Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Labor.
Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Education.
Makes appropriations for FY2015 to: (1) the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, (2) the Corporation for National and Community Service, (3) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, (4) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, (5) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, (6) the Institute of Museum and Library Services, (7) the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, (8) the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (9) the National Council on Disability, (10) the National Health Care Workforce Commission, (11) the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), (12) the National Mediation Board, (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, (14) the Railroad Retirement Board, and (15) the Social Security Administration.
Specifies certain uses and limits or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5464 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5464
Making appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 15, 2014
Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lee of
California, and Mr. Honda) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
Making appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
training and employment services
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act (Public Law 113-128) (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA''), the
Second Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-
Traditional Occupations Act of 1992 (``WANTO Act''), $3,146,743,000,
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, $2,624,108,000 as follows:
(A) $776,736,000 for adult employment and training
activities, of which $64,736,000 shall be available for
the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, and of
which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period
October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
(B) $831,842,000 for youth activities, which shall
be available for the period April 1, 2015 through June
30, 2016; and
(C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker employment
and training activities, of which $155,530,000 shall be
available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for
the period October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of the WIOA, the
amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce investment
activities shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount allotted to the
State from each of the appropriations under the preceding
subparagraphs;
(2) for federally administered programs, $433,397,000 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, 2015 through
September 30, 2016, and of which $200,000,000 shall be
available for the period October 1, 2015 through
September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds provided to
carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA section 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 to the workforce system and demonstration
projects, respectively, that provide assistance to new
entrants in the workforce, adults without employment
who are not dislocated workers, and incumbent workers
(B) $47,562,000 for Native American programs, which
shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through
June 30, 2016;
(C) $84,291,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including
$78,207,000 for formula grants (of which not less than
70 percent shall be for employment and training
services), $5,584,000 for migrant and seasonal housing
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for
permanent housing), and $500,000 for other
discretionary purposes, which shall be available for
the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016:
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) $996,000 for carrying out the WANTO Act, which
shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through
June 30, 2016; and
(E) $79,689,000 for YouthBuild activities as
described in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be
available for the period April 1, 2015 through June 30,
2016;
(3) for national activities, $89,238,000, as follows:
(A) $83,238,000 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, 2015 through June 30,
2016: 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; and
(B) $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,
2015 through June 30, 2016.
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, $1,702,946,000, plus reimbursements,
as follows:
(1) $1,595,616,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be
available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
(2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and
acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for
the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, 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,
2016: 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,
2014 through September 30, 2015:
Provided further, 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''), $448,251,000, which shall be available for
the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, 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 2015 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) and section 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, $710,600,000, together with such
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent
appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15,
2015: Provided, That amounts allocated to States to carry out
training, employment and case management services, allowances for job
search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses may be
recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 245(c) of the
Trade Act of 1974.
state unemployment insurance and employment service operations
For authorized administrative expenses, $122,638,000, together with
not to exceed $3,569,889,000 which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the
Trust Fund''), of which:
(1) $2,830,443,000 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 $132,650,000 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, $10,000,000
for activities to address the misclassification of workers, 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 sections
231(a) and 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension
Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-40), and shall be available for
obligation by the States through December 31, 2015, except that
funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for
Federal obligation through December 31, 2015, and for State
obligation through September 30, 2017, or, if the automation
acquisition is being carried out through consortia of States,
for State obligation through September 30, 2020, and for
expenditure through September 30, 2021, and funds for
competitive grants awarded to States for improved operations,
to conduct in-person assessments and reviews and provide
reemployment services and referrals, and to address
misclassification of workers shall be available for Federal
obligation through December 31, 2015 and for obligation by the
States through September 30, 2017, and funds used for
unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States
through September 30, 2015 shall be available for Federal
obligation through December 31, 2015: Provided, That from the
amount specified under this paragraph for in-person
reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment
insurance improper payment reviews and to provide reemployment
services and referrals to training, the Secretary of Labor
(referred to in this title as ``Secretary'') shall ensure that
sufficient amounts are dedicated to provide such assessments,
reviews, services, and referrals to all claimants of
unemployment insurance for ex-service members under 5 U.S.C.
8521 et seq. and to identify the factors impeding the
employment of such ex-service members;
(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) $642,771,000 from the Trust Fund, together with
$59,165,000 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, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
(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) $63,473,000 from the General Fund is to provide
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section 169 of
the WIOA and shall be available for Federal obligation for the
period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016:
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured
Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2015 is projected by the
Department of Labor to exceed 2,957,000, 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 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, notwithstanding
cost allocation 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 non-profit 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, 2016, for such purposes.
In addition, $25,000,000 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, 2015,
and for State obligation through September 30, 2017.
state paid leave fund
For grants and contracts to assist in the start-up of new paid
leave programs in the States, $5,000,000.
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, 2016.
program administration
For expenses of administering employment and training programs,
$106,505,000, together with not to exceed $50,674,000 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, $183,153,000.
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, 2015, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the
funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2015 shall be
available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of
$415,394,000: 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 2015, an amount not to exceed an additional
$9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 2016, 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, $237,330,000.
Office of Labor-Management Standards
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management
Standards, $41,289,000.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, $107,903,000.
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs, $115,663,000, 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; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War
Claims Act of 1948; 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: 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, 2014, 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, 2015: 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, $60,334,000
shall be made available to the Secretary as follows:
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data
processing systems operations and telecommunications systems,
$19,499,000;
(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, $16,482,000;
(4) For program integrity, $1,385,000; 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, $77,262,000, 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 2016, $21,000,000, 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, $56,406,000, 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 2015 for expenses of operation and administration of the
Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not
to exceed $33,321,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to exceed
$30,403,000 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, $564,788,000, including not to exceed $104,196,000
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, 2015, 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;
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect
to complaints of discrimination against employees for
exercising rights under the Act; and
(7) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect
to certain employers with a low DART rate and employing 10 or
fewer employees within the past 12 months, that operate
processes where the potential for a catastrophic chemical
incident exists, defined as any establishment that operates a
process covered by OSHA's Process Safety of Highly Hazardous
Chemicals standard (29 CFR 1910.119) or the Environmental
Protection Agency's Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions (40
CFR 68), except that this subparagraph (7) shall not apply to
employers conducting farming, harvesting, or processing
operations on farms:
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 $10,709,000 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, $376,371,000, 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: 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 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to
collect and retain fees for services related to the analysis of rock
dust samples, and may utilize such sums to administer 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: Provided further, That
the Secretary may reallocate among the items funded under this heading
up to $3,000,000 to support inspections or investigations pursuant to
section 103 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
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, $544,071,000,
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, $41,745,000.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $341,328,000, together with not
to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That
$65,815,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be
available for obligation through December 31, 2015: 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 Provided further, That
$8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available
for obligation through September 30, 2016: 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 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 $231,872,000 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, 2015 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) $14,000,000 is for carrying out the Transition
Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;
(3) $39,458,000 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 further, 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, 2015, 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, $19,778,000.
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,
$76,721,000, together with not to exceed $5,590,000 which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund.
General Provisions
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. 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. 102. 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. 103. 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 may be used for any purpose other
than competitive grants for training individuals over the age of 16 who
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 the preceding limitation shall
not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicitations for grant
applications issued prior to January 15, 2014.
Sec. 104. 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 any proration as an
indirect cost, 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.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 105. Notwithstanding section 101, 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.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 106. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 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, 2016: 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'',
funding made available to the ``Bureau of International Affairs'' and
``Women's Bureau'' within the ``Departmental Management, Salaries and
Expenses'' account, and ``Veterans Employment and Training''.
Sec. 107. The Secretary shall continue to be consulted by the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in fiscal year 2015 and thereafter, on
the question of importing any nonimmigrant under the H-2B program, and
the Secretary of Labor is continued to be authorized as part of that
consultation to issue labor market determinations, including temporary
labor certifications, and to establish regulations and policies for
such issuance, including determining the appropriate prevailing wage
rates for occupations in which H-2B nonimmigrants will be employed.
Sec. 108. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to take any action in
connection with any asserted liability under subsection (e) of section
4062 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 109. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.25 percent
from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in
subsection (b) in order to carry out information technology purchases
and upgrades for 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 Information Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be
available for obligation through September 30, 2016: Provided, That
such funds shall only be available if the Chief Information Officer of
the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
describing the purchases and upgrades to be carried out and an
explanation of why funds are not needed in the donor account 15 days in
advance of any transfer.
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ``Employment
and Training Administration Program Administration'', funding made
available for Federal administration within ``Job Corps'', ``Foreign
Labor Certification Program Administration'', ``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'', ``Veterans Employment and Training'', ``Bureau
of Labor Statistics'', and ``Office of Disability Employment Policy''.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations
Act, 2015''.
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: Provided, That no more than $40,000 shall be available
until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the
PHS Act, including associated administrative expenses and relevant
evaluations: 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 2015,
not less than $140,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2015 as
base grant adjustments, not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be obligated
in fiscal year 2015 to support new access points including approved and
unfunded applications from fiscal year 2014, grants to expand medical
services, behavioral health, oral health, pharmacy, and vision
services, and up to $210,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2015
for construction, and quality and capital improvement costs.
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, $866,257,000:
Provided, That $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be for the National Health Service Corp Program; Provided further,
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 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,
$855,785,000: 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 paragraphs (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, $2,367,178,000, of which $2,026,898,000 shall
remain available to the Secretary through September 30, 2017, for parts
A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than
$933,299,000 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, $103,524,000, of which $122,000 shall be available until expended
for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease
Center: Provided, That the Secretary may collect a fee of 0.1 percent
of each purchase of 340B drugs from entities participating in the Drug
Pricing Program pursuant to section 340B of the PHS Act to pay for the
operating costs of such program: Provided further, That fees pursuant
to the 340B Drug Pricing Program shall be collected by the Secretary
based on sales data that shall be submitted by drug manufacturers and
shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.
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, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and sections 711 and 1820
of the Social Security Act, $143,983,000, of which $40,507,000 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, $9,487,000 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, $300,000,000:
Provided, 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, $154,677,000: 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, $638,435,000.
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, $1,117,689,000.
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, $361,873,000: Provided,
That of the amounts available to pay for the transportation, medical
care, treatment, and other related costs of persons quarantined or
isolated under Federal or State quarantine law, up to $1,000,000 shall
remain available until expended.
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,
$769,299,000: 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, $5,000,000
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 of the funds provided under
this heading, $90,000,000 shall be available for a program consisting
of three-year grants of no less than $100,000 per year to non-
governmental entities, local public health offices, school districts,
local housing authorities, local transportation authorities or Indian
tribes to implement evidence-based chronic disease prevention
strategies: Provided further, That applicants for grants described in
the previous proviso shall determine the population to be served and
shall agree to work in collaboration with multi-sector partners:
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, $131,587,000.
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, $484,650,000.
environmental health
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with
respect to environmental health, $169,584,000.
injury prevention and control
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with
respect to injury prevention and control, $192,973,000.
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,
$220,363,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein,
$112,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under section
241 of the PHS Act.
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, $498,670,000, of which $128,420,000 for
international HIV/AIDS shall remain available through September 30,
2016, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain available through September
30, 2016, to support national public health institutes: Provided, That
funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles
in foreign countries: Provided further, That $30,000,000 provided
under this heading is for expenses necessary to respond to Ebola
outbreaks and other emerging infectious diseases: Provided further,
That with respect to the previous proviso, the Director may transfer
these resources to any of the accounts of CDC for Ebola and other
emerging infectious disease response activities: Provided further,
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate shall be notified promptly of any transfers made under
the authority of the previous proviso, and shall receive a report
within 15 days of such transfers: Provided further, That such transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided
to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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, $1,369,025,000, of which $542,817,000 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 45 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.
cdc-wide activities and program support
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 of
the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support that
supplement activities funded under the headings ``Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases'', ``HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually
Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention'', ``Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases'', ``Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion'', ``Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
and Health'', ``Environmental Health'', ``Injury Prevention and
Control'', ``National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health'',
``Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program'',
``Global Health'', ``Public Health Preparedness and Response'', and
``Public Health Scientific Services'', and for carrying out section
4001 of Public Law 111-148, $123,570,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2019, for acquisition of real property,
equipment, construction and renovation of facilities: 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,office for That funds
appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts of CDC may be
used to support the purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of
aircraft for use and support of the activities of 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 shall be available through September 30,
2016: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading and in all other accounts of CDC, up to $1,000 per eligible
employee of CDC shall be made available until expended for Individual
Learning Accounts.
National Institutes of Health
national cancer institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to cancer, $5,033,006,000, of which up to $8,000,000 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, $3,040,381,000.
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, $404,774,000.
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, $1,775,538,000.
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, $1,618,183,000.
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, $4,477,618,000.
national institute of general medical sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to general medical sciences, $2,413,186,000, of which
$808,200,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 of the PHS
Act: Provided, That not less than $275,406,000 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, $1,305,583,000.
national eye institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $687,270,000.
national institute of environmental health sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to environmental health sciences, $677,366,000.
national institute on aging
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to aging, $1,275,235,000.
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,
$529,375,000.
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, $411,292,000.
national institute of nursing research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to nursing research, $143,035,000.
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, $454,020,000.
national institute on drug abuse
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to drug abuse, $1,042,620,000.
national institute of mental health
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to mental health, $1,448,418,000.
national human genome research institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to human genome research, $506,735,000.
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,
$334,674,000.
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, $126,524,000:
Provided, That these funds may be used to support the transition
enacted in section 223 of this Act.
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,
$273,131,000.
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), $69,029,000.
national library of medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with
respect to health information communications, $342,355,000: Provided,
That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems,
$4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016: Provided
further, That in fiscal year 2015, 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, $655,314,000: Provided, That up to
$29,810,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act,
relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at
least $474,746,000 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, $1,457,414,000, of which up to $30,000,000 may be used
to carry out section 213 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 NIH is authorized to
collect third-party payments for the cost of clinical services that are
incurred in NIH research facilities and that such payments shall be
credited to the NIH Management Fund: 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 (``NCS''), except that not later than July 15, 2015,
the Director shall estimate the amount needed for the NCS during fiscal
year 2015, and any funds in excess of the estimated need shall be
transferred to and merged with the accounts for the various Institutes
and Centers in proportion to their shares of total NIH appropriations
made by this Act: Provided further, That $564,039,000 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.
buildings and facilities
For the study of, construction or demolition of, renovation of, and
acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, including
the acquisition of real property, $129,385,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2019.
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, $1,047,648,000: 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 2015: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
$45,887,000 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 5 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.
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, $2,063,229,000: 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
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, $185,956,000.
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, $151,909,000: 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, 2016: 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,
$373,295,000: Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not
apply in fiscal year 2015: 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, 2016.
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, $234,608,916,000, to remain available until
expended.
For making, after May 31, 2015, 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 2015 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 2016, $113,272,140,000, 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,
$259,212,000,000.
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 $4,175,391,000, 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
1893(h) of the Social Security Act, 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, 2020:
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 2015 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, $672,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2016, 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 $451,339,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services Program Integrity Activities, including
administrative costs, to conduct oversight activities for the Medicare
program, including but no limited to Medicare Advantage and the
Medicare Prescription Drug Program authorized in title XVIII of the
Social Security Act, and for activities described in section 1893 of
such Act and for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program
integrity activities, of which $112,918,000 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, and of which $107,743,000 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 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 $361,000,000 is additional new budget
authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act:
Provided further, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the
Social Security Act for fiscal year 2015 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.
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, $2,438,523,000, to remain available until expended; and for such
purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, $1,160,000,000, 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, $3,471,672,000:
Provided, That all but $497,000,000 of this amount shall be allocated
as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year
2015 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, $2,558,129,000, of which $2,525,394,000 shall remain available
through September 30, 2017 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 206 of
this Act on increasing any appropriation by more than 3 percent shall
not apply to transfers to appropriations under this heading: Provided
further, That a ``Refugee and Entrant Assistance Contingency Fund''
shall be established for which unobligated balances from appropriations
under this heading may be deposited, to be available until expended for
activities funded under this heading: Provided further, That amounts
deposited in the contingency fund may be available only after the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of
funds.
payments to states for the child care and development block grant
For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990 (``CCDBG Act''), $2,508,246,000 shall be used to supplement, not
supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-
income families: Provided, That $19,357,000 shall be available for
child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities,
of which $996,000 shall be available to the Secretary for a competitive
grant for the operation of a national toll free referral line and Web
site to develop and disseminate child care consumer education
information for parents and help parents access child care in their
local community: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts
required to be reserved by the States under section 658G of the CCDBG
Act, $308,827,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities
authorized under section 658G, of which $113,258,000 shall be for
activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care:
Provided further, That $9,851,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for
child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities:
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.
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), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of
1988, part B-1 of title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the
Social Security Act; for making payments under the Community Services
Block Grant Act (``CSBG Act''), sections 473B and 477(i) of the Social
Security Act, and the Assets for Independence Act; for necessary
administrative expenses to carry out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X,
XI, XIV, XVI, and XX 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, $10,618,002,000, of which
$37,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016, shall be
for grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by
section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions
completed before September 30, 2015: Provided, That subsection (b)(5)
of such section 473A shall apply to funds appropriated under this
heading by substituting ``2014'' for ``2012'': Provided further, That
$8,868,389,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act:
Provided further, That of the amount in the previous proviso,
$8,278,389,000 shall be available for payments under section 640 of the
Head Start Act: 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 amounts allocated to Head Start grantees at the
discretion of the Secretary to supplement activities pursuant to the
previous proviso shall not be included in the calculation of the ``base
grant'' in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in section
640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 640 of the Head Start Act, of the amount
provided for making payments under the Head Start Act, and in addition
to funds otherwise available under section 640 for such purposes,
$565,000,000 shall be available through March 31, 2016 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, and 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, and, notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these
funds are available to serve children under age 4: Provided further,
That of the amount made available in the immediately preceding proviso,
up to $15,000,000 shall be available for the Federal costs of
administration and evaluation activities of the program described in
such proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided under the
seventh proviso under this heading 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:
Provided further, That $703,454,000 shall be for making payments under
the CSBG Act: Provided further, That $35,847,000 shall be for sections
680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $29,585,000
shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $5,912,000 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 to the extent funds appropriated in this Act for
the Assets for Independence 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 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 notwithstanding section 414(e) of such Act, the Secretary
may award up to $1,000,000 to support evidence-based evaluation:
Provided further, That section 303(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act shall not apply to amounts provided herein:
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, $4,832,000,000.
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the
Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016,
$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 OAA,
titles III and XXIX 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, and for Department-wide coordination of
policy and program activities that assist individuals with
disabilities, $1,665,371,000, 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 none of the funds provided shall be used to
carry out sections 1701 and 1703 of the PHS Act (with respect to
chronic disease self-management activity grants), except that such
funds may be used for necessary expenses associated with administering
any such grants awarded prior to the date of the enactment of this Act:
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.
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,
$457,629,000, 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, $53,681,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment
activities: Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $104,592,000 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, $1,750,000 is for strengthening the Department's
acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities: Provided further,
That with respect to the previous proviso, such funds shall be
available for training, recruiting, retaining, and hiring members of
the acquisition workforce as defined by 41 U.S.C. 1703, for information
technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness and for
management solutions to improve acquisition management.
office of medicare hearings and appeals
For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals, $90,000,000, 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, $61,474,000.
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,
$71,000,000: 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,
$41,205,000.
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, $1,030,899,000, of which $473,000,000 shall remain
available through September 30, 2016, 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, 2017.
For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures (as
defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $407,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare for or
respond to an influenza pandemic, $130,009,000; of which $100,000,000
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. Provided further,
That funds provided under this paragraph are also available for
preparing for or responding to an emerging infectious disease.
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 discretionary 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 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.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 206. 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. 207. 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. 208. 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. 209. 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. 210. 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. 211. 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 2015:
(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.
Sec. 212. (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. 213. Funds which are available for Individual Learning
Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (``ATSDR'') may be transferred between appropriate
accounts of CDC, to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts:
Provided, That such funds may be used for any individual full-time
equivalent employee while such employee is employed either by CDC or
ATSDR.
Sec. 214. 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. 215. 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. 216. (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 and 2014, 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. 217. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (``ACA'') to the
accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities
specified under the heading ``Prevention and Public Health Fund'' in
the table accompanying this 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. 218. (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.
Sec. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2016
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 Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (``ACA''), and the amendments made by that
Act, in the proposed fiscal year and the 4 prior fiscal years.
(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;
(3) or who work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not
a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.
Sec. 220. 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 2015
under section 338B of such Act.
Sec. 221. Title IV of the PHS Act is amended by:
(1) Striking ``National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine'' and ``Office of Alternative Medicine''
in each place either appears and replacing it with ``National
Center for Complementary and Integrative Health'';
(2) Striking ``alternative medicine'' in each place it
appears and replacing it with ``integrative health'';
(3) Striking all references to ``alternative and
complementary medical treatment'' or ``complementary and
alternative treatment'' in each place either appears and
inserting ``complementary and integrative health'';
(4) Striking references to ``alternative medical
treatment'' in each place it appears and inserting
``integrative health treatment''; and
(5) Striking section 485D(c) and inserting:
``(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Center
shall, as appropriate, study the integration of new and non-traditional
approaches to health care treatment and consumption, including but not
limited to non-traditional treatment, diagnostic and prevention
systems, modalities, and disciplines.''.
Sec. 222. 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, 2016.
Sec. 223. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year
2016 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 Marketplaces for each fiscal year since the enactment
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148)
and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2016. Such
information shall include, for each such fiscal year--
(1) the amount of funds used for each activity specified in
the tables under the heading ``Health Insurance Marketplace
Activity'' in the table accompanying this Act; and
(2) the milestones completed for data hub functionality and
implementation readiness.
Sec. 224. That the authority provided by sections 399AA(e),
399BB(g), and 399CC(f) of the PHS Act shall remain in effect through
September 30, 2015.
Sec. 225. The NIH director shall require registrations and results
from NIH funded clinical trials to be included in the clinical trials
registry data bank.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and Human
Services Appropriations Act, 2015''.
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''),
$15,673,887,000, of which $4,788,520,000 shall become available on July
1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016, and of
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2015, and
shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for academic year
2015-2016: 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,
2014, 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 $3,347,378,000 shall be for targeted
grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That
$3,347,378,000 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 $680,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of the ESEA:
Provided further, That $505,756,000 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 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 more than one well-designed or 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 $168,000,000 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.
Preschool Development
For carrying out, in accordance with the applicable requirements of
part D of title V of the ESEA, $250,000,000 for a preschool development
grants program: Provided, 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 the Secretary shall administer
State grants for improving early childhood care and education under
such section jointly with the Secretary of Health and Human Services on
such terms as such Secretaries set forth in an interagency agreement.
Impact Aid
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally
affected schools authorized by title VIII of the ESEA, $1,291,186,000,
of which $1,153,540,000 shall be for basic support payments under
section 8003(b), $48,413,000 shall be for payments for children with
disabilities under section 8003(d), $17,441,000 shall be for
construction under section 8007(b) and be available for obligation
through September 30, 2016, $66,947,000 shall be for Federal property
payments under section 8002, and $4,845,000, 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
2014-2015, 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 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, $4,541,744,000, of which $2,724,347,000
shall become available on July 1, 2015, and remain available through
September 30, 2016, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available
on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30,
2016, for academic year 2015-2016: 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 $48,445,000 shall
be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical
Assistance Act of 2002: 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 2 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 and
professional enhancement activities, including for civic education
instruction, to national not-for-profit organizations: Provided
further, That $155,000,000 shall be to carry out part B of title II of
the ESEA.
Indian Education
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise
provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, $130,779,000.
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, $882,398,000:
Provided, That up to $141,602,000 shall be available through December
31, 2015 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 $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 of the funds available for part B of title V of the ESEA,
the Secretary shall use up to $11,000,000 to carry out activities under
section 5205(b) and shall use not less than $13,000,000 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 $75,000,000 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 up to $12,000,000 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 the most important
factor when determining to renew or revoke a school's charter:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D
of title V of the ESEA shall be for competitive grants to local
educational agencies to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions
to improve the non-cognitive skills of students in the middle grades.
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, $280,876,000:
Provided, That $90,000,000 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 $59,887,000 shall
be available for Promise Neighborhoods.
English Language Acquisition
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $732,144,000,
which shall become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2016, except that 6.5 percent of such
amount shall be available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2016, 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,
$12,648,712,000, of which $3,109,827,000 shall become available on July
1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016, and of
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2015, and
shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for academic year
2015-2016: 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 2014, 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 2014: 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
section 612(a)(18)(B), in reducing a State's allocation under section
611 for failure to comply with the requirement of section
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply that reduction 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 Secretary may reserve up
to $10,000,000 of the funds made available for section 663 of the IDEA
to support: (1) grants to States, outlying areas, freely associated
states, and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out activities
identified in their State Systemic Improvement Plans to improve results
for children with disabilities birth through age 21 under Parts B and C
of the IDEA; and (2) related activities for carrying out and assessing
the performance of those grants: Provided further, That funds reserved
under the preceding proviso shall remain available for obligation
through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That each entity that
receives a grant under the second preceding proviso may make subgrants,
contracts, or otherwise distribute those funds on a competitive,
targeted, or formula basis to public, private, and non-profit entities,
including local educational agencies and early intervention service
providers, to carry out activities authorized under that proviso:
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.
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and
the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,722,853,000, of which
$3,335,074,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation
services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That
section 302(g)(3) of the Rehabilitation Act shall not apply to funds
provided under section 302 of such Act: Provided further, 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, non-profit 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, 2016.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
american printing house for the blind
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $25,000,000.
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, $67,741,000:
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, $121,550,000: 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''), $1,739,156,000, of which
$948,156,000 shall become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2016, and of which $791,000,000 shall
become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult
Education State Grants, $72,425,000 shall be made available for
integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants
and other limited-English-proficient populations: Provided further,
That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics
education, notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLA, 65 percent shall
be allocated to States based on a State's absolute need as determined
by calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants
admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years,
and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured
by the average of the 3 most recent years for which United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for
legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be
allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national
leadership activities under section 243.
Student Financial Assistance
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C of
title IV of the HEA, $24,233,210,000, which shall remain available
through September 30, 2016.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during
award year 2015-2016 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, $1,446,924,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2016.
Higher Education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II,
III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII 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, $1,969,893,000: Provided,
That $1,000,000 shall be for data collection and evaluation activities
for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply
with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided
further, 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 may be used for evaluation: Provided further, That up to 2.5
percent of the funds made available under this Act for part B of title
VII of the HEA may be used for technical assistance and the evaluation
of activities carried out under such section.
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.
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, 2016: 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 $338,552,000:
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, $585,006,000, which shall remain available through
September 30, 2016: 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.
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, $422,917,000, of which up to $1,000,000, to
remain available until expended, shall 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, $102,624,000.
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, $58,791,000.
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 ``2015'' for ``2009''.
Sec. 307. The Secretary 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 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 any funds
reserved under this section shall be available from July 1, 2015
through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That not later than 10
days prior to the initial obligation of funds reserved under this
section, the Secretary 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, and the programs to be evaluated with such funds.
Sec. 308. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry
out the HEA may be disbursed or delivered to an institution of higher
education (or other postsecondary educational institution) on behalf of
a student, or to a student to be used to attend the institution, unless
the institution certifies to the Secretary that it will not use
revenues derived from educational assistance funds provided in any form
under any Federal law for advertising, marketing or student recruitment
activities (other than activities required or specifically authorized
by title IV of the HEA or otherwise specified by the Secretary).
Sec. 309. The Secretary of Education shall--
(1) modify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
described in section 483 of the HEA so that the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid contains an individual box
for the purpose of identifying students who are foster youth or
were in the foster care system; and
(2) utilize such identification as a tool to notify
students who are foster youth or were in the foster care system
of their potential eligibility for Federal student aid,
including postsecondary education programs through the John H.
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program and any other Federal
programs under which such students may be eligible to receive
assistance.
Sec. 310. (a) Student Eligibility.--
(1) Subsection (d) of section 484 of the HEA is amended to
read as follows:
``(d) Students Who Are Not High School Graduates.--
``(1) Student eligibility.--In order for a student who does
not have a certificate of graduation from a school providing
secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such
certificate, to be eligible for any assistance under subparts
1, 3, and 4 of part A and parts B, C, D, and E of this title,
the student shall meet the requirements of one of the following
subparagraphs:
``(A) The student is enrolled in an eligible career
pathway program and meets one of the following
standards:
``(i) The student shall take an
independently administered examination and
shall achieve a score, specified by the
Secretary, demonstrating that such student can
benefit from the education or training being
offered. Such examination shall be approved by
the Secretary on the basis of compliance with
such standards for development, administration,
and scoring as the Secretary may prescribe in
regulations.
``(ii) The student shall be determined as
having the ability to benefit from the
education or training in accordance with such
process as the State shall prescribe. Any such
process described or approved by a State for
the purposes of this section shall be effective
6 months after the date of submission to the
Secretary unless the Secretary disapproves such
process. In determining whether to approve or
disapprove such process, the Secretary shall
take into account the effectiveness of such
process in enabling students without secondary
school diplomas or the equivalent thereof to
benefit from the instruction offered by
institutions utilizing such process, and shall
also take into account the cultural diversity,
economic circumstances, and educational
preparation of the populations served by the
institutions.
``(iii) The student shall be determined by
the institution of higher education as having
the ability to benefit from the education or
training offered by the institution of higher
education upon satisfactory completion of 6
credit hours or the equivalent coursework that
are applicable toward a degree or certificate
offered by the institution of higher education.
``(B) The student has completed a secondary school
education in a home school setting that is treated as a
home school or private school under State law.
``(2) Eligible career pathway program.--In this subsection,
the term `eligible career pathway program' means a program
that--
``(A) concurrently enrolls participants in
connected adult education and eligible postsecondary
programs;
``(B) provides counseling and supportive services
to identify and attain academic and career goals;
``(C) provides structured course sequences that--
``(i) are articulated and contextualized;
and
``(ii) allow students to advance to higher
levels of education and employment;
``(D) provides opportunities for acceleration to
attain recognized postsecondary credentials, including
degrees, industry relevant certifications, and
certificates of completion of apprenticeship programs;
``(E) is organized to meet the needs of adults;
``(F) is aligned with the education and skill needs
of the regional economy; and
``(G) has been developed and implemented in
collaboration with partners in business, workforce
development, and economic development.''.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect
as if such amendment was enacted on June 30, 2014, and shall
apply to students who are enrolled or who first enroll in an
eligible program of study on or after July 1, 2014.
(b) Section 401 (b)(2)(A)(ii) of the HEA is amended by inserting
after ``year'' and before the comma ``except that a student eligible
only under 484(d)(1)(A) who first enrolls in an eligible program of
study on or after July 1, 2015 shall not be eligible for the amount of
the increase calculated under paragraph (7)(B)''.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2015''.
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 by Public Law 92-28,
$5,441,000.
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''), $765,349,000,
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(6), 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) $70,000,000 shall be available for
expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3)
$15,538,000 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 501(a)(4)(E) 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, 2016:
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 501(a)(4)(E) of
the 1990 Act shall immediately be available for activities authorized
under 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, $210,695,000, 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, $83,737,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,500,000.
administrative provisions
Sec. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and
comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2015, 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. 402. 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. 403. 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. 404. 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. 405. 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 2017, $445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made
available to CPB by this Act shall be 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.
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,
$46,163,000, including up to $400,000 to remain available through
September 30, 2016 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, $17,061,000.
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,
$231,490,000.
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social
Security Act, $8,500,000.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social
Security Act, $12,300,000, 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, $3,264,000.
National Health Care Workforce Commission
For necessary expenses for the National Health Care Workforce
Commission, as authorized by title V, subtitle B, section 5101 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, $3,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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, $278,306,000: 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.
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,
$13,411,000.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission, $12,651,000.
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, $34,000,000,
which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2014
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, 2016, 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, $112,150,000, 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 $8,750,000, 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,
$16,400,000.
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,
$40,998,647,000, 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 $83,000,000 shall
be available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115,
and 1144 of the Social Security Act, to remain available until
expended.
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 2016, $19,200,000,000, 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 $10,536,026,000 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 unobligated balances of funds provided
under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2015 not needed for
fiscal year 2015 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, $1,396,000,000 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 $1,123,000,000 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, $124,000,000 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 2015
exceed $124,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2016
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,
$28,829,000, together with not to exceed $74,249,000, 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.
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 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 2015, 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 2015, 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 2015 that are different than those
specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the Committee
report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 2015 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 2015, 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.
(rescission)
Sec. 518. Of the funds made available for performance bonus
payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act,
$1,751,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 519. 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. 520. (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,
and
(2) 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 the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, except that in carrying out
such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting
``fiscal year 2015'' for ``fiscal year 2014'' in the title of
subsection (b) and by substituting ``September 30, 2019'' 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 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014.
Sec. 521. Each Federal agency, or in the case of an agency with
multiple bureaus, each bureau (or operating division) funded under this
Act that has research and development expenditures in excess of
$100,000,000 per year shall develop a Federal research public access
policy that provides for--
(1) the submission to the agency, agency bureau, or
designated entity acting on behalf of the agency, a machine-
readable version of the author's final peer-reviewed
manuscripts that have been accepted for publication in peer-
reviewed journals describing research supported, in whole or in
part, from funding by the Federal Government;
(2) free online public access to such final peer-reviewed
manuscripts or published versions not later than 12 months
after the official date of publication; and
(3) compliance with all relevant copyright laws.
Sec. 522. (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. 523. Of the funds made available under section 108 of Public
Law 111-3, $9,532,200,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 524. For purposes of carrying out executive order 13589,
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012,
and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating
to conference attendance and expenditures:
(a) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered independent
agencies; and
(b) attendance at and support for scientific conferences shall be
tabulated separately from and not included in agency totals.
Sec. 525. (a) None of the funds in this Act may be available for
agencies, or in the case of an agency with multiple bureaus, each
bureau (or operating division) to support:
(1) More than 50 agency employees on official travel away
from their duty station to attend a particular conference; or
(2) More than $1,000,000 for sponsoring a conference.
(b) This section shall not apply to conferences that are scientific
in nature or scope.
Sec. 526. None of the funds in this Act may be used for third
party, nongovernmental certification for seafood sustainability.
Sec. 527. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any Federal
Government contract with--
(1) 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)), except that
``more than 50 percent'' shall be substituted for ``at least 80
percent'' each place it appears therein; or
(2) any subsidiary of such an entity.
(b) Waivers.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall waive subsection (a)
with respect to any Federal Government contract under the
authority of the Secretary if the Secretary determines that the
waiver is required in the interest of national security.
(2) Notification to congress.--Upon issuing a waiver under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify Congress of the
waiver.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal
Government contract entered into before the date of enactment of this
Act, or to any task or delivery order issued pursuant to such a
contract.
(d) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term ``Secretary''
means each of the following:
(1) The Secretary of Labor.
(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(3) The Secretary of Education.
This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2015''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
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