    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 113-164
    113th Congress

    Joint Resolution

    Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other
    purposes. <>

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
    States of America in Congress assembled, <>  That the following sums are hereby
    appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
    appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues,
    receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies,
    corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal
    year 2015, and for other purposes, namely:

    Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
    operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
    year 2014 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts,
    for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct
    loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided
    for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2014,
    and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made
    available in the following appropriations Acts:
    (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
    Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
    (division A of Public Law 113-76).
    (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
    Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B of Public Law 113-76).
    (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
    (division C of Public Law 113-76).
    (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
    Appropriations Act, 2014 (division D of Public Law 113-76).
    (5) The Financial Services and General Government
    Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113-76).
    (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
    2014 (division F of Public Law 113-76).
    (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division G of Public Law 113-
    76).
    (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
    Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
    (division H of Public Law 113-76).
    (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014
    (division I of Public Law 113-76).
    (10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
    Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division J of Public
    Law 113-76).

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    (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
    Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public
    Law 113-76).
    (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
    Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L of Public
    Law 113-76).

    (b) <>  The rate for operations provided by
    subsection (a) is hereby reduced by 0.0554 percent.

    Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
    granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be
    used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in
    fiscal year 2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates
    above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3) the
    initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
    operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject,
    activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a
    program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line item
    in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line
    item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an
    appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other
    authority were not available during fiscal year 2014.
    (b) <>  No appropriation or funds made available
    or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of
    Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing
    advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement
    unless specifically appropriated later.

    Sec. 103.  Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to
    the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent
    appropriations Act.
    Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
    appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
    section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity
    for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available
    during fiscal year 2014.
    Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to
    this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures
    incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds
    or authority for such project or activity are available under this joint
    resolution.
    Sec. 106. <>   Unless otherwise provided for
    in this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for
    fiscal year 2015, appropriations and funds made available and authority
    granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until
    whichever of the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of
    an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint
    resolution; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations
    Act for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such project or
    activity; or (3) December 11, 2014.

    Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall
    be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization
    whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or
    authorization is contained is enacted into law.
    Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by or
    authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without
    regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
    apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United

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    States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to
    waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
    Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
    resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
    have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of
    appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2015 because of
    distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or
    others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
    shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
    funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding
    prerogatives.
    Sec. 110.  This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only
    the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint
    resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
    projects and activities.
    Sec. 111. <> (a) For entitlements and other
    mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations
    Acts for fiscal year 2014, and for activities under the Food and
    Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to
    maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and
    conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year
    2014, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3).

    (b) <>  Notwithstanding section 106, obligations
    for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that
    begins after October 2014 but not later than 30 days after the date
    specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be
    available for such payments.

    Sec. 112. <>   Amounts made available under
    section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
    department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
    necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency,
    consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014,
    except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used
    until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to
    reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.

    Sec. 113.  Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may be
    obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
    (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
    Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations
    Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and
    section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
    3094(a)(1)).
    Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this joint
    resolution that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas
    Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
    251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
    1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of
    such Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
    Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
    such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
    251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
    (b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint resolution shall
    not apply to--
    (1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section;
    or

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    (2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference to
    the second paragraph under the heading ``Social Security
    Administration--Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' in
    division H of Public Law 113-76.

    (c) <>  Section 6 of Public Law 113-76 shall
    apply to amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency
    Operations/Global War on Terrorism.

    Sec. 115.  During the period covered by this joint resolution,
    discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 that were
    provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in the
    amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section
    101(b).
    Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of Agriculture--Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition
    Service--Commodity Assistance Program'' at a rate for operations of
    $275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for the Commodity
    Supplemental Food Program.
    Sec. 117.  For ``Department of Health and Human Services--Food and
    Drug Administration--Salaries and Expenses'', amounts shall be made
    available by this joint resolution as if ``outsourcing facility fees
    authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62,'' were included after ``21 U.S.C.
    381,'' in the second paragraph under such heading in division A of
    Public Law 113-76.
    Sec. 118.  Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Department of
    Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Procurement,
    Acquisition and Construction'' may be apportioned up to the rate for
    operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the
    Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational
    Environmental Satellite system.
    Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except
    sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, for ``Department of
    Defense--Overseas Contingency Operations--Operation and Maintenance--
    Operation and Maintenance, Army'', up to $50,000,000, to be derived by
    reducing the amount otherwise made available by section 101 for such
    account, may be used to conduct surface and subsurface clearance of
    unexploded ordnance at closed training ranges used by the Armed Forces
    of the United States in Afghanistan: Provided, <>
    That such funds may only be used if the training ranges are not
    transferred to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed
    forces: <>  Provided further, That the authority
    provided by this section shall continue in effect through the earlier of
    the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the
    date of the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal
    year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense: Provided
    further, That such amount is designated as provided under section 114
    for such account.

    Sec. 120. <>   The following authorities shall
    continue in effect through the earlier of the date specified in section
    106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act
    authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities
    of the Department of Defense:
    (1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act
    for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note).
    (2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act
    for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).

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    (3) Section 127b of title 10, United States Code,
    notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such section.
    (4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the National Defense
    Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)),
    notwithstanding paragraph (4) of such subsection.

    Sec. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ``Department
    of Energy--Energy Programs--Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
    Decommissioning Fund'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
    necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or activities
    funded in this appropriation.
    (b) <>  The Secretary of Energy shall
    notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
    and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the authority
    provided in subsection (a).

    Sec. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ``Department
    of Energy--Environmental and Other Defense Activities--Defense
    Environmental Cleanup'' for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be
    obligated at a rate for operations necessary to assure timely execution
    of activities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository.
    (b) <>  The Secretary of Energy shall notify
    the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
    Senate on each use of the spending rate authority provided in this
    section that exceeds customary apportionment allocations.

    Sec. 123.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
    resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend
    local funds under the heading ``District of Columbia Funds'' for such
    programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress), as
    passed by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the rate set
    forth under ``District of Columbia Funds--Summary of Expenses'' as
    included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act
    20-370), as modified as of the date of the enactment of this joint
    resolution.
    Sec. 124.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Office of Special Counsel--Salaries and Expenses'' at a rate for
    operations of $22,939,000.
    Sec. 125.  The third proviso under the heading ``Small Business
    Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in division E of Public
    Law 113-76 <>  is amended by striking
    ``$17,500,000,000'' and inserting ``$18,500,000,000'': Provided, That
    amounts made available by section 101 for such proviso under such
    heading may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
    accommodate increased demand for commitments to general business loans
    under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act: <>
    Provided further, That this section shall become effective upon
    enactment of this joint resolution.

    Sec. 126. <>   Sections 1101(a) and
    1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of
    Public Law 105-277; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by substituting
    the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for
    ``November 1, 2014''.

    Sec. 127. <>   Section 550(b) of Public Law
    109-295 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied by substituting the date
    specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October 4,
    2014''.

    Sec. 128. <>   The authority provided by section
    831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue
    in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
    resolution.

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    Sec. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for the
    Department of Homeland Security for ``U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection--Salaries and Expenses'', ``U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection--Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'',
    ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air and Marine Operations'',
    ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Construction and Facilities
    Management'', and ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries
    and Expenses'' shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary
    to respectively--
    (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection officers and Border Patrol agents in accordance with
    the provisos under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection--Salaries and Expenses'' in division F of Public Law
    113-76;
    (2) sustain border security and immigration enforcement
    operations;
    (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and
    (4) <>  sustain the staffing levels of
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to
    the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2014, and comply
    with the fifth proviso under the heading ``U.S. Immigration and
    Customs Enforcement--Salaries and Expenses'' in division F of
    Public Law 113-76.

    (b) <>  The Secretary of Homeland Security
    shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
    Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in
    this section.

    Sec. 130. <>   Section 810 of the Federal
    Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by
    substituting ``on the date that is 1 year after the date specified in
    section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015'' for
    ``10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act''.

    Sec. 131. <> (a) The authority provided by
    subsection (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense
    Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106-79) shall
    continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
    joint resolution.

    (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the authority
    provided by the provisos under the heading ``Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Memorial Commission--Capital Construction'' in division E of Public Law
    112-74 shall not be in effect.
    Sec. 132. <>   Activities authorized under part A
    of title IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than
    under section 413(h) of such Act) shall continue through the date
    specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, in the manner
    authorized for fiscal year 2014 (except that the amount appropriated for
    section 403(b) of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement to
    reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such Act shall not
    apply with respect to this section), 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 the
    applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 at the pro
    rata portion of the level provided for such activities through the first
    quarter of fiscal year 2014.

    Sec. 133.  Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees from amounts
    identified in the seventh proviso under the heading ``Department of
    Health and Human Services--Administration for

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    Children and Families--Children and Families Services Programs'' in
    Public Law 113-76 shall not be included in the calculation of the ``base
    grant'' in fiscal year 2015, as such term is used in section
    640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(7)(A)).
    Sec. 134. <>   The first proviso under the
    heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--Administration for
    Children and Families--Low Income Home Energy Assistance'' in division H
    of Public Law 113-76 shall be applied to amounts made available by this
    joint resolution by substituting ``2015'' for ``2014''.

    Sec. 135.  Amounts provided by this joint resolution for
    ``Department of Health and Human Services--Administration for Children
    and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance'' may be apportioned up to
    the rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the
    level provided in fiscal year 2014.
    Sec. 136. <>   In addition to the amount
    otherwise provided by this joint resolution for ``Department of Health
    and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health and Social
    Services Emergency Fund'', there is appropriated $58,000,000 for an
    additional amount for fiscal year 2015, to remain available until
    September 30, 2015, for expenses necessary to support acceleration of
    countermeasure and product advanced research and development pursuant to
    section 319L of the Public Health Service Act for addressing Ebola.

    Sec. 137. <>   In addition to the amount
    otherwise provided by this joint resolution for ``Department of Health
    and Human Services--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Global
    Health'', there is appropriated $30,000,000 for an additional amount for
    fiscal year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for
    expenses necessary to support the responses of the Centers for Disease
    Control and Prevention (referred to in this section as the ``CDC'') to
    the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa: Provided, That such funds shall
    be available for transfer by the Director of the CDC to other accounts
    of the CDC for such support: <>  Provided
    further, That the Director of the CDC shall notify the Committees on
    Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later
    than 30 days after the date of any transfer under the preceding proviso.

    Sec. 138.  Amounts made available by this joint resolution for
    ``Department of Education--Rehabilitation Services and Disability
    Research'', ``Department of Education--Departmental Management--Program
    Administration'', and ``Department of Health and Human Services--
    Administration for Community Living--Aging and Disability Services
    Programs'' may be obligated in the account and budget structure set
    forth in section 491 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42
    U.S.C. 3515e).
    Sec. 139. <>   Of the unobligated balance of
    amounts provided by section 108 of Public Law 111-3, $4,549,000,000 is
    rescinded.

    Sec. 140. <>   Section 113 of division H of
    Public Law 113-76 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
    section 106(3) for ``September 30, 2014''.

    Sec. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are made
    available for accounts in title I of division J of Public Law 113-76 at
    an aggregate rate for operations of $6,558,223,500.
    (b) <>  Not later than 30 days after the
    date of enactment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense
    shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
    Representatives and

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    the Senate a report delineating the allocation of budget authority in
    subsection (a) by account and project.

    Sec. 142.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--General
    Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' at a rate for
    operations of $2,524,254,000.
    Sec. 143.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
    ``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--Office of
    Inspector General'' at a rate for operations of $126,411,000.
    Sec. 144. <>   Section 209 of the
    International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be
    applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
    joint resolution for ``September 30, 2014''.

    Sec. 145.  Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Broadcasting
    Board of Governors--International Broadcasting Operations'', ``Bilateral
    Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--Economic
    Support Fund'', ``International Security Assistance--Department of
    State--International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'',
    ``International Security Assistance--Department of State--
    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', and
    ``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the
    President--Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall be obligated at a
    rate for operations as necessary to sustain assistance for Ukraine and
    independent states of the Former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern
    Europe to counter external, regional aggression and influence.
    Sec. 146. <>   Section 7081(4) of division K
    of Public Law 113-76 shall be applied to amounts made available by this
    joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of
    this joint resolution for ``September 30, 2014''.

    Sec. 147. <>   The Export-Import Bank Act of
    1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 2015, by
    substituting such date for ``September 30, 2014'' in section 7 of such
    Act.

    Sec. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
    amended by striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date
    specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
    2015''.
    (b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
    striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date specified in
    section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
    (c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
    striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date specified in
    section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
    Sec. 149. <>  (a) The Secretary of Defense is
    authorized, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide
    assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to
    appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other
    appropriately vetted Syrian groups and individuals for the following
    purposes:
    (1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic
    State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and securing territory
    controlled by the Syrian opposition.

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    (2) Protecting the United States, its friends and allies,
    and the Syrian people from the threats posed by terrorists in
    Syria.
    (3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated settlement to
    end the conflict in Syria.

    (b) <>  Not later than 15 days prior to
    providing assistance authorized under subsection (a) to vetted
    recipients for the first time--
    (1) <>  the Secretary of
    Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall
    submit to the appropriate congressional committees and
    leadership of the House of Representatives and Senate a report,
    in unclassified form with a classified annex as appropriate,
    that contains a description of--
    (A) <>  the plan for providing such
    assistance;
    (B) <>  the requirements and
    process used to determine appropriately vetted
    recipients; and
    (C) the mechanisms and procedures that will be used
    to monitor and report to the appropriate congressional
    committees and leadership of the House of
    Representatives and Senate on unauthorized end-use of
    provided training and equipment and other violations of
    relevant law by recipients; and
    (2) <>  the President shall submit to the
    appropriate congressional committees and leadership of the House
    of Representatives and Senate a report, in unclassified form
    with a classified annex as appropriate, that contains a
    description of how such assistance fits within a larger regional
    strategy.

    (c) The plan required in subsection (b)(1) shall include a
    description of--
    (1) the goals and objectives of assistance authorized under
    subsection (a);
    (2) the concept of operations, timelines, and types of
    training, equipment, and supplies to be provided;
    (3) the roles and contributions of partner nations;
    (4) the number of United States Armed Forces personnel
    involved;
    (5) any additional military support and sustainment
    activities; and
    (6) any other relevant details.

    (d) <>  Not later than 90 days after the
    Secretary of Defense submits the report required in subsection (b)(1),
    and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
    with the Secretary of State, shall provide the appropriate congressional
    committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate
    with a progress report. Such progress report shall include a description
    of--
    (1) any updates to or changes in the plan, strategy, vetting
    requirements and process, and end-use monitoring mechanisms and
    procedures, as required in subsection (b)(1);
    (2) statistics on green-on-blue attacks and how such attacks
    are being mitigated;
    (3) the groups receiving assistance authorized under
    subsection (a);
    (4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention rates of
    recipients and equipment;
    (5) any misuse or loss of provided training and equipment
    and how such misuse or loss is being mitigated; and

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    (6) <>  an assessment of the
    effectiveness of the assistance authorized under subsection (a)
    as measured against subsections (b) and (c).

    (e) <>  For purposes of this
    section, the following definitions shall apply:
    (1) The term ``appropriately vetted'' means, with respect to
    elements of the Syrian opposition and other Syrian groups and
    individuals, at a minimum, assessments of such elements, groups,
    and individuals for associations with terrorist groups, Shia
    militias aligned with or supporting the Government of Syria, and
    groups associated with the Government of Iran. Such groups
    include, but are not limited to, the Islamic State of Iraq and
    the Levant (ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, other al-
    Qaeda related groups, and Hezbollah.
    (2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
    means--
    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
    on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and
    the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
    House of Representatives; and
    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
    on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations,
    and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

    (f) The Department of Defense may submit a reprogramming or transfer
    request to the congressional defense committees for funds made available
    by section 101(a)(3) of this joint resolution and designated in section
    114 of this joint resolution to carry out activities authorized under
    this section notwithstanding sections 102 and 104 of this joint
    resolution.
    (g) The Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions,
    including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to carry out
    activities as authorized by this section which shall be credited to
    appropriations made available by this joint resolution for the
    appropriate operation and maintenance accounts, except that any funds so
    accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obligation until a
    reprogramming action is submitted to the congressional defense
    committees: Provided, That amounts made available by this subsection 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: <>
    Provided further, That such amounts shall be available only if the
    President so designates such amounts and transmits such designations to
    the Congress.

    (h) <>  The authority provided in this section
    shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date specified in
    section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of
    an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military
    activities of the Department of Defense.

    (i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute a
    specific statutory authorization for the introduction of United States
    Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hostilities are
    clearly indicated by the circumstances.
    (j) Nothing in this section supersedes or alters the continuing
    obligations of the President to report to Congress pursuant to section 4
    of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding the use of
    United States Armed Forces abroad.

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    This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Continuing
    Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.

    Approved September 19, 2014.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 124:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
    Sept. 16, 17, considered and passed House.
    Sept. 18, considered and passed Senate.