for and duration and nature of the 
     action;

       ``(v) the action of the Secretary is consistent with 
     applicable law; and
       ``(vi) the Secretary authorizes the use of the intrusion 
     detection and prevention capabilities in accordance with the 
     advance procedures established under subparagraph (C).
       ``(B) Limitation on delegation.--The authority under this 
     paragraph may not be delegated by the Secretary.
       ``(C) Advance procedures.--The Secretary shall, in 
     coordination with the Director, and in consultation with the 
     heads of Federal agencies, establish procedures governing the 
     circumstances under which the Secretary may authorize the use 
     of the intrusion detection and prevention capabilities under 
     subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall submit the procedures 
     to Congress.
       ``(4) Limitation.--The Secretary may direct or authorize 
     lawful action or the use of the intrusion detection and 
     prevention capabilities under this subsection only to--
       ``(A) protect agency information from unauthorized access, 
     use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction; or
       ``(B) require the remediation of or protect against 
     identified information security risks with respect to--
       ``(i) information collected or maintained by or on behalf 
     of an agency; or
       ``(ii) that portion of an information system used or 
     operated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency or 
     other organization on behalf of an agency.
       ``(i) Annual Report to Congress.--Not later than February 1 
     of each year, the Director and the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding 
     the specific actions the Director and the Secretary have 
     taken pursuant to subsection (a)(5), including any actions 
     taken pursuant to section 11303(b)(5) of title 40.
       ``(j) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In 
     this section, the term `appropriate congressional committees' 
     means--
       ``(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
       ``(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
     of the House of Representatives.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3554(a)(1)(B) of title 
     44, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(v) emergency directives issued by the Secretary under 
     section 3553(h); and''.

         TITLE III--FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT

     SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Federal Cybersecurity 
     Workforce Assessment Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate;
       (E) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (F) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (G) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       (H) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the Office of Personnel Management.
       (3) National initiative for cybersecurity education.--The 
     term ``National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education'' 
     means the initiative under the national cybersecurity 
     awareness and education program, as authorized under section 
     401 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 
     7451).

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       (4) Work roles.--The term `` work roles'' means a 
     specialized set of tasks and functions requiring specific 
     knowledge, skills, and abilities.

     SEC. 303. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE MEASUREMENT 
                   INITIATIVE.

       (a) In General.--The head of each Federal agency shall--
       (1) identify all positions within the agency that require 
     the performance of cybersecurity or other cyber-related 
     functions; and
       (2) assign the corresponding employment code under the 
     National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education in accordance 
     with subsection (b).
       (b) Employment Codes.--
       (1) Procedures.--
       (A) Coding structure.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in 
     coordination with the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, shall develop a coding structure under the 
     National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
       (B) Identification of civilian cyber personnel.--Not later 
     than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Director, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
     and Technology, and the Director of National Intelligence, 
     shall establish procedures to implement the National 
     Initiative for Cybersecurity Education coding structure to 
     identify all Federal civilian positions that require the 
     performance of information technology, cybersecurity, or 
     other cyber-related functions.
       (C) Identification of noncivilian cyber personnel.--Not 
     later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall establish procedures to 
     implement the National Initiative for Cybersecurity 
     Education's coding structure to identify all Federal 
     noncivilian positions that require the performance of 
     information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-related 
     functions.
       (D) Baseline assessment of existing cybersecurity 
     workforce.--Not later than 3 months after the date on which 
     the procedures are developed under subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
     respectively, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees of jurisdiction a 
     report that identifies--
       (i) the percentage of personnel with information 
     technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-related job 
     functions who currently hold the appropriate industry-
     recognized certifications as identified under the National 
     Initiative for Cybersecurity Education;
       (ii) the level of preparedness of other civilian and 
     noncivilian cyber personnel without existing credentials to 
     take certification exams; and
       (iii) a strategy for mitigating any gaps identified in 
     clause (i) or (ii) with the appropriate training and 
     certification for existing personnel.
       (E) Procedures for assigning codes.--Not later than 3 
     months after the date on which the procedures are developed 
     under subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, the head of 
     each Federal agency shall establish procedures--
       (i) to identify all encumbered and vacant positions with 
     information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-related 
     functions (as defined in the National Initiative for 
     Cybersecurity Education's coding structure); and
       (ii) to assign the appropriate employment code to each such 
     position, using agreed standards and definitions.
       (2) Code assignments.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     after the procedures are established under paragraph (1)(E), 
     the head of each Federal agency shall complete assignment of 
     the appropriate employment code to each position within the 
     agency with information technology, cybersecurity, or other 
     cyber-related functions.
       (c) Progress Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a 
     progress report on the implementation of this section to the 
     appropriate congressional committees.

     SEC. 304. IDENTIFICATION OF CYBER-RELATED WORK ROLES OF 
                   CRITICAL NEED.

       (a) In General.--Beginning not later than 1 year after the 
     date on which the employment codes are assigned to employees 
     pursuant to section 303(b)(2), and annually thereafter 
     through 2022, the head of each Federal agency, in 
     consultation with the Director, the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, shall--
       (1) identify information technology, cybersecurity, or 
     other cyber-related work roles of critical need in the 
     agency's workforce; and
       (2) submit a report to the Director that--
       (A) describes the information technology, cybersecurity, or 
     other cyber-related roles identified under paragraph (1); and
       (B) substantiates the critical need designations.
       (b) Guidance.--The Director shall provide Federal agencies 
     with timely guidance for identifying information technology, 
     cybersecurity, or other cyber-related roles of critical need, 
     including--
       (1) current information technology, cybersecurity, and 
     other cyber-related roles with acute skill shortages; and
       (2) information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-
     related roles with emerging skill shortages.
       (c) Cybersecurity Needs Report.--Not later than 2 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall--
       (1) identify critical needs for information technology, 
     cybersecurity, or other cyber-related workforce across all 
     Federal agencies; and
       (2) submit a progress report on the implementation of this 
     section to the appropriate congressional committees.

     SEC. 305. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STATUS REPORTS.

       The Comptroller General of the United States shall--
       (1) analyze and monitor the implementation of sections 303 
     and 304; and
       (2) not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that describes the status of such implementation.

                     TITLE IV--OTHER CYBER MATTERS

     SEC. 401. STUDY ON MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in consultation with the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology, shall--
       (1) complete a study on threats relating to the security of 
     the mobile devices of the Federal Government; and
       (2) submit an unclassified report to Congress, with a 
     classified annex if necessary, that contains the findings of 
     such study, the recommendations developed under paragraph (3) 
     of subsection (b), the deficiencies, if any, identified under 
     (4) of such subsection, and the plan developed under 
     paragraph (5) of such subsection.
       (b) Matters Studied.--In carrying out the study under 
     subsection (a)(1), the Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, shall--
       (1) assess the evolution of mobile security techniques from 
     a desktop-centric approach, and whether such techniques are 
     adequate to meet current mobile security challenges;
       (2) assess the effect such threats may have on the 
     cybersecurity of the information systems and networks of the 
     Federal Government (except for national security systems or 
     the information systems and networks of the Department of 
     Defense and the intelligence community);
       (3) develop recommendations for addressing such threats 
     based on industry standards and best practices;
       (4) identify any deficiencies in the current authorities of 
     the Secretary that may inhibit the ability of the Secretary 
     to address mobile device security throughout the Federal 
     Government (except for national security systems and the 
     information systems and networks of the Department of Defense 
     and intelligence community); and
       (5) develop a plan for accelerated adoption of secure 
     mobile device technology by the Department of Homeland 
     Security.
       (c) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3003).

     SEC. 402. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE POLICY 
                   STRATEGY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     produce a comprehensive strategy relating to United States 
     international policy with regard to cyberspace.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A review of actions and activities undertaken by the 
     Secretary of State to date to support the goal of the 
     President's International Strategy for Cyberspace, released 
     in May 2011, to ``work internationally to promote an open, 
     interoperable, secure, and reliable information and 
     communications infrastructure that supports international 
     trade and commerce, strengthens international security, and 
     fosters free expression and innovation.''.
       (2) A plan of action to guide the diplomacy of the 
     Secretary of State, with regard to foreign countries, 
     including conducting bilateral and multilateral activities to 
     develop the norms of responsible international behavior in 
     cyberspace, and status review of existing discussions in 
     multilateral fora to obtain agreements on international norms 
     in cyberspace.
       (3) A review of the alternative concepts with regard to 
     international norms in cyberspace offered by foreign 
     countries that are prominent actors, including China, Russia, 
     Brazil, and India.
       (4) A detailed description of threats to United States 
     national security in cyberspace from foreign countries, 
     state-sponsored actors, and private actors to Federal and 
     private sector infrastructure of the United States, 
     intellectual property in the United States, and the privacy 
     of citizens of the United States.
       (5) A review of policy tools available to the President to 
     deter foreign countries, state-

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     sponsored actors, and private actors, including those 
     outlined in Executive Order 13694, released on April 1, 2015.
       (6) A review of resources required by the Secretary, 
     including the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues, to 
     conduct activities to build responsible norms of 
     international cyber behavior.
       (c) Consultation.--In preparing the strategy required by 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult, as 
     appropriate, with other agencies and departments of the 
     United States and the private sector and nongovernmental 
     organizations in the United States with recognized 
     credentials and expertise in foreign policy, national 
     security, and cybersecurity.
       (d) Form of Strategy.--The strategy required by subsection 
     (a) shall be in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (e) Availability of Information.--The Secretary of State 
     shall--
       (1) make the strategy required in subsection (a) available 
     the public; and
       (2) brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives on the strategy, including any material 
     contained in a classified annex.

     SEC. 403. APPREHENSION AND PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CYBER 
                   CRIMINALS.

       (a) International Cyber Criminal Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``international cyber criminal'' means an 
     individual--
       (1) who is believed to have committed a cybercrime or 
     intellectual property crime against the interests of the 
     United States or the citizens of the United States; and
       (2) for whom--
       (A) an arrest warrant has been issued by a judge in the 
     United States; or
       (B) an international wanted notice (commonly referred to as 
     a ``Red Notice'') has been circulated by Interpol.
       (b) Consultations for Noncooperation.--The Secretary of 
     State, or designee, shall consult with the appropriate 
     government official of each country from which extradition is 
     not likely due to the lack of an extradition treaty with the 
     United States or other reasons, in which one or more 
     international cyber criminals are physically present, to 
     determine what actions the government of such country has 
     taken--
       (1) to apprehend and prosecute such criminals; and
       (2) to prevent such criminals from carrying out cybercrimes 
     or intellectual property crimes against the interests of the 
     United States or its citizens.
       (c) Annual Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees an annual report that 
     includes--
       (A) the number of international cyber criminals located in 
     other countries, disaggregated by country, and indicating 
     from which countries extradition is not likely due to the 
     lack of an extradition treaty with the United States or other 
     reasons;
       (B) the nature and number of significant discussions by an 
     official of the Department of State on ways to thwart or 
     prosecute international cyber criminals with an official of 
     another country, including the name of each such country; and
       (C) for each international cyber criminal who was 
     extradited to the United States during the most recently 
     completed calendar year--
       (i) his or her name;
       (ii) the crimes for which he or she was charged;
       (iii) his or her previous country of residence; and
       (iv) the country from which he or she was extradited into 
     the United States.
       (2) Form.--The report required by this subsection shall be 
     in unclassified form to the maximum extent possible, but may 
     include a classified annex.
       (3) Appropriate congressional committees.--For purposes of 
     this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional 
     committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
     Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
     of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 404. ENHANCEMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

       (a) Collection of Data.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, acting through the center established under section 
     227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as redesignated by 
     section 223(a)(3) of this division, in coordination with 
     appropriate Federal entities and the Director for Emergency 
     Communications, shall establish a process by which a 
     Statewide Interoperability Coordinator may report data on any 
     cybersecurity risk or incident involving any information 
     system or network used by emergency response providers (as 
     defined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 101)) within the State.
       (b) Analysis of Data.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, acting through the Director of the National 
     Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, in 
     coordination with appropriate entities and the Director for 
     Emergency Communications, and in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall conduct 
     integration and analysis of the data reported under 
     subsection (a) to develop information and recommendations on 
     security and resilience measures for any information system 
     or network used by State emergency response providers.
       (c) Best Practices.--
       (1) In general.--Using the results of the integration and 
     analysis conducted under subsection (b), and any other 
     relevant information, the Director of the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology shall, on an ongoing basis, 
     facilitate and support the development of methods for 
     reducing cybersecurity risks to emergency response providers 
     using the process described in section 2(e) of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(e)).
       (2) Report.--The Director of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology shall submit to Congress a report on 
     the result of the activities of the Director under paragraph 
     (1), including any methods developed by the Director under 
     such paragraph, and shall make such report publicly available 
     on the website of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to--
       (1) require a State to report data under subsection (a); or
       (2) require a non-Federal entity (as defined in section 
     102) to--
       (A) adopt a recommended measure developed under subsection 
     (b); or
       (B) follow the result of the activities carried out under 
     subsection (c), including any methods developed under such 
     subsection.

     SEC. 405. IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY IN THE HEALTH CARE 
                   INDUSTRY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Business associate.--The term ``business associate'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 
     45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act).
       (3) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act).
       (4) Cybersecurity threat; cyber threat indicator; defensive 
     measure; federal entity; non-federal entity; private 
     entity.--The terms ``cybersecurity threat'', ``cyber threat 
     indicator'', ``defensive measure'', ``Federal entity'', 
     ``non-Federal entity'', and ``private entity'' have the 
     meanings given such terms in section 102 of this division.
       (5) Health care clearinghouse; health care provider; health 
     plan.--The terms ``health care clearinghouse'', ``health care 
     provider'', and ``health plan'' have the meanings given such 
     terms in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act).
       (6) Health care industry stakeholder.--The term ``health 
     care industry stakeholder'' means any--
       (A) health plan, health care clearinghouse, or health care 
     provider;
       (B) advocate for patients or consumers;
       (C) pharmacist;
       (D) developer or vendor of health information technology;
       (E) laboratory;
       (F) pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer; or
       (G) additional stakeholder the Secretary determines 
     necessary for purposes of subsection (b)(1), (c)(1), (c)(3), 
     or (d)(1).
       (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
     of Representatives a report on the preparedness of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services and health care 
     industry stakeholders in responding to cybersecurity threats.
       (2) Contents of report.--With respect to the internal 
     response of the Department of

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     Health and Human Services to emerging cybersecurity threats, 
     the report under paragraph (1) shall include--
       (A) a clear statement of the official within the Department 
     of Health and Human Services to be responsible for leading 
     and coordinating efforts of the Department regarding 
     cybersecurity threats in the health care industry; and
       (B) a plan from each relevant operating division and 
     subdivision of the Department of Health and Human Services on 
     how such division or subdivision will address cybersecurity 
     threats in the health care industry, including a clear 
     delineation of how each such division or subdivision will 
     divide responsibility among the personnel of such division or 
     subdivision and communicate with other such divisions and 
     subdivisions regarding efforts to address such threats.
       (c) Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
     convene health care industry stakeholders, cybersecurity 
     experts, and any Federal agencies or entities the Secretary 
     determines appropriate to establish a task force to--
       (A) analyze how industries, other than the health care 
     industry, have implemented strategies and safeguards for 
     addressing cybersecurity threats within their respective 
     industries;
       (B) analyze challenges and barriers private entities 
     (excluding any State, tribal, or local government) in the 
     health care industry face securing themselves against cyber 
     attacks;
       (C) review challenges that covered entities and business 
     associates face in securing networked medical devices and 
     other software or systems that connect to an electronic 
     health record;
       (D) provide the Secretary with information to disseminate 
     to health care industry stakeholders of all sizes for 
     purposes of improving their preparedness for, and response 
     to, cybersecurity threats affecting the health care industry;
       (E) establish a plan for implementing title I of this 
     division, so that the Federal Government and health care 
     industry stakeholders may in real time, share actionable 
     cyber threat indicators and defensive measures; and
       (F) report to the appropriate congressional committees on 
     the findings and recommendations of the task force regarding 
     carrying out subparagraphs (A) through (E).
       (2) Termination.--The task force established under this 
     subsection shall terminate on the date that is 1 year after 
     the date on which such task force is established.
       (3) Dissemination.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     termination of the task force established under this 
     subsection, the Secretary shall disseminate the information 
     described in paragraph (1)(D) to health care industry 
     stakeholders in accordance with such paragraph.
       (d) Aligning Health Care Industry Security Approaches.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish, through a 
     collaborative process with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, health care industry stakeholders, the Director of 
     the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and any 
     Federal entity or non-Federal entity the Secretary determines 
     appropriate, a common set of voluntary, consensus-based, and 
     industry-led guidelines, best practices, methodologies, 
     procedures, and processes that--
       (A) serve as a resource for cost-effectively reducing 
     cybersecurity risks for a range of health care organizations;
       (B) support voluntary adoption and implementation efforts 
     to improve safeguards to address cybersecurity threats;
       (C) are consistent with--
       (i) the standards, guidelines, best practices, 
     methodologies, procedures, and processes developed under 
     section 2(c)(15) of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(c)(15));
       (ii) the security and privacy regulations promulgated under 
     section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and 
     Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note); and
       (iii) the provisions of the Health Information Technology 
     for Economic and Clinical Health Act (title XIII of division 
     A, and title IV of division B, of Public Law 111-5), and the 
     amendments made by such Act; and
       (D) are updated on a regular basis and applicable to a 
     range of health care organizations.
       (2) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     interpreted as granting the Secretary authority to--
       (A) provide for audits to ensure that health care 
     organizations are in compliance with this subsection; or
       (B) mandate, direct, or condition the award of any Federal 
     grant, contract, or purchase, on compliance with this 
     subsection.
       (3) No liability for nonparticipation.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to subject a health care industry 
     stakeholder to liability for choosing not to engage in the 
     voluntary activities authorized or guidelines developed under 
     this subsection.
       (e) Incorporating Ongoing Activities.--In carrying out the 
     activities under this section, the Secretary may incorporate 
     activities that are ongoing as of the day before the date of 
     enactment of this Act and that are consistent with the 
     objectives of this section.
       (f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to limit the antitrust exemption under section 
     104(e) or the protection from liability under section 106.

     SEC. 406. FEDERAL COMPUTER SECURITY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered system.--The term ``covered system'' shall mean 
     a national security system as defined in section 11103 of 
     title 40, United States Code, or a Federal computer system 
     that provides access to personally identifiable information.
       (2) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means an 
     agency that operates a covered system.
       (3) Logical access control.--The term ``logical access 
     control'' means a process of granting or denying specific 
     requests to obtain and use information and related 
     information processing services.
       (4) Multi-factor authentication.--The term ``multi-factor 
     authentication'' means the use of not fewer than 2 
     authentication factors, such as the following:
       (A) Something that is known to the user, such as a password 
     or personal identification number.
       (B) An access device that is provided to the user, such as 
     a cryptographic identification device or token.
       (C) A unique biometric characteristic of the user.
       (5) Privileged user.--The term ``privileged user'' means a 
     user who has access to system control, monitoring, or 
     administrative functions.
       (b) Inspector General Reports on Covered Systems.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each covered 
     agency shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     jurisdiction in the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report, which shall include information collected from the 
     covered agency for the contents described in paragraph (2) 
     regarding the Federal computer systems of the covered agency.
       (2) Contents.--The report submitted by each Inspector 
     General of a covered agency under paragraph (1) shall 
     include, with respect to the covered agency, the following:
       (A) A description of the logical access policies and 
     practices used by the covered agency to access a covered 
     system, including whether appropriate standards were 
     followed.
       (B) A description and list of the logical access controls 
     and multi-factor authentication used by the covered agency to 
     govern access to covered systems by privileged users.
       (C) If the covered agency does not use logical access 
     controls or multi-factor authentication to access a covered 
     system, a description of the reasons for not using such 
     logical access controls or multi-factor authentication.
       (D) A description of the following information security 
     management practices used by the covered agency regarding 
     covered systems:
       (i) The policies and procedures followed to conduct 
     inventories of the software present on the covered systems of 
     the covered agency and the licenses associated with such 
     software.
       (ii) What capabilities the covered agency utilizes to 
     monitor and detect exfiltration and other threats, 
     including--

       (I) data loss prevention capabilities;
       (II) forensics and visibility capabilities; or
       (III) digital rights management capabilities.

       (iii) A description of how the covered agency is using the 
     capabilities described in clause (ii).
       (iv) If the covered agency is not utilizing capabilities 
     described in clause (ii), a description of the reasons for 
     not utilizing such capabilities.
       (E) A description of the policies and procedures of the 
     covered agency with respect to ensuring that entities, 
     including contractors, that provide services to the covered 
     agency are implementing the information security management 
     practices described in subparagraph (D).
       (3) Existing review.--The reports required under this 
     subsection may be based in whole or in part on an audit, 
     evaluation, or report relating to programs or practices of 
     the covered agency, and may be submitted as part of another 
     report, including the report required under section 3555 of 
     title 44, United States Code.
       (4) Classified information.--Reports submitted under this 
     subsection shall be in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.

     SEC. 407. STOPPING THE FRAUDULENT SALE OF FINANCIAL 
                   INFORMATION OF PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 1029(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``title if--'' and all that follows through 
     ``therefrom.'' and inserting ``title if the offense involves 
     an access device issued, owned, managed, or controlled by a 
     financial institution, account issuer, credit card system 
     member, or other

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     entity organized under the laws of the United States, or any 
     State, the District of Columbia, or other territory of the 
     United States.''.

                       DIVISION O--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this division is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

       TITLE I--OIL EXPORTS, SAFETY VALVE, AND MARITIME SECURITY

Sec. 101. Oil Exports, Safety Valve, and Maritime Security.

  TITLE II--TERRORIST TRAVEL PREVENTION AND VISA WAIVER PROGRAM REFORM

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Electronic passport requirement.
Sec. 203. Restriction on use of visa waiver program for aliens who 
              travel to certain countries.
Sec. 204. Designation requirements for program countries.
Sec. 205. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 206. High risk program countries.
Sec. 207. Enhancements to the electronic system for travel 
              authorization.
Sec. 208. Provision of assistance to non-program countries.
Sec. 209. Clerical amendments.
Sec. 210. Sense of Congress.

 TITLE III--JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION REAUTHORIZATION 
                                  ACT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Reauthorizing the World Trade Center Health Program.

 TITLE IV--JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Reauthorizing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 
              2001.
Sec. 403. Amendment to exempt programs.
Sec. 404. Compensation for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
              Terrorism Act.
Sec. 405. Budgetary provisions.

               TITLE V--MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. Medicare Improvement Fund.
Sec. 502. Medicare payment incentive for the transition from 
              traditional x-ray imaging to digital radiography and 
              other Medicare imaging payment provision.
Sec. 503. Limiting Federal Medicaid reimbursement to States for durable 
              medical equipment (DME) to Medicare payment rates.
Sec. 504. Treatment of disposable devices.

                         TITLE VI--PUERTO RICO

Sec. 601. Modification of Medicare inpatient hospital payment rate for 
              Puerto Rico hospitals.
Sec. 602. Application of Medicare HITECH payments to hospitals in 
              Puerto Rico.

                     TITLE VII--FINANCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 701. Table of contents.
Sec. 702. Limitations on sale of preferred stock.
Sec. 703. Confidentiality of information shared between State and 
              Federal financial services regulators.
Sec. 704. Application of FACA.
Sec. 705. Treatment of affiliate transactions.
Sec. 706. Ensuring the protection of insurance policyholders.
Sec. 707. Limitation on SEC funds.
Sec. 708. Elimination of reporting requirement.
Sec. 709. Extension of Hardest Hit Fund; Termination of Home Affordable 
              Modification Program.

              TITLE VIII--LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

Sec. 801. Land and Water Conservation Fund.

             TITLE IX--NATIONAL OCEANS AND COASTAL SECURITY

Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Definitions.
Sec. 903. Purposes and agreements.
Sec. 904. National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund.
Sec. 905. Eligible uses.
Sec. 906. Grants.
Sec. 907. Annual report.
Sec. 908. Funding.

                     TITLE X--BUDGETARY PROVISIONS

Sec. 1001. Budgetary effects.
Sec. 1002. Authority to make adjustment in FY 2016 allocation.
Sec. 1003. Estimates.

                     TITLE XI--IRAQ LOAN AUTHORITY

Sec. 1101. Iraq loan authority.

       TITLE I--OIL EXPORTS, SAFETY VALVE, AND MARITIME SECURITY

     SEC. 101. OIL EXPORTS, SAFETY VALVE, AND MARITIME SECURITY.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 103 of the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6212) and the item relating 
     thereto in the table of contents of that Act are repealed.
       (b) National Policy on Oil Export Restriction.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in subsections (c) and (d), to promote the efficient 
     exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, 
     and regulation of energy resources, including fossil fuels, 
     no official of the Federal Government shall impose or enforce 
     any restriction on the export of crude oil.
       (c) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section limits the 
     authority of the President under the Constitution, the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     et seq.) or regulations issued under that Act (other than 
     section 754.2 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations), the 
     National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part B of 
     title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
     1 et seq.), or any other provision of law that imposes 
     sanctions on a foreign person or foreign government 
     (including any provision of law that prohibits or restricts 
     United States persons from engaging in a transaction with a 
     sanctioned person or government), including a foreign 
     government that is designated as a state sponsor of 
     terrorism, to prohibit exports.
       (d) Exceptions and Presidential Authority.--
       (1) In general.--The President may impose export licensing 
     requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil 
     from the United States for a period of not more than 1 year, 
     if--
       (A) the President declares a national emergency and 
     formally notices the declaration of a national emergency in 
     the Federal Register;
       (B) the export licensing requirements or other restrictions 
     on the export of crude oil from the United States under this 
     subsection apply to 1 or more countries, persons, or 
     organizations in the context of sanctions or trade 
     restrictions imposed by the United States for reasons of 
     national security by the Executive authority of the President 
     or by Congress; or
       (C) the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Energy, finds and reports to the President 
     that--
       (i) the export of crude oil pursuant to this Act has caused 
     sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil 
     prices significantly above world market levels that are 
     directly attributable to the export of crude oil produced in 
     the United States; and
       (ii) those supply shortages or price increases have caused 
     or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment 
     effects in the United States.
       (2) Renewal.--Any requirement or restriction imposed 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) may be renewed 
     for 1 or more additional periods of not more than 1 year 
     each.
       (e) National Defense Sealift Enhancement.--
       (1) Payments.--Section 53106(a)(1) of title 46, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma before ``for 
     each'';
       (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``2015, 2016, 2017, 
     and 2018;'' and inserting ``and 2015;'';
       (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); 
     and
       (D) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) $4,999,950 for fiscal year 2017;
       ``(E) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 
     2020;
       ``(F) $5,233,463 for fiscal year 2021; and''.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 53111 of 
     title 46, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2015, 2017, and 2018;'' 
     and inserting ``and 2015'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and
       (C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) $299,997,000 for fiscal year 2017;
       ``(5) $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 
     2020;
       ``(6) $314,007,780 for fiscal year 2021; and''.

  TITLE II--TERRORIST TRAVEL PREVENTION AND VISA WAIVER PROGRAM REFORM

     SECTION 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Visa Waiver Program 
     Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 202. ELECTRONIC PASSPORT REQUIREMENT.

       (a) Requirement for Alien to Possess Electronic Passport.--
     Section 217(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1187(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) Passport requirements.--The alien, at the time of 
     application for admission, is in possession of a valid 
     unexpired passport that satisfies the following:
       ``(A) Machine readable.--The passport is a machine-readable 
     passport that is tamper-resistant, incorporates document 
     authentication identifiers, and otherwise satisfies the 
     internationally accepted standard for machine readability.
       ``(B) Electronic.--Beginning on April 1, 2016, the passport 
     is an electronic passport that is fraud-resistant, contains 
     relevant

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     biographic and biometric information (as determined by the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security), and otherwise satisfies 
     internationally accepted standards for electronic 
     passports.''.
       (b) Requirement for Program Country to Validate 
     Passports.--Section 217(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)(B)) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(B) Passport program.--
       ``(i) Issuance of passports.--The government of the country 
     certifies that it issues to its citizens passports described 
     in subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(3), and on or after 
     April 1, 2016, passports described in subparagraph (B) of 
     subsection (a)(3).
       ``(ii) Validation of passports.--Not later than October 1, 
     2016, the government of the country certifies that it has in 
     place mechanisms to validate passports described in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(3) at each key 
     port of entry into that country. This requirement shall not 
     apply to travel between countries which fall within the 
     Schengen Zone.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 303(c) of the Enhanced 
     Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 is repealed 
     (8 U.S.C. 1732(c)).

     SEC. 203. RESTRICTION ON USE OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM FOR 
                   ALIENS WHO TRAVEL TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

       Section 217(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1187(a)), as amended by this Act, is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(12) Not present in iraq, syria, or any other country or 
     area of concern.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) 
     and (C)--
       ``(i) the alien has not been present, at any time on or 
     after March 1, 2011--

       ``(I) in Iraq or Syria;
       ``(II) in a country that is designated by the Secretary of 
     State under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
     1979 (50 U.S.C. 2405) (as continued in effect under the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     et seq.)), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2780), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or any other provision of law, as a 
     country, the government of which has repeatedly provided 
     support of acts of international terrorism; or
       ``(III) in any other country or area of concern designated 
     by the Secretary of Homeland Security under subparagraph (D); 
     and

       ``(ii) regardless of whether the alien is a national of a 
     program country, the alien is not a national of--

       ``(I) Iraq or Syria;
       ``(II) a country that is designated, at the time the alien 
     applies for admission, by the Secretary of State under 
     section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
     U.S.C. 2405) (as continued in effect under the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), 
     section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371), or any other provision of law, as a country, the 
     government of which has repeatedly provided support of acts 
     of international terrorism; or
       ``(III) any other country that is designated, at the time 
     the alien applies for admission, by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security under subparagraph (D).

       ``(B) Certain military personnel and government 
     employees.--Subparagraph (A)(i) shall not apply in the case 
     of an alien if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
     that the alien was present--
       ``(i) in order to perform military service in the armed 
     forces of a program country; or
       ``(ii) in order to carry out official duties as a full time 
     employee of the government of a program country.
       ``(C) Waiver.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 
     the application of subparagraph (A) to an alien if the 
     Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the law 
     enforcement or national security interests of the United 
     States.
       ``(D) Countries or areas of concern.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
     Director of National Intelligence, shall determine whether 
     the requirement under subparagraph (A) shall apply to any 
     other country or area.
       ``(ii) Criteria.--In making a determination under clause 
     (i), the Secretary shall consider--

       ``(I) whether the presence of an alien in the country or 
     area increases the likelihood that the alien is a credible 
     threat to the national security of the United States;
       ``(II) whether a foreign terrorist organization has a 
     significant presence in the country or area; and
       ``(III) whether the country or area is a safe haven for 
     terrorists.

       ``(iii) Annual review.--The Secretary shall conduct a 
     review, on an annual basis, of any determination made under 
     clause (i).
       ``(E) Report.--Beginning not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this paragraph, and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
     of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
     the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the Senate a report on each instance in 
     which the Secretary exercised the waiver authority under 
     subparagraph (C) during the previous year.''.

     SEC. 204. DESIGNATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM COUNTRIES.

       (a) Reporting Lost and Stolen Passports.--Section 
     217(c)(2)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1187(c)(2)(D)), as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
     striking ``within a strict time limit'' and inserting ``not 
     later than 24 hours after becoming aware of the theft or 
     loss''.
       (b) Interpol Screening.--Section 217(c)(2) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)), as 
     amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(G) Interpol screening.--Not later than 270 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, except in the 
     case of a country in which there is not an international 
     airport, the government of the country certifies to the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security that, to the maximum extent 
     allowed under the laws of the country, it is screening, for 
     unlawful activity, each person who is not a citizen or 
     national of that country who is admitted to or departs that 
     country, by using relevant databases and notices maintained 
     by Interpol, or other means designated by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security. This requirement shall not apply to travel 
     between countries which fall within the Schengen Zone.''.
       (c) Implementation of Passenger Information Exchange 
     Agreement.--Section 217(c)(2)(F) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)(F)), as amended by this 
     Act, is further amended by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, and fully implements such agreement''.
       (d) Termination of Designation.--Section 217(f) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(f)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Failure to share information.--
       ``(A) In general.--If the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     and the Secretary of State jointly determine that the program 
     country is not sharing information, as required by subsection 
     (c)(2)(F), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall terminate 
     the designation of the country as a program country.
       ``(B) Redesignation.--In the case of a termination under 
     this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     redesignate the country as a program country, without regard 
     to paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c) or paragraphs (1) 
     through (4), when the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, determines that the 
     country is sharing information, as required by subsection 
     (c)(2)(F).
       ``(7) Failure to screen.--
       ``(A) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 270 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, if the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State 
     jointly determine that the program country is not conducting 
     the screening required by subsection (c)(2)(G), the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security shall terminate the designation of the 
     country as a program country.
       ``(B) Redesignation.--In the case of a termination under 
     this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     redesignate the country as a program country, without regard 
     to paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c) or paragraphs (1) 
     through (4), when the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, determines that the 
     country is conducting the screening required by subsection 
     (c)(2)(G).''.

     SEC. 205. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 217(c) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)), as amended by this Act, 
     is further amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)(C)(iii)--
       (A) by striking ``and the Committee on International 
     Relations'' and inserting ``, the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security''; and
       (B) by striking ``and the Committee on Foreign Relations'' 
     and inserting ``, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs''; 
     and
       (2) in paragraph (5)(A)(i)--
       (A) in subclause (III)--
       (i) by inserting after ``the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs,'' the following: ``the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence,'';
       (ii) by inserting after ``the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations,'' the following: ``the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence''; and
       (iii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting the following: ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(V) shall submit to the committees described in subclause 
     (III), a report that includes an assessment of the threat to 
     the national security of the United States of the designation 
     of each country designated as a

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     program country, including the compliance of the government 
     of each such country with the requirements under 
     subparagraphs (D) and (F) of paragraph (2), as well as each 
     such government's capacity to comply with such 
     requirements.''.

       (b) Date of Submission of First Report.--The Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall submit the first report described in 
     subclause (V) of section 217(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. (c)(5)(A)(i)), as added by 
     subsection (a), not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 206. HIGH RISK PROGRAM COUNTRIES.

       Section 217(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1187(c)), as amended by this Act, is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(12) Designation of high risk program countries.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 
     the Secretary of State, shall evaluate program countries on 
     an annual basis based on the criteria described in 
     subparagraph (B) and shall identify any program country, the 
     admission of nationals from which under the visa waiver 
     program under this section, the Secretary determines presents 
     a high risk to the national security of the United States.
       ``(B) Criteria.--In evaluating program countries under 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 
     the Secretary of State, shall consider the following 
     criteria:
       ``(i) The number of nationals of the country determined to 
     be ineligible to travel to the United States under the 
     program during the previous year.
       ``(ii) The number of nationals of the country who were 
     identified in United States Government databases related to 
     the identities of known or suspected terrorists during the 
     previous year.
       ``(iii) The estimated number of nationals of the country 
     who have traveled to Iraq or Syria at any time on or after 
     March 1, 2011 to engage in terrorism.
       ``(iv) The capacity of the country to combat passport 
     fraud.
       ``(v) The level of cooperation of the country with the 
     counter-terrorism efforts of the United States.
       ``(vi) The adequacy of the border and immigration control 
     of the country.
       ``(vii) Any other criteria the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security determines to be appropriate.
       ``(C) Suspension of designation.--The Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may 
     suspend the designation of a program country based on a 
     determination that the country presents a high risk to the 
     national security of the United States under subparagraph (A) 
     until such time as the Secretary determines that the country 
     no longer presents such a risk.
       ``(D) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
     Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, 
     shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report, which 
     includes an evaluation and threat assessment of each country 
     determined to present a high risk to the national security of 
     the United States under subparagraph (A).''.

     SEC. 207. ENHANCEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL 
                   AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 217(h)(3) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting after ``any such 
     determination'' the following: ``or shorten the period of 
     eligibility under any such determination'';
       (2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) Fraud detection.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall research opportunities to incorporate into the System 
     technology that will detect and prevent fraud and deception 
     in the System.
       ``(E) Additional and previous countries of citizenship.--
     The Secretary of Homeland Security shall collect from an 
     applicant for admission pursuant to this section information 
     on any additional or previous countries of citizenship of 
     that applicant. The Secretary shall take any information so 
     collected into account when making determinations as to the 
     eligibility of the alien for admission pursuant to this 
     section.
       ``(F) Report on certain limitations on travel.--Not later 
     than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     subparagraph and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     State, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate a report on the number of individuals who were denied 
     eligibility to travel under the program, or whose eligibility 
     for such travel was revoked during the previous year, and the 
     number of such individuals determined, in accordance with 
     subsection (a)(6), to represent a threat to the national 
     security of the United States, and shall include the country 
     or countries of citizenship of each such individual.''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on 
     steps to strengthen the electronic system for travel 
     authorization authorized under section 217(h)(3) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3))) in 
     order to better secure the international borders of the 
     United States and prevent terrorists and instruments of 
     terrorism from entering the United States.

     SEC. 208. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO NON-PROGRAM COUNTRIES.

       The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of State, shall provide assistance in a risk-
     based manner to countries that do not participate in the visa 
     waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) to assist those countries 
     in--
       (1) submitting to Interpol information about the theft or 
     loss of passports of citizens or nationals of such a country; 
     and
       (2) issuing, and validating at the ports of entry of such a 
     country, electronic passports that are fraud-resistant, 
     contain relevant biographic and biometric information (as 
     determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security), and 
     otherwise satisfy internationally accepted standards for 
     electronic passports.

     SEC. 209. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Secretary of Homeland Security.--Section 217 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), as amended 
     by this Act, is further amended by striking ``Attorney 
     General'' each place such term appears (except in subsection 
     (c)(11)(B)) and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
       (b) Electronic System for Travel Authorization.--Section 
     217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), 
     as amended this Act, is further amended--
       (1) by striking ``electronic travel authorization system'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``electronic system for 
     travel authorization'';
       (2) in the heading in subsection (a)(11), by striking 
     ``electronic travel authorization system'' and inserting 
     ``electronic system for travel authorization''; and
       (3) in the heading in subsection (h)(3), by striking 
     ``electronic travel authorization system'' and inserting 
     ``electronic system for travel authorization''.

     SEC. 210. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that the International Civil 
     Aviation Organization, the specialized agency of the United 
     Nations responsible for establishing international standards, 
     specifications, and best practices related to the 
     administration and governance of border controls and 
     inspection formalities, should establish standards for the 
     introduction of electronic passports (referred to in this 
     section as ``e-passports''), and obligate member countries to 
     utilize such e-passports as soon as possible. Such e-
     passports should be a combined paper and electronic passport 
     that contains biographic and biometric information that can 
     be used to authenticate the identity of travelers through an 
     embedded chip.

 TITLE III--JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION REAUTHORIZATION 
                                  ACT

     SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
     and Compensation Reauthorization Act''.

     SEC. 302. REAUTHORIZING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) World Trade Center Health Program Fund.--Section 3351 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-61) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``each of fiscal years 2012'' and all that follows through 
     ``2011)'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2016 and each 
     subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 2090''; and
       (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) the Federal share, consisting of an amount equal to--
       ``(i) for fiscal year 2016, $330,000,000;
       ``(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $345,610,000;
       ``(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $380,000,000;
       ``(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $440,000,000;

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       ``(v) for fiscal year 2020, $485,000,000;
       ``(vi) for fiscal year 2021, $501,000,000;
       ``(vii) for fiscal year 2022, $518,000,000;
       ``(viii) for fiscal year 2023, $535,000,000;
       ``(ix) for fiscal year 2024, $552,000,000;
       ``(x) for fiscal year 2025, $570,000,000; and
       ``(xi) for each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 
     2090, the amount specified under this subparagraph for the 
     previous fiscal year increased by the percentage increase in 
     the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; 
     United States city average) as estimated by the Secretary for 
     the 12-month period ending with March of the previous year; 
     plus''; and
       (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Amounts from prior fiscal years.--Amounts that were 
     deposited, or identified for deposit, into the Fund for any 
     fiscal year under paragraph (2), as such paragraph was in 
     effect on the day before the date of enactment of the James 
     Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, 
     that were not expended in carrying out this title for any 
     such fiscal year, shall remain deposited, or be deposited, as 
     the case may be, into the Fund.
       ``(5) Amounts to remain available until expended.--Amounts 
     deposited into the Fund under this subsection, including 
     amounts deposited under paragraph (2) as in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
     and Compensation Reauthorization Act, for a fiscal year shall 
     remain available, for the purposes described in this title, 
     until expended for such fiscal year and any subsequent fiscal 
     year through fiscal year 2090.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``sections 3302(a)'' 
     and all that follows through ``3342'' and inserting 
     ``sections 3301(e), 3301(f), 3302(a), 3302(b), 3303, 3304, 
     3305(a)(1), 3305(a)(2), 3305(c), 3341, and 3342''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking subparagraph (B);
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
     and
       (iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
       ``(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for such 
     fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
     and Compensation Reauthorization Act; and'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
       ``(A) for fiscal year 2016, $200,000;'';
       (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
       (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
     (B);
       (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 3303'' and all 
     that follows and inserting ``section 3303, for fiscal year 
     2016 and each subsequent fiscal year, $750,000.'';
       (D) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for such 
     fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
     and Compensation Reauthorization Act;
       ``(B) for fiscal year 2017, $15,000,000; and'';
       (E) in paragraph (5)--
       (i) by striking subparagraph (B);
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
     and
       (iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
       ``(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for such 
     fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
     and Compensation Reauthorization Act; and''; and
       (F) in paragraph (6)--
       (i) by striking subparagraph (B);
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
     and
       (iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
       ``(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for such 
     fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
     and Compensation Reauthorization Act; and''.
       (b) GAO Studies; Regulations; Termination.--Section 3301 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) GAO Studies.--
       ``(1) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     the enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 
     Compensation Reauthorization Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 
     that assesses, with respect to the WTC Program, the 
     effectiveness of each of the following:
       ``(A) The quality assurance program developed and 
     implemented under subsection (e).
       ``(B) The procedures for providing certifications of 
     coverage of conditions as WTC-related health conditions for 
     enrolled WTC responders under section 3312(b)(2)(B)(iii) and 
     for screening-eligible WTC survivors and certified-eligible 
     WTC survivors under such section as applied under section 
     3322(a).
       ``(C) Any action under the WTC Program to ensure 
     appropriate payment (including the avoidance of improper 
     payments), including determining the extent to which 
     individuals enrolled in the WTC Program are eligible for 
     workers compensation or sources of health coverage, 
     ascertaining the liability of such compensation or sources of 
     health coverage, and making recommendations for ensuring 
     effective and efficient coordination of benefits for 
     individuals enrolled in the WTC Program that does not place 
     an undue burden on such individuals.
       ``(2) Subsequent assessments.--Not later than 6 years and 6 
     months after the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 
     Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, and every 5 
     years thereafter through fiscal year 2042, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall--
       ``(A) consult the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on the 
     objectives in assessing the WTC Program; and
       ``(B) prepare and submit to such Committees a report that 
     assesses the WTC Program for the applicable reporting period, 
     including the objectives described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(j) Regulations.--The WTC Program Administrator is 
     authorized to promulgate such regulations as the 
     Administrator determines necessary to administer this title.
       ``(k) Termination.--The WTC Program shall terminate on 
     October 1, 2090.''.
       (c) Clinical Centers of Excellence and Data Centers.--
     Section 3305 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300mm-4) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``and retention'' 
     after ``outreach''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by inserting ``and 
     retention'' after ``outreach''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B)(vi), by striking ``section 
     3304(c)'' and inserting ``section 3304(d)''.
       (d) World Trade Center Responders.--Section 
     3311(a)(4)(B)(i)(II) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300mm-21(a)(4)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by striking 
     ``through the end of fiscal year 2020''.
       (e) Additions to List of Health Conditions for WTC 
     Responders.--
       (1) Expanding time for actions by administrator and by 
     advisory committee.--Section 3312(a)(6) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-22(a)(6)) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``90 days''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``60 days'' each place 
     such term appears and inserting ``90 days''.
       (2) Peer review for decisions; enhanced role of advisory 
     committee.--Section 3312(a)(6) of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-22(a)(6)), as amended by paragraph (1), 
     is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) Independent peer reviews.--Prior to issuing a final 
     rule to add a health condition to the list in paragraph (3), 
     the WTC Program Administrator shall provide for an 
     independent peer review of the scientific and technical 
     evidence that would be the basis for issuing such final rule.
       ``(G) Additional advisory committee recommendations.--
       ``(i) Program policies.--

       ``(I) Existing policies.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 
     Compensation Reauthorization Act, the WTC Program 
     Administrator shall request the Advisory Committee to review 
     and evaluate the policies and procedures, in effect at the 
     time of the review and evaluation, that are used to determine 
     whether sufficient evidence exists to support adding a health 
     condition to the list in paragraph (3).
       ``(II) Subsequent policies.--Prior to establishing any 
     substantive new policy or procedure used to make the 
     determination described in subclause (I) or prior to making 
     any substantive amendment to any policy or procedure 
     described in such subclause, the WTC Program Administrator 
     shall request the Advisory Committee to review and evaluate 
     such substantive policy, procedure, or amendment.

       ``(ii) Identification of individuals conducting independent 
     peer reviews.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation 
     Reauthorization Act and not less than every 2 years 
     thereafter, the WTC Program Administrator shall seek 
     recommendations from the Advisory Committee regarding the 
     identification of individuals to conduct the independent peer 
     reviews under subparagraph (F).''.
       (f) World Trade Center Survivors.--Section 
     3321(a)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300mm-31(a)(3)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by striking 
     ``through the end of fiscal year 2020''.
       (g) Payment of Claims.--Section 3331(d)(1)(B) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-41(d)(1)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``the last calendar quarter'' and all that 
     follows through ``2015'' and inserting ``each calendar 
     quarter of fiscal year 2016 and of each subsequent fiscal 
     year through fiscal year 2090,''; and

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       (2) by striking ``and with respect to calendar quarters in 
     fiscal year 2016'' and all that follows and inserting a 
     period.
       (h) World Trade Center Health Registry.--Section 3342 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-52) is amended 
     by striking ``April 20, 2009'' and inserting ``January 1, 
     2015''.

 TITLE IV--JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND REAUTHORIZATION

     SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``James Zadroga 9/11 Victim 
     Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act''.

     SEC. 402. REAUTHORIZING THE SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM 
                   COMPENSATION FUND OF 2001.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 402 of the Air Transportation 
     Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (9)--
       (A) by striking ``medical expense loss,''; and
       (B) by striking ``and loss of business or employment 
     opportunities'' and inserting ``loss of business or 
     employment opportunities, and past out-of-pocket medical 
     expense loss but not future medical expense loss'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (16);
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (13), the following:
       ``(14) WTC program administrator.--The term `WTC Program 
     Administrator' has the meaning given such term in section 
     3306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-5).
       ``(15) WTC-related physical health condition.--The term 
     `WTC-related physical health condition'--
       ``(A) means, subject to subparagraph (B), a WTC-related 
     health condition as defined by section 3312(a) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-22(a)), including the 
     conditions listed in section 3322(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300mm-32(b)); and
       ``(B) does not include--
       ``(i) a mental health condition described in paragraph 
     (1)(A)(ii) or (3)(B) of section 3312(a) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300mm-22(a));
       ``(ii) any mental health condition certified under section 
     3312(b)(2)(B)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-
     22(b)(2)(B)(iii)) (including such certification as applied 
     under section 3322(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-32(a));
       ``(iii) a mental health condition described in section 
     3322(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-32(b)(2)); or
       ``(iv) any other mental health condition.''; and
       (4) in paragraph (16), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
     striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
       ``(C) the area in Manhattan that is south of the line that 
     runs along Canal Street from the Hudson River to the 
     intersection of Canal Street and East Broadway, north on East 
     Broadway to Clinton Street, and east on Clinton Street to the 
     East River;''.
       (b) Purpose.--Section 403 of the Air Transportation Safety 
     and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``full'' before ``compensation''; and
       (2) by inserting ``, or the rescue and recovery efforts 
     during the immediate aftermath of such crashes'' before the 
     period.
       (c) Eligibility Requirements for Filing Claims.--Section 
     405 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 
     Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B) Exception.--A claim may be filed under paragraph (1), 
     in accordance with subsection (c)(3)(A)(i), by an individual 
     (or by a personal representative on behalf of a deceased 
     individual) during the period beginning on the date on which 
     the regulations are updated under section 407(b)(1) and 
     ending on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
     enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund 
     Reauthorization Act.
       ``(C) Special master determination.--
       ``(i) In general.--For claims filed under this title during 
     the period described in subparagraph (B), the Special Master 
     shall establish a system for determining whether, for 
     purposes of this title, the claim is--

       ``(I) a claim in Group A, as described in clause (ii); or
       ``(II) a claim in Group B, as described in clause (iii).

       ``(ii) Group a claims.--A claim under this title is a claim 
     in Group A if--

       ``(I) the claim is filed under this title during the period 
     described in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(II) on or before the day before the date of enactment of 
     the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund 
     Reauthorization Act, the Special Master postmarks and 
     transmits a final award determination to the claimant filing 
     such claim.

       ``(iii) Group b claims.--A claim under this title is a 
     claim in Group B if the claim--

       ``(I) is filed under this title during the period described 
     in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(II) is not a claim described in clause (ii).

       ``(iv) Definition of final award determination.--For 
     purposes of this subparagraph, the term `final award 
     determination' means a letter from the Special Master 
     indicating the total amount of compensation to which a 
     claimant is entitled for a claim under this title without 
     regard to the limitation under the second sentence of section 
     406(d)(1), as such section was in effect on the day before 
     the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim 
     Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by inserting ``subject to 
     paragraph (7),'' before ``the amount'';
       (B) in paragraph (6)--
       (i) by striking ``The Special Master'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--The Special Master''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Group b claims.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this title, in the case of a claim in Group B as described 
     in subsection (a)(3)(C)(iii), a claimant filing such claim 
     shall receive an amount of compensation under this title for 
     such claim that is not greater than the amount determined 
     under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) less the amount of any collateral 
     source compensation that such claimant has received or is 
     entitled to receive for such claim as a result of the 
     terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001.''; 
     and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Limitations for group b claims.--
       ``(A) Noneconomic losses.--With respect to a claim in Group 
     B as described in subsection (a)(3)(C)(iii), the total amount 
     of compensation to which a claimant filing such claim is 
     entitled to receive for such claim under this title on 
     account of any noneconomic loss--
       ``(i) that results from any type of cancer shall not exceed 
     $250,000; and
       ``(ii) that does not result from any type of cancer shall 
     not exceed $90,000.
       ``(B) Determination of economic loss.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to the limitation described in 
     clause (ii) and with respect to a claim in Group B as 
     described in subsection (a)(3)(C)(iii), the Special Master 
     shall, for purposes of calculating the amount of compensation 
     to which a claimant is entitled under this title for such 
     claim on account of any economic loss, determine the loss of 
     earnings or other benefits related to employment by using the 
     applicable methodology described in section 104.43 or 104.45 
     of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as such Code was in 
     effect on the day before the date of enactment of the James 
     Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act.
       ``(ii) Annual gross income limitation.--In considering 
     annual gross income under clause (i) for the purposes 
     described in such clause, the Special Master shall, for each 
     year of any loss of earnings or other benefits related to 
     employment, limit the annual gross income of the claimant (or 
     decedent in the case of a personal representative) for each 
     such year to an amount that is not greater than $200,000.
       ``(C) Gross income defined.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `gross income' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''; 
     and
       (3) in subsection (c)(3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) in clause (ii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
     by striking ``An individual'' and inserting ``Except with 
     respect to claims in Group B as described in subsection 
     (a)(3)(C)(iii), an individual'';
       (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``section 407(a)'' and 
     inserting ``section 407(b)(1)''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) Group b claims.--

       ``(I) In general.--Subject to subclause (II), an individual 
     filing a claim in Group B as described in subsection 
     (a)(3)(C)(iii) may be eligible for compensation under this 
     title only if the Special Master, with assistance from the 
     WTC Program Administrator as necessary, determines based on 
     the evidence presented that the individual has a WTC-related 
     physical health condition, as defined by section 402 of this 
     Act.
       ``(II) Personal representatives.--An individual filing a 
     claim in Group B, as described in subsection (a)(3)(C)(iii), 
     who is a personal representative described in paragraph 
     (2)(C) may be eligible for compensation under this title only 
     if the Special Master, with assistance from the WTC Program 
     Administrator as necessary, determines based on the evidence 
     presented that the applicable decedent suffered from a 
     condition that was, or would have been determined to be, a 
     WTC-related physical health condition, as defined by section 
     402 of this Act.''; and

       (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), by striking ``section 
     407(b)'' and inserting ``section 407(b)(1)''.
       (d) Payments to Eligible Individuals.--Section 406 of the 
     Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 
     U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``This title'' and 
     inserting ``For the purpose of providing compensation for 
     claims in Group A as described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(ii), 
     this title''; and
       (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
       ``(d) Limitations.--
       ``(1) Group a claims.--
       ``(A) In general.--The total amount of Federal funds paid 
     for compensation under this title, with respect to claims in 
     Group A as described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(ii), shall not 
     exceed $2,775,000,000.

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       ``(B) Remainder of claim amounts.--In the case of a claim 
     in Group A as described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(ii) and for 
     which the Special Master has ratably reduced the amount of 
     compensation for such claim pursuant to paragraph (2) of this 
     subsection, as this subsection was in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim 
     Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act, the Special Master 
     shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
     such Act, authorize payment of the amount of compensation 
     that is equal to the difference between--
       ``(i) the amount of compensation that the claimant would 
     have been paid under this title for such claim without regard 
     to the limitation under the second sentence of paragraph (1) 
     of this subsection, as this subsection was in effect on the 
     day before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 
     Victim Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act; and
       ``(ii) the amount of compensation the claimant was paid 
     under this title for such claim prior to the date of 
     enactment of such Act.
       ``(2) Group b claims.--
       ``(A) In general.--The total amount of Federal funds paid 
     for compensation under this title, with respect to claims in 
     Group B as described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(iii), shall not 
     exceed the amount of funds deposited into the Victims 
     Compensation Fund under section 410.
       ``(B) Payment system.--The Special Master shall establish a 
     system for providing compensation for claims in Group B as 
     described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(iii) in accordance with 
     this subsection and section 405(b)(7).
       ``(C) Development of agency policies and procedures.--
       ``(i) Development.--

       ``(I) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund 
     Reauthorization Act, the Special Master shall develop agency 
     policies and procedures that meet the requirements under 
     subclauses (II) and (III) for providing compensation for 
     claims in Group B as described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(iii), 
     including policies and procedures for presumptive award 
     schedules, administrative expenses, and related internal 
     memoranda.
       ``(II) Limitation.--The policies and procedures developed 
     under subclause (I) shall ensure that total expenditures, 
     including administrative expenses, in providing compensation 
     for claims in Group B, as described in section 
     405(a)(3)(C)(iii), do not exceed the amount of funds 
     deposited into the Victims Compensation Fund under section 
     410.
       ``(III) Prioritization.--The policies and procedures 
     developed under subclause (I) shall prioritize claims for 
     claimants who are determined by the Special Master as 
     suffering from the most debilitating physical conditions to 
     ensure, for purposes of equity, that such claimants are not 
     unduly burdened by such policies or procedures.

       ``(ii) Reassessment.--Beginning 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund 
     Reauthorization Act, and each year thereafter until the 
     Victims Compensation Fund is permanently closed under section 
     410(e), the Special Master shall conduct a reassessment of 
     the agency policies and procedures developed under clause (i) 
     to ensure that such policies and procedures continue to 
     satisfy the requirements under subclauses (II) and (III) of 
     such clause. If the Special Master determines, upon 
     reassessment, that such agency policies or procedures do not 
     achieve the requirements of such subclauses, the Special 
     Master shall take additional actions or make such 
     modifications as necessary to achieve such requirements.''.
       (e) Regulations.--Section 407(b) of the Air Transportation 
     Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) James zadroga 9/11 health and compensation act of 
     2010.--Not later than''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) James zadroga 9/11 victim compensation fund 
     reauthorization act.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation 
     Fund Reauthorization Act, the Special Master shall update the 
     regulations promulgated under subsection (a), and updated 
     under paragraph (1), to the extent necessary to comply with 
     the amendments made by such Act.''.
       (f) Victims Compensation Fund.--Title IV of the Air 
     Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 
     40101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 410. VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND.

       ``(a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the `Victims 
     Compensation Fund', consisting of amounts deposited into such 
     fund under subsection (b).
       ``(b) Deposits Into Fund.--There shall be deposited into 
     the Victims Compensation Fund each of the following:
       ``(1) Effective on the day after the date on which all 
     claimants who file a claim in Group A, as described in 
     section 405(a)(3)(C)(ii), have received the full compensation 
     due such claimants under this title for such claim, any 
     amounts remaining from the total amount made available under 
     section 406 to compensate claims in Group A as described in 
     section 405(a)(3)(C)(ii).
       ``(2) The amount appropriated under subsection (c).
       ``(c) Appropriations.--There is appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $4,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 
     until expended, to provide compensation for claims in Group B 
     as described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(iii).
       ``(d) Availability of Funds.--Amounts deposited into the 
     Victims Compensation Fund shall be available, without further 
     appropriation, to the Special Master to provide compensation 
     for claims in Group B as described in section 
     405(a)(3)(C)(iii).
       ``(e) Termination.--Upon completion of all payments under 
     this title, the Victims Compensation Fund shall be 
     permanently closed.''.
       (g) 9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee.--Title IV 
     of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act 
     (49 U.S.C. 40101 note), as amended by subsection (f), is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 411. 9-11 RESPONSE AND BIOMETRIC ENTRY-EXIT FEE.

       ``(a) Temporary L-1 Visa Fee Increase.--Notwithstanding 
     section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1351) or any other provision of law, during the period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this section and 
     ending on September 30, 2025, the combined filing fee and 
     fraud prevention and detection fee required to be submitted 
     with an application for admission as a nonimmigrant under 
     section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)), including an application for an 
     extension of such status, shall be increased by $4,500 for 
     applicants that employ 50 or more employees in the United 
     States if more than 50 percent of the applicant's employees 
     are nonimmigrants admitted pursuant to subparagraph (H)(i)(b) 
     or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act.
       ``(b) Temporary H-1b Visa Fee Increase.--Notwithstanding 
     section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1351) or any other provision of law, during the period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this section and 
     ending on September 30, 2025, the combined filing fee and 
     fraud prevention and detection fee required to be submitted 
     with an application for admission as a nonimmigrant under 
     section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)), including an 
     application for an extension of such status, shall be 
     increased by $4,000 for applicants that employ 50 or more 
     employees in the United States if more than 50 percent of the 
     applicant's employees are such nonimmigrants or described in 
     section 101(a)(15)(L) of such Act.
       ``(c) 9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account.--
       ``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the general 
     fund of the Treasury a separate account, which shall be known 
     as the
     `9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account'.
       ``(2) Deposits.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), of the 
     amounts collected pursuant to the fee increases authorized 
     under subsections (a) and (b)--
       ``(i) 50 percent shall be deposited in the general fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) 50 percent shall be deposited as offsetting receipts 
     into the 9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account, and shall 
     remain available until expended.
       ``(B) Termination of deposits in account.--After a total of 
     $1,000,000,000 is deposited into the 9-11 Response and 
     Biometric Exit Account under subparagraph (A)(ii), all 
     amounts collected pursuant to the fee increases authorized 
     under subsections (a) and (b) shall be deposited in the 
     general fund of the Treasury.
       ``(3) Use of funds.--For fiscal year 2017, and each fiscal 
     year thereafter, amounts in the 9-11 Response and Biometric 
     Exit Account shall be available to the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security without further appropriation for implementing the 
     biometric entry and exit data system described in section 
     7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
     of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b).''.
       (h) Administrative Costs.--Section 1347 of the Full-Year 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``and (2)'' after ``(d)(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Costs for 
     payments for compensation for claims in Group A, as described 
     in section 405(a)(3)(C)(ii) of such Act, shall be paid from 
     amounts made available under section 406 of such Act. Costs 
     for payments for compensation for claims in Group B, as 
     described in section 405(a)(3)(C)(iii) of such Act, shall be 
     paid from amounts in the Victims Compensation Fund 
     established under section 410 of such Act.''.

     SEC. 403. AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 255(g)(1)(B) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     905(g)(1)(B)) is amended by--

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       (1) inserting after the item relating to Retirement Pay and 
     Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers, Public Health 
     Service the following:
       ``September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (15-0340-0-1-
     754).'';
       (2) inserting after the item relating to United States 
     Secret Service, DC Annuity the following:
       ``Victims Compensation Fund established under section 410 
     of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act 
     (49 U.S.C. 40101 note).
       ``United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism 
     Fund.''; and
       (3) inserting after the item relating to the Voluntary 
     Separation Incentive Fund the following:
       ``World Trade Center Health Program Fund (75-0946-0-1-
     551).''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to any sequestration order issued under the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 404. COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE 
                   SPONSORED TERRORISM ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
     Terrorism Act''.
       (b) Administration of the United States Victims of State 
     Sponsored Terrorism Fund.--
       (1) Administration of the fund.--
       (A) Appointment and terms of special master.--
       (i) Initial appointment.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
     appoint a Special Master. The initial term for the Special 
     Master shall be 18 months.
       (ii) Additional terms.--Thereafter, each time there exists 
     funds in excess of $100,000,000 in the Fund, the Attorney 
     General shall appoint or reappoint a Special Master for such 
     period as is appropriate, not to exceed 1 year. In addition, 
     if there exists in the Fund funds that are less than 
     $100,000,000, the Attorney General may appoint or reappoint a 
     Special Master each time the Attorney General determines 
     there are sufficient funds available in the Fund to 
     compensate eligible claimants, for such period as is 
     appropriate, not to exceed 1 year.
       (iii) Special master to administer compensation from the 
     fund.--The Special Master shall administer the compensation 
     program described in this section for United States persons 
     who are victims of state sponsored terrorism.
       (B) Administrative costs and use of department of justice 
     personnel.--The Special Master may utilize, as necessary, no 
     more than 5 full-time equivalent Department of Justice 
     personnel to assist in carrying out the duties of the Special 
     Master under this section. Any costs associated with the use 
     of such personnel, and any other administrative costs of 
     carrying out this section, shall be paid from the Fund.
       (C) Compensation of special master.--The Special Master 
     shall be compensated from the Fund at a rate not to exceed 
     the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
     Schedule, as prescribed by section 5315 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (2) Publication of regulations and procedures.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the initial appointment of the Special Master, the Special 
     Master shall publish in the Federal Register and on a website 
     maintained by the Department of Justice a notice specifying 
     the procedures necessary for United States persons to apply 
     and establish eligibility for payment, including procedures 
     by which eligible United States persons may apply by and 
     through their attorney. Such notice is not subject to the 
     requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
       (B) Information regarding other sources of compensation.--
     As part of the procedures for United States persons to apply 
     and establish eligibility for payment, the Special Master 
     shall require applicants to provide the Special Master with 
     information regarding compensation from any source other than 
     this Fund that the claimant (or, in the case of a personal 
     representative, the victim's beneficiaries) has received or 
     is entitled or scheduled to receive as a result of the act of 
     international terrorism that gave rise to a claimant's final 
     judgment, including information identifying the amount, 
     nature, and source of such compensation.
       (3) Decisions of the special master.--All decisions made by 
     the Special Master with regard to compensation from the Fund 
     shall be--
       (A) in writing and provided to the Attorney General, each 
     claimant and, if applicable, the attorney for each claimant; 
     and
       (B) final and, except as provided in paragraph (4), not 
     subject to administrative or judicial review.
       (4) Review hearing.--
       (A) Not later than 30 days after receipt of a written 
     decision by the Special Master, a claimant whose claim is 
     denied in whole or in part by the Special Master may request 
     a hearing before the Special Master pursuant to procedures 
     established by the Special Master.
       (B) Not later than 90 days after any such hearing, the 
     Special Master shall issue a final written decision affirming 
     or amending the original decision. The written decision is 
     final and nonreviewable.
       (c) Eligible Claims.--
       (1) In general.--For the purposes of this section, a claim 
     is an eligible claim if the Special Master determines that--
       (A) the judgment holder, or claimant, is a United States 
     person;
       (B) the claim is described in paragraph (2); and
       (C) the requirements of paragraph (3) are met.
       (2) Certain claims.--The claims referred to in paragraph 
     (1) are claims for--
       (A) compensatory damages awarded to a United States person 
     in a final judgment--
       (i) issued by a United States district court under State or 
     Federal law against a state sponsor of terrorism; and
       (ii) arising from acts of international terrorism, for 
     which the foreign state was determined not to be immune from 
     the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States under 
     section 1605A, or section 1605(a)(7) (as such section was in 
     effect on January 27, 2008), of title 28, United States Code;
       (B) the sum total of $10,000 per day for each day that a 
     United States person was taken and held hostage from the 
     United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, during the period 
     beginning November 4, 1979, and ending January 20, 1981, if 
     such person is identified as a member of the proposed class 
     in case number 1:00-CV-03110 (EGS) of the United States 
     District Court for the District of Columbia; or
       (C) damages for the spouses and children of the former 
     hostages described in subparagraph (B), if such spouse or 
     child is identified as a member of the proposed class in case 
     number 1:00-CV-03110 (EGS) of the United States Court for the 
     District of Columbia, in the following amounts:
       (i) For each spouse of a former hostage identified as a 
     member of the proposed class described in this subparagraph, 
     a $600,000 lump sum.
       (ii) For each child of a former hostage identified as a 
     member of the proposed class described in this subparagraph, 
     a $600,000 lump sum.
       (3) Deadline for application submission.--
       (A) In general.--The deadline for submitting an application 
     for a payment under this subsection is as follows:
       (i) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     publication required under subsection (b)(2)(A), with regard 
     to an application based on--

       (I) a final judgment described in paragraph (2)(A) obtained 
     before that date of publication; or
       (II) a claim described in paragraph (2)(B) or (2)(C).

       (ii) Not later than 90 days after the date of obtaining a 
     final judgment, with regard to a final judgment obtained on 
     or after the date of that publication.
       (B) Good cause.--For good cause shown, the Special Master 
     may grant a claimant a reasonable extension of a deadline 
     under this paragraph.
       (d) Payments.--
       (1) To whom made.--The Special Master shall order payment 
     from the Fund for each eligible claim of a United States 
     person to that person or, if that person is deceased, to the 
     personal representative of the estate of that person.
       (2) Timing of initial payments.--The Special Master shall 
     authorize all initial payments to satisfy eligible claims 
     under this section not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Payments to be made pro rata.--
       (A) In general.--
       (i) Pro rata basis.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B) 
     and subject to the limitations described in clause (ii), the 
     Special Master shall carry out paragraph (1), by dividing all 
     available funds on a pro rata basis, based on the amounts 
     outstanding and unpaid on eligible claims, until all such 
     amounts have been paid in full.
       (ii) Limitations.--The limitations described in this clause 
     are as follows:

       (I) In the event that a United States person has an 
     eligible claim that exceeds $20,000,000, the Special Master 
     shall treat that claim as if it were for $20,000,000 for 
     purposes of this section.
       (II) In the event that a United States person and the 
     immediate family members of such person, have claims that if 
     aggregated would exceed $35,000,000, the Special Master 
     shall, for purposes of this section, reduce such claims on a 
     pro rata basis such that in the aggregate such claims do not 
     exceed $35,000,000.
       (III) In the event that a United States person, or the 
     immediate family member of such person, has an eligible claim 
     under this section and has received an award or an award 
     determination under section 405 of the Air Transportation 
     Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note), 
     the amount of compensation to which such person, or the 
     immediate family member of such person, was determined to be 
     entitled under section 405 of the Air Transportation Safety 
     and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) shall be 
     considered controlling for the purposes of this section, 
     notwithstanding any compensatory damages

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     amounts such person, or immediate family member of such 
     person, is deemed eligible for or entitled to pursuant to a 
     final judgment described in subsection (c)(2)(A).

       (B) Minimum payments.--
       (i) Any applicant with an eligible claim described in 
     subsection (c)(2) who has received, or is entitled or 
     scheduled to receive, any payment that is equal to, or in 
     excess of, 30 percent of the total compensatory damages owed 
     to such applicant on the applicant's claim from any source 
     other than this Fund shall not receive any payment from the 
     Fund until such time as all other eligible applicants have 
     received from the Fund an amount equal to 30 percent of the 
     compensatory damages awarded to those applicants pursuant to 
     their final judgments or to claims under subsection (c)(2)(B) 
     or (c)(2)(C). For purposes of calculating the pro rata 
     amounts for these payments, the Special Master shall not 
     include the total compensatory damages for applicants 
     excluded from payment by this subparagraph.
       (ii) To the extent that an applicant with an eligible claim 
     has received less than 30 percent of the compensatory damages 
     owed that applicant under a final judgment or claim described 
     in subsection (c)(2) from any source other than this Fund, 
     such applicant may apply to the Special Master for the 
     difference between the percentage of compensatory damages the 
     applicant has received from other sources and the percentage 
     of compensatory damages to be awarded other eligible 
     applicants from the Fund.
       (4) Additional payments.--On January 1 of the second 
     calendar year that begins after the date of the initial 
     payments described in paragraph (1) if funds are available in 
     the Fund, the Special Master shall authorize additional 
     payments on a pro rata basis to those claimants with eligible 
     claims under subsection (c)(2) and shall authorize additional 
     payments for eligible claims annually thereafter if funds are 
     available in the Fund.
       (5) Subrogation and retention of rights.--
       (A) United states subrogated to creditor rights to the 
     extent of payment.--The United States shall be subrogated to 
     the rights of any person who applies for and receives 
     payments under this section, but only to the extent and in 
     the amount of such payments made under this section. The 
     President shall pursue these subrogated rights as claims or 
     offsets of the United States in appropriate ways, including 
     any negotiation process that precedes the normalization of 
     relations between the foreign state designated as a state 
     sponsor of terrorism and the United States or the lifting of 
     sanctions against such foreign state.
       (B) Rights retained.--To the extent amounts of damages 
     remain unpaid and outstanding following any payments made 
     under this subsection, each applicant shall retain that 
     applicant's creditor rights in any unpaid and outstanding 
     amounts of the judgment, including any prejudgment or post-
     judgment interest, or punitive damages, awarded by the United 
     States district court pursuant to a judgment.
       (e) United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism 
     Fund.--
       (1) Establishment of united states victims of state 
     sponsored terrorism fund.--There is established in the 
     Treasury a fund, to be designated as the United States 
     Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.
       (2) Deposit and transfer.--Beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the following shall be deposited or 
     transferred into the Fund for distribution under this 
     section:
       (A) Forfeited funds and property.--
       (i) Criminal funds and property.--All funds, and the net 
     proceeds from the sale of property, forfeited or paid to the 
     United States after the date of enactment of this Act as a 
     criminal penalty or fine arising from a violation of any 
     license, order, regulation, or prohibition issued under the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     et seq.) or the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 
     et seq.), or any related criminal conspiracy, scheme, or 
     other Federal offense arising from the actions of, or doing 
     business with or acting on behalf of, a state sponsor of 
     terrorism.
       (ii) Civil funds and property.--One-half of all funds, and 
     one-half of the net proceeds from the sale of property, 
     forfeited or paid to the United States after the date of 
     enactment of this Act as a civil penalty or fine arising from 
     a violation of any license, order, regulation, or prohibition 
     issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Trading with the Enemy Act 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), or any related conspiracy, 
     scheme, or other Federal offense arising from the actions of, 
     or doing business with or acting on behalf of, a state 
     sponsor of terrorism.
       (B) Transfer into fund of certain assigned assets of iran 
     and election to participate in fund.--
       (i) Deposit into fund of assigned proceeds from sale of 
     properties and related assets identified in in re 650 fifth 
     avenue & related properties.--

       (I) In general.--Except as provided in subclause (II), if 
     the United States receives a final judgment forfeiting the 
     properties and related assets identified in the proceedings 
     captioned as In Re 650 Fifth Avenue & Related Properties, No. 
     08 Civ. 10934 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 17, 2008), the net 
     proceeds (not including the litigation expenses and sales 
     costs incurred by the United States) resulting from the sale 
     of such properties and related assets by the United States 
     shall be deposited into the Fund.
       (II) Limitation.--The following proceeds resulting from any 
     sale of the properties and related assets identified in 
     subclause (I) shall not be transferred into the Fund:

       (aa) The percentage of proceeds attributable to any party 
     identified as a Settling Judgment Creditor in the order dated 
     April 16, 2014, in such proceedings, who does not make an 
     election (described in clause (iii)) to participate in the 
     Fund.
       (bb) The percentage of proceeds attributable to the parties 
     identified as the Hegna Judgment Creditors in such 
     proceedings, unless and until a final judgment is entered 
     denying the claims of such creditors.
       (ii) Deposit into fund of assigned assets identified in 
     peterson v. islamic republic of iran.--If a final judgment is 
     entered in Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 10 Civ. 
     4518 (S.D.N.Y.), awarding the assets at issue in that case to 
     the judgment creditors identified in the order dated July 9, 
     2013, those assets shall be deposited into the Fund, but only 
     to the extent, and in such percentage, that the rights, 
     title, and interest to such assets were assigned through 
     elections made pursuant to clause (iii).
       (iii) Election to participate in the fund.--Upon written 
     notice to the Attorney General, the Special Master, and the 
     chief judge of the United States District Court for the 
     Southern District of New York within 60 days after the date 
     of the publication required under subsection (b)(2)(A) a 
     United States person, who is a judgment creditor in the 
     proceedings captioned Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     No. 10 Civ. 4518 (S.D.N.Y.), or a Settling Judgment Creditor 
     as identified in the order dated May 27, 2014, in the 
     proceedings captioned In Re 650 Fifth Avenue & Related 
     Properties, No. 08 Civ. 10934 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 17, 2008), 
     shall have the right to elect to participate in the Fund and, 
     to the extent any such person exercises such right, shall 
     irrevocably assign to the Fund all rights, title, and 
     interest to such person's claims to the assets at issue in 
     such proceedings. To the extent that a United States person 
     is both a judgment creditor in the proceedings captioned 
     Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 10 Civ. 4518 
     (S.D.N.Y.) and a Settling Judgment Creditor in In Re 650 
     Fifth Avenue & Related Properties, No. 08 Civ. 10934 
     (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 17, 2008), any election by such person 
     to participate in the Fund pursuant to this paragraph shall 
     operate as an election to assign any and all rights, title, 
     and interest in the assets in both actions for the purposes 
     of participating in the Fund. The Attorney General is 
     authorized to pursue any such assigned rights, title, and 
     interest in those claims for the benefit of the Fund.
       (iv) Application for conditional payment.--A United States 
     person who is a judgment creditor or a Settling Judgment 
     Creditor in the proceedings identified in clause (iii) and 
     who does not elect to participate in the Fund may, 
     notwithstanding such failure to elect, submit an application 
     for conditional payment from the Fund, subject to the 
     following limitations:

       (I) In general.--Notwithstanding any such claimant's 
     eligibility for payment and the initial deadline for initial 
     payments set forth in subsection (d)(2), the Special Master 
     shall allocate but withhold payment to an eligible claimant 
     who applies for a conditional payment under this paragraph 
     until such time as an adverse final judgment is entered in 
     both of the proceedings identified in clause (iii).
       (II) Exception.--

       (aa) In the event that an adverse final judgment is entered 
     in the proceedings captioned Peterson v. Islamic Republic of 
     Iran, No. 10 Civ. 4518 (S.D.N.Y), prior to a final judgment 
     being entered in the proceedings captioned In Re 650 Fifth 
     Avenue & Related Properties, No. 08 Civ. 10934 (S.D.N.Y. 
     filed Dec. 17, 2008), the Special Master shall release a 
     portion of an eligible claimant's conditional payment to such 
     eligible claimant if the Special Master anticipates that such 
     claimant will receive less than the amount of the conditional 
     payment from any proceeds from a final judgment that is 
     entered in favor of the plaintiffs in In Re 650 Fifth Avenue 
     & Related Properties. Such portion shall not exceed the 
     difference between the amount of the conditional payment and 
     the amount the Special Master anticipates such claimant will 
     receive from the proceeds of In Re 650 Fifth Avenue & Related 
     Properties.
       (bb) In the event that a final judgment is entered in favor 
     of the plaintiffs in the proceedings captioned Peterson v. 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 10 Civ. 4518 (S.D.N.Y) and 
     funds are distributed, the payments allocated to claimants 
     who applied for a conditional payment under this subparagraph 
     shall be considered void, and any funds previously allocated 
     to such conditional payments shall be made available and 
     distributed to all other eligible claimants pursuant to 
     subsection (d).
       (3) Expenditures from fund.--Amounts in the Fund shall be 
     available, without further appropriation, for the payment of 
     eligible claims and compensation of the Special Master in 
     accordance with this section.

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       (4) Management of fund.--The Fund shall be managed and 
     invested in the same manner as a trust fund is managed and 
     invested under section 9602 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.
       (5) Funding.--There is appropriated to the Fund, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $1,025,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 
     until expended.
       (6) Termination.--
       (A) In general.--Amounts in the Fund may not be obligated 
     on or after January 2, 2026.
       (B) Closing of fund.--Effective on the day after all 
     amounts authorized to be paid from the Fund under this 
     section that were obligated before January 2, 2026 are 
     expended, any unobligated balances in the Fund shall be 
     transferred, as appropriate, to either the Department of the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund established under section 9705 of 
     title 31, United States Code, or to the Department of Justice 
     Assets Forfeiture Fund established under section 524(c)(1) of 
     title 28, United States Code.
       (f) Attorneys' Fees and Costs.--
       (1) In general.--No attorney shall charge, receive, or 
     collect, and the Special Master shall not approve, any 
     payment of fees and costs that in the aggregate exceeds 25 
     percent of any payment made under this section.
       (2) Penalty.--Any attorney who violates paragraph (1) shall 
     be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for 
     not more than 1 year, or both.
       (g) Award of Compensation to Informers.--
       (1) In general.--Any United States person who holds a final 
     judgment described in subsection (c)(2)(A) or a claim under 
     subsection (c)(2)(B) or (c)(2)(C) and who meets the 
     requirements set forth in paragraph (2) is entitled to 
     receive an award of 10 percent of the funds deposited in the 
     Fund under subsection (e)(2) attributable to information such 
     person furnished to the Attorney General that leads to a 
     forfeiture described in subsection (e)(2)(A), which is made 
     after the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to a 
     proceeding resulting in forfeiture that was initiated after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) Person described.--A person meets the requirements of 
     this paragraph if--
       (A) the person identifies and notifies the Attorney General 
     of funds or property--
       (i) of a state sponsor of terrorism, or held by a third 
     party on behalf of or subject to the control of that state 
     sponsor of terrorism;
       (ii) that were not previously identified or known by the 
     United States Government; and
       (iii) that are subsequently forfeited directly or in the 
     form of substitute assets to the United States; and
       (B) the Attorney General finds that the identification and 
     notification under subparagraph (A) by that person 
     substantially contributed to the forfeiture to the United 
     States.
       (h) Special Exclusion From Compensation.--In no event shall 
     an individual who is criminally culpable for an act of 
     international terrorism receive any compensation under this 
     section, either directly or on behalf of a victim.
       (i) Report to Congress.--Within 30 days after authorizing 
     the payment of compensation of eligible claims pursuant to 
     subsection (d), the Special Master shall submit to the 
     chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the chairman 
     and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
     of the Senate a report on the payment of eligible claims, 
     which shall include--
       (1) an explanation of the procedures for filing and 
     processing of applications for compensation; and
       (2) an analysis of the payments made to United States 
     persons from the Fund and the amount of outstanding eligible 
     claims, including--
       (A) the number of applications for compensation submitted;
       (B) the number of applications approved and the amount of 
     each award;
       (C) the number of applications denied and the reasons for 
     the denial;
       (D) the number of applications for compensation that are 
     pending for which compensatory damages have not been paid in 
     full; and
       (E) the total amount of compensatory damages from eligible 
     claims that have been paid and that remain unpaid.
       (j) Definitions.--In this section the following definitions 
     apply:
       (1) Act of international terrorism.--The term ``act of 
     international terrorism'' includes--
       (A) an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft 
     sabotage, or hostage taking as those terms are defined in 
     section 1605A(h) of title 28, United States Code; and
       (B) providing material support or resources, as defined in 
     section 2339A of title 18, United States Code, for an act 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       (2) Adverse final judgment.--The term ``adverse final 
     judgment'' means a final judgment in favor of the defendant, 
     or defendants, in the proceedings identified in subsection 
     (e)(2)(B)(iii), or which does not order any payment from, or 
     award any interest in, the assets at issue in such 
     proceedings to the plaintiffs, judgment creditors, or 
     Settling Judgment Creditors in such proceedings.
       (3) Compensatory damages.--The term ``compensatory 
     damages'' does not include pre-judgment or post-judgment 
     interest or punitive damages.
       (4) Final judgment.--The term ``final judgment'' means an 
     enforceable final judgment, decree or order on liability and 
     damages entered by a United States district court that is not 
     subject to further appellate review, but does not include a 
     judgment, decree, or order that has been waived, 
     relinquished, satisfied, espoused by the United States, or 
     subject to a bilateral claims settlement agreement between 
     the United States and a foreign state. In the case of a 
     default judgment, such judgment shall not be considered a 
     final judgment until such time as service of process has been 
     completed pursuant to section 1608(e) of title 28, United 
     States Code.
       (5) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the United States 
     Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund established by this 
     section.
       (6) Source other than this fund.--The term ``source other 
     than this Fund'' means all collateral sources, including life 
     insurance, pension funds, death benefit programs, payments by 
     Federal, State, or local governments (including payments from 
     the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (49 U.S.C. 40101 
     note)), and court awarded compensation related to the act of 
     international terrorism that gave rise to a claimant's final 
     judgment. The term ``entitled or scheduled to receive'' in 
     subsection (d)(3)(B)(i) includes any potential recovery where 
     that person or their representative is a party to any civil 
     or administrative action pending in any court or agency of 
     competent jurisdiction in which the party seeks to enforce 
     the judgment giving rise to the application to the Fund.
       (7) State sponsor of terrorism.--The term ``state sponsor 
     of terrorism'' means a country the government of which the 
     Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
     6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
     4605(j)), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of law, is a 
     government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism.
       (8) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means a natural person who has suffered an injury 
     arising from the actions of a foreign state for which the 
     foreign state has been determined not to be immune from the 
     jurisdiction of the courts of the United States under section 
     1605A or section 1605(a)(7) (as such section was in effect on 
     January 27, 2008) of title 28, United States Code, or is 
     eligible to make a claim under subsection (c)(2)(B) or 
     subsection (c)(2)(C).
       (k) Severability.--The provisions of this section are 
     severable. If any provision of this section, or any 
     application thereof, is found unconstitutional, that finding 
     shall not affect any provision or application of this section 
     not so adjudicated.

     SEC. 405. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS.

       (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, including section 982 of title 18, United States Code, 
     and section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     853), none of the funds paid to the United States Government 
     by BNP Paribas S.A. as part of, or related to, a plea 
     agreement dated June 27, 2014, entered into between the 
     Department of Justice and BNP Paribas S.A., and subject to a 
     consent order entered by the United States District Court for 
     the Southern District of New York on May 1, 2015, in United 
     States v. BNPP, No. 14 Cr. 460 (S.D.N.Y.) to settle charges 
     against BNP Paribas S.A. for conspiracy to commit an offense 
     against the United States in violation of section 371 of 
     title 18, United States Code, by conspiring to violate the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     et seq.), and the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 
     et seq.), may be used by the United States Government--
       (1) in any manner in furtherance of the proposed use of 
     such funds by the Department of Justice to compensate 
     individuals as announced by the Department of Justice on May 
     1, 2015; or
       (2) in any other manner whatsoever, including in 
     furtherance of any program to compensate victims of 
     international or state sponsored terrorism, except as such 
     funds are directed by Congress pursuant to this title and the 
     amendments made by this title.
       (b) Rescission of Funds From BNP Settlement.--Of the 
     amounts in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 
     established under section 9705 of title 31, United States 
     Code, $3,800,000,000 from funds paid to the United States 
     Government by BNP Paribas S.A. as part of, or related to, a 
     plea agreement dated June 27, 2014, entered into between the 
     Department of Justice and BNP Paribas S.A., and subject to a 
     consent order entered by the United States District Court for 
     the Southern District of New York on May 1, 2015, in United 
     States v. BNPP, No. 14 Cr. 460 (S.D.N.Y.), shall be 
     deobligated, if necessary, and shall be permanently 
     rescinded.

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               TITLE V--MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROVISIONS

     SEC. 501. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.

       Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$205,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$5,000,000''.

     SEC. 502. MEDICARE PAYMENT INCENTIVE FOR THE TRANSITION FROM 
                   TRADITIONAL X-RAY IMAGING TO DIGITAL 
                   RADIOGRAPHY AND OTHER MEDICARE IMAGING PAYMENT 
                   PROVISION.

       (a) Physician Fee Schedule.--
       (1) Payment incentive for transition.--
       (A) In general.--Section 1848(b) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(9) Special rule to incentivize transition from 
     traditional x-ray imaging to digital radiography.--
       ``(A) Limitation on payment for film x-ray imaging 
     services.--In the case of an imaging service (including the 
     imaging portion of a service) that is an X-ray taken using 
     film and that is furnished during 2017 or a subsequent year, 
     the payment amount for the technical component (including the 
     technical component portion of a global service) of such 
     service that would otherwise be determined under this section 
     (without application of this paragraph and before application 
     of any other adjustment under this section) for such year 
     shall be reduced by 20 percent.
       ``(B) Phased-in limitation on payment for computed 
     radiography imaging services.--In the case of an imaging 
     service (including the imaging portion of a service) that is 
     an X-ray taken using computed radiography technology--
       ``(i) in the case of such a service furnished during 2018, 
     2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, the payment amount for the 
     technical component (including the technical component 
     portion of a global service) of such service that would 
     otherwise be determined under this section (without 
     application of this paragraph and before application of any 
     other adjustment under this section) for such year shall be 
     reduced by 7 percent; and
       ``(ii) in the case of such a service furnished during 2023 
     or a subsequent year, the payment amount for the technical 
     component (including the technical component portion of a 
     global service) of such service that would otherwise be 
     determined under this section (without application of this 
     paragraph and before application of any other adjustment 
     under this section) for such year shall be reduced by 10 
     percent.
       ``(C) Computed radiography technology defined.--For 
     purposes of this paragraph, the term `computed radiography 
     technology' means cassette-based imaging which utilizes an 
     imaging plate to create the image involved.
       ``(D) Implementation.--In order to implement this 
     paragraph, the Secretary shall adopt appropriate mechanisms 
     which may include use of modifiers.''.
       (B) Exemption from budget neutrality.--Section 
     1848(c)(2)(B)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
     4(c)(2)(B)(v)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subclause:

       ``(X) Reduced expenditures attributable to incentives to 
     transition to digital radiography.--Effective for fee 
     schedules established beginning with 2017, reduced 
     expenditures attributable to subparagraph (A) of subsection 
     (b)(9) and effective for fee schedules established beginning 
     with 2018, reduced expenditures attributable to subparagraph 
     (B) of such subsection.''.

       (2) Reduction of discount in payment for professional 
     component of multiple imaging services.--
       (A) In general.--Section 1848(b) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(b)), as amended by paragraph (1), is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(10) Reduction of discount in payment for professional 
     component of multiple imaging services.--In the case of the 
     professional component of imaging services furnished on or 
     after January 1, 2017, instead of the 25 percent reduction 
     for multiple procedures specified in the final rule published 
     by the Secretary in the Federal Register on November 28, 
     2011, as amended in the final rule published by the Secretary 
     in the Federal Register on November 16, 2012, the reduction 
     percentage shall be 5 percent.''.
       (B) Exemption from budget neutrality.--Section 
     1848(c)(2)(B)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w 
     4(c)(2)(B)(v)), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended by 
     adding at the end by the following new subclause:

       ``(XI) Discount in payment for professional component of 
     imaging services.--Effective for fee schedules established 
     beginning with 2017, reduced expenditures attributable to 
     subsection (b)(10).''.

       (C) Conforming amendment.--Section 220(i) of the Protecting 
     Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4 note) is 
     repealed.
       (b) Payment Incentive for Transition Under Hospital 
     Outpatient Prospective Payment System.--Section 1833(t)(16) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395(t)(16)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Payment incentive for the transition from traditional 
     x-ray imaging to digital radiography.--Notwithstanding the 
     previous provisions of this subsection:
       ``(i) Limitation on payment for film x-ray imaging 
     services.--In the case of an imaging service that is an X-ray 
     taken using film and that is furnished during 2017 or a 
     subsequent year, the payment amount for such service 
     (including the X-ray component of a packaged service) that 
     would otherwise be determined under this section (without 
     application of this paragraph and before application of any 
     other adjustment under this subsection) for such year shall 
     be reduced by 20 percent.
       ``(ii) Phased-in limitation on payment for computed 
     radiography imaging services.--In the case of an imaging 
     service that is an X-ray taken using computed radiography 
     technology (as defined in section 1848(b)(9)(C))--

       ``(I) in the case of such a service furnished during 2018, 
     2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, the payment amount for such 
     service (including the X-ray component of a packaged service) 
     that would otherwise be determined under this section 
     (without application of this paragraph and before application 
     of any other adjustment under this subsection) for such year 
     shall be reduced by 7 percent; and
       ``(II) in the case of such a service furnished during 2023 
     or a subsequent year, the payment amount for such service 
     (including the X-ray component of a packaged service) that 
     would otherwise be determined under this section (without 
     application of this paragraph and before application of any 
     other adjustment under this subsection) for such year shall 
     be reduced by 10 percent.

       ``(iii) Application without regard to budget neutrality.--
     The reductions made under this subparagraph--

       ``(I) shall not be considered an adjustment under paragraph 
     (2)(E); and
       ``(II) shall not be implemented in a budget neutral manner.

       ``(iv) Implementation.--In order to implement this 
     subparagraph, the Secretary shall adopt appropriate 
     mechanisms which may include use of modifiers.''.

     SEC. 503. LIMITING FEDERAL MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT TO STATES 
                   FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (DME) TO MEDICARE 
                   PAYMENT RATES.

       (a) Medicaid Reimbursement.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1396b(i)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (25), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (26) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(27) with respect to any amounts expended by the State on 
     the basis of a fee schedule for items described in section 
     1861(n) and furnished on or after January 1, 2019, as 
     determined in the aggregate with respect to each class of 
     such items as defined by the Secretary, in excess of the 
     aggregate amount, if any, that would be paid for such items 
     within such class on a fee-for-service basis under the 
     program under part B of title XVIII, including, as 
     applicable, under a competitive acquisition program under 
     section 1847 in an area of the State.''.
       (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in the amendments made 
     by paragraph (1) shall be construed to prohibit a State 
     Medicaid program from providing medical assistance for 
     durable medical equipment for which payment is denied or not 
     available under the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
     such Act.
       (b) Evaluating Application of DME Payment Limits Under 
     Medicaid.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     evaluate the impact of applying Medicare payment rates with 
     respect to payment for durable medical equipment under the 
     Medicaid program under section 1903(i)(27) of the Social 
     Security Act, as inserted by subsection (a)(1)(C). The 
     Secretary shall make available to the public the results of 
     such evaluation.

     SEC. 504. TREATMENT OF DISPOSABLE DEVICES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1834 of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395m) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(s) Payment for Applicable Disposable Devices.--
       ``(1) Separate payment.--The Secretary shall make a payment 
     (separate from the payments otherwise made under section 
     1895) in the amount established under paragraph (3) to a home 
     health agency for an applicable disposable device (as defined 
     in paragraph (2)) when furnished on or after January 1, 2017, 
     to an individual who receives home health services for which 
     payment is made under section 1895(b).
       ``(2) Applicable disposable device.--In this subsection, 
     the term applicable disposable device means a disposable 
     device that, as determined by the Secretary, is--
       ``(A) a disposable negative pressure wound therapy device 
     that is an integrated system comprised of a non-manual vacuum 
     pump, a receptacle for collecting exudate, and dressings for 
     the purposes of wound therapy; and
       ``(B) a substitute for, and used in lieu of, a negative 
     pressure wound therapy durable medical equipment item that is 
     an integrated system of a negative pressure vacuum

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     pump, a separate exudate collection canister, and dressings 
     that would otherwise be covered for individuals for such 
     wound therapy.
       ``(3) Payment amount.--The separate payment amount 
     established under this paragraph for an applicable disposable 
     device for a year shall be equal to the amount of the payment 
     that would be made under section 1833(t) (relating to payment 
     for covered OPD services) for the year for the Level I 
     Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code for 
     which the description for a professional service includes the 
     furnishing of such device.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Coinsurance.--Section 1833(a)(1) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``and (Z)'' and inserting ``(Z)''; and
       (B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
     following: ``, and (AA) with respect to an applicable 
     disposable device (as defined in paragraph (2) of section 
     1834(s)) furnished to an individual pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     of such section, the amount paid shall be equal to 80 percent 
     of the lesser of the actual charge or the amount determined 
     under paragraph (3) of such section''.
       (2) Home health.--Section 1861(m)(5) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(m)(5)) is amended by inserting ``and 
     applicable disposable devices (as defined in section 
     1834(s)(2))'' after ``durable medical equipment''.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) GAO study and report on disposable devices.--
       (A) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study on the value of disposable devices to 
     the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries and the role 
     of disposable devices as substitutes for durable medical 
     equipment. Such study shall address the following:
       (i) The types of disposable devices that could potentially 
     qualify as being substitutes for durable medical equipment 
     under the Medicare program, the similarities and differences 
     between such disposable devices and the durable medical 
     equipment for which they would be a substitute, and the 
     extent to which other payers, including the Medicaid program 
     and private payers, cover such disposable devices.
       (ii) Views of, and information from, medical device 
     manufacturers, providers of services, and suppliers on the 
     incentives and disincentives under current Medicare coverage 
     and payment policies for disposable devices that are 
     substitutes for durable medical equipment and how such 
     policies affect manufacturers' decisions to develop 
     innovative products and providers' and suppliers' decisions 
     to use such products.
       (iii) Implications of expanding coverage under the Medicare 
     program to include additional disposable devices that are 
     substitutes for durable medical equipment.
       (iv) Payment methodologies that could be used to pay for 
     disposable devices that are substitutes for durable medical 
     equipment other than applicable disposable devices pursuant 
     to the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b).
       (v) Other applicable areas determined appropriate by the 
     Comptroller General.
       (B) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services a report on the study conducted under 
     subparagraph (A), together with recommendations for such 
     legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller 
     General determines to be appropriate.
       (2) GAO study and report on the impact of the payment of 
     applicable disposable devices.--
       (A) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study on the impact of the payment for 
     applicable disposable devices (as defined in section 
     1834(s)(2) of the Social Security Act) under the provisions 
     of, and the amendments made by, subsections (a) and (b). Such 
     study shall address the following:
       (i) The impact on utilization and Medicare program and 
     beneficiary spending as a result of such provisions and 
     amendments.
       (ii) The type of Medicare beneficiaries who, under the home 
     health benefit, use the applicable disposable device and the 
     period of use of the applicable disposable devices compared 
     to the beneficiaries who use the substitute durable medical 
     equipment and their period of use.
       (iii) How payment rates of other payers, including the 
     Medicaid program and private payers, for applicable 
     disposable devices compare to the payment rates for such 
     devices under such provisions and amendments.
       (iv) Other applicable areas determined appropriate by the 
     Comptroller General.
       (B) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services a report on the study conducted under 
     subparagraph (A), together with recommendations for such 
     legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller 
     General determines to be appropriate.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to items furnished on or after January 1, 2017.

                         TITLE VI--PUERTO RICO

     SEC. 601. MODIFICATION OF MEDICARE INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT 
                   RATE FOR PUERTO RICO HOSPITALS.

       Section 1886(d)(9)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395ww(d)(9)(E)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (iii);
       (2) in clause (iv)--
       (A) by inserting ``and before January 1, 2016,'' after 
     ``2004,''; and
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(v) on or after January 1, 2016, the applicable Puerto 
     Rico percentage is 0 percent and the applicable Federal 
     percentage is 100 percent.''.

     SEC. 602. APPLICATION OF MEDICARE HITECH PAYMENTS TO 
                   HOSPITALS IN PUERTO RICO.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (n)(6)(B) of section 1886 of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) is amended by 
     striking ``subsection (d) hospital'' and inserting ``hospital 
     that is a subsection (d) hospital or a subsection (d) Puerto 
     Rico hospital''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix) of section 1886 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) is amended--
       (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``(n)(6)(A)'' and 
     inserting ``(n)(6)(B)''; and
       (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``a subsection (d) 
     hospital'' and inserting ``an eligible hospital''.
       (2) Paragraphs (2) and (4)(A) of section 1853(m) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(m)) are each amended 
     by striking ``1886(n)(6)(A)'' and inserting 
     ``1886(n)(6)(B)''.
       (c) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement 
     the amendments made by this section by program instruction or 
     otherwise.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply as if included in the enactment of the American 
     Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), 
     except that, in order to take into account delays in the 
     implementation of this section, in applying subsections 
     (b)(3)(B)(ix), (n)(2)(E)(ii), and (n)(2)(G)(i) of section 
     1886 of the Social Security Act, as amended by this section, 
     any reference in such subsections to a particular year shall 
     be treated with respect to a subsection (d) Puerto Rico 
     hospital as a reference to the year that is 5 years after 
     such particular year (or 7 years after such particular year 
     in the case of applying subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix) of such 
     section).

                     TITLE VII--FINANCIAL SERVICES

     SEC. 701. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this title is as follows:

Sec. 701. Table of contents.
Sec. 702. Limitations on sale of preferred stock.
Sec. 703. Confidentiality of information shared between State and 
              Federal financial services regulators.
Sec. 704. Application of FACA.
Sec. 705. Treatment of affiliate transactions.
Sec. 706. Ensuring the protection of insurance policyholders.
Sec. 707. Limitation on SEC funds.
Sec. 708. Elimination of reporting requirement.
Sec. 709. Extension of Hardest Hit Fund; Termination of Making Home 
              Affordable initiative.

     SEC. 702. LIMITATIONS ON SALE OF PREFERRED STOCK.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Treasury.
       (2) Senior preferred stock purchase agreement.--The term 
     ``Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement'' means--
       (A) the Amended and Restated Senior Preferred Stock 
     Purchase Agreement, dated September 26, 2008, as such 
     Agreement has been amended on May 6, 2009, December 24, 2009, 
     and August 17, 2012, respectively, and as such Agreement may 
     be further amended and restated, entered into between the 
     Department of the Treasury and each enterprise, as 
     applicable; and
       (B) any provision of any certificate in connection with 
     such Agreement creating or designating the terms, powers, 
     preferences, privileges, limitations, or any other conditions 
     of the Variable Liquidation Preference Senior Preferred Stock 
     of an enterprise issued or sold pursuant to such Agreement.
       (b) Limitations on Sale of Preferred Stock.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any provision 
     of the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, until at 
     least January 1, 2018, the Secretary may not sell, transfer, 
     relinquish, liquidate, divest, or otherwise dispose of any 
     outstanding shares of senior preferred stock acquired 
     pursuant to the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, 
     unless Congress has passed and the President has signed into 
     law legislation that includes a specific instruction to the 
     Secretary regarding the sale, transfer, relinquishment, 
     liquidation, divestiture, or

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     other disposition of the senior preferred stock so acquired.
       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the Sense of Congress that 
     Congress should pass and the President should sign into law 
     legislation determining the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie 
     Mac, and that notwithstanding the expiration of subsection 
     (b), the Secretary should not sell, transfer, relinquish, 
     liquidate, divest, or otherwise dispose of any outstanding 
     shares of senior preferred stock acquired pursuant to the 
     Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement until such 
     legislation is enacted.

     SEC. 703. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION SHARED BETWEEN STATE 
                   AND FEDERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORS.

       Section 1512(a) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 
     2008 (12 U.S.C. 5111(a)) is amended by inserting ``or 
     financial services'' before ``industry''.

     SEC. 704. APPLICATION OF FACA.

       Section 1013 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 
     2010 (12 U.S.C. 5493) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(h) Application of FACA.--Notwithstanding any provision 
     of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), such 
     Act shall apply to each advisory committee of the Bureau and 
     each subcommittee of such an advisory committee.''.

     SEC. 705. TREATMENT OF AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS.

       (a) Commodity Exchange Act Amendments.--Section 2(h)(7)(D) 
     of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2(h)(7)(D)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (v);
       (2) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(i) In general.--An affiliate of a person that qualifies 
     for an exception under subparagraph (A) (including affiliate 
     entities predominantly engaged in providing financing for the 
     purchase of the merchandise or manufactured goods of the 
     person) may qualify for the exception only if the affiliate--

       ``(I) enters into the swap to hedge or mitigate the 
     commercial risk of the person or other affiliate of the 
     person that is not a financial entity, and the commercial 
     risk that the affiliate is hedging or mitigating has been 
     transferred to the affiliate;
       ``(II) is directly and wholly-owned by another affiliate 
     qualified for the exception under this subparagraph or an 
     entity that is not a financial entity;
       ``(III) is not indirectly majority-owned by a financial 
     entity;
       ``(IV) is not ultimately owned by a parent company that is 
     a financial entity; and
       ``(V) does not provide any services, financial or 
     otherwise, to any affiliate that is a nonbank financial 
     company supervised by the Board of Governors (as defined 
     under section 102 of the Financial Stability Act of 2010).

       ``(ii) Limitation on qualifying affiliates.--The exception 
     in clause (i) shall not apply if the affiliate is--

       ``(I) a swap dealer;
       ``(II) a security-based swap dealer;
       ``(III) a major swap participant;
       ``(IV) a major security-based swap participant;
       ``(V) a commodity pool;
       ``(VI) a bank holding company;
       ``(VII) a private fund, as defined in section 202(a) of the 
     Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80-b-2(a));
       ``(VIII) an employee benefit plan or government plan, as 
     defined in paragraphs (3) and (32) of section 3 of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
     1002);
       ``(IX) an insured depository institution;
       ``(X) a farm credit system institution;
       ``(XI) a credit union;
       ``(XII) a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board 
     of Governors (as defined under section 102 of the Financial 
     Stability Act of 2010); or
       ``(XIII) an entity engaged in the business of insurance and 
     subject to capital requirements established by an insurance 
     governmental authority of a State, a territory of the United 
     States, the District of Columbia, a country other than the 
     United States, or a political subdivision of a country other 
     than the United States that is engaged in the supervision of 
     insurance companies under insurance law.

       ``(iii) Limitation on affiliates' affiliates.--Unless the 
     Commission determines, by order, rule, or regulation, that it 
     is in the public interest, the exception in clause (i) shall 
     not apply with respect to an affiliate if the affiliate is 
     itself affiliated with--

       ``(I) a major security-based swap participant;
       ``(II) a security-based swap dealer;
       ``(III) a major swap participant; or
       ``(IV) a swap dealer.

       ``(iv) Conditions on transactions.--With respect to an 
     affiliate that qualifies for the exception in clause (i)--

       ``(I) the affiliate may not enter into any swap other than 
     for the purpose of hedging or mitigating commercial risk; and
       ``(II) neither the affiliate nor any person affiliated with 
     the affiliate that is not a financial entity may enter into a 
     swap with or on behalf of any affiliate that is a financial 
     entity or otherwise assume, net, combine, or consolidate the 
     risk of swaps entered into by any such financial entity, 
     except one that is an affiliate that qualifies for the 
     exception under clause (i).''; and

       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vi) Risk management program.--Any swap entered into by 
     an affiliate that qualifies for the exception in clause (i) 
     shall be subject to a centralized risk management program of 
     the affiliate, which is reasonably designed both to monitor 
     and manage the risks associated with the swap and to identify 
     each of the affiliates on whose behalf a swap was entered 
     into.''.
       (b) Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Amendment.--Section 
     3C(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78c-3(g)(4)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (E);
       (2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--An affiliate of a person that qualifies 
     for an exception under this subsection (including affiliate 
     entities predominantly engaged in providing financing for the 
     purchase of the merchandise or manufactured goods of the 
     person) may qualify for the exception only if the affiliate--
       ``(i) enters into the security-based swap to hedge or 
     mitigate the commercial risk of the person or other affiliate 
     of the person that is not a financial entity, and the 
     commercial risk that the affiliate is hedging or mitigating 
     has been transferred to the affiliate;
       ``(ii) is directly and wholly-owned by another affiliate 
     qualified for the exception under this paragraph or an entity 
     that is not a financial entity;
       ``(iii) is not indirectly majority-owned by a financial 
     entity;
       ``(iv) is not ultimately owned by a parent company that is 
     a financial entity; and
       ``(v) does not provide any services, financial or 
     otherwise, to any affiliate that is a nonbank financial 
     company supervised by the Board of Governors (as defined 
     under section 102 of the Financial Stability Act of 2010).
       ``(B) Limitation on qualifying affiliates.--The exception 
     in subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the affiliate is--
       ``(i) a swap dealer;
       ``(ii) a security-based swap dealer;
       ``(iii) a major swap participant;
       ``(iv) a major security-based swap participant;
       ``(v) a commodity pool;
       ``(vi) a bank holding company;
       ``(vii) a private fund, as defined in section 202(a) of the 
     Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80-b-2(a));
       ``(viii) an employee benefit plan or government plan, as 
     defined in paragraphs (3) and (32) of section 3 of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
     1002);
       ``(ix) an insured depository institution;
       ``(x) a farm credit system institution;
       ``(xi) a credit union;
       ``(xii) a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board 
     of Governors (as defined under section 102 of the Financial 
     Stability Act of 2010); or
       ``(xiii) an entity engaged in the business of insurance and 
     subject to capital requirements established by an insurance 
     governmental authority of a State, a territory of the United 
     States, the District of Columbia, a country other than the 
     United States, or a political subdivision of a country other 
     than the United States that is engaged in the supervision of 
     insurance companies under insurance law.
       ``(C) Limitation on affiliates' affiliates.--Unless the 
     Commission determines, by order, rule, or regulation, that it 
     is in the public interest, the exception in subparagraph (A) 
     shall not apply with respect to an affiliate if such 
     affiliate is itself affiliated with--
       ``(i) a major security-based swap participant;
       ``(ii) a security-based swap dealer;
       ``(iii) a major swap participant; or
       ``(iv) a swap dealer.
       ``(D) Conditions on transactions.--With respect to an 
     affiliate that qualifies for the exception in subparagraph 
     (A)--
       ``(i) such affiliate may not enter into any security-based 
     swap other than for the purpose of hedging or mitigating 
     commercial risk; and
       ``(ii) neither such affiliate nor any person affiliated 
     with such affiliate that is not a financial entity may enter 
     into a security-based swap with or on behalf of any affiliate 
     that is a financial entity or otherwise assume, net, combine, 
     or consolidate the risk of security-based swaps entered into 
     by any such financial entity, except one that is an affiliate 
     that qualifies for the exception under subparagraph (A).''; 
     and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) Risk management program.--Any security-based swap 
     entered into by an affiliate that qualifies for the exception 
     in subparagraph (A) shall be subject to a centralized risk 
     management program of the affiliate, which is reasonably 
     designed both to monitor and manage the risks associated with 
     the security-based swap and to identify each of the 
     affiliates on whose behalf a security-based swap was entered 
     into.''.

     SEC. 706. ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF INSURANCE POLICYHOLDERS.

       (a) Source of Strength.--Section 38A of the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831o-1) is amended--

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       (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as 
     subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Authority of State Insurance Regulator.--
       ``(1) In general.--The provisions of section 5(g) of the 
     Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1844(g)) shall 
     apply to a savings and loan holding company that is an 
     insurance company, an affiliate of an insured depository 
     institution that is an insurance company, and to any other 
     company that is an insurance company and that directly or 
     indirectly controls an insured depository institution, to the 
     same extent as the provisions of that section apply to a bank 
     holding company that is an insurance company.
       ``(2) Rule of construction.--Requiring a bank holding 
     company that is an insurance company, a savings and loan 
     holding company that is an insurance company, an affiliate of 
     an insured depository institution that is an insurance 
     company, or any other company that is an insurance company 
     and that directly or indirectly controls an insured 
     depository institution to serve as a source of financial 
     strength under this section shall be deemed an action of the 
     Board that requires a bank holding company to provide funds 
     or other assets to a subsidiary depository institution for 
     purposes of section 5(g) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 
     1956 (12 U.S.C. 1844(g)).''.
       (b) Liquidation Authority.--The Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 203(e)(3) (12 U.S.C. 5383(e)(3)), by 
     inserting ``or rehabilitation'' after ``orderly liquidation'' 
     each place that term appears; and
       (2) in section 204(d)(4) (12 U.S.C. 5384(d)(4)), by 
     inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ``, 
     except that, if the covered financial company or covered 
     subsidiary is an insurance company or a subsidiary of an 
     insurance company, the Corporation--
       ``(A) shall promptly notify the State insurance authority 
     for the insurance company of the intention to take such lien; 
     and
       ``(B) may only take such lien--
       ``(i) to secure repayment of funds made available to such 
     covered financial company or covered subsidiary; and
       ``(ii) if the Corporation determines, after consultation 
     with the State insurance authority, that such lien will not 
     unduly impede or delay the liquidation or rehabilitation of 
     the insurance company, or the recovery by its 
     policyholders''.

     SEC. 707. LIMITATION ON SEC FUNDS.

       None of the funds made available by any division of this 
     Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission 
     to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or 
     order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
     contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
     trade associations.

     SEC. 708. ELIMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

       Paragraph (6) of section 21(h) of the Securities Exchange 
     Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u(h)) is repealed.

     SEC. 709. EXTENSION OF HARDEST HIT FUND; TERMINATION OF 
                   MAKING HOME AFFORDABLE INITIATIVE.

       (a) Extension of Hardest Hit Fund.--Section 120(b) of the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 
     5230(b)) is amended by inserting after the period at the end 
     the following: ``Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Secretary 
     may further extend the authority provided under this Act to 
     expire on December 31, 2017, provided that (1) any such 
     extension shall apply only with respect to current program 
     participants in the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund 
     for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets, and (2) funds obligated 
     following such extension shall not exceed $2,000,000,000.''.
       (b) Termination.--
       (1) In general.--The Making Home Affordable initiative of 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, as authorized under the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5201 
     et seq.), shall terminate on December 31, 2016.
       (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     loan modification application made under the Home Affordable 
     Modification Program under the Making Home Affordable 
     initiative of the Secretary of the Treasury, as authorized 
     under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 
     U.S.C. 5201 et seq.), before December 31, 2016.

              TITLE VIII--LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

     SEC. 801. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

       (a) Reauthorization.--Section 200302 of title 54, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), in the language preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2018''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30, 
     2015'' and inserting ``September 30, 2018''.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Condemnation or Eminent Domain.--
     Except as provided by subsection (c), for fiscal years 2016, 
     2017, and 2018, unless otherwise provided by division G of 
     this Act or an Act enacted after this Act making 
     appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
     Environment, and Related Agencies, no funds appropriated by 
     such division or Act for the acquisition of lands or 
     interests in lands may be expended for the filing of 
     declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
     the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (c) Exception for Everglades.--Hereafter, subsection (b) 
     shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
     Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
     1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the 
     State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration 
     purposes.

             TITLE IX--NATIONAL OCEANS AND COASTAL SECURITY

     SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``National Oceans and 
     Coastal Security Act''.

     SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Coastal county.--The term ``coastal county'' has the 
     meaning given the term by the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration in the document entitled ``NOAA's 
     List of Coastal Counties for the Bureau of the Census'' (or 
     similar successor document).
       (2) Coastal state.--The term ``coastal State'' has the 
     meaning given the term ``coastal state'' in section 304 of 
     the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453).
       (3) Foundation.--The term ``Foundation'' means the National 
     Fish and Wildlife Foundation established by section 2(a) of 
     the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 3701(a)).
       (4) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the National Oceans and 
     Coastal Security Fund established under section 904(a).
       (5) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' means any 
     federally recognized Indian tribe.
       (6) Administrator.--Except as otherwise specifically 
     provided, the term ``Administrator'' means the Under 
     Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and 
     Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration.
       (7) Tidal shoreline.--The term ``tidal shoreline'' has the 
     meaning given that term pursuant to section 923.110(c)(2)(i) 
     of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or a similar 
     successor regulation.

     SEC. 903. PURPOSES AND AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are to better 
     understand and utilize the oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes of 
     the United States, and ensure present and future generations 
     will benefit from the full range of ecological, economic, 
     social, and recreational opportunities, security, and 
     services these resources are capable of providing.
       (b) Agreements.--The Administrator and the Foundation may 
     enter into such agreements as may be necessary to carry out 
     the purposes of this title.

     SEC. 904. NATIONAL OCEANS AND COASTAL SECURITY FUND.

       (a) Establishment.--The Administrator and the Foundation 
     are authorized to establish the National Oceans and Coastal 
     Security Fund as a tax exempt fund to further the purposes of 
     this title.
       (b) Deposits.--
       (1) In general.--There shall be deposited into the Fund 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out 
     this title.
       (2) Prohibitions on donations from foreign governments.--No 
     amounts donated by a foreign government, as defined in 
     section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, may be deposited 
     into the Fund.
       (c) Requirements.--Any amounts received by the Foundation 
     pursuant to this title shall be subject to the provisions of 
     the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), except the provisions of--
       (1) section 4(e)(1)(B) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 
     3703(e)(1)(B)); and
       (2) section 10(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)).
       (d) Expenditure.--Of the amounts deposited into the Fund 
     for each fiscal year--
       (1) funds may be used by the Foundation to award grants to 
     coastal States under section 906(b);
       (2) funds may be used by the Foundation to award grants 
     under section 906(c);
       (3) no more than 2 percent may be used by the Administrator 
     and the Foundation for administrative expenses to carry out 
     this title, which amount shall be divided between the 
     Administrator and the Foundation pursuant to an agreement 
     reached and documented by both the Administrator and the 
     Foundation.
       (e) Recovery of Payments.--After notice and an opportunity 
     for a hearing, the Administrator is authorized to recover any 
     Federal payments under this section if the Foundation--
       (1) makes a withdrawal or expenditure from the Fund that is 
     not consistent with the requirements of section 905; or
       (2) fails to comply with a procedure, measure, method, or 
     standard established under section 906(a)(1).

     SEC. 905. ELIGIBLE USES.

       (a) In General.--Amounts in the Fund may be allocated by 
     the Foundation to support programs and activities intended to 
     better understand and utilize ocean and coastal

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     resources and coastal infrastructure, including baseline 
     scientific research, ocean observing, and other programs and 
     activities carried out in coordination with Federal and State 
     departments or agencies.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Litigation or Other 
     Purposes.--No funds made available under this title may be 
     used to--
       (1) fund litigation against the Federal Government; or
       (2) fund the creation of national marine monuments and 
     marine protected areas, marine spatial planning, or the 
     National Ocean Policy.

     SEC. 906. GRANTS.

       (a) Administration of Grants.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after funds are 
     deposited into the Fund and made available to the Foundation 
     for administrative purposes, the Foundation shall establish 
     the following:
       (A) Application and review procedures for the awarding of 
     grants under this section, including requirements ensuring 
     that any amounts awarded under such subsections may only be 
     used for an eligible use described under section 905.
       (B) Selection procedures and criteria for the awarding of 
     grants under this section that--
       (i) require consultation with the Administrator and the 
     Secretary of the Interior; and
       (ii) prioritize the projects or activities where non-
     Federal partners have committed to share the cost of the 
     project.
       (C) Eligibility criteria for awarding grants--
       (i) under subsection (b) to coastal States; and
       (ii) under subsection (c) to--

       (I) entities including States, local governments, and 
     Indian tribes; and
       (II) the research and restoration work of associations, 
     nongovernmental organizations, public-private partnerships, 
     and academic institutions.

       (D) Performance accountability and monitoring measures for 
     programs and activities funded by a grant awarded under 
     subsection (b) or (c).
       (E) Procedures and methods to ensure accurate accounting 
     and appropriate administration of grants awarded under this 
     section, including standards of recordkeeping.
       (F) Procedures to carry out audits of the Fund as 
     necessary, but not less frequently than once every year if 
     grants have been awarded in that year.
       (G) Procedures to carry out audits of the recipients of 
     grants under this section.
       (H) Procedures to make publicly available on the Internet a 
     list of all projects funded by the Fund, that includes at a 
     minimum the grant recipient, grant amount, project 
     description, and project status.
       (2) Approval.--The Foundation shall submit to the 
     Administrator for approval each procedure, measure, method, 
     and standard established under paragraph (1).
       (b) Grants to Coastal States.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator and the Foundation may 
     award grants according to the procedures established in 
     subsection (a) to coastal States and United States 
     territories to support activities consistent with section 
     904. In determining distribution of grants, the Foundation 
     may--
       (A) consider for each State--
       (i) percent of total United States shoreline miles;
       (ii) coastal population density; and
       (iii) other factors;
       (B) establish criteria for States, including the 
     requirement for a State to establish a plan to distribute the 
     funds; and
       (C) establish a maximum and minimum percentage of funding 
     to be awarded to each State or United States territory.
       (2) Indian tribes.--As a condition on receipt of a grant 
     under this subsection, a State that receives a grant under 
     this subsection shall ensure that Indian tribes in the State 
     are eligible to participate in any competitive grants 
     established in this title.
       (c) National Grants for Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator and the Foundation may 
     award grants according to the procedures established in 
     subsection (a) to support activities consistent with section 
     905.
       (2) Advisory panel.--
       (A) In general.--The Foundation may establish an advisory 
     panel to conduct reviews of applications for grants under 
     paragraph (1) and the Foundation may consider the 
     recommendations of the advisory panel with respect to such 
     applications.
       (B) Membership.--The advisory panel described under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include persons representing--
       (i) ocean and coastal dependent industries;
       (ii) geographic regions as defined by the Foundation; and
       (iii) academic institutions.

     SEC. 907. ANNUAL REPORT.

       (a) Requirement for Annual Report.--Subject to subsection 
     (c), beginning with fiscal year 2017, not later than 60 days 
     after the end of each fiscal year, the Foundation shall 
     submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
     Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the 
     operation of the Fund during that fiscal year.
       (b) Content.--Each annual report submitted under subsection 
     (a) for a fiscal year shall include--
       (1) a full and complete statement of the receipts, 
     including the source of all receipts, expenditures, and 
     investments of the Fund;
       (2) a statement of the amounts deposited in the Fund and 
     the balance remaining in the Fund at the end of the fiscal 
     year; and
       (3) a description of the expenditures made from the Fund 
     for the fiscal year, including the purpose of the 
     expenditures.

     SEC. 908. FUNDING.

       There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
     necessary for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 for this 
     title.

                     TITLE X--BUDGETARY PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1001. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
     division M and each succeeding division shall not be entered 
     on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) 
     of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
       (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
     division M and each succeeding division hall not be entered 
     on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 
     of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).
       (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding 
     Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 
     joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
     accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, the budgetary effects of division M and each succeeding 
     division shall not be estimated--
       (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and
       (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
     appropriation Act.

     SEC. 1002. AUTHORITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT IN FY 2016 
                   ALLOCATION.

       (a) In General.--After the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
     Representatives may revise appropriate allocations, 
     aggregates, and levels established by Senate Concurrent 
     Resolution 11 (114th Congress) to achieve consistency with 
     the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
       (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--The House adopts the 
     provisions of this section--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
     Representatives and as such they shall be considered as part 
     of the rules of the House of Representatives, and these rules 
     shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
     inconsistent with other such rules; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     the House of Representatives to change those rules at any 
     time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
     case of any other rule of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 1003. ESTIMATES.

       Section 251(a)(7)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(a)(7)(B)) is 
     amended in the first sentence by striking ``the CBO estimate 
     of that legislation, an OMB estimate of the amount of 
     discretionary new budget authority and outlays'' and 
     inserting ``both the CBO and OMB estimates of the amount of 
     discretionary new budget authority''.

                     TITLE XI--IRAQ LOAN AUTHORITY

     SEC. 1101. IRAQ LOAN AUTHORITY.

       (a) Authority.--During fiscal year 2016, direct loans under 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be made 
     available for Iraq, gross obligations for the principal 
     amounts of which shall not exceed $2,700,000,000:  Provided, 
     That funds appropriated under the heading ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'' in title VIII of the Department of State, 
     Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2016 that 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, may be made available for the 
     costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974, of direct loans, except that such funds may not 
     be derived from amounts specifically designated by such Acts 
     for countries other than Iraq:  Provided further, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, and may include the costs of selling, reducing, or 
     cancelling any amounts owed to the United States or any 
     agency of the United States by Iraq:  Provided further, That 
     the Government of the United States may charge fees for such 
     loans, which shall be collected from borrowers in accordance 
     with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
     Provided further, That no funds made available to Iraq by the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 or previous appropriations Acts may 
     be used for payment of any fees associated with such loans:  
     Provided further, That applicable provisions of section 3 of 
     the Arms Export Control Act relating to restrictions on 
     transfers, re-transfers and end-use shall apply to defense 
     articles and services purchased with

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     such loans:  Provided further, That, in consultation with the 
     Government of Iraq, special emphasis shall be placed on 
     assistance to covered groups (as defined in section 
     1223(e)(2)(D) of Public Law 114-92) with the loans made 
     available pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided further, That 
     such loans shall be repaid in not more than 12 years, 
     including a grace period of up to 1 year on repayment of 
     principal.
       (b) Consultation and Notification.--Funds made available 
     pursuant to this section shall be subject to prior 
     consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, 
     and subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Committees.--For the purposes of this section, the 
     terms ``appropriate congressional committees'' and 
     ``Committees on Appropriations'' have the same meaning as 
     used in the Department of State, Foreign Operations and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016.
       (d) Budgetary Effects.--Section 1001 of title X of this 
     division shall not apply to this section.

                   DIVISION P--TAX-RELATED PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this division is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

   TITLE I--HIGH COST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH COVERAGE EXCISE TAX 
                               PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. Delay of excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health 
              coverage.
Sec. 102. Deductibility of excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored 
              health coverage.
Sec. 103. Study on suitable benchmarks for age and gender adjustment of 
              excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health 
              coverage.

           TITLE II--ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS

Sec. 201. Moratorium on annual fee on health insurance providers.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Extension and phaseout of credits for wind facilities.
Sec. 302. Extension of election to treat qualified facilities as energy 
              property.
Sec. 303. Extension and phaseout of solar energy credit.
Sec. 304. Extension and phaseout of credits with respect to qualified 
              solar electric property and qualified solar water heating 
              property.
Sec. 305. Treatment of transportation costs of independent refiners.

   TITLE I--HIGH COST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH COVERAGE EXCISE TAX 
                               PROVISIONS

     SEC. 101. DELAY OF EXCISE TAX ON HIGH COST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED 
                   HEALTH COVERAGE.

       (a) In General.--Sections 9001(c) and 10901(c) of the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by 
     section 1401(b) of the Health Care and Education 
     Reconciliation Act of 2010, are each amended by striking 
     ``2017'' and inserting ``2019''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Clause (v) of section 
     4980I(b)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``as in effect'' and inserting ``as 
     determined for'', and
       (2) by striking ``as so in effect'' and inserting ``as so 
     determined''.

     SEC. 102. DEDUCTIBILITY OF EXCISE TAX ON HIGH COST EMPLOYER-
                   SPONSORED HEALTH COVERAGE.

       Paragraph (10) of section 4980I(f) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(10) Deductibility of tax.--Section 275(a)(6) shall not 
     apply to the tax imposed by subsection (a).''.

     SEC. 103. STUDY ON SUITABLE BENCHMARKS FOR AGE AND GENDER 
                   ADJUSTMENT OF EXCISE TAX ON HIGH COST EMPLOYER-
                   SPONSORED HEALTH COVERAGE.

       Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in 
     consultation with the National Association of Insurance 
     Commissioners, shall report to the Committee on Finance of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
     of Representatives on--
       (1) the suitability of the use (in effect under section 
     4980I(b)(3)(C)(iii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     as of the date of the enactment of this Act) of the premium 
     cost of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield standard benefit option 
     under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan as a 
     benchmark for the age and gender adjustment of the applicable 
     dollar limit with respect to the excise tax on high cost 
     employer-sponsored health coverage under section 4980I of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
       (2) recommendations regarding any more suitable benchmarks 
     for such age and gender adjustment.

           TITLE II--ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS

     SEC. 201. MORATORIUM ON ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE 
                   PROVIDERS.

       Subsection (j) of section 9010 of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act is amended to read as follows:
       ``(j) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to calendar 
     years--
       ``(1) beginning after December 31, 2013, and ending before 
     January 1, 2017, and
       ``(2) beginning after December 31, 2017.''.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. EXTENSION AND PHASEOUT OF CREDITS FOR WIND 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Extension.--Paragraph (1) of section 45(d) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
     ``January 1, 2015'' and inserting ``January 1, 2020''.
       (2) Phaseout.--Subsection (b) of section 45 of such Code is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Phaseout of credit for wind facilities.--In the case 
     of any facility using wind to produce electricity, the amount 
     of the credit determined under subsection (a) (determined 
     after the application of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
     without regard to this paragraph) shall be reduced by--
       ``(A) in the case of any facility the construction of which 
     begins after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2018, 
     20 percent,
       ``(B) in the case of any facility the construction of which 
     begins after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2019, 
     40 percent, and
       ``(C) in the case of any facility the construction of which 
     begins after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 2020, 
     60 percent.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on January 1, 2015.

     SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO TREAT QUALIFIED FACILITIES 
                   AS ENERGY PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--Clause (ii) of section 48(a)(5)(C) is 
     amended by inserting ``(January 1, 2020, in the case of any 
     facility which is described in paragraph (1) of section 
     45(d))'' before ``, and''.
       (b) Phaseout for Wind Facilities.--Paragraph (5) of section 
     48(a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(E) Phaseout of credit for wind facilities.--In the case 
     of any facility using wind to produce electricity, the amount 
     of the credit determined under this section (determined after 
     the application of paragraphs (1) and (2) and without regard 
     to this subparagraph) shall be reduced by--
       ``(i) in the case of any facility the construction of which 
     begins after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2018, 
     20 percent,
       ``(ii) in the case of any facility the construction of 
     which begins after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 
     2019, 40 percent, and
       ``(iii) in the case of any facility the construction of 
     which begins after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 
     2020, 60 percent.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on January 1, 2015.

     SEC. 303. EXTENSION AND PHASEOUT OF SOLAR ENERGY CREDIT.

       (a) Extension.--Subclause (II) of section 48(a)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
     ``periods ending before January 1, 2017'' and inserting 
     ``property the construction of which begins before January 1, 
     2022''.
       (b) Phaseout for Solar Energy Property.--Subsection (a) of 
     section 48 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Phaseout for solar energy property.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case 
     of any energy property described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) the 
     construction of which begins before January 1, 2022, the 
     energy percentage determined under paragraph (2) shall be 
     equal to--
       ``(i) in the case of any property the construction of which 
     begins after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, 
     26 percent, and
       ``(ii) in the case of any property the construction of 
     which begins after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 
     2022, 22 percent.
       ``(B) Placed in service deadline.--In the case of any 
     property energy property described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) the 
     construction of which begins before January 1, 2022, and 
     which is not placed in service before January 1, 2024, the 
     energy percentage determined under paragraph (2) shall be 
     equal to 10 percent.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
     48(a)(2) of such Code is amended by striking ``The energy 
     percentage'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph 
     (6), the energy percentage''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 304. EXTENSION AND PHASEOUT OF CREDITS WITH RESPECT TO 
                   QUALIFIED SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED 
                   SOLAR WATER HEATING PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--Section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended--
       (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), by 
     striking ``30 percent'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``the applicable percentage'',
       (2) in subsection (g), by inserting ``(December 31, 2021, 
     in the case of any qualified solar electric property 
     expenditures and qualified solar water heating property 
     expenditures)'' before the period at the end,

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       (3) by redesignating subsection (g), as amended by 
     paragraph (2), as subsection (h), and
       (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(g) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of paragraphs 
     (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the applicable percentage 
     shall be--
       ``(1) in the case of property placed in service after 
     December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2020, 30 percent,
       ``(2) in the case of property placed in service after 
     December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, 26 percent, 
     and
       ``(3) in the case of property placed in service after 
     December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022, 22 percent.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on January 1, 2017.

     SEC. 305. TREATMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF INDEPENDENT 
                   REFINERS.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 199(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) Transportation costs of independent refiners.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of any taxpayer who is in 
     the trade or business of refining crude oil and who is not a 
     major integrated oil company (as defined in section 
     167(h)(5)(B), determined without regard to clause (iii) 
     thereof) for the taxable year, in computing oil related 
     qualified production activities income under subsection 
     (d)(9)(B), the amount allocated to domestic production gross 
     receipts under paragraph (1)(B) for costs related to the 
     transportation of oil shall be 25 percent of the amount 
     properly allocable under such paragraph (determined without 
     regard to this subparagraph).
       ``(ii) Termination.--Clause (i) shall not apply to any 
     taxable year beginning after December 31, 2021.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2015.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 566, the 
portion of the divided question comprising the amendment specified in 
section 3(a) of House Resolution 566 shall now be considered.
  This portion shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) and the gentlewoman from New 
York (Mrs. Lowey) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present amendment No. 1 to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 2029, the fiscal year 2016 consolidated 
Appropriations Act, legislation that will fund the Federal Government 
for the rest of this fiscal year.
  This funding measure provides $1.149 trillion for critical government 
programs and services. This is the level agreed to in the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2015, which was enacted last month.
  This funding meets the $548 billion defense and $518 billion 
nondefense base budget caps. The omnibus contains full-year 
appropriations legislation for each of the 12 annual appropriations 
bills, weighing priorities and funding levels carefully to prevent 
waste and promote an effective Federal Government.
  The bill targets funding toward our national security, protecting 
against cuts that would damage our military readiness, and securing our 
homeland by strengthening our borders and prioritizing law enforcement.
  The legislation also focuses funding on our veterans, providing 
nearly a 10 percent increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
while addressing VA's problems with construction mismanagement and 
disability claims backlogs.
  It shores up other critical priorities, such as the National 
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, agricultural 
research, and infrastructure.
  The legislation also includes many policy items that will help rein 
in bureaucratic overreach, protecting the rights of Americans, and 
encouraging economic growth.
  The legislation blocks administration proposals to impose new fees on 
ranchers, air passengers, and the oil and gas industries.
  The legislation protects free speech by ensuring that the IRS does 
not suppress the civic participation of 501(c)(4) organizations.
  The bill also preserves the sanctity of life by carrying all existing 
pro-life policy and funding provisions from previous appropriations 
bills. It adds new provisions prohibiting genetic editing of human 
embryos and reduces UNFPA funding by 7 percent.
  To prevent wasteful or questionable spending, the bill halts improper 
behavior at Federal agencies, like making sure the IRS doesn't spend 
any money on frivolous videos or conferences. Within the Labor-Health 
and Human Services portion of the omnibus alone, the legislation 
eliminates 17 duplicative and unnecessary programs--zero on 17.
  The bill provides no new funding for expanded EPA regulatory 
programs, instead holding EPA to its lowest funding level since 2008.
  Finally, this bill includes a number of legislative provisions: the 
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, the Visa Waiver Program 
Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act, and the Intelligence 
Authorization Act, among others.
  Importantly, it includes legislation to lift the 40-year ban on crude 
oil exports, a huge win for our economy and job creation.
  The package reflects a hard-fought, fair compromise, and I believe my 
colleagues on both sides of the aisle should support it.
  The road to this final bill has not been without its bumps and 
obstacles, but I am proud we have finally come to a solution. It has 
been a long, hard odyssey. Although one big catchall bill like this 
omnibus is not the ideal way to conduct business in this House, the 
legislation will do the important work of funding our Federal 
Government and preventing a shutdown.
  Let me add that it would be enormously helpful if, in the other body, 
they would change their procedures and rules so that, on an 
appropriations bill funding the basic level of government, the Senate 
would act in an expeditious way to allow these bills to come up over 
there without the 60-vote requirement.
  Before I close, Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my entire committee and, 
in particular, the hardworking staff for their tireless efforts on this 
legislation. Most of them, Mr. Speaker, have not had a day off since 
before Thanksgiving. They have sacrificed their family time, their 
holiday dinners, countless hours of no sleep in order to bring this 
bill to the floor. Their hard work has resulted in a good bill, and I 
am proud to support it today.
  I also want to thank my counterpart, the ranking member of this 
committee, Mrs. Lowey, for her commitment to getting this done. She has 
been fair. She has been conscientious, a good partner throughout this 
process, and I look forward to continuing to work together in this vein 
this coming year.
  Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment to commemorate one of 
our dear staff, Chuck Turner, and his decades of service to the 
Appropriations Committee and to this House. Chuck, sadly, passed away 
on December 8, but he leaves his final mark on this institution in the 
form of the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill that is a part of 
this bill. His presence will be deeply missed in the Halls of this 
Capitol and in our rows of friends.
  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to putting to bed our fiscal 2016 
appropriations work and turning toward next year, which, with any luck, 
will come in on time and under regular order.
  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  First, I also wish to join my chairman in mourning the loss of one of 
our majority committee staffers, Chuck Turner, who died earlier this 
month. Chuck's passing is a true loss for our committee.
  In the final hours of session for this year, we may finally be 
concluding this year's appropriations process. It hasn't been an easy 
year, but I do want to thank Chairman Rogers, my partner in this 
effort, and the staff for their hard work to put together spending 
bills following the 2-years budget agreement.

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  I am disappointed, however, that the majority attached a repeal of 
the oil export ban to this omnibus spending bill. Such a major policy 
change should not be added at the last minute on a must-pass bill to 
keep government open.
  It is especially disappointing that we could lift the oil export ban 
in this bill and, yet, we don't address the urgent bankruptcy crisis 
facing Puerto Rico. It remains a priority to me and my Democratic 
colleagues, and we must continue all efforts to reach an agreement as 
soon as possible.
  I am pleased that this bill drops more than 150 extraneous policy 
provisions, many of which would have caused a White House veto. Gone 
are dozens of attacks on women's health, labor protections, consumer 
financial protection, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act.
  I was, however, disappointed that we were unable to reverse a 19-
year-old prohibition on Federal funding for the research of gun 
violence. It should have been removed from the Labor-HHS appropriations 
bill years ago.
  The budget agreement enacted in November provided additional funding, 
allowing us to make critical investments, reflecting Democratic values. 
Major increases have been made to the National Institutes of Health, 
Head Start, energy research, infrastructure investments through the 
Army Corps of Engineers, COPS hiring, nutrition funding, and many more 
important priorities. We were also able to prevent steep cuts to the 
Environmental Protection Agency, another agency frequently targeted by 
some in the House majority.
  Also of great importance, the omnibus package carries the 9/11 Victim 
Compensation Fund to ensure we care for those who responded bravely on 
that tragic day and are now sick as a result. I appreciate the 
bipartisan efforts of all those involved to make sure this legislation 
was included.
  In addition, on the State and Foreign Operations division of this 
bill, while there are many provisions that I do support, I am 
frustrated by the punitive cut of $2.5 million to UNFPA and the 
continued attack on women's health.
  I am pleased that this bill sustains our commitment to embassy and 
diplomatic security and continues the unwavering support and robust 
funding for our close allies and partners, Israel and Jordan.
  We also reaffirm our commitment to basic education and investments in 
global health, including PEPFAR, the Global Fund, the Global Alliance 
for Vaccines and Immunization, nutrition, maternal and child health, as 
well as programs to combat tuberculosis, malaria, and pandemic threats.
  In closing, I would have to call this package a mixed bag. While it 
fails to address several key priorities and wrongly includes a giveaway 
to the oil industry, it advances important investments that make our 
communities safer, improves access for early childhood education and 
child care, increases funding for K-12 education and Pell grants, and 
invests in job creation by supporting biomedical research and small 
businesses. Our country will be stronger as a result of these 
investments. I support this compromise legislation.
  I also, in closing, want to thank the staff. The staff has worked day 
and night to put this bill together, including David Pomerantz, Lesley 
Turner, and the entire minority appropriations staff; Will Smith and 
Jim Kulikowski on the majority staff; and Dick Meltzer on the leader's 
staff.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen), the chairman of our 
Defense Subcommittee.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the chairman for the time and for his 
leadership and support, and that of Ms. Pelosi, for our men and women 
in uniform, wherever they serve.
  Mr. Speaker, in the wake of Paris and San Bernardino, the American 
people are deeply concerned about their security. They wonder how and 
where the next attack will occur, and they are turning to us to protect 
them.
  In an increasingly dangerous world, the Defense and Intelligence 
portions of this act provide funding for our Armed Forces and our 
intelligence community to confront the multiple threats we face across 
the world, what some have described as the long war against extremism.
  This measure includes a global war on terrorism title, overseas 
contingency operations, to ensure that our military is agile, lethal, 
and ready to address these threats, that they have the strength and 
capability to defeat the rise of many Islamic terrorist groups 
worldwide and deter potential aggressors, like Russia, China, North 
Korea, and Iran.
  Mr. Speaker, we share the concern of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Marines about the erosion of overall readiness in the force. To begin 
this reinvestment, this bill provides $167 billion to fully fund 
programs to prepare our forces for combat and other missions. Within 
this funding, an additional $609 million over the President's budget 
will help the services, particularly the Guard and Reserve.
  In summary, Mr. Speaker, this package provides for our troops and 
looks after their families and those who have been wounded in service 
to our Nation. I would also add that this package offers the Department 
of Defense, our intelligence community, and our defense industrial base 
the stability and predictability they need and have sought.
  Mr. Speaker, colleagues, it is the first responsibility of the 
Congress under the Constitution to provide for a strong ``common 
defense.'' In a world rife with crises and challenges, we do not know 
where the next catastrophe or hot spot will erupt and how or when our 
Armed Forces will be asked to respond, but we do know that America must 
continue to lead. This bill enables that leadership. This bill deserves 
our bipartisan support.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington 
(Mr. McDermott) for a unanimous consent request.
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Omnibus spending agreement, 
which contains harmful riders designed to undermine the Affordable Care 
Act and jeopardize the privacy of the American people.
  As a supporter of health reform, I am deeply disturbed by the 
continuation of a provision that devastates the Administration's 
ability to mitigate volatility in the insurance markets through the 
risk corridor program.
  The risk corridor program is one of three measures designed to 
balance risk pools as more Americans become eligible for health 
coverage. Far from ``insurance industry bailouts'' these are carefully 
designed, temporary measures that are critical to making health reform 
work.
  In fact, they are modeled after programs that Republicans created to 
support the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit in 2003. My 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle enthusiastically supported 
these programs then, and continue to do so to this day.
  But in a cynical effort to sabotage the insurance markets and 
undermine the Affordable Care Act, my colleagues have inserted a 
devastating rider that will continue to block the Administration from 
shifting discretionary funds into the ACA risk corridor program. 
Without these funds, the program will continue to be badly underfunded, 
resulting in dramatic instability and potential spikes in premiums 
around the country.
  Furthermore, this bill also guts an important revenue-generating 
measure through a delay in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance 
premium tax.
  Under the guise of providing tax relief, Republicans are deliberately 
eliminating a key source of revenue that is essential to the 
implementation of the law.
  Despite what we may hear, this isn't being done for benevolent 
reasons or out of concern for consumers. The reality is that it is yet 
another effort to weaken the Affordable Care Act and make sure that the 
insurance companies don't have to pay their fair share.
  This is a pattern with this Congress, which at every turn undermine 
and sabotage the law--simply to score political points.
  By deliberately creating a spike in premiums and cutting off critical 
sources of revenue such as the premium tax, they can then point the 
finger at the ACA when the law is underfunded and consumers have to pay 
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  This is a calculated and cynical example of legislative sabotage.
  Furthermore, this bill includes a troubling rider that threatens the 
privacy of the American people.
  Also slipped into the Omnibus is the Cybersecurity Act of 2015--a so-
called compromise bill that gives liability protection to companies in 
order to incentivize them to share information about cybersecurity 
threats with the government.
  However, the legislation undermines American's right to privacy, 
provides companies with protection from law suits even when they are 
grossly negligent and includes an overly broad Freedom of Information 
Act exemption that is unnecessary and promotes potentially harmful 
secrecy.
  With our citizens spending more and more time online and storing ever 
increasing amounts of personal data in the cloud, we should not 
continue to expand the government's reach into our private lives.
  We know the right path. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to 
vote for H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement 
Act. While it isn't a perfect bill, I believe it would enhance the 
security of our networks while providing protections for American's 
privacy.
  Instead, House leadership has subverted reasoned, public debate in 
favor of backroom deals. They've snuck their legislation into a must-
pass spending bill. This is not how major cybersecurity legislation 
should be considered. It is a disservice to our responsibility to the 
American people.
  Because of these harmful riders I cannot support this bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, and Related Agencies.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, this week marks progress in the return to 
regular order. Although 4 months late and following the resignation of 
former Speaker John Boehner, a victim of Republican gridlock, this 
critical funding legislation deserves passage to avoid another shutdown 
of the Federal Government.
  This Congress must be disciplined and constructive, and I thank 
Chairman Hal Rogers of Kentucky and Ranking Member Nita Lowey of New 
York for leading our committee in that direction.
  I want to thank our subcommittee chair, Mike Simpson, as well as 
staff leads Donna Shahbaz and Taunja Berquam for absolutely stellar 
work.
  Our appropriations accounts constitute but a third of overall Federal 
spending, about 30 percent. The appropriations accounts have been 
shaved away for nearly 30 years now, down from 50 percent of cost for 
running our Nation's most vital functions in prior decades. This has 
meant cuts to everything from defense of our Nation at home and abroad 
all the way to funding for critical lifesaving programs like clean 
water modernization.
  Just ask the people in Flint, Michigan, how it feels to have a water 
emergency because the children and the adults are having to drink water 
with lead. We can't continue to shortchange our appropriations 
accounts.
  Other committees beyond our own must act to grow our economy while 
balancing our Nation's accounts: the Committee on the Budget, the tax 
committee, and the authorizing committees.
  Quite frankly, Congress ought to require the executive branch to 
balance U.S. trade accounts, which have ballooned to $9 trillion in the 
negative over the past quarter-century, creating such a drag on 
economic growth.
  Still, vast energy imports continue to represent the single largest 
component of our trade deficit, and this bill promotes an energy and 
water bill that tries to move our Nation forward despite all of this. 
As 1 of 12 measures in the omnibus, our Energy and Water section 
provides a strong pathway for American energy independence as well as 
upgrades to vital port and water assets essential to life in America.
  A $535 million increased investment at the Corps of Engineers will 
keep our ports open for business and continue to clean our waterways.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentlewoman.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, there is $1.275 billion for the Bureau of 
Reclamation for western drought response, WaterSMART programs, and 
river restoration.
  The increased funding for science is equally important, up to $5.3 
billion, which will support American innovation, critical for 
manufacturing competitiveness, and job creation.
  The $2 billion in the bill for energy efficiency and renewable energy 
sets us on a path toward greater energy independence.
  Let me end with this. When our foes decide to flood our global market 
with excess crude oil and push prices below $2 a gallon, they try to 
snuff out emergency energy sectors like natural gas.
  Our bill attempts to move America and the world in a different 
direction. We don't want any more recessions caused by those who 
control the spigot raising gas prices over $4 a gallon.
  Though this bill is not perfect, it reflects a compromise. I urge my 
colleagues to vote positively and support this measure to move America 
forward again.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), the very distinguished chairman 
of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this omnibus 
Appropriations bill. My top priority is to ensure we provide for our 
national security. This omnibus does precisely that.
  This is one of the most dangerous times in our history. We must 
ensure that the United States remains not only the greatest country in 
the world, but also the strongest.
  The U.S. and our allies face threats from countries such as Iran, 
Russia, China, and North Korea. Additionally, radical Islamic 
terrorists, such as ISIS, continue to threaten everything we stand for.
  As chair of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs and vice chair of the Subcommittee on Defense 
Appropriations, I am very proud of what this bill does to ensure 
resources are available to counter these threats.
  I have worked hard to ensure that our military has the tools it 
needs. We fund the equipment required to confront our enemies head on, 
and we take care of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and their 
loved ones. Not only does this bill provide funds needed for training 
and readiness, it also funds critical family services.
  Assistance is provided for our allies, including Israel, Jordan, 
Egypt, and Ukraine, who are our vital partners in this fight.
  To address security issues closer to home, we prioritize funds for 
counternarcotics and law enforcement assistance in Mexico, Colombia, 
the Caribbean, and Central America, including funds to stem the flow of 
unaccompanied children to our borders.
  There are increased funds in the bill for embassy security and to 
prevent and protect against future terrorist attacks, unrest, and other 
acts of violence at home and abroad. The bill also contains provisions 
that will make our foreign visitor visa system more secure.
  Passage of this omnibus is critical to ensuring America can continue 
to lead from the front in this very dangerous world. I want to thank 
Chairman Rogers, Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Ranking Members Lowey and 
Visclosky for their timeless work on this bill.
  I urge a ``yes'' vote.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished ranking member of the 
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the omnibus 
appropriations bill before this Chamber.
  In many ways, this omnibus moves the Federal budget in the right 
direction. It begins to leave behind the shortsighted policies of 
austerity that have slowed our economic recovery.
  But I am disappointed it does not go further. I am troubled that the 
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fraction, about one-half of its fair share of the $33 billion increase 
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  While we were successful on many fronts, the bill still does not 
adequately fund many of our Nation's highest priorities.
  I have also been fighting for years to remove a policy rider carried 
in this bill that prevents the Centers for Disease Control from funding 
research on gun violence. Even Congressman Dickey, who authored the 
rider, is now opposed.
  This bill, however, does begin to make incremental progress, and 
there are many, many successes to highlight. It provides an additional 
$2 billion for the NIH, which will boost efforts to develop cures to 
improve our quality of life. It provides an increase of more than $300 
million for the Centers for Disease Control, including $160 million to 
address the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The bill 
provides a much-needed increase of $326 million for child care and a 
boost of $570 million for Head Start. These high-quality early learning 
programs reduce inequality and narrow achievement gaps.
  There are sizable increases of $455 million for special education, 
$500 million for Title I grants to support disadvantaged students, and 
nearly $200 million more than last year for job training and apprentice 
programs.
  But imagine if we had chosen to give labor, health, and education 
programs the fair funding that they deserve this year. We could be 
expanding access to high-quality child care and early childhood 
education for more children and families in need. We could be funding 
partnerships between community colleges and funding technical training 
to develop the most highly skilled workforce in the world. We could 
have provided the NIH with a bigger increase.
  Tomorrow, I will vote to support this omnibus bill. It is a down 
payment on reversing the austerity of the last few years. I urge my 
colleagues to vote ``yes.''
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Simpson), the distinguished chairman of the 
Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my ranking member, 
Marcy Kaptur, for her hard work over the many months we have spent 
preparing this bill for consideration today. I would also like to 
acknowledge the work of our Senate partners, Lamar Alexander and Dianne 
Feinstein.
  There are a number of good reasons to vote for this bill, and many of 
them are in the Energy and Water Development section. This bill 
provides strong funding for our defense. It makes important 
infrastructure investments that will keep America's waterways open for 
business. And, this bill includes critical funding to ensure the 
security of our Nation's electrical grid.
  Weapons Activities, which provides funding to support our aging 
nuclear weapons stockpile, is $660 million more than last year. This 
includes full funding for critical warheads such as the B61 bomb and 
the Long Range Standoff cruise missile. The Naval Reactors Program has 
been increased by $141 million, including the full request for the 
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine replacement reactor.
  Funding for the Army Corps of Engineers includes more than $1.2 
million for HMTF activities--hitting the WRRDA target. The bill also 
provides for full use of the annual IWTF revenues.
  The bill rejects the President's proposal to finance renewable 
energies at the expense of the energies that we rely on today, and 
instead moves the country forward with a balanced, all-of-the-above 
energy strategy that ensures that our constituents continue to have 
reliable, affordable energy.
  The bill also includes important funding for the Idaho National 
Laboratory to continue programs to advance nuclear technologies and 
ensures the safe and efficient use of nuclear energy now and in the 
future.
  The bill includes $162 million for research and development to 
improve the resilience and reliability of the electric grid against 
cybersecurity attacks and extreme weather events.
  We also continue the commonsense provisions that were included in 
last year's bill, such as prohibitions against changing the definition 
of fill material and prohibitions against the implementation of new 
light bulb efficiency standards, that protect consumer choice and 
responsible commercial operations.
  I urge my colleagues to vote for this omnibus.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to 
support this omnibus bill. It will provide funding certainty for the 
balance of the fiscal year. It casts off the deeply misguided sequester 
caps that have crippled our appropriations process and also gets rid of 
poison pill riders that threatened everything from fair housing to 
truck safety to environmental protection to women's health.
  This bill will allow us to begin repairing and modernizing our aging 
highway and transit system. It makes critical investments in railroad 
and aviation safety and the grants programs, such as TIGER, that will 
allow us to build a smarter transportation future.
  The omnibus also makes limited but significant progress toward 
addressing the affordable housing crisis. It provides desperately 
needed funds to maintain and rehabilitate public housing, including 
increased funding for the Choice Neighborhoods program. It includes an 
increase in HOME Investment Partnerships to promote affordable housing.
  Mr. Speaker, the bill fails to fully address our known transportation 
and housing needs. We still have a great deal of work to do. But 
whatever deficiencies this omnibus contains would only be made far 
worse by defeating this bill. That would likely lead to a full-year 
continuing resolution. That would be funding essentially at 
sequestration levels, decimating if not eliminating programs like 
TIGER, HOME, Choice Neighborhoods, and transit New Starts.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, we must resolve to get our budgetary house in 
order. We should pass this bill and thank everyone who worked 
tirelessly to bring it together, but we must stop lurching from crisis 
to crisis. Surely, we can do better than to depend on the threat of a 
shutdown to make us perform our most basic tasks.
  This bill is a small step in the right direction--far better than the 
alternative--but it is past time for Congress to conclude a 
comprehensive budget agreement--one that sets responsible funding and 
revenue levels and allows us to make the investments a great country 
must make.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert), chairman of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of our committee.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
Rodney Davis).
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. The Interior and Environment section of 
this bill includes important report language that instructs the Office 
of Surface Mining to ``reengage State partners in a meaningful manner 
before finalizing the Stream Buffer Zone rule.''
  As you know, this rule blurs the lines between the existing Stream 
Buffer Zone rule and the Clean Water Act and would have a devastating 
impact on coal mining across this country. In fact, we even have 
transcripts of audio recordings of OSM officials touting the fact that 
a major benefit of this rule would be no more coal mining. OSM's own 
analysis estimates that it will result in the loss of nearly 7,000, or 
9 percent, of the more than 80,000 coal mining jobs in the United 
States.
  Mr. Chairman, my understanding is that this report language would 
mandate OSM to go back to the States and require their signoff on the 
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  Can you please clarify the intent of this language?
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Davis, the language included in the omnibus 
recognizes that this administration has not been working with States on 
the Stream Buffer rule in a collaborative manner. Ten States have 
signed memorandums of understanding with OSM to work together as 
``collaborative agencies'' on the rule. These memoranda established 
processes for data and information sharing and for the exchange of 
comments and ideas. Unfortunately, earlier this year, 9 of those 10 
States withdrew in protest.
  This mandatory congressional directive will require that OSM reengage 
with States and share data and information, as they should have been 
doing all along. We will be monitoring this implementation. The 
committee commits to working on an implementation process moving 
forward to ensure that OSM reengages with the States and actively 
involves them in the process.
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. I thank the gentleman for the 
clarification. I thank Mr. Johnson of Ohio for his leadership on this 
issue, also.
  Mr. CALVERT. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. I associate myself with the comments of my 
colleague from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis). This is a devastating rule. 
By its own estimation, the administration has said this is going to 
kill 7,000 jobs. We know that it is far more than that. We are looking 
at 80,000 jobs.
  The States of primacy are critical stakeholders in this, Mr. 
Chairman. It is my understanding in the interpretation of this language 
that OSM will be directed to reengage and meet with those States of 
primacy at the States' request.
  Mr. CALVERT. That is correct.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. And based on that direction, under the weight of 
law, that would essentially mean, at a minimum, the comment period for 
those States of primacy that request meetings would have to be 
reopened.
  Is that your interpretation?
  Mr. CALVERT. That is my understanding. Yes, the gentleman is correct.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate all the 
hard work that has been done on this.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield the gentleman an additional 30 
seconds.
  Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. CALVERT. I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Let me associate myself with your comments.
  My district, like yours, has been absolutely devastated by the war on 
coal. This language is a great help in that direction.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Roybal-Allard) the ranking member of 
the Homeland Security Committee.
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, as the ranking member of the 
Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I can attest that 
Division F of the bill before us today, which provides funds for the 
Department of Homeland Security, is the result of careful 
consideration, intense scrutiny, and bipartisan collaboration. I want 
to thank Chairman Carter for his leadership and his partnership in 
crafting our portion of the bill.
  The bill provides significant resources for critical priorities, 
including funding to recapitalize the Coast Guard air and marine 
fleets; to fully fund FEMA's disaster relief activities, including 
wildfire management assistance grants, and to significantly enhance 
support for flood mapping and predisaster mitigation; and to maintain 
funding for FEMA terrorism preparedness grants, including $50 million 
to new funding to help communities counter violent extremism and 
prepare for complex, coordinated terrorist attacks.
  Without this omnibus bill, my home State of California and 
communities across the country would be faced with the uncertain 
funding level of a continuing resolution or, in the worst case, the 
effects of a government shutdown.
  It is also important to note the bill does not include a number of 
harmful immigration policy riders that were adopted during the 
committee consideration of the House bill.
  This funding bill is clearly not what I had hoped for. Many of my 
colleagues feel the same way. I share many of their concerns, including 
the lack of assistance provided to Puerto Rico and the giveaways to Big 
Oil. However, on balance, I believe this bill should move forward. I 
ask for an ``aye'' vote.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert).
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, on December 2, ISIS sympathizers attacked 
and killed 14 and injured another 22 in San Bernardino, California. 
Police and first responders put their lives on the line rescuing 
survivors and capturing the perpetrators. However, localities have 
faced unexpected costs as a result of this attack.
  I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson), the chairman of 
the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, to 
discuss DOJ counterterrorism funding in the bill.
  Mr. CULBERSON. I thank the gentleman for his leadership in helping 
San Bernardino recover from this horrific attack.
  Law enforcement protecting the homeland is our top priority in this 
bill, and we have provided a significant increase for the FBI to combat 
terrorism. For local law enforcement assisting the FBI, the Bureau has 
the ability to reimburse costs. The Department of Justice also has $50 
million available for assistance to victims of terrorism.
  Mr. CALVERT. I thank the gentleman.
  I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter), the chairman of the 
Homeland Security Subcommittee, to discuss DHS resources available to 
respond to the attack.
  Mr. CARTER of Texas. I thank my friend for yielding.
  To give you the news about what the Department of Homeland Security 
is doing, this bill includes $2.5 billion for grants to first 
responders, $397 million above the request. Further, this bill includes 
$50 million for a new program to help States and local communities 
prepare for, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats.

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  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from San 
Bernardino, California (Mr. Aguilar).
  Mr. AGUILAR. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  The terrorist attack in my district killed 14 and injured 22. 
Responding to the attack were the brave men and women from the San 
Bernardino Police and other first responders.
  I look forward to working with the gentlemen and the departments to 
examine ways to assist San Bernardino in recovering from this attack.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano), the ranking member of the 
Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of 
Appropriations.
  Mr. SERRANO. I thank the gentlewoman and our leader.
  This is a very bittersweet moment for me. On one hand, I am so proud 
of what my staff and I and other Members and your staff did to make the 
financial services portion of this bill much better, much, much better.
  We increased dollars to the IRS. We helped the Treasury Department. 
We helped the Small Business Administration. We did so much that would 
make anyone want to be the top yeller and screamer in favor of this 
bill. For that I am very grateful, and for that I am very thankful to 
the committee and to our leadership and to the staff.
  But then, as one who was born in an American territory called Puerto 
Rico, there is a glaring omission; and that is that, in Puerto Rico's 
worst financial crisis, we could not get our colleagues on the other 
side to agree to just some simple help, some simple opportunities to 
declare bankruptcy, for a simple opportunity to put their house in 
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  I have said so many times here that I find myself always in this, not 
contradiction, but this double situation, where I am a Member of the 
United States Congress, proud of that, a New Yorker since the age of 6, 
a long time ago, very proud of that, but born in the territory.
  And if there were ever a sign of what colonialism is, it is what we 
have done in this bill. We totally ignore the needs of 4 million 
American citizens. We totally ignore the need for them to restructure 
their debt. We totally ignore the need for them to survive and, in the 
process, we may be creating a humanitarian crisis. We could have 
averted it simply by allowing some simple language in this bill, but we 
chose not to do so.
  So I think it is time that we do two things: that we address the 
issue, as Speaker Ryan has said that he will, before March 31, the 
issue, in general, of Puerto Rico's problem; but it is also time to 
address the issue of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the 
United States. It can't continue to be what it is. It either needs to 
be an independent nation or a State of the Union, but it can't continue 
to be powerless and begging for everything it gets.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), the distinguished chairman of 
the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
Subcommittee.
  Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the fiscal year 2016 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, legislation that will provide for 
much-needed budgetary certainty, stability, and predictability.
  I would certainly like to commend Speaker Ryan, Chairman Rogers, 
Ranking Member Lowey, and my good friend and partner, ranking member of 
the subcommittee, Sanford Bishop for all their hard work, and also for 
all the staff who did so much work behind the scenes to help make this 
bill what it is.
  While this bill has many excellent provisions throughout its 
entirety, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, I can say with confidence that 
this is an especially good bill for our veterans, servicemembers, and 
military families. It will ensure those who have served in the defense 
of our great Nation receive the full benefits, care, and support that 
they deserve, and it will help to maintain our military's readiness 
both at home and abroad.
  The bill will ensure quality housing for nearly 2 million military 
families and improve the quality and safety of our bases, defense 
installations, and military monuments and cemeteries throughout the 
world.
  It will provide a 9.8 percent increase for VA programs, including a 
10.5 percent increase in VA medical services to provide care and 
treatment for approximately 7 million veterans.
  It will also allow veterans with hepatitis C to be treated and cured, 
and it will help the VA to address critical issues like mental health 
care and reducing the rates of veteran suicide and homelessness.
  It will also provide funding needed to reduce the VA claims backlog 
and move us closer to establishing an integrated electronic health 
records system.
  It will increase congressional oversight of the VA to counter the 
instances of gross mismanagement and excessive project cost overruns 
that have troubled the VA at facilities across the country, the Aurora, 
Colorado, facility being the most egregious example.
  For these reasons and many more, Mr. Speaker, I support the 
legislation and encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
do the same.
  Again, I want to thank Ranking Member Bishop, Mrs. Lowey, Chairman 
Rogers, and all the staff who helped put this bill together.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Farr), the distinguished ranking member of the 
Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Subcommittee, and representative of the Peace Corps.
  Mr. FARR. I thank the ranking member of the committee, Mrs. Lowey.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to just remind people that this is a big bill. It 
is a bill that has got a lot in it. It has got a lot more good in it 
than it has bad in it. Big bills have both.
  What is really important is this is the most important vote we take 
all year, because this is the vote that runs all of government, keeps 
it all operational, all the things you have heard about.
  I want to thank the chairman, Mr. Rogers, because he promised our 
committee at the beginning of the year that he was going to get us back 
to regular order and get us a bill.
  I bet that we were going to end up with a CR, which is the worst 
thing we could do. It is the failure of Congress to carry out its 
business.
  I want to compliment Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Lowey for their incredible 
work in getting a clean, a relatively clean appropriations bill, and 
how important this is.
  The work that was done on all the minutiae in there by our staff on 
the Democratic side--Martha Foley in Ag Approps, and my staff: Rochelle 
Dornatt, Troy Phillips, Ana Sorrentino, the Republican staff, Tom 
O'Brien, Andrew Cooper, Pam Miller, Elizabeth King, Betsy Bina, and 
Chairman Aderholt's staff, Brian Rell and Jennifer Groover--thank you 
for all the detailed work, night after night, that you have put into 
this.
  But if you take medicine, this portion of the bill, 1/12 of the bill, 
the Ag portion and Commodity Futures Trading Commission and FDA, if you 
take medicine, this bill impacts you. If you invest in the market, this 
bill impacts you. If you care for animals that are treated humanely, 
this bill impacts you. If there are hungry people in this country and 
in other countries of the world, this bill really impacts you. And, 
quite frankly, if you want to eat safe, wholesome, and affordable food, 
this is bill is essential.
  So thank you all for doing this.
  But most of all, I want to thank, also, another subcommittee, the 
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Kay 
Granger and Nita Lowey just did an incredible job of, for the first 
time, fully funding Peace Corps, the highest level they have ever 
funded. We have 23,000 people applying for jobs, and Congress has only 
appropriated enough money to hire 3,500. This bill is going to go a 
long way in allowing all those Americans who want to do service for our 
country abroad to get a chance to do so.
  I want to thank you all. It is one of the better bills, and it is 
certainly a lot better than last year. I look forward to next year when 
it will be even better.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Yoder), a member of our committee.
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to applaud the efforts of 
Chairman Rogers, his staff, and all my colleagues on the Appropriations 
Committee.
  This bill achieves many conservative goals, including ending the 
export oil ban, limiting the EPA to its lowest funding since 2008, 
freezing the IRS almost $2 billion below the President's budget 
request, denying any new funds to ObamaCare, resolving visa waiver 
concerns, supporting our national defense, and many other priorities.
  While cutting in certain areas, we were also able to reprioritize 
spending, and one of those priorities is funding for the National 
Institutes of Health. This bill provides the largest funding at NIH 
since 2003, and I want to thank Chairman Tom Cole of the subcommittee 
for his work in that endeavor.
  As we debate this bill, cancer is prepared to kill 600,000 Americans 
next year, and without new investment, we will be unable to find a cure 
for cancer or any number of diseases, like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, 
and heart disease, that affect every family and every community in 
America. So I thank the committee for their leadership.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill represents the hard work of the committee and 
many others as it seeks to advance the conservative causes in a 
balanced way in a divided government. I urge its passage.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), ranking member of the Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to thank Chairman Dent for 
his hard work on the subcommittee. He has been a tremendous partner. I 
would like to thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey for their 
strong bipartisan leadership. And certainly, I would like to thank our 
staffs for their hard work.
  Today's omnibus reflects what the FY16 MILCON-VA bill should have 
looked like during full House consideration. Discretionary funding for 
VA programs in today's agreement is $71.4 billion, $6.4 billion above 
the FY15-enacted level. This agreement fully funds major construction 
within the VA budget. As you may recall, this was a significant issue 
in the House bill.
  There are a number of good things to highlight within the bill that 
will have a profound impact on the lives of our Nation's veterans. For 
example, we have the opportunity to completely eradicate hepatitis C 
for our Nation's veterans, and so we raised the amount for funding for 
treatment to $1.5 billion. Additionally, in order to combat veterans' 
homelessness, suicide, and PTSD, we have also included $7.5 billion for 
mental healthcare services.
  That being said, Mr. Speaker, it is high time that we return to 
regular order; and by regular order, I mean the process that starts 
with a realistic allocation, enabling the Appropriations Committee to 
meet our Nation's fiscal needs. I believe that if the Appropriations 
Committee were given a fair chance, we could have completed our work 
months ago.
  Mr. Speaker, the process has much room for improvement. Governing 
through the use of omnibus is not a wise practice, so I believe that we 
must work to return to regular order, utilizing the entire legislative 
process to determine how our government invests in the American people. 
Truly, regular order is better for the committee, for the Members, and 
for this august institution in which we serve.
  Nevertheless, while the omnibus is not perfect, far from it, we 
cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This is a good bill, 
and I urge my colleagues to pass it.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire of the remaining 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). The gentleman 
from Kentucky has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New 
York has 10\3/4\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Crenshaw), chairman of the Financial 
Services and General Government Subcommittee on Appropriations.
  Mr. CRENSHAW. I thank the chairman for the recognition.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this funding bill for 2016. 
As chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, I want to highlight some of the areas that I think are 
important for Members to understand.
  We oversee, in the subcommittee, a myriad of agencies; all have an 
impact on our functioning Federal Government and also on the 
constituents that we represent.
  We oversee and fund the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, the 
Securities Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the 
Federal Communications Commission, the Small Business Administration, 
and many other agencies.
  I think that while we, overall, fund this section of the bill $1 
billion less than the President requested, there are some areas where 
we increase funding that are important, that are priorities, like law 
enforcement and drug abuse prevention.
  There has been a lot of discussion about the IRS over the years, and, 
quite frankly, they have betrayed the trust of the American people and 
have a long way to go to restore that trust; therefore, they are funded 
at a flat level. However, we give them additional money to try to do a 
better job of customer service.

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  They can't answer the phone and they can't respond to mail, so they 
have additional dollars to improve that. We do other things to rein in 
some of their out-of-control activities.
  Overall, Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. We increase funding for 
some of the priority items, as I have mentioned, like the Small 
Business Administration. They actually help create jobs. They help grow 
the economy. Drug abuse prevention is important, and we fund those 
levels.
  Some of the areas that aren't so important, we reduce funding; we 
actually freeze their funding.
  Overall, this is the result of a lot of hard work by the committee 
members.
  And a special thanks to our Ranking Member Serrano.
  Mr. Speaker, overall, I urge all of the Members to support this 
legislation.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Honda), the acting ranking 
minority member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Subcommittee.
  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding.
  I thank Chairman Culberson, who worked with me and my staff to 
formulate a better bill. While there are areas that could still be 
approved in the CJS bill, I am thankful for the chairman's bipartisan 
attitude and desire to find common ground.
  Lifting the budget caps, we were able to more fully fund many of the 
essential programs. I would like to highlight a few of these.
  I was pleased that we were able to dedicate funds for the National 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation to fund one competitively chosen 
center and to provide coordination of funding for NIST.
  The modest increase for the Minority Business Development Agency will 
allow them to expand their work, creating jobs and fostering innovation 
and entrepreneurship amongst minority-owned businesses.
  In the 2020 Census, we ensure that all communities--including those 
that are small, rural, or have limited proficiency with English--are 
counted. The rider making the American Community Survey optional was 
dropped.
  We boosted funding for DOJ grant programs important to communities 
across the Nation, such as COPS, Violence Against Women Act, and Byrne 
Justice Assistance Grants. I am proud the community sexual assault kit 
Backlog Reduction Program, which is making great inroads in my 
district, receives $45 million.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that we were able to fund NASA at the 
highest level in years. This includes robust funding for both 
commercial crew and for SLS and Orion. We were able to provide healthy 
funding for science and exploration missions, and I hope the Flagship 
Europa mission will be able to include the expertise of all NASA 
centers. Happily, we restored Earth and geoscience funding in NASA and 
removed the language capping NSF investment into the geosciences. Mr. 
Speaker, I will continue to work to remove the limitations in NSF on 
social, behavorial, and economic sciences in the future.
  Many of the harmful immigration riders were removed, including ones 
that would have stripped the administration's ability to defend DACA 
and DAPA in the courts, and that would have withheld DOJ grants to 
jurisdictions with sanctuary city policies.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman from California an 
additional 1 minute.
  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, while I have problems with several non-
Appropriations items in this bill, the CJS in the omnibus bill will 
invest in our Nation's future and move us forward.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to again thank Chairman Culberson, and I look 
forward to continuing to work with the gentleman closely.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Nunes),

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the distinguished chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I will include my full statement in the 
Record to accompany Division M and Division N of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016.
  I would also like to take the time to thank Ranking Member Schiff, 
Chairman Burr, Vice Chair Feinstein, Chairman Hal Rogers, and Ranking 
Member Nita Lowey, as well as all of the Appropriations and 
Intelligence Committee staff for their hard work and long hours over 
the last several months in getting this important legislation to the 
floor today and eventually to the President for his signature. I urge 
all Members to support the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, the following consists of the joint explanatory 
statement to accompany Division M, the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016.
  This joint explanatory statement reflects the status of negotiations 
and disposition of issues reached between the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence (hereinafter, ``the Agreement''). The joint explanatory 
statement shall have the same effect with respect to the implementation 
of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee 
of conference.
  The joint explanatory statement comprises three parts: an overview of 
the application of the annex to accompany this statement; unclassified 
congressional direction; and a section-by-section analysis of the 
legislative text.

              Part I: Application of the Classified Annex

  The classified nature of U.S. intelligence activities prevents the 
congressional intelligence committees from publicly disclosing many 
details concerning the conclusions and recommendations of the 
Agreement. Therefore, a classified Schedule of Authorizations and a 
classified annex have been prepared to describe in detail the scope and 
intent of the congressional intelligence committees' actions. The 
Agreement authorizes the Intelligence Community to obligate and expend 
funds not altered or modified by the classified Schedule of 
Authorizations as requested in the President's budget, subject to 
modification under applicable reprogramming procedures.
  The classified annex is the result of negotiations between the House 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select 
Committee on Intelligence. It reconciles the differences between the 
committees' respective versions of the bill for the National 
Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Homeland Security Intelligence 
Program for Fiscal Year 2016. The Agreement also makes recommendations 
for the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), and the Information 
Systems Security Program, consistent with the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, and provides certain direction 
for these two programs.
  The Agreement supersedes the classified annexes to the reports 
accompanying H.R. 4127, as passed by the House on December 1, 2015, 
H.R. 2596, as passed by the House on June 16, 2015, and S. 1705, as 
reported by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 7, 
2015. All references to the House-passed and Senate-reported annexes 
are solely to identify the heritage of specific provisions.
  The classified Schedule of Authorizations is incorporated into the 
bill pursuant to Section 102. It has the status of law. The classified 
annex supplements and adds detail to clarify the authorization levels 
found in the bill and the classified Schedule of Authorizations. The 
classified annex shall have the same legal force as the report to 
accompany the bill.

          Part II: Select Unclassified Congressional Direction

     Enhancing Geographic and Demographic Diversity

  The Agreement directs the Office of the Director for National 
Intelligence (ODNI) to conduct an awareness, outreach, and recruitment 
program to rural, under-represented colleges and universities that are 
not part of the IC Centers of Academic Excellence (IC CAE) program 
Further, the Agreement directs that ODNI shall increase and formally 
track the number of competitive candidates for IC employment or 
internships who studied at IC CAE schools and other scholarship 
programs supported by the IC.
  Additionally, the Agreement directs that ODNI, acting through the 
Executive Agent for the IC CAE program, the IC Chief Human Capital 
Officer, and the Chief, Office of IC Equal Opportunity & Diversity, as 
appropriate, shall:
  1. Add a criterion to the IC CAE selection process that applicants 
must be part of a consortium or actively collaborate with under-
resourced schools in their area;
  2. Work with CAE schools to reach out to rural and under-resourced 
schools, including by inviting such schools to participate in the 
annual IC CAE colloquium and IC recruitment events;
  3. Increase and formally track the number of competitive IC 
internship candidates from IC CAE schools, starting with Fiscal Year 
2016 IC summer internships, and provide a report, within 180 days of 
the enactment of this Act, on its plan to do so;
  4. Develop metrics to ascertain whether IC CAE, the Pat Roberts 
Intelligence Scholars Program, the Louis Stokes Educational Scholarship 
Program, and the Intelligence Officer Training Program reach a diverse 
demographic and serve as feeders to the IC workforce;
  5. Include in the annual report on minority hiring and retention a 
breakdown of the students participating in these programs who serve as 
IC interns, applied for full-time IC employment, received offers of 
employment, and entered on duty in the IC;
  6. Conduct a feasibility study with necessary funding levels 
regarding how the IC CAE could be better tailored to serve under-
resourced schools, and provide such study to the congressional 
intelligence committees within 180 days of the enactment of this Act;
  7. Publicize all IC elements' recruitment activities, including the 
new Applicant Gateway and the IC Virtual Career Fair, to rural schools, 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other minority-
serving institutions that have been contacted by IC recruiters;
  8. Contact new groups with the objective of expanding the IC Heritage 
Community Liaison Council; and
  9. Ensure that IC elements add such activities listed above that may 
be appropriate to their recruitment plans for Fiscal Year 2016.
  ODNI shall provide an interim update to the congressional 
intelligence committees on its efforts within 90 days of the enactment 
of this Act and include final results in its annual report on minority 
hiring and retention.

     Analytic Duplication & Improving Customer Impact

  The congressional intelligence committees are concerned about 
potential duplication in finished analytic products. Specifically, the 
congressional intelligence committees are concerned that 
contemporaneous publication of substantially similar intelligence 
products fosters confusion among intelligence customers (including 
those in Congress), impedes analytic coherence across the IC, and 
wastes time and effort. The congressional intelligence committees value 
competitive analysis, but believe there is room to reduce duplicative 
analytic activity and improve customer impact.
  Therefore, the Agreement directs ODNI to pilot a repeatable 
methodology to evaluate potential duplication in finished intelligence 
analytic products and to report the findings to the congressional 
intelligence committees within 60 days of the enactment of this Act. In 
addition, the Agreement directs ODNI to report to the congressional 
intelligence committees within 180 days of enactment of this Act on how 
it will revise analytic practice, tradecraft, and standards to ensure 
customers can clearly identify how products that are produced 
contemporaneously and cover similar topics differ from one another in 
their methodological, informational, or temporal aspects, and the 
significance of those differences. This report is not intended to cover 
operationally urgent analysis or current intelligence.

     Countering Violent Extremism and the Islamic State of Iraq 
       and the Levant

  The Agreement directs ODNI, within 180 days of enactment of this Act 
and in consultation with appropriate interagency partners, to brief the 
congressional intelligence committees on how intelligence agencies are 
supporting both (1) the Administration's Countering Violent Extremism 
(CVE) program first detailed in the 2011 White House strategy 
Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United 
States, which was expanded following the January 2015 White House 
Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, and (2) the Administration's 
Strategy to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which was 
announced in September 2014.

     Analytic Health Reports

  The Agreement directs the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to 
provide Analytic Health Reports to the congressional intelligence 
committees on a quarterly basis, including an update on the specific 
effect of analytic modernization on the health of the Defense 
Intelligence Analysis Program (DIAP) and its ability to reduce analytic 
risk.

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     All-Source Analysis Standards

  The Agreement directs DIA to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of 
the Defense Intelligence Enterprise's all-source analysis capability 
and production in Fiscal Year 2015. The evaluation should assess the 
analytic output of both NIP and MIP funded all-source analysts, 
separately and collectively, and apply the following four criteria 
identified in the ODNI Strategic Evaluation Report for all-source 
analysis: 1) integrated, 2) objective, 3) timely, and 4) value-added. 
The results of this evaluation shall be included as part of the Fiscal 
Year 2017 congressional budget justification book.

     Terrorism Investigations

  The Agreement directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act, a report detailing how FBI has allocated 
resources between domestic and foreign terrorist threats based on 
numbers of investigations over the past 5 years. The report should be 
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

     Investigations of Minors Involved in Radicalization

  The Agreement directs the FBI to provide a briefing to the 
congressional intelligence committees within 180 days of enactment of 
this Act on investigations in which minors are encouraged to turn away 
from violent extremism rather than take actions that would lead to 
Federal terrorism indictments. This briefing should place these rates 
in the context of all investigations of minors for violent extremist 
activity and should describe any FBI engagement with minors' families, 
law enforcement, or other individuals or groups connected to the minor 
during or after investigations.
  Furthermore, the Agreement directs the FBI to include how often 
undercover agents pursue investigations based on a location of interest 
related to violent extremist activity compared to investigations of an 
individual or group believed to be engaged in such activity. Included 
should be the number of locations of interest associated with a 
religious group or entity. This briefing also should include trend 
analysis covering the last five years describing violent extremist 
activity in the U.S.

     Declassification Review of Video of the 2012 Benghazi 
       Terrorist Attacks

  Numerous investigations have been conducted regarding the 2012 
terrorist attack against U.S. facilities in Benghazi. The Senate Select 
Committee on Intelligence produced one of the first declassified 
Congressional reports and continues to believe that the public should 
have access to information about the attacks, so long as it does not 
jeopardize intelligence sources and methods.
  The closed circuit television videos from the Temporary Mission 
Facility (TMF) captured some of the activity that took place at the 
State Department facility on September 11, 2012, and their release 
would contribute to the public's understanding of the event without 
compromising sources or methods.
  Therefore, the Agreement directs the Director of National 
Intelligence, or the appropriate federal official, to conduct a 
declassification review and to facilitate the release to the public of 
the declassified closed circuit television videos of the September 11, 
2012, terrorist attack on the TMF in Benghazi, Libya, consistent with 
the protection of sources and methods, not later than 120 days after 
the enactment of this Act.

 Part III: Section-By-Section Analysis and Explanation of Legislative 
                                  Text

  The following is a section-by-section analysis and explanation of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

                    Title I--Intelligence Activities

     Section 101. Authorization of appropriations

  Section 101 lists the United States Government departments, agencies, 
and other elements for which the Act authorizes appropriations for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities for Fiscal Year 2016.

     Section 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations

  Section 102 provides that the details of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for intelligence and intelligence-related activities and 
the applicable personnel levels by program for Fiscal Year 2016 are 
contained in the classified Schedule of Authorizations and that the 
classified Schedule of Authorizations shall be made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
and to the President.

     Section 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments

  Section 103 is intended to provide additional flexibility to the 
Director of National Intelligence in managing the civilian personnel of 
the Intelligence Community. Section 103 provides that the Director may 
authorize employment of civilian personnel in Fiscal Year 2016 in 
excess of the number of authorized positions by an amount not exceeding 
three percent of the total limit applicable to each Intelligence 
Community element under Section 102. The Director may do so only if 
necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions.

     Section 104. Intelligence Community Management Account

  Section 104 authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community 
Management Account (ICMA) of the Director of National Intelligence and 
sets the authorized personnel levels for the elements within the ICMA 
for Fiscal Year 2016.

     Section 105. Clarification regarding authority for flexible 
       personnel management among elements of intelligence 
       community

  Section 105 clarifies that certain Intelligence Community elements 
may make hiring decisions based on the excepted service designation.

 Title II--Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

     Section 201. Authorization of appropriations

  Section 201 authorizes appropriations in the amount of $514,000,000 
for Fiscal Year 2016 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability Fund.

                     Title III--General Provisions

     Section 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits 
       authorized by law

  Section 301 provides that funds authorized to be appropriated by the 
Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for federal 
employees may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 
as may be necessary for increases in compensation or benefits 
authorized by law.

     Section 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence 
       activities

  Section 302 provides that the authorization of appropriations by the 
Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any 
intelligence activity that is not otherwise authorized by the 
Constitution or laws of the United States.

     Section 303. Provision of information and assistance to 
       Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

  Section 303 amends the National Security Act of 1947 to clarify the 
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community's authority to seek 
information and assistance from federal, state, and local agencies, or 
units thereof.

     Section 304. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence 
       Community in Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and 
       Efficiency

  Section 304 amends Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 to reflect the correct name of the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community. The section also clarifies that 
the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community is a member of the 
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

     Section 305. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil 
       Liberties Oversight Board

  Section 305 amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (IRTPA) to clarify that nothing in the statute authorizing 
the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board should be construed to 
allow that Board to gain access to information regarding an activity 
covered by section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947.

     Section 306. Enhancing government personnel security programs

  Section 306 directs the Director of National Intelligence to develop 
and implement a plan for eliminating the backlog of overdue periodic 
investigations, and further requires the Director to direct each agency 
to implement a program to provide enhanced security review to 
individuals determined eligible for access to classified information or 
eligible to hold a sensitive position.
  These enhanced personnel security programs will integrate information 
relevant and appropriate for determining an individual's suitability 
for access to classified information or eligibility to hold a sensitive 
position; be conducted at least 2 times every 5 years; and commence not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the Fiscal Year 2016 
Intelligence Authorization Act, or the elimination of the backlog of 
overdue periodic investigations, whichever occurs first.

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     Section 307. Notification of changes to retention of call 
       detail record policies

  Section 307 requires the Director of National Intelligence to notify 
the congressional intelligence committees in writing not later than 15 
days after learning that an electronic communication service provider 
that generates call detail records in the ordinary course of business 
has changed its policy on the retention of such call details records to 
result in a retention period of less than 18 months. Section 307 
further requires the Director to submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees within 30 days of enactment a report 
identifying each electronic communication service provider (if any) 
that has a current policy in place to retain call detail records for 18 
months or less.

     Section 308. Personnel information notification policy by the 
       Director of National Intelligence

  Section 308 requires the Director of National Intelligence to 
establish a policy to ensure timely notification to the congressional 
intelligence committees of the identities of individuals occupying 
senior level positions within the Intelligence Community.

     Section 309. Designation of lead intelligence officer for 
       tunnels

  Section 309 requires the Director of National Intelligence to 
designate an official to manage the collection and analysis of 
intelligence regarding the tactical use of tunnels by state and 
nonstate actors.

     Section 310. Reporting process for tracking country clearance 
       requests

  Section 310 requires the Director of National Intelligence to 
establish a formal reporting process for tracking requests for country 
clearance submitted to overseas Director of National Intelligence 
representatives. Section 310 also requires the Director to brief the 
congressional intelligence committees on its progress.

     Section 311. Study on reduction of analytic duplication

  Section 311 requires the Director of National Intelligence to carry 
out a study to identify duplicative analytic products and the reasons 
for such duplication, ascertain the frequency and types of such 
duplication, and determine whether this review should be considered a 
part of the responsibilities assigned to the Analytic Integrity and 
Standards office inside the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence. Section 311 also requires the Director to provide a plan 
for revising analytic practice, tradecraft, and standards to ensure 
customers are able to readily identify how analytic products on similar 
topics that are produced contemporaneously differ from one another and 
what is the significance of those differences.

     Section 312. Strategy for comprehensive interagency review of 
       the United States national security overhead satellite 
       architecture

  Section 312 requires the Director of National Intelligence, in 
collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, to develop a strategy, with milestones and 
benchmarks, to ensure that there is a comprehensive interagency review 
of policies and practices for planning and acquiring national security 
satellite systems and architectures, including the capabilities of 
commercial systems and partner countries, consistent with the National 
Space Policy issued on June 28, 2010. Where applicable, this strategy 
shall account for the unique missions and authorities vested in the 
Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.

     Section 313. Cyber attack standards of measurement study

  Section 313 directs the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of Defense, to 
carry out a study to determine the appropriate standards to measure the 
damage of cyber incidents.

  Title IV--Matters Relating to Elements of the Intelligence Community

      subtitle a--office of the director of national intelligence

     Section 401. Appointment and confirmation of the National 
       Counterintelligence Executive

  Section 401 makes subject to Presidential appointment and Senate 
confirmation, the executive branch position of National 
Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX), which was created by the 2002 
Counterintelligence Enhancement Act. Effective December 2014, the NCIX 
was also dual-hatted as the Director of the National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center.

     Section 402. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 
       5, United States Code

  Section 402 amends 5 U.S.C. Sec. 5102(a)(1) to expressly exclude the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) from the 
provisions of chapter 51 of title 5, relating to position 
classification, pay, and allowances for General Schedule employees, 
which does not apply to ODNI by virtue of the National Security Act. 
This proposal would have no substantive effect.

     Section 403. Analytic Objectivity Review

  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Analytic 
Integrity and Standards (AIS) office was established in response to the 
requirement in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (IRTPA) for the designation of an entity responsible for ensuring 
that the Intelligence Community's finished intelligence products are 
timely, objective, independent of political considerations, based upon 
all sources of available intelligence, and demonstrative of the 
standards of proper analytic tradecraft.
  Consistent with responsibilities prescribed under IRTPA, Section 403 
requires the AIS Chief to conduct a review of finished intelligence 
products produced by the CIA to assess whether the reorganization of 
the Agency, announced publicly on March 6, 2015, has resulted in any 
loss of analytic objectivity. The report is due no later than March 6, 
2017.

       subtitle b--central intelligence agency and other elements

     Section 411. Authorities of the Inspector General for the 
       Central Intelligence Agency

  Section 411 amends Section 17 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 
of 1949 to consolidate the Inspector General's personnel authorities 
and to provide the Inspector General with the same authorities as other 
Inspectors General to request assistance and information from federal, 
state, and local agencies or units thereof.

     Section 412. Prior congressional notification of transfers of 
       funds for certain intelligence activities

  Section 412 requires notification to the congressional intelligence 
committees before transferring funds from the Joint Improvised 
Explosive Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund 
that are to be used for intelligence activities.

             Title V--Matters Relating to Foreign Countries

                 subtitle a--matters relating to russia

     Section 501. Notice of deployment or transfer of Club-K 
       container missile system by the Russian Federation

  Section 501 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
written notice to the appropriate congressional committees if the 
Intelligence Community receives intelligence that the Russian 
Federation has deployed, or is about to deploy, the Club-K container 
missile system through the Russian military, or transferred or sold, or 
intends to transfer or sell, such system to another state or non-state 
actor.

     Section 502. Assessment on funding of political parties and 
       nongovernmental organizations by the Russian Federation

  Section 502 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
an Intelligence Community assessment to the appropriate congressional 
committees concerning the funding of political parties and 
nongovernmental organizations in the former Soviet States and Europe by 
the Russian Security Services since January 1, 2006, not later than 180 
days after the enactment of the Fiscal Year 2016 Intelligence 
Authorization Act.

     Section 503. Assessment on the use of political 
       assassinations as a form of statecraft by the Russian 
       Federation

  Section 503 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
an Intelligence Community assessment concerning the use of political 
assassinations as a form of statecraft by the Russian Federation to the 
appropriate congressional committees, not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of the Fiscal Year 2016 Intelligence Authorization Act.

            subtitle b--matters relating to other countries

     Section 511. Report of resources and collection posture with 
       regard to the South China Sea and East China Sea

  Section 511 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees an Intelligence Community 
assessment on Intelligence Community resourcing and collection posture 
with regard to the South China Sea and East China Sea, not later than 
180 days after the enactment of the Fiscal Year 2016 Intelligence 
Authorization Act.

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     Section 512. Use of locally employed staff serving at a 
       United States diplomatic facility in Cuba

  Section 512 requires the Secretary of State, not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, to ensure that key 
supervisory positions at a United States diplomatic facility in Cuba 
are occupied by citizens of the United States who have passed a 
thorough background check. Further, not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the provision requires the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with other appropriate government agencies, 
to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to further 
reduce the reliance on locally employed staff in United States 
diplomatic facilities in Cuba. The plan shall, at a minimum, include 
cost estimates, timelines, and numbers of employees to be replaced.

     Section 513. Inclusion of sensitive compartmented information 
       facilities in United States diplomatic facilities in Cuba

  Section 513 requires that each United States diplomatic facility in 
Cuba--in which classified information will be processed or in which 
classified communications occur--that is constructed, or undergoes a 
construction upgrade, be constructed to include a sensitive 
compartmented information facility.

     Section 514. Report on use by Iran of funds made available 
       through sanctions relief

  Section 514 requires the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the monetary 
value of any direct or indirect form of sanctions relief Iran has 
received since the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) entered into effect, and 
how Iran has used funds made available through such sanctions relief. 
This report shall be submitted every 180 days while the JPOA is in 
effect, and not later than 1 year after an agreement relating to Iran's 
nuclear program takes effect, and annually thereafter while that 
agreement remains in effect.

 Title VI--Matters Relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
                               Bay, Cuba

     Section 601. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or 
       release of individual detained at United States Naval 
       Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States

  Section 601 states that no amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to an element of the Intelligence Community 
may be used to transfer or release individuals detained at Guantanamo 
Bay to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions.

     Section 602. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or 
       modify facilities in the United States to house detainees 
       transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
       Bay, Cuba

  Section 602 states that no amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to an element of the Intelligence Community 
may be used to construct or modify facilities in the United States, its 
territories, or possessions to house detainees transferred from 
Guantanamo Bay.

     Section 603. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or 
       release to certain countries of individuals detained at 
       United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

  Section 603 states that no amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to an element of the Intelligence Community 
may be used to transfer or release an individual detained at Guantanamo 
Bay to the custody or control of any country, or any entity within such 
country, as follows: Libya, Somalia, Syria, or Yemen.

                  Title VII--Reports and Other Matters

                          subtitle a--reports

     Section 701. Repeal of certain reporting requirements

  Section 701 repeals certain reporting requirements.

     Section 702. Reports on foreign fighters

  Section 702 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
a report every 60 days for the three years following the enactment of 
this Act to the congressional intelligence committees on foreign 
fighter flows to and from Syria and Iraq. Section 702 requires 
information on the total number of foreign fighters who have traveled 
to Syria or Iraq, the total number of United States persons who have 
traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or Iraq, the total number of 
foreign fighters in Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, the 
total number of foreign fighters who have been processed with 
biometrics, any programmatic updates to the foreign fighter report, and 
a worldwide graphic that describes foreign fighter flows to and from 
Syria.

     Section 703. Report on strategy, efforts, and resources to 
       detect, deter, and degrade Islamic State revenue mechanisms

  Section 703 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
a report on the strategy, efforts, and resources of the Intelligence 
Community that are necessary to detect, deter, and degrade the revenue 
mechanisms of the Islamic State.

     Section 704. Report on United States counterterrorism 
       strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic 
       State, al-Qa'ida, and their affiliated groups, associated 
       groups, and adherents

  Section 704 requires the President to submit to the appropriated 
congressional committees a comprehensive report on the counterterrorism 
strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State, al-
Qa'ida, and their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents.

     Section 705. Report on effects of data breach of Office of 
       Personnel Management

  Section 705 requires the President to transmit to the congressional 
intelligence communities a report on the data breach of the Office of 
Personnel Management. Section 705 requires information on the impact of 
the breach on Intelligence Community operations abroad, in addition to 
an assessment of how foreign persons, groups, or countries may use data 
collected by the breach and what Federal Government agencies use best 
practices to protect sensitive data.

     Section 706. Report on hiring of graduates of Cyber Corps 
       Scholarship Program by intelligence community

  Section 706 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the employment 
by the Intelligence Community of graduates of the Cyber Corps 
Scholarship Program. Section 706 requires information on the number of 
graduates hired by each element of the Intelligence Community, the 
recruitment process for each element of the Intelligence Community, and 
the Director recommendations for improving the hiring process.

     Section 707. Report on use of certain business concerns

  Section 707 requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
to the congressional intelligence committees a report of covered 
business concerns--including minority-owned, women-owned, small 
disadvantaged, service-enabled veteran-owned, and veteran-owned small 
businesses--among contractors that are awarded contracts by the 
Intelligence Community for goods, equipment, tools and services.

                       subtitle b--other matters

     Section 711. Use of homeland security grant funds in 
       conjunction with Department of Energy national laboratories

  Section 711 amends Section 2008 (a) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to clarify that the Department of Energy's national laboratories 
may seek access to homeland security grant funds.

     Section 712. Inclusion of certain minority-serving 
       institutions in grant program to enhance recruiting of 
       intelligence community workforce

  Section 712 amends the National Security Act of 1947 to include 
certain minority-serving institutions in the intelligence officer 
training programs established under Section 1024 of the Act.
  The following consists of the joint explanatory statement to 
accompany Division N, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016.
  This joint explanatory statement reflects the status of negotiations 
and disposition of issues reached between the Senate Select Committee 
on Intelligence, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and 
the House Committee on Homeland Security. The joint explanatory 
statement shall have the same effect with respect to the implementation 
of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee 
of conference.
  The joint explanatory statement comprises an overview of the bill's 
background and objectives, and a section-by-section analysis of the 
legislative text.

              Part I: Background and Need for Legislation

  Cybersecurity threats continue to affect our nation's security and 
its economy, as losses to consumers, businesses, and the government 
from cyber attacks, penetrations, and disruptions total billions of 
dollars. This legislation is designed to create a voluntary 
cybersecurity information sharing process that will encourage public 
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cyber threat information, without legal barriers and the threat of 
unfounded litigation--while protecting private information. This in 
turn should foster greater cooperation and collaboration in the face of 
growing cybersecurity threats to national and economic security.
  This legislation also includes provisions to improve Federal network 
and information system security, provide assessments on the Federal 
cybersecurity workforce, and provide reporting and strategies on 
cybersecurity industry-related and criminal-related matters. The 
increased information sharing enabled by this bill is a critical step 
toward improving cybersecurity in America.

  Part II: Section-by-Section Analysis and Explanation of Legislative 
                                  Text

  The following is a section-by-section analysis and explanation of the 
Cybersecurity Act of 2015.

               Title I--Cybersecurity Information Sharing

     Section 101. Short title.

  Section 101 states that Title I may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity 
Information Sharing Act of 2015.''

     Section 102. Definitions.

  Section 102 defines for purposes of this title key terms such as 
``cybersecurity purpose,'' ``cybersecurity threat,'' ``cyber threat 
indicator,'' ``defensive measure,'' and ``monitor.'' The definition of 
``cybersecurity purpose'' is meant to include a broad range of 
activities taken to protect information and information systems from 
cybersecurity threats. The authorizations under this Act are tied to 
conduct undertaken for a ``cybersecurity purpose,'' which both 
clarifies their scope and ensures that the authorizations cover 
activities that can be performed in conjunction with one another. For 
instance, a private entity conducting monitoring activities to 
determine whether it should use an authorized ``defensive measure'' 
would be monitoring for a ``cybersecurity purpose.'' Significantly, the 
authorization for ``defensive measures'' does not include activities 
that are generally considered ``offensive'' in nature, such as 
unauthorized access of, or execution of computer code on, another 
entity's information systems, such as ``hacking back'' activities, or 
any actions that would substantially harm another private entity's 
information systems, such as violations of section 1030, of title 18, 
United States Code.

     Section 103. Sharing of information by the Federal 
       Government.

  Section 103 requires the Director of National Intelligence, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Attorney General to jointly develop and issue procedures for the timely 
sharing of classified and unclassified cyber threat indicators and 
defensive measures (hereinafter referenced collectively in this joint 
explanatory statement as, ``cyber threat information'') with relevant 
entities.
  These procedures must also ensure the Federal Government maintains: a 
real-time sharing capability; a process for notifying entities that 
have received cyber threat information in error; protections against 
unauthorized access; and procedures to review and remove, prior to 
sharing cyber threat information, any information not directly related 
to a cybersecurity threat known at the time of sharing to be personal 
information of a specific individual or that identifies a specific 
individual, or to implement a technical capability to do the same. 
These procedures must be developed in consultation with appropriate 
Federal entities, including the Small Business Administration and the 
National Laboratories.

     Section 104. Authorizations for preventing, detecting, 
       analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats.

  Section 104 authorizes private entities to monitor their information 
systems, operate defensive measures, and share and receive cyber threat 
information. Private entities must, prior to sharing cyber threat 
information, review and remove any information not directly related to 
a cybersecurity threat known at the time of sharing to be personal 
information of a specific individual or that identifies a specific 
individual, or to implement and utilize a technical capability to do 
the same.
  Section 104 permits non-Federal entities to use cyber threat 
information for cybersecurity purposes, to monitor, or to operate 
defensive measures on their information systems or on those of another 
entity (upon written consent). Cyber threat information shared by an 
entity with a State, tribal, or local department or agency may be used 
for the purpose of preventing, investigating, or prosecuting any of the 
offenses described in Section 105, below. Cyber threat information is 
exempt from disclosure under any State, tribal, local, or freedom of 
information or similar law.
  Section 104 further provides that two or more private entities are 
not in violation of antitrust laws for exchanging or providing cyber 
threat information, or for assisting with the prevention, 
investigation, or mitigation of a cybersecurity threat.

     Section 105. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive 
       measures with the Federal Government.

  Section 105 directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland 
Security to jointly develop policies and procedures to govern how the 
Federal Government shares information about cyber threats, including 
via an automated real-time process that allows for information systems 
to exchange identified cyber threat information without manual efforts, 
subject to limited exceptions that must be agreed upon in advance. 
Section 105 also directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with heads of appropriate Federal entities 
and in consultation with certain privacy officials and relevant private 
entities, to jointly issue and make publicly available final privacy 
and civil liberties guidelines for Federal entity-based cyber 
information sharing.
  Section 105 directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
coordination with heads of appropriate Federal entities, to develop, 
implement, and certify the capability and process through which the 
Federal Government receives cyber threat information shared by a non-
Federal entity with the Federal Government. This section also provides 
the President with the authority to designate an appropriate Federal 
entity, other than the Department of Defense (including the National 
Security Agency), to develop and implement an additional capability and 
process following a certification and explanation to Congress, as 
described in this section. The capability and process at the Department 
of Homeland Security, or at any additional appropriate Federal entity 
designated by the President, does not prohibit otherwise lawful 
disclosures of information related to criminal activities, Federal 
investigations, or statutorily or contractually required disclosures. 
However, this section does not preclude the Department of Defense, 
including the National Security Agency from assisting in the 
development and implementation of a capability and process established 
consistent with this title. It also shall not be read to preclude any 
department or agency from requesting technical assistance or staffing a 
request for technical assistance.
  Section 105 further provides that cyber threat information shared 
with the Federal Government does not waive any privilege or protection, 
may be deemed proprietary information by the originating entity, and is 
exempt from certain disclosure laws. Cyber threat information may be 
used by the Federal government for: cybersecurity purposes; identifying 
a cybersecurity threat or vulnerability; responding to, preventing, or 
mitigating a specific threat of death, a specific threat of serious 
bodily harm, or a specific threat of serious economic harm, including a 
terrorist act or a use of a weapon of mass destruction; responding to, 
investigating, prosecuting, preventing, or mitigating a serious threat 
to a minor; or preventing, investigating, disrupting, or prosecuting an 
offense arising out of certain cyber-related criminal activities.
  Finally, Section 105 provides that cyber threat information shared 
with the Federal Government shall not be used by any Federal, State, 
tribal, or local government to regulate non-Federal entities' lawful 
activities.

     Section 106. Protection from liability.

  Section 106 provides liability protection for private entities that 
monitor, share, or receive cyber threat information in accordance with 
Title I, notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, local, 
or tribal law. Section 106 further clarifies that nothing in Title I 
creates a duty to share cyber threat information or a duty to warn or 
act based on receiving cyber threat information. At the same time, 
nothing in Title I broadens, narrows, or otherwise affects any existing 
duties that might be imposed by other law; Title I also does not limit 
any common law or statutory defenses.

     Section 107. Oversight of Government activities.

  Section 107 requires reports and recommendations on implementation, 
compliance, and privacy assessments by agency heads, Inspectors 
General, and the Comptroller General of the United States, to ensure 
that cyber threat information is properly received, handled, and shared 
by the Federal Government.

     Section 108. Construction and preemption.

  Section 108 contains Title I construction provisions regarding lawful 
disclosures; whistleblower protections; protection of sources

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and methods; relationship to other laws; prohibited conduct, such as 
anti-competitive activities; information sharing relationships; 
preservation of contractual rights and obligations; anti-tasking 
restrictions, including conditions on cyber threat information sharing; 
information use and retention; Federal preemption of State laws that 
restrict or regulate Title I activities, excluding those concerning the 
use of authorized law enforcement practices and procedures; regulatory 
authorities; the Secretary of Defense's authorities to conduct certain 
cyber operations; and Constitutional protections in criminal 
prosecutions.

     Section 109. Report on cybersecurity threats.

  Section 109 requires the Director of National Intelligence, with the 
heads of other appropriate Intelligence Community elements, to submit a 
report to the congressional intelligence committees on cybersecurity 
threats, including cyber attacks, theft, and data breaches.

     Section 110 Exception to limitation on authority of Secretary 
       of Defense to disseminate certain information.

  Section 110 clarifies that, notwithstanding Section 393(c)(3) of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may authorize 
the sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures pursuant 
to the policies, procedures, and guidelines developed or issued under 
this title.

     Section 111. Effective period.

  Section 111 establishes Title I and the amendments therein are 
effective during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act and ending on September 30, 2025. The provisions of Title I will 
remain in effect however, for action authorized by Title I or 
information obtained pursuant to action authorized by Title I, prior to 
September 30, 2025.

              Title II--National Cybersecurity Advancement

   subtitle a--national cybersecurity and communications integration 
                                 center

     Section 201. Short title.

  Section 201 establishes that Title II, Subtitle A may be cited as the 
``National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015''.

     Section 202. Definitions.

  Section 202 defines for purposes of Title II, Subtitle A, the terms 
``appropriate congressional committees,'' ``cybersecurity risk,'' 
``incident,'' ``cyber threat indicator,'' ``defensive measure,'' 
``Department,'' and ``Secretary.''

     Section 203. Information sharing structure and processes.

  Section 203 enhances the functions of the Department of Homeland 
Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration 
Center, established in section 227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(redesignated by this Act). It designates the Center as a Federal 
civilian interface for multi-directional and cross-sector information 
sharing related to cybersecurity risks, incidents, analysis and 
warnings for Federal and non-Federal entities, including the 
implementation of Title I of this Act. This section requires the Center 
to engage with international partners; conduct information sharing with 
Federal and non-Federal entities; participate in national exercises; 
and assess and evaluate consequence, vulnerability and threat 
information regarding cyber incidents to public safety communications. 
Additionally, this section requires the Center to collaborate with 
state and local governments on cybersecurity risks and incidents. The 
Center will comply with all policies, regulations, and laws that 
protect the privacy and civil liberties of United States persons, 
including by working with the Privacy Officer to ensure the Center 
follows the privacy policies and procedures established by title I of 
this Act.
  Section 203 requires the Department of Homeland Security, in 
coordination with industry and other stakeholders, to develop an 
automated capability for the timely sharing of cyber threat indicators 
and defensive measures. It is critical for the Department to develop an 
automated system and supporting processes for the Center to disseminate 
cyber threat indicators and defensive measures in a timely manner.
  This section permits the Center to enter into voluntary information 
sharing relationships with any consenting non-Federal entity for the 
sharing of cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, and information 
for cybersecurity purposes. This section is intended to provide the 
Department of Homeland Security additional options to enter into 
streamlined voluntary information sharing agreements. This section 
allows the Center to utilize standard and negotiated agreements as the 
types of agreements that non-Federal entities may enter into with the 
Center. However, it makes clear that agreements are not limited to just 
these types, and preexisting agreements between the Center and the non-
Federal entity will be in compliance with this section.
  Section 203 requires the Director of the Center to report directly to 
the Secretary for significant cybersecurity risks and incidents. This 
section requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on the 
range of efforts underway to bolster cybersecurity collaboration with 
international partners. Section 203 allows the Secretary to develop and 
adhere to Department policies and procedures for coordinating 
vulnerability disclosures.

     Section 204. Information sharing and analysis organizations.

  Section 204 amends Section 212 of the Homeland Security Act to 
clarify the functions of Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations 
(ISA0s) to include cybersecurity risk and incident information beyond 
that pertaining to critical infrastructure. ISA0s, including 
Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) have an important role 
to play in facilitating information sharing going forward and has 
clarified their functions as defined in the Homeland Security Act.

     Section 205. National response framework

  Section 205 amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, with proper 
coordination, to regularly update the Cyber Incident Annex to the 
National Response Framework of the Department of Homeland Security.

     Section 206 Report on reducing cybersecurity risks in DHS 
       data centers.

  Section 206 requires the Secretary of the Department of Homeland 
Security to submit a report to Congress not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act on the feasibility of using 
compartmentalization between systems to create conditions conducive to 
reduced cybersecurity risks in data centers.

     Section 207. Assessment.

  Section 207 requires the Comptroller General of the United States not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act to submit a 
report on the implementation of Title II, including increases in the 
sharing of cyber threat indicators at the National Cybersecurity and 
Communications Integration Center and throughout the United States.

     Section 208. Multiple simultaneous cyber incidents at 
       critical infrastructure.

  Section 208 requires the appropriate Department of Homeland Security 
Under Secretary to draft and submit to Congress not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act a report on the feasibility of 
producing a risk-informed plan to address the risks of multiple 
simultaneous cyber incidents affecting critical infrastructure as well 
as cascade effects.

     Section 209. Report on cybersecurity vulnerabilities of 
       United States ports.

  Section 209 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act to submit to 
Congress a report on the vulnerability of United States ports to 
cybersecurity incidents, as well as potential mitigations.

     Section 210. Prohibition on new regulatory authority.

  Section 210 clarifies that the Secretary of Homeland Security does 
not gain any additional regulatory authorities in this subtitle.

     Section 211. Termination of reporting requirements.

  Section 211 adds a 7-year sunset on the reporting requirements in 
Title II, Subtitle A.

             subtitle b--federal cybersecurity enhancement

     Section 221. Short title.

  Section 221 establishes that Title II, Subtitle B may be cited as the 
``Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015''.

     Section 222. Definitions.

  Section 222 defines for purposes of Title II, Subtitle B, the terms 
``agency,'' ``agency information system,'' ``appropriate congressional 
committees,'' ``cybersecurity risk,'' ``information system,'' 
``Director,'' ``intelligence community,'' ``national security system,'' 
and ``Secretary.''

     Section 223. Improved Federal network security.

  Section 223 amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 by amending 
Section 228, as redesignated, to require an intrusion assessment plan 
for Federal agencies and adding a Section 230 to authorize a federal 
intrusion detection and prevention capabilities'' for Federal agencies.

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  Section 230 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by Section 
223(a) of the bill, authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
employ the Department's intrusion detection and intrusion prevention 
capabilities, operationally implemented under the ``EINSTEIN'' 
programs, to scan agencies' network traffic for malicious activity and 
block it. The Secretary and agencies with sensitive data are expected 
to confer regarding the sensitivity of, and statutory protections 
otherwise applicable to, information on agency information systems. The 
Secretary is expected to ensure that the policies and procedures 
developed under section 230 appropriately restrict and limit Department 
access, use, retention, and handling of such information to protect the 
privacy and confidentiality of such information, including ensuring 
that the Department protects such sensitive data from disclosure, and 
trains appropriate staff accordingly.
  Section 223(b) mandates that agencies deploy and adopt those 
capabilities within one year for all network traffic traveling to or 
from each information system owned or operated by the agency, or two 
months after the capabilities are first made available to the agency, 
whichever is later. The subsection also requires that agencies adopt 
improvements added to the intrusion detection and prevention 
capabilities six months after they are made available. Improvements is 
intended to be read broadly to describe expansion of the capabilities, 
new systems, and added technologies, for example: non-signature based 
detection systems such as heuristic- and behavior-based detection, new 
countermeasures to block malicious traffic beyond e-mail filtering and 
Domain Name System (DNS)-sinkholing,\1\ and scanning techniques that 
allow scanning of encrypted traffic.

     Section 224. Advanced internal defenses.

  Section 224 directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to add 
advanced network security tools to the Continuous Diagnostics and 
Mitigation program; develop and implement a plan to ensure agency use 
of advanced network security tools; and, with the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, prioritize advanced security tools and 
update metrics used to measure security under the Federal Information 
Security Management Act of 2002.

     Section 225. Federal cybersecurity requirements.

  Section 225 adds a statutory requirement for the head of each agency 
not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act to 
implement several standards on their networks to include identification 
of sensitive and mission critical data, use of encryption, and multi-
factor authentication.

     Section 226. Assessment; reports.

  Section 226 includes a requirement for a Government Accountability 
Office study to be conducted on the effectiveness of this approach and 
strategy. It also requires reports from the Department of Homeland 
Security, Federal Chief Information Officer, and the Office of 
Management and Budget. Required reporting includes an annual report 
from the Department of Homeland Security on the effectiveness and 
privacy controls of the intrusion detection and prevention 
capabilities; information on adoption of the intrusion detection and 
capabilities at agencies in the Office of Management and Budget's 
annual Federal Information Security Management Act report; an 
assessment by the Federal Chief Information Officer within two years of 
enactment as to continued value of the intrusion detection and 
prevention capabilities; and a Government Accountability report in 
three years on the effectiveness of Federal agencies' approach to 
securing agency information systems.

     Section 227. Termination.

  Section 227 creates a 7-year sunset for the authorization of the 
intrusion detection and prevention capabilities in Section 230 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by Section 223(a).

     Section 228. Identification of information systems relating 
       to national security.

  Section 228 requires the Director of National Intelligence and the 
Director of the Office of Management, in coordination with other 
agencies, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act to identify unclassified information systems that could reveal 
classified information, and submit a report assessing the risks 
associated with a breach of such systems and the costs and impact to 
designate such systems as national security systems.

     Section 229. Direction to agencies.

  Section 229 authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue an 
emergency directive to the head of an agency to take any lawful action 
with respect to the operation of an information system for the purpose 
of protecting such system from an information security threat. In 
situations in which the Secretary has determined there is an imminent 
threat to an agency, the Secretary may authorize the use of intrusion 
detection and prevention capabilities in accordance with established 
procedures, including notice to the affected agency.

         Title III--Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment

     Section 301. Short title.

  Section 301 establishes Title III may be cited as the ``Federal 
Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act of 2015''.

     Section 302. Definitions.

  Section 302 defines for purposes of Title III the terms ``appropriate 
congressional committees,'' ``Director,'' ``National Initiative for 
Cybersecurity Education,'' and ``work roles.''

     Section 303. National cybersecurity workforce measurement 
       initiative.

  Section 303 requires the head of each Federal agency to identify all 
positions within the agency that require the performance of 
cybersecurity or other cyber-related functions, and report the 
percentage of personnel in such positions holding the appropriate 
certifications, the level of preparedness of personnel without 
certifications to take certification exams, and a strategy for 
mitigating any identified certification and training gaps.

     Section 304. Identification of cyber-related work roles of 
       critical need.

  Section 304 requires the head of each Federal agency to identify 
information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-related roles of 
critical need in the agency's workforce, and substantiate as such in a 
report to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Section 
304 also requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
submit a subsequent report not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, on critical needs for information technology, 
cybersecurity, or other cyber-related workforce across all Federal 
agencies, and the implementation of this section.

     Section 305. Government Accountability Office status reports.

  Section 305 requires the Comptroller General of the United States to 
analyze and monitor the implementation of sections 303 and 304 and not 
later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act submit a 
report on the status of such implementation.

                     Title IV--Other Cyber Matters

     Section 401. Study on mobile device security.

  Section 401 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act to conduct a 
study on threats relating to the security of the mobile devices used by 
the Federal Government, and submit a report detailing the findings and 
recommendations arising from such study.

     Section 402. Department of State international cyberspace 
       policy strategy.

  Section 402 requires the Secretary of State not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act to produce a comprehensive 
strategy relating to United States international policy with regard to 
cyberspace, to include a review of actions taken by the Secretary of 
State in support of the President's International Strategy for 
Cyberspace and a description of threats to United States national 
security in cyberspace.

     Section 403. Apprehension and prosecution of international 
       cyber criminals.

  Section 403 requires the Secretary of State, or a designee, to 
consult with countries in which international cyber criminals are 
physically present and extradition to the United States is unlikely, to 
determine what efforts the foreign country has taken to apprehend, 
prosecute, or otherwise prevent the carrying out of cybercrimes against 
United States persons or interests. Section 403 further requires an 
annual report that includes statistics and extradition status about 
such international cyber criminals.

     Section 404. Enhancement of emergency services.

  Section 404 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act to establish a 
process by which a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator may report 
data on any cybersecurity risk or incident involving any information 
system or network used by emergency response providers within the 
state. Reported

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data will be analyzed and used in developing information and 
recommendations on security and resilience on measures for information 
systems and networks used by state emergency response providers.

     Section 405. Improving cybersecurity in the health care 
       industry.

  Section 405 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
establish a task force and not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the task force to submit a report on the Department of 
Health and Human Services and the health care industry's preparedness 
to respond to cybersecurity threats. In support of the report, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services will convene health care 
industry stakeholders, cybersecurity experts, and other appropriate 
entities, to establish a task force for analyzing and disseminating 
information on industry-specific cybersecurity challenges and 
solutions.
  Consistent with subsection (e), it is Congress's intention to allow 
Health and Human Services the flexibility to leverage and incorporate 
ongoing activities as of the day before the date of enactment of this 
act to accomplish the goals set forth for this task force.

     Section 406. Federal computer security.

  Section 406 requires the Inspector General of any agency operating a 
national security system, or a Federal computer system that provides 
access to personally identifiable information, not later than 240 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act to submit a report regarding 
the federal computer systems of such agency, to include information on 
the standards and processes for granting or denying specific requests 
to obtain and use information and related information processing 
services, and a description of the data security management practices 
used by the agency.

     Section 407. Stopping the fraudulent sale of financial 
       information of people of the United States.

  Section 407 amends 18 U.S. Code Sec.  1029 by enabling the Federal 
Government to prosecute overseas criminals who profit from financial 
information that has been stolen from Americans.

                                endnote

  \1\ Use of a DNS server configured to direct attackers away from 
network infrastructure.

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the ranking 
minority member of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Subcommittee.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this omnibus 
appropriations agreement.
  This agreement reflects a truly bipartisan compromise that fulfills 
Congress' most basic responsibility: to fund the operations of the 
Federal Government.
  As the ranking member of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Subcommittee, I am thrilled to be supporting our 
subcommittee's section of the bill. I want to remind everyone that in 
July, our bill died on the floor. It was underfunded, and it was loaded 
with partisan riders that harmed the environment and failed to meet the 
needs of the American people.
  This is not a perfect bill, but it is a remarkable improvement. This 
bill provides critical resources to important programs ranging from 
clean air and water, natural resources, to Native Americans and the 
arts. For the first time in 5 years, the Environmental Protection 
Agency is not being cut.
  The agreement provides $93 million in increased support to the 
National Park Service programs, and it funds the National Parks 
Centennial Initiative. Democrats and Republicans are equally committed 
to fund Native American programs, which received an increase of 5 
percent over 2015, important increases for education, health, and 
tribal government programs.
  The Land and Water Conservation Fund is reauthorized for 3 years and 
funded at $450 million, the highest level of funding since 2010. The 
National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities are funded at the 
President's request, which is terrific.
  The real victory that is here for the American people is that this 
agreement removes policy riders that were bad for the environment, bad 
for our air and our water, and bad for our families. Those riders are 
gone from this bill, and that is a victory.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Calvert for a very positive 
working relationship this year, and I appreciate the courtesy and the 
respect the gentleman and the Republican staff have shown me and my 
staff. The Democratic Appropriations staff worked incredibly hard to 
protect our priorities in this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge support.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), the distinguished chairman of the 
Agriculture Committee.
  Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the chairman and Chairman 
Aderholt for the consideration they gave to our input. They were kind 
in that consideration, and we certainly appreciate that.
  Mr. Speaker, we have heard reasons why to vote for this bill: defense 
spending and lifting the ban on crude oil. Let me add one other aspect, 
and that is the repeal of the Country of Origin Labeling requirements 
that are currently in law. By repealing Country of Origin Labeling, we 
help American producers avoid in excess of $1 billion of retaliatory 
measures that Mexico and Canada are spring-loading to begin applying 
against American production. This repeal avoids that. Mr. Speaker, in 
my view, this adds additional weight to why I am supporting this bill.
  I would hope that my colleagues would look at the defense spending 
and look at the crude oil ban, but also look at the repeal of COOL as a 
reason why to support this bill and move it to the Senate and then to 
the President's desk.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to vote ``yes'' as I am. With that, 
again, I thank the chairman for his consideration during this process. 
We appreciate being a part of the work, and I look forward to 
supporting it.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fattah), a senior member of the Appropriations 
Committee.
  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman, and I thank 
Chairman Rogers and the work of the staff.
  Mr. Speaker, I think we have a bill here that the House can fully 
embrace. The point that I want to make is that we have in this bill 
major spending programs that are going to help tens of millions of 
Americans improve their life chances.
  On the health side, on education, and on housing, I particularly want 
to indicate how pleased I am that we were able to increase very 
significantly our investments in brain science and brain research. We 
were able to almost double the President's request on youth mentoring. 
There are areas--everything from Commercial Crew to efforts to combat 
drug addiction--that would commend this bill for favorable support here 
in this House.
  I want to thank the committee for all of its great work. I want to 
particularly thank my staff for the work that they have done. We will 
have a chance to indicate, as we go forward after the holiday, some of 
the particulars, but I will single out one right here right now.
  There was a young police officer who was in a gun battle in my 
district trying to protect life and property. Our commissioner said it 
was the most courageous act he ever saw of a police officer. In this 
bill today, we name a program in the Department of Justice, a program 
focused on lessening violence against police officers, after this young 
officer, Robert Wilson III.
  It is not an effort in which we want to just think about money. I 
thank the chairman and the ranking member for their cooperation in this 
effort because I think it, in symbol and in substance, says to those 
who protect our communities that we, indeed, care about them and we 
understand the dangers that they face.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time is remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 4\1/2\ 
minutes remaining. The gentleman from Kentucky has 4 minutes remaining.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

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  Mr. Speaker, as we close this debate, I want to extend my 
appreciation, again, to Chairman Rogers, his staff, my able staff, and 
my chairman, Kay Granger. It has really been a pleasure working 
together to produce this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, as we close this session, I just want to reiterate the 
message that Chairman Rogers has been sharing with us on the committee 
and here on the floor of the House: it is time for regular order. We 
should deal with each of the 12 bills independently and bring them to 
the floor for a vote. Although there has been a lot of negotiation and 
a lot of compromise working on this omnibus bill, I am very proud of 
the product that we produce.
  Whether it is funding the National Institutes of Health or education 
or Head Start or taking care of our veterans or in this very, very 
difficult time where we have challenges all over the world, I close my 
comments to tell Chairman Rogers what a pleasure it is to work with him 
and to complete this bill, which I know--I know--will have an important 
impact on our families, our veterans, and all those who serve in the 
military with such distinction.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), the distinguished chairman of the 
Labor-HHS Subcommittee of our Appropriations Committee.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Frankly, I want to, number one, tell you how pleased I am with the 
portion of the bill that we were able to work with. My friend, the 
distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut, and I worked together, and 
our members worked hard.
  We are exceptionally pleased to begin to reinvest again at the 
National Institutes of Health, to put $350 million for additional 
research in Alzheimer's, to put over $500 million into additional early 
childhood education, to send back to the States, frankly, over $400 
million for IDEA, and to help school districts deal with children with 
special needs.
  We were exceptionally pleased to be able to preserve--in fact, aid--
something that the President had significantly reduced. But in saying 
that, I want to say we had a good working relationship with the 
administration.
  So this is a good product. This actually serves some really important 
purposes. I felt like we worked together in a bipartisan way to 
prioritize things that matter to all of us and certainly that matter 
very deeply to the American people.
  I want to, again, close by thanking my good friend from Connecticut 
(Ms. DeLauro) for working with us. I want to particularly thank my 
friend, the ranking member, who worked very hard. I am especially proud 
of my chairman, Mr. Rogers from Kentucky, because I think he not only 
produced a very good product under very difficult circumstances, he 
also has brought us closer to restoring full regular order, which I 
know is his aim.
  The last people to thank, of course, are the people that make it all 
possible. We have had just a brilliant staff effort, hardworking, 
dedicated, thoroughly professional, and, frankly, bipartisan. So I want 
to thank each and every one of them.
  I would be remiss if I didn't single out, if I may, Mr. Speaker, my 
own chief clerk, Susan Ross, who I thought did an exceptional job, and 
to also thank Will Smith, our chief clerk of the committee for his 
extraordinary job.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of the bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time is remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 2\1/2\ 
minutes remaining.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished whip.

                              {time}  1430

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Lowey and Chairman 
Rogers for their leadership on this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, there is no such thing as a perfect bill. There are a 
number of things about this bill that I would change--and, to that 
extent, I am probably like everybody else in this House--and that I 
opposed when they were brought to the floor on their own; specifically, 
ending the 40-year ban on crude oil exports.
  However, this bill, in addition, fails to include language that will 
enable Puerto Rico to restructure its debt at no cost to the taxpayer, 
which is a resource the Puerto Rican Government deserves to avoid real 
harm to our citizens living on the island. The Speaker has indicated a 
willingness to work across the aisle on this early next year. We must 
do so.
  But this omnibus represents a compromise that will avert a government 
shutdown and continue our investment in national security, education, 
housing, public health, innovation, environmental protection, and 
maintaining justice. No one--as never happens--is going to get 
everything they want or prevent everything they oppose from being 
included.
  Businesses and workers across our country deserve the certainty that 
comes from ensuring that our government remains open and serving the 
American people.
  I am glad that the most egregious partisan policy riders were removed 
from this bill. I congratulate Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Lowey for that 
accomplishment.
  I believe we can do better, especially when it comes to making 
investments in areas that grow our economy, such as infrastructure, 
research and innovation, higher education, and workforce development.
  But I will support this omnibus, and I urge my colleagues to support 
this omnibus because we must not let the perfect stand in the way of 
the practical and the appropriate.
  It is our responsibility not to kick the can down the road with a 
continuing resolution, but to pass commonsense appropriations that 
avert the dangers to our economy that stem from a shutdown. This bill 
achieves those goals. I hope we can move into the new year with a 
renewed sense of what we ought to do together to invest in a stronger 
future for America.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this omnibus bill.
  I thank Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Lowey for their leadership.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman from New York 
has expired.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, we would not be here without the work of this great 
staff that we have mentioned time and again today. These people have 
worked tireless hours all night. They have had one day off since before 
Thanksgiving, and that was Thanksgiving day itself. I want to say a 
word of thanks again to the great staff, led by the chief clerk, Will 
Smith.
  I thank Will for the great job and Jim Kulikowski, his deputy, and 
all of the other staff on both sides of the aisle. Thank you so much to 
David for his great work.
  Mr. Speaker, we should not be here under these circumstances. We 
should not be here dealing with a bill that funds the entire government 
in one package, this so-called omnibus appropriations bill.
  We are supposed to pass 12 separate bills, bring them to the floor 
separately, and then conference with the Senate separately. We were on 
track to do that. We got the earliest start in our history this year. 
Yet, the Senate refused to allow any of the bills we sent over to be 
brought to the floor, forcing us into this omnibus.
  Next year I hope it is different and I hope the Senate will bring 
these bills to their floor so we can separate them into 12 different 
packages, conference them, debate them, amend them, and pass them in 
regular order. In the meantime, this is our only choice to keep the 
government open, and that is to pass this omnibus appropriations bill.
  I want to thank all of the members of my committee, all of the 
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the subcommittees, all of the ranking members on the other side, and 
all of the staff on the subcommittee level, who have worked time and 
again night after night on putting together this extremely large and 
complex appropriations bill and added to it several other authorizing 
pieces of legislation that were tacked onto this bill.
  Nevertheless, it is a good bill. There are things I wish I could have 
gotten in the bill that we were unable to. I am sure my counterpart, 
Mrs. Lowey, has the same feeling. But this is the best we can do.
  I urge Members to vote for the bill.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the fiscal year 
2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill.
  The Interior division of the Omnibus is a very difficult piece of the 
bill with many competing needs and interests. This legislation attempts 
to fairly balance the needs of our agencies and programs. It also 
continues the Subcommittee's work on fire, domestic energy production, 
the National Parks, and tribal programs.
  This bill provides funding for fire suppression at the 10-year 
average level and includes a total of $1 billion in the FLAME wildfire 
suppression reserve account to help avoid the need to borrow resources 
from other forest programs to put out wildland fires. It also provides 
additional resources to reduce hazardous fuel loads on public lands.
  It provides additional funding for the National Park Service, 
including new funds for initiatives related to the Service's Centennial 
next year and the Centennial Challenge matching grant program. This 
bill makes significant investments in healthcare, law enforcement and 
educational programs in Indian Country. We have made a concerted effort 
to meet our moral and legal obligations, and to honor our longstanding 
commitments, to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  This bill also promotes voluntary, non-regulatory fish and wildlife 
conservation programs in partnership with States and Tribes, and 
increases funding for important international programs.
  This bill builds on previous efforts to promote domestic energy and 
mineral development both onshore and offshore. I know that many Western 
Members are disappointed--I'm disappointed. Many important and well-
developed policy provisions so important to the west were removed at 
the insistence of the other side of the aisle and in deference to a 
unique opportunity to expand energy exports. However, permanently 
lifting the ban on oil exports will yield economic benefits for 
generations and will improve America's geopolitical posture in the 
world.
  Next year I will be working with the Chairman of the Full Committee 
and Leadership to ensure regular order so that all our Member interests 
are represented in the normal appropriations process, and are not swept 
up in the kind of negotiations that are required to produce an Omnibus.
  Before I close, I want to thank our Ranking Member, Ms. McCollum, of 
Minnesota. She has been a frank and honest partner and friend this year 
as we worked through our hearings, wrote our bill, and moved it through 
the legislative process to completion.
  I also want to thank Chairman Rogers for his support of the Interior 
Subcommittee and leadership of the full Committee. Kudos to you, Mr. 
Chairman, for bringing the fiscal year 2016 appropriations process to a 
successful conclusion again this year.
  Finally, I would like to thank the staff who have worked hundreds of 
hours on this bill. My clerk Dave LesStrang, Darren Benjamin, Betsy 
Bina, Jason Gray, Jackie Kilroy, and Kristin Richmond. Also Ian Foley 
and Rebecca Keightley in my office.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I urge Members on both sides of the aisle to 
support this important legislation. I want to wish my colleagues a very 
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
  Mr. ASHFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank you for recognizing the 
need to make this country safer from such horrible highly infectious 
diseases such as Ebola. I am glad that the 113th Congress had the 
foresight to improve our preventive and treatment options to fight 
Ebola during consideration of the Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Act 
that included emergency funding to protect our American citizens from 
this disease should such deadly illnesses ever spread to the USA.
  As we debate the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations package 
before us today we have again wisely included language that will allow 
the unused funds from the emergency supplemental to be used to assist 
institutions to not only buy equipment and instruments but to also 
perform much needed renovation to existing structures and construct or 
expand facilities. It is vitally important that we maintain a core 
infrastructure capacity to preserve our national readiness capability. 
The use of already appropriated funds for the purposes of purchasing 
equipment, construction, renovation or expansion is prudent and 
appropriate.
  I rise just to thank you for your diligence on this and your 
foresight to prevent the possibility of an outbreak of a highly 
infectious illness like Ebola from occurring in the United States. I 
also appreciate the Chairman's partnership in ensuring that we were 
able to address this need without adding new funding and still 
strengthen our country's defenses against highly infectious diseases.
  Mr. MacARTHUR. Mr. Speaker, I was disappointed to see there was no 
language in the Omnibus to delay the implementation of the Department 
of Labor's fiduciary proposal and allow the bipartisan proposal in the 
House to codify a workable fiduciary that would truly protect savers.
  The Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed fiduciary standard is a 
well-intentioned but poorly conceived proposal. I've expressed concern 
with a number of issues in the proposal in the past but I'd like to 
focus on the Department of Labor's legal authority over IRAs in my 
comments today.
  Congress explicitly designated employer-sponsored plans to the 
fiduciary standard under ERISA. Congress also explicitly designated 
IRAs to be governed by the Internal Revenue Code's prohibited 
transaction rules.
  DOL is simply not legally permitted to exert jurisdiction over IRA 
rollovers and to apply a fiduciary standard to IRAs without 
Congressional approval. Congress has amended ERISA and the tax code 
multiple times and has chosen repeatedly not to make this change. It is 
not legally permissible for an unelected bureaucrat from DOL to make 
that decision for the Congress, and the people we've been elected to 
represent back home.
  There are already a number of federal agencies that do have the 
authority to regulate financial transactions over individual IRAs, 
namely the SEC and FINRA. SEC and FINRA have a demonstrated record of 
education and enforcement to minimize any conflicts and punish advisors 
who violate those standards. When advisors act against their clients' 
interests, they should and will be punished. It is unreasonable to 
place a prohibitive regime across an entire industry of professionals 
working in their client's best interest, rather than punish those who 
violate it.
  Former head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration 
(``EBSA'') Brad Campbell, the Department agency promulgating this 
regulation, testified at a recent hearing, ``This is a significant 
departure from the Department's traditional view of its authority 
regarding the application of the prohibited transaction rules to IRAs, 
in that it is attempting to leverage this authority to establish a 
fiduciary standard of care the statute does not provide.
  ``Testimony identifying a large number of significant technical 
problems with the Proposal, are a direct result of the Department's 
unfamiliarity with the IRA marketplace and with the role of other 
regulators in governing financial advice provided to IRAs. The 
Department is trying to force a square peg into a round hole by 
asserting that the ERISA fiduciary standards can and should apply to 
IRAs in addition to the existing regulatory regimes already in place.''
  I am a strong supporter of a best interest standard to protect our 
constituents when they receive advice on IRAs, but this proposal is 
based on doubtful legal authority and is unworkable in practice. It 
will lead to our nation's most vulnerable savers receiving no financial 
advice at all, at a time when they need it most.
  Again, I appreciate the DOL's intentions in promulgating these 
regulations but I believe they are out of their area of expertise and 
it is reflected in the quality of the proposal. I hope the DOL plans to 
work with Congress as we progress on our bipartisan best interest 
standard that will be codified into law, rather than continue to 
attempt to overstretch the authority given to them by the Congress. 
Congress will continue to protect our constituents' best interests and 
assert our authority over the issue.
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of the 
Omnibus Appropriations bill. After a thoughtful and thorough review, I 
have decided to vote in favor of the Omnibus Appropriations bill. I 
have reservations about several provisions in the bill, but ultimately 
I believe that the good contained in this bill outweighs the bad. My 
vote was cast in favor of keeping the government operating and to 
continue to make critical investments agency programs that benefit all 
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also firmly believe that we cannot afford another shutdown and this 
bill provides the Federal Government with funding through September 30, 
2016.
  The omnibus provides much needed increases for a broad range of 
education programs including Head Start, Title I grants, aid to HBCUs, 
the TRIO and GEAR UP programs, and rural education. Providing the 
resources low-income families need to increase their academic success 
is one of my highest priorities, and this legislation is a first step 
in the right direction.
  Furthermore, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), 
and other minority serving institutions are set to receive an 
additional $40 million in funding. HBCUs have created and fostered a 
generation of African-American professionals, and still play a vital 
role in educating our youth. My district is home to some of the most 
prominent HBCUs in the Country, and as a Vice Chair of the Bipartisan 
Congressional HBCU Caucus, securing adequate funding for these 
institutions is critically important to me.
  I am also pleased that this bill provides funding through the 
Department of the Interior that will be used to preserve historic civil 
sites. The struggle for civil and voting rights is an integral part of 
American history. Our district is known as the civil rights district, 
and we have the potential to benefit from this competitive grant 
process. I fought to secure two amendments that made this funding 
possible in order to preserve important civil rights sites for future 
generations.
  The bill includes many increases in programs that are critical to 
improving access to quality health care and innovative medical 
research. I am particularly pleased to see a much needed increase in 
funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National 
Science Foundation (NSF). These investments in research are essential 
to providing long-term stability for our research communities in 
Birmingham and across the state. The package recognizes that HIV and 
Hepatitis should be a priority by reinvesting in the Health Resources 
and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC). As the mental health crisis becomes more urgent, 
the deal's increased funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Agency (SAMHSA) is a welcome sign of progress for the mental 
health community.
  There is an urgent need to address racial health disparities in 
Alabama's 7th Congressional District, and I am pleased this bill 
recognizes that need. By funding Racial and Ethnic Approaches to 
Community Health (REACH), Congress has made an investment to help 
eliminate health disparities across a range of diseases, including 
heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
  This is not a perfect bill, but I am proud that both sides of the 
aisle were able to work out a compromise that benefits our nation, and 
helps us continue to grow.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on the underlying bill, 
H.R. 2029, the ``Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2014.''
  I want to thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey for their 
constructive work in fashioning this bipartisan and bicameral 
legislation to fund the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 
2016.
  The bill before us is not perfect--far from it--but it is a modest 
and positive step toward preventing Republicans from shutting down the 
government again and manufacturing crises that only harm our economy, 
destroy jobs, and weaken our middle class.
  As with any compromise there are some things in the agreement that I 
support and some things that I do not.
  The bill provides a total of $1.067 trillion for the operation of the 
federal government, a substantial and necessary increase of $80 billion 
in sequestration relief.
  The bill contains all 12 regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 
2016, with no area of the government functioning under a Continuing 
Resolution, thus allowing every program to be considered on its own 
merits and prioritized, rather than be subject to arbitrary across the 
board cuts.
  Mr. Speaker, let me say at the outset that I am very pleased that 
Section 208 of the Omnibus (Division N) incorporates the Jackson Lee 
Amendment to Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which creates a voluntary 
cybersecurity information sharing process that will encourage public 
and private sector entities to share cyber threat information, without 
legal barriers and the threat of unfounded litigation--while protecting 
private information.
  The Jackson Lee Amendment incorporated in the Cybersecurity Act and 
included in the Omnibus also includes provisions to improve federal 
network and information system security, provide assessments on the 
federal cybersecurity workforce, and provide reporting and strategies 
on cybersecurity industry-related and criminal-related matters.
  I also strongly support the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation 
Fund Reauthorization contained in Title IV of Division O, which 
reauthorizes the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund for an additional five 
years, provides an additional $4.6 billion to fully fund the VCF; and 
makes technical adjustments to VCF payment schedules to ensure the 
provided funding is sufficient to pay all claims.
  In addition, Title IV creates a fund, modeled along the lines of the 
``Victim of the Terror Fund'' I proposed in H. Res. 528, to compensate 
U.S. victims of terrorism who either hold a final judgment issued 
against a state sponsor of terrorism under the terrorism exception to 
the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, or were taken hostage (or are a 
spouse or child of someone who was taken hostage) from the U.S. Embassy 
in Tehran, Iran in 1979.
  This program is funded with an initial allocation of $1.025 billion 
and will be augmented in future years through criminal and civil 
penalties levied against state sponsors of terrorism and their co-
conspirators.
  Mr. Speaker, the Omnibus provides increases in funding for several 
programs that I have strongly supported and fought for throughout my 
tenure in Congress.
  Let me list just a few of the more important ones.


                    AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES

  $6.350 billion for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children (WIC), an amount sufficient to meet expected need 
in Fiscal Year 2016.


            COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  $19.3 billion for NASA, which is $1.27 billion more than the 2015 
enacted level.
  $347 million for Byrne-JAG grants, which is $14.7 million above the 
2015 enacted level and $2 million more than the House bill.
  $212 million for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) 
Program. Within this funding, $187 million is for the hiring of law 
enforcement, which is $7 million above the FY 2015 level and $187 
million above the House bill which eliminated this funding.
  $480 million for Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution 
Programs, which is $50 more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $270.2 million for Juvenile Justice, which is $18.7 million more than 
the FY 2015 level and $83.7 million above the House bill.
  $385 million for the Legal Services Corporation, which is $10 million 
more than FY 2015 level and $85 million above the House bill.
  $7.46 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), which is 
$119.3 million more than FY 2015 and $69.3 million above the House 
bill.
  $2.57 billion overall for total State and Local Law Enforcement 
Activities, which is $246.2 million above the FY 2015 level and $405.7 
million more than the House bill; and
  $1.37 billion for the Census Bureau, which is $378.3 million more 
than the House bill, including funding to help ensure an efficient 2020 
Census utilizing innovative and cost-effective enumeration practices.
  The bill rejects House proposals to prohibit the Department of 
Justice from using funds to challenge state immigration laws or 
awarding grants to ``sanctuary'' cities; or to defend the Deferred 
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy in the pending court case.


                                DEFENSE

  $288.3 million for sexual assault prevention and response programs, 
$5 million more than the House bill and $25 million more than the 
request.
  $125 million for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Psychological 
Health research.
  $282 million for cancer research, roughly the same as the House bill, 
$407 million more than the request, and $1.5 million more than FY2015.
  1.3% pay raise for military personnel as proposed in the budget 
request and included in the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act.
  $26.7 million for the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, the same as 
the House bill, $20 million more than requested.
  $25 million for STARBASE, a STEM education program for fifth graders, 
the same as the House bill, $25 million more than the request, and the 
same as FY2015.


           ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  $2.1 billion for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, which is $404 
million more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $6.0 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers, which is $350 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $1.3 billion for water resources projects within the Department of 
Interior, which is $135 million more than the 2015 enacted level.

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  $206 million for activities to modernize the electricity grid, which 
is $19 million more than the House bill and $59 million than the FY2015 
enacted level.
  $6.2 billion for environmental cleanup activities, which is $309 
million more than the House bill and $337 million more than the FY2015 
enacted level.
  The Omnibus eliminates the majority of riders proposed in the House 
bill, including those related to Waters of the United States, guns on 
Corps lands, Clean Water Act agriculture exemptions and ceiling fan 
standards.


               FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

  $871 million for the Small Business Administration (SBA), which is 
$16.6 million less than the 2015 enacted level (as a result of reduced 
loan subsidy costs) and $18.5 million higher than the House-passed 
level.
  $729.8 million for the District of Columbia, which is $50.3 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level and $51.8 million more than the House-
passed level.
  $6.8 billion for the Judiciary, which is $80 million more than the 
2015 enacted level.
  The Omnibus eliminates the majority of riders proposed in the House 
including those prohibiting funds: to subsidize abortion services in 
connection with a multi-state plan offered under the Affordable Care 
Act exchanges negotiated by OPM; to implement the Affordable Care Act 
(ACA) individual mandate and prohibiting HHS transfers to IRS for ACA 
implementation; implement the net neutrality order until the current 
court cases are resolved; and to travel to Cuba for educational 
exchanges not involving academic study pursuant to a degree program.


                           HOMELAND SECURITY

  $13.03 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is $451 
million more than the FY2015 enacted level and $59 million less than 
the House level.
  $4.93 billion for the Transportation Security Administration, which 
is $225.8 million less than the 2013 enacted level.
  $7.44 billion for the Transportation Security Administration, which 
is $211.3 million more than the FY2015 enacted level and $207.5 million 
more than the House level.
  $923.8 million for Cybersecurity and Communications, an increase of 
$27.5 million above the 2013 enacted level.
  $4.62 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $268.9 
million above the 2015 enacted level.
  $2.54 billion for State and Local Grants, an increase of $10 million 
above the 2015 enacted level and $308.6 million more than the request.
  $1.93 billion for the U.S. Secret Service, which is $267.8 million 
more than the FY2015 enacted level.
  $10.92 billion for the U.S. Coast Guard, which is $880 million more i 
than the FY2015 enacted level and $805.9 million more than the House 
level.
  $100 million for Pre-Disaster Mitigation, which is $75 million more 
than the FY2015 enacted level and the House level.
  $190 million for Flood Mapping, which is $90 million more than the 
FY2015 enacted level and the House level.
  $50 million in new funding to help state and local communities 
counter violent extremism and to help state and local law enforcement 
prepare for and respond to complex, coordinated terrorist attacks.
  $100 million in new funding for DHS to address cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities of DHS IT systems.
  Controversial House riders related to abortion services and 
immigration enforcement are not included in the bill.
  Among the contentious riders not included were provisions:
  1. related to the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 
program and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program;
  2. to eliminate ICE's discretion to release certain categories of 
detainees from custody, except for removal;
  3. intended to prohibit Americans from bringing back merchandise from 
Cuba; and
  4. prohibiting the award of terrorism preparedness grants to states 
or political subdivisions of states that do not permit law enforcement 
officers to assist or cooperate with the enforcement of federal 
immigration law.


              INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  $4.203 billion for Wildland fires, which represent the 10-year 
average of costs.
  $4.8 billion for the Indian Health Service, which is $165 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $450 million is provided for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, an 
increase of $144 million above the 2015 enacted level.
  $2.851 billion for the National Park Service, which is $237 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $147.9 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the 
National Endowment for the Humanities, which is $1.9 million more than 
the 2015 enacted level and $1.9 million more than the House bill.
  $2.796 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is $195 
million more than the 2015 enacted level and $30 million more than the 
House bill.
  $2.455 billion for the U.S. Forest Service (non-fire), which is $35 
million more than the 2015 enacted level and $99 million more than the 
House bill.


   LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  $9.26 billion for Head Start, which is $570 million more than the 
2015 enacted level, and $14 million more than the House bill.
  $2.7 billion for job training through WIA Training and Employment 
Formula Grant program, which is $86 million more than the 2015 enacted 
level.
  $835 million for Seniors' Nutrition programs, which is $20 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level and $14 million more than the House 
bill.
  $2.36 billion for Child Care & Development Block Grants, which is $36 
million more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $244.7 million for Historically Black Colleges, $63.3 million for 
Historically Black Graduate Institutions, and $9.9 million for 
Predominantly Black Institutions, a total of more than $319 million, 
which represents an increase of about $23 million over the 2015 enacted 
level.
  $56,758,601 for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health 
Disparities (NIMHD) Research Centers in Minority Institutions equal to 
the enacted 2015 level.
  $22.5 billion for Pell Grants, the same as the 2015 enacted level but 
$370 million more than the House bill, and which, when combined with 
mandatory funding, will enable the maximum grant to increase to an 
estimated $5,915, an increase of $140 in the 2016-2017 school year.
  $3.4 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP), which is the same as the 2015 enacted level and $25 million 
more than the House bill.
  $11.9 billion for Special Education state grants (IDEA), which is 
$415 million more than the 2015 enacted level and $87 million less than 
the House bill.
  $1.6 billion for worker protection agencies at the Department of 
Labor, which is $3 million more than the 2015 enacted level and $39 
million more than the House bill.
  $445 million as an advance appropriation for the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting (CPB), which is the same as the 2015 enacted level 
and the House bill. An increase of $40 million is provided for 
Television Interconnection in 2016, which is $40 million more than the 
House bill.
  $948 million for Unaccompanied Minor Children, which is the same as 
the 2015 enacted level and $130 million more than the House bill.
  $1.1 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service 
(CNCS), which is $40 million more than the 2015 enacted level and $407 
million more than the House bill.
  The Omnibus abandons the futile but wasteful effort by House 
Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.


                            VETERANS AFFAIRS

  $71.414 billion in discretionary funding for Veterans Affairs, which 
is $6.4 billion more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $630.7 million for prosthetic research, which is $41.8 million above 
the 2015 enacted level.
  An additional $2.369 billion for the Medical Services account and 
$105 million for Medical Facilities for fiscal year 2016.
  Of the additional funds included for fiscal year 2016, $1.5 billion 
is dedicated for the treatment of Hepatitis C within the VA system, an 
additional $50 million is included for the Caregiver Program, and an 
additional $15 million is included for mobile Vet Centers.
  The Omnibus provides new tools and resources to address the backlog 
of veterans' disability claims by increasing personnel, enhancing 
training and quality oversight, and strengthening accountability.


            STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  I would have preferred that the bill provide more than $2.22 billion 
for Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance, an amount that is 
$102 million less than the 2015 enacted level. Our diplomats who risk 
their lives serving in dangerous outposts around the world deserve all 
the resources required to keep them safe.
  $2.78 billion for Development Assistance (DA), which is $274 million 
more than the FY 2015 level but $218 million.
  $4.32 billion for Economic Support Fund (ESF), which is $428 million 
less than the FY 2015 level.
  $1.28 billion for USAID Operating Expenses (OE), which is $66.6 
million more than the FY 2015 level.

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  $5.9 billion in total funding for humanitarian assistance accounts, 
which is $899 million more than the FY 2015 level.
  And the FY 2016 Committee mark and $1.66 billion more than the
  $410 million for Peace Corps, which is $30.5 million more than the 
2015 Committee mark and the FY 2015 level and equal to the 
Administration's request.
  $8.5 billion for Global Health (GHP), which is $49.5 million more 
than the FY 2016 Committee mark and FY 2015 level and $322 million more 
than the Administration's request.
  $575 million for bilateral family planning, which is equal to the 
2015 enacted level.
  The final agreement does not include a policy rider codifying the 
``Global Gag Rule,'' which prohibits non-governmental organizations 
(NGOs) receiving federal funds from providing women information about 
certain health services.


TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  $16.3 billion for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is 
$563 million more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $500 million for National Infrastructure Investments (TIGER), which 
is equal to the 2015 enacted level and $400 million more than the House 
bill.
  $2.2 billion for Capital Investment Grants, which is $57 million more 
than the 2015 enacted level and $256 million more than the House bill.
  $50 million for Railroad Safety Grants, $25 million for rail 
infrastructure improvements and $25 million for positive train control 
grants.
  $17.7 billion for Section 8 Tenant Based Rental Assistance renewals, 
which is $195 million more than the 2015 enacted level.
  $60 million for HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH), 
which is $15 million below the 2015 enacted level but $60 million more 
than the House bill, and $60 million more than the President's budget 
request.
  $10.4 billion for Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance renewals, 
which is $885 million more than the 2015 enacted level, and is 
sufficient to meet expected need based on updated estimates.
  $4.5 billion for Public Housing Operating Fund, which is $60 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level and $60 million more than the House 
bill.
  $1.9 billion for Public Housing Capital Fund, which is $25 million 
more than the 2015 enacted level and $219 million more than the House 
bill, and $50 million below the President's budget request.
  $3 billion for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), which is 
equal to the 2015 enacted level.
  $110 million for Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, which is the 
same as the 2015 enacted level and $35 million more than the House 
bill.
  $300 million for flooding disasters that occurred in calendar year 
2015.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that Title III of Division O 
of the Omnibus keeps faith with the first responders who risked their 
lives and sacrificed their health in aid of the fellow human beings who 
were trapped or perished in the World Trade Center on September 11, 
2001.
  Specifically, Title III of Division O includes the James Zadroga 9/11 
Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act which reauthorizes the 
World Trade Center Health Program through 2090, establishing annual 
caps for funding for the first 10 years, then increasing the caps to 
account for inflation in future years and allowing the funding to carry 
over if necessary.
  Mr. Speaker, as I stated, this bill is not perfect, but on balance it 
is a significant improvement over the spending bills considered in the 
House last year.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Omnibus 
Appropriations bill. While this is far from a perfect bill, I believe 
it represents the best way forward to keep the government open and 
advance many important priorities that help Maryland get ahead. I thank 
Ranking Members Mikulski and Lowey and the Democratic negotiators for 
their work to protect critical priorities.
  I was pleased to help lead efforts to lift sequester caps, which has 
allowed us to make needed investment to support jobs and the economy. 
The Purple Line, WMATA, and efforts to ensure a clean Chesapeake Bay 
are all supported. The National Institutes of Health will see its most 
significant funding boost in many years. Education programs like Head 
Start, Title I, and special education get added resources, and the 
maximum Pell grant will be increased. And I am pleased that funding for 
full consolidation of the FBI headquarters was included in the bill--
Team Maryland will keep fighting for it to be relocated to Prince 
George's County.
  Important tax provisions were included in the Omnibus. I strongly 
support extension of the renewable energy tax incentives that will 
create jobs and aid our transition to a clean energy economy. I am also 
pleased with the delay in the so-called Cadillac tax, which would 
otherwise erode health benefits for workers. The Omnibus also 
reauthorizes the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, 
finally fulfilling our promise to first responders.
  Democrats were also able to reject countless corrosive policy riders, 
including those that would defund Planned Parenthood, block refugees 
from Syria, pollute our air and water, and erode worker protections.
  However, some damaging riders remain. I strongly oppose lifting the 
oil export ban, a Christmas gift to Big Oil. If we are to reduce global 
carbon emissions, as world leaders pledged to do just last weekend, we 
must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and keep more of them in the 
ground. Lifting the export ban would do the opposite. Moreover, there 
is no evidence that American consumers would see any benefit from this 
policy.
  The Omnibus also contains a rider to delay action at the IRS to 
clarify rules surrounding political activities by nonprofits. It delays 
efforts at the SEC to require corporate disclosure of political 
spending, a critical step to address the dark money that is influencing 
our elections.
  The bill continues the prohibition on gun violence research--known as 
the Dickey Amendment--that our nation's public health experts strongly 
oppose. We should be acting with urgency to confront this plague of 
violence in our nation, and that includes research into preventing 
injuries and death. Even former Congressman Jay Dickey, who authored 
the amendment, now opposes it, writing in the Washington Post that 
``The same evidence-based approach that is saving millions of lives 
from motor-vehicle crashes, as well as from smoking, cancer and HIV/
AIDS, can help reduce the toll of deaths and injuries from gun 
violence.''
  I am troubled by provisions of a cybersecurity authorization that 
were packaged into this bill and believe they deserve a fuller hearing 
than the few days we have had to review this measure. While cyber 
attacks are a clear threat that must be confronted, we must be vigilant 
to ensure the protection of civil liberties.
  While I support the short-term extension of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, I am disappointed that a permanent extension was 
blocked. LWCF funds are a critical tool for local conservation and the 
program should not be allowed to lapse, as it did in October for the 
first time in 51 years.
  I remain concerned that we are underfunding important investments in 
the middle class and those working to join the middle class, 
particularly in light of the enormous, unpaid-for tax package that was 
just passed by this House. If we can afford tax giveaways to special 
interests, we can afford a stronger investment in middle class families 
and those seeking to join the middle class. More must be done to bring 
families out of poverty, rebuild our infrastructure, and provide 
opportunity to all.
  Ultimately, no bill of this size is perfect, and all sides have made 
concessions to move our country forward. I will continue to fight for 
the investments we need to make our nation safer, stronger, and more 
prosperous for all.
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the H-
2B riders included in the FY2016 Appropriations Omnibus. These 
provisions, which were included without debate or advanced warning, 
would more than triple the number of H-2B foreign worker visas 
available for the coming year, negatively impacting working families in 
districts like my own in Houston and Harris County, Texas.
  The H-2B Program was created by Congress to provide temporary, 
nonagricultural workers for American companies when there were no 
qualified American workers available to fill a position. The Program, 
unfortunately, is not working as intended. Instead, it is being used by 
some employers to hire cheaper, foreign workers, leaving too many 
highly-skilled American workers out of a job.
  Mr. Speaker, this is simply wrong and a terrible holiday surprise for 
the thousands of working families in our country who will be left out 
of a job next year by the expansion of the H-2B Program. These anti-
worker provisions in this legislation will degrade wages and conditions 
for workers in hazardous industries and gut standards that ensure that 
U.S. workers can fairly compete for jobs.
  I call on my colleagues to join me to protect American workers from 
unfair foreign worker competition and eliminate the expansion of the H-
2B Program.
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, as the ranking member of the 
Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I can attest

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that Division F of the bill before us today, which provides funds for 
the Department of Homeland Security, is the result of careful 
consideration, intense scrutiny, and bipartisan collaboration. I want 
to thank Chairman Carter for his leadership and his partnership in 
crafting our portion of the bill.
  The bill provides significant resources for critical priorities, 
including funding: to recapitalize the Coast Guard air and marine 
fleets; to fully fund FEMA's disaster relief activities, including 
wildfire management assistance grants, and to significantly enhance 
support for flood mapping and pre-disaster mitigation; to maintain 
funding for FEMA terrorism preparedness grants, including $50 million 
in new funding to help communities counter violent extremism and 
prepare for complex, coordinated terrorist attacks; to allow the Secret 
Service to continue implementing the recommendations of the Protective 
Mission Panel; and to enhance cybersecurity across the federal 
government, along with significant additional funds to help protect 
DHS's own cyber systems.
  I am pleased that the bill does not include the harmful immigration 
policy riders that were adopted during committee consideration of the 
House bill.
  I am also pleased that the omnibus incorporates a number of 
amendments and priorities I fought for during the Appropriations 
Committee markups. These include my amendment with Congresswoman Lee 
which creates and funds a comprehensive, non-partisan child poverty 
study, and my amendment to defund the licensing or relicensing of Class 
B animal dealers who sell ``random source'' dogs and cats for use in 
research. It is also important to note that my colleagues and I were 
successful in preserving funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research 
and Quality (AHRQ) and the Corporation for National and Community 
Service (CNCS).
  This funding bill is not entirely what I had hoped for. Many of my 
colleagues feel the same way, and I share many of their concerns.
  I was extremely disappointed that provisions to help our U.S. Citizen 
Puerto Rican brothers and sisters manage the fiscal crisis in Puerto 
Rico were not included in the bill. The residents of Puerto Rico are 
suffering, and we have a responsibility to provide them with the tools 
they need to rebuild their economy.
  I was also disappointed that on the heels of a historic climate 
change agreement, the bill includes a giveaway to Big Oil by ending the 
40-year prohibition on the exportation of crude oil. This prohibition 
was set in place to help our country achieve energy independence and to 
protect national security and economic interests. Lifting this ban will 
only hinder our goals and harm American refinery jobs, all for the sake 
of a handout to Big Oil.
  However, without this omnibus bill, my home state of California and 
communities across the country would be faced with the uncertain 
funding level of a continuing resolution, or, in the worst case, the 
effects of a government shutdown.
  We cannot risk another government shutdown or another year of flat 
funding for the critical programs our communities need. On balance, I 
believe this bill should move forward. For that reason, I ask for an 
aye vote.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, the cybersecurity measures in the 
legislation before us today results from a bill passed unanimously by 
the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Select Committee on 
Intelligence, who both worked closely with the Judiciary Committee to 
craft the liability provisions included in the House-passed bill, and 
in the bill before us today. I rise to discuss its liability provisions 
in particular.
  It is increasingly clear that government at all levels must rely on 
the private sector to help counter more and varied threats to its 
citizens by those who would do them harm. Those threats can come in the 
form of terrorist mass shootings, suicide bombers, and cyber-attacks 
that steal people's personal identification, money, and credit. At the 
same time, abusive lawsuits have made the private sector less and less 
willing to take action to reduce public risks because of the fear of 
frivolous lawsuits.
  To date, Congress has enacted two federal statutes, the SAFETY Act 
and the PREP Act, to provide private entities that are on the front 
lines in the war with terrorists with protection from debilitating 
litigation that would otherwise deter them from acting at all. The 
legislation before us today is a logical extension of those vital 
efforts.
  Soon after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the federal 
government appealed directly to the private sector for help in 
combating terrorism. Shortly thereafter, a team of the nation's leading 
scientists called for a comprehensive rethinking of our anti-terrorism 
infrastructure, underscoring the need to encourage private activity so 
existing technologies could be quickly brought into use. According to 
their report, conducted under the auspices of the National Academies, 
``Research performed but not exploited, and technologies invented but 
not manufactured and deployed, do not help the nation protect itself.''
  As part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Congress enacted 
liability protections that the Department of Homeland Security could 
extend to providers of effective anti-terrorism technologies. The 
SAFETY Act has resulted in the deployment of tens of thousands of anti-
terrorism technologies to protect innocent Americans that would not 
have been deployed absent the Act's lawsuit protections.
  The SAFETY Act was initially opposed by the trial lawyers and their 
allies. But it soon came to enjoy broad bipartisan support. So much so 
that in January, 2007, just after the Democrats took control of the 
House, a bill directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement 
processes passed by a vote of 427 to zero. During the debate on that 
legislation, the Democratic Chairman of the House Homeland Security 
Committee, Bennie Thompson, said during debate on the bill: ``Today I 
rise to support a bill that reaffirms our commitment to ensuring that 
safe and effective antiterrorism technologies are being deployed . . . 
In order to generate revolutionary breakthroughs in antiterrorism 
technologies, the Department must actively promote awareness of SAFETY 
Act protections not only among private sector, but across government 
procurement agencies . . . We must enable the private sector to deliver 
the revolutionary, breakthrough technologies that will help win the 
Nation's fight against terrorism.''
  In 2005, Congress enacted the Public Readiness and Emergency 
Preparedness Act, the ``PREP Act.'' Under the PREP Act, covered 
entities are protected from lawsuits when they engage in federally 
approved efforts to create vaccines and other means of stopping the 
spread of pandemics and other biological threats, including biological 
attacks by terrorists. Again, the PREP Act was initially opposed by the 
trial lawyers and their allies. But after it became law, President 
Obama, along with his predecessor, applied the PREP Act's protections 
many times, including to cover those making and administering influenza 
vaccines. Just last December, President Obama's Secretary of Health and 
Human Services applied the PREP Act's lawsuit protections to those 
manufacturing and distributing vaccines to help prevent the spread of 
the Ebola virus. In a press release announcing the application of the 
liability protections to those companies, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services stated, and I quote, ``The PREP Act was designed to 
facilitate the development of medical countermeasures to respond to 
urgent public health needs, including the development of critical 
vaccines like those to prevent the spread of Ebola . . . My strong hope 
. . . is that other nations will also enact appropriate liability 
protection . . .'' Indeed, one of the vaccines the President protected 
from excessive liability under the PREP Act was able to quickly advance 
through its testing phases such that, by this August, it was declared 
``highly effective.''
  Today, I am proud to continue the bipartisan tradition of protecting 
the private sector from lawsuits when it's necessary to help the 
federal government do its job in protecting our nation's citizens from 
attack.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, House Democrats did not include the excise 
tax when we approved the House version of ACA--it was added later by 
the Senate. I expressed concern about the impact of this provision from 
day one, and have worked to raise awareness of the problem. I am 
pleased with the provision in the budget calling for a two-year delay 
and voted for the Omnibus bill with this provision.
  When it comes to reigning in health care cost growth, Democrats don't 
take a back seat to anybody. Indeed, that is one of the main aims of 
the healthcare law--one that has already had significant success.
  But this excise tax will shift costs to employers, who, in turn, will 
shift more costs to employees, who will not make up for these costs 
with increased wages.
  We need to use this two year delay to address this excise tax 
completely. In our continued efforts to control health costs, we must 
not harm consumers in the process and must continue to support working 
families.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 566, the previous question is ordered on 
this portion of the divided question.
  The question is: Will the House concur in the Senate amendment with 
the House amendment specified in section 3(a) of House Resolution 566?
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.

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  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 2 of House Resolution 
566 and clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will 
be postponed.

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