(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Highlights:
The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 provides FY2016 appropriations to agencies responsible for:
The bill decreases Financial Services and General Government discretionary funding below FY2015 levels.
Compared to FY2015 levels, the bill includes increases for the judiciary and decreases for the Department of the Treasury and the District of Columbia.
Within the Treasury budget, the bill decreases funding for the Internal Revenue Service.
The bill also includes provisions that restrict funds or affect policy in areas such as:
Full Summary:
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016
Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government, including programs in the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent agencies.
Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices, including:
Provides appropriations to Treasury for:
Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.
Provides appropriations to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for:
(Sec. 101) Permits up to 5% of any IRS appropriation provided by this bill to be transferred to any other IRS appropriation upon advance approval of Congress.
(Sec. 102) Requires the IRS to maintain an employee training program that includes taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.
(Sec. 103) Requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayers' information and protect against identity theft.
(Sec. 104) Permits the IRS to use funds for improved facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers.
(Sec. 105) Bars the IRS from using funds provided by this bill to make a video unless it is approved in advance by the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board.
(Sec. 106) Requires the IRS to notify employers of any address changes related to employment tax payments.
(Sec. 107) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill to target U.S. citizens for exercising any rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
(Sec. 108) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill to target groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.
(Sec. 109) Requires the IRS to comply with certain procedures and policies for conference spending that were recommended by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
(Sec. 110) Prohibits funds provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) from being transferred to the IRS to implement PPACA.
(Sec. 111) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill to implement the requirement under PPACA that individuals maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
(Sec. 112) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill for providing employee bonuses or hiring former employees without considering conduct and federal tax compliance.
(Sec. 113) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill to violate the confidentiality of tax returns.
(Sec. 114) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill for pre-populated returns.
(Sec. 115) Permits Treasury to use funds provided by this bill for uniforms, overseas motor vehicles and insurance, contracts with the Department of State for health and medical services for overseas Treasury employees, and experts or consultants
(Sec. 116) Permits certain transfers between Treasury accounts, subject to congressional approval and specified requirements.
(Sec. 117) Permits the IRS to transfer certain funds to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, subject to congressional approval and specified requirements.
(Sec. 118) Bars Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from using funds to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
(Sec. 119) Permits Treasury to transfer funds from Bureau of Fiscal Services--Salaries and Expenses to the Debt Collection Fund to cover the costs of debt collection. Requires the transferred amounts to be reimbursed from debt collections received in the Fund.
(Sec. 120) Prohibits the U.S. Mint from using funds to construct or operate any museum without congressional approval.
(Sec. 121) Prohibits the use of funds to merge the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without congressional approval.
(Sec. 122) Deems funds provided for Treasury's intelligence-related activities as authorized for FY2016 until enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2016.
(Sec. 123) Permits up to $5,000 to be made available from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund for official reception and representation expenses.
(Sec. 124) Requires Treasury to submit a capital investment plan to Congress.
(Sec. 125) Requires the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research to report quarterly to Congress on their activities.
(Sec. 126) Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to limit the fees available for obligation by the Office of Financial Research to the amount provided in appropriations acts beginning in FY2017.
(Sec. 127) Requires Treasury to report to Congress on the Franchise Fund.
(Sec. 128) Requires Treasury to report to Congress on economic warfare and financial terrorism.
(Sec. 129) Prohibits Treasury from using funds for certain regulations, revenue rulings, or other guidance related to the standards used to determine the tax-exempt status of a 501(c)(4) organization.
(Sec. 130) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow certain categories of travel to Cuba incident to non-academic educational exchanges.
(Sec. 131) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow the importation of property confiscated by the Cuban government.
(Sec. 132) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow any financial transactions with the Cuban military or intelligence service. Includes exceptions for: (1) exports permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, and (2) financial transactions necessary for the maintenance and improvement of the military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(Sec. 133) Prohibits Treasury from using funds provided by this bill to enforce specified guidance for U.S. positions on multilateral development banks which engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation.
(Sec. 134) Requires the Office of Financial Research to provide public notice of at least 90 days before issuing a proposed rule, report, or regulation.
(Sec. 135) Prohibits the IRS from using funds provided by this bill to determine that a church is not exempt from taxation for participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign unless: the IRS Commissioner consents, Congress is notified, and the determination is effective no earlier than 90 days after congressional notification.
Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2016
TITLE II--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
Provides FY2016 appropriations to the Executive Office of the President and designated accounts, including:
(Sec. 201) Permits certain transfers of funds between accounts within the Executive Office of the President, subject to congressional approval and specified requirements.
(Sec. 202) Require the OMB to report to Congress on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).
(Sec. 203) Requires the OMB to include a statement of budgetary impact with any executive order or Presidential memorandum issued during FY2016.
(Sec. 204) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for statements abrogating legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President.
(Sec. 205) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for an executive order or Presidential memorandum that contravenes existing law.
Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2016
TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY
Provides FY2016 appropriations to the judiciary for:
(Sec. 301) Permits funds provided by this title for salaries and expenses to be used for the employment of temporary or intermittent experts and consultants.
(Sec. 302) Permits certain transfers of funds between judiciary accounts, subject to congressional notification and specified requirements.
(Sec. 303) Permits up to $11,000 of appropriations provided for salaries and expenses for Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services to be used for official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
(Sec. 304) Permits the delegation of authority to the judiciary for contracts for repairs that are under $100,000.
(Sec. 305) Requires the U.S. Marshals Service to provide a court security pilot program.
(Sec. 306) Amends the Judicial Improvement Act of 1990; the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006; and the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act to extend several temporary judgeships.
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2016
TITLE IV--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Provides FY2016 appropriations to the District of Columbia, including federal payments for:
Provides local funds for the operation of the District of Columbia out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as set forth in the FY2016 Budget Request Act of 2015 that the District of Columbia submitted to Congress.
TITLE V--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Provides appropriations for independent agencies, including:
Requires the U.S. Postal Service to: (1) continue six day delivery and rural delivery of the mail at not less than the 1983 level, and (2) maintain and comply with service standards for first class mail and periodicals effective on July 1, 2012.
(Sec. 501) Amends Dodd-Frank to permit the congressional appropriations committees to review transfers from the Federal Reserve system to the CFPB.
(Sec. 502) Changes the CFPB's source of funding from transfers from the Federal Reserve System to annual appropriations beginning in FY2017.
(Sec. 503) Requires the CFPB to notify Congress of any request for a transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(Sec. 504) Requires the CFPB to submit to Congress quarterly reports on its activities.
(Sec. 505) Permits the GSA to use funds to hire passenger motor vehicles.
(Sec. 506) Permits funds provided for the Federal Buildings Fund to be transferred between activities if necessary to meet program requirements, subject to congressional approval.
(Sec. 507) Requires budget requests for courthouse construction funds to meet specified standards.
(Sec. 508) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to increase square footage, provide cleaning services or security enhancements, or provide any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund to any agency that does not pay the assessed rent.
(Sec. 509) Permits the GSA to use specified funds to pay claims against the federal government that are under $250,000 and arise from direct construction projects and building acquisitions if Congress is notified in advance.
(Sec. 510) Requires GSA, if specified congressional committees adopt a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus, to ensure that the delineated area of procurement matches the prospectus.
(Sec. 511) Requires GSA to submit a spending plan and explanation to Congress for: (1) each project funded with the Major Repairs and Alterations and Judiciary Capital Security Program accounts, and (2) E-Government projects funded with the Federal Citizen Services Fund account.
(Sec. 512) Permits the SBA to transfer specified funds between appropriations accounts.
(Sec. 513) Waives certain loan guarantee fees for veterans and their spouses.
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for funds provided by this bill.
(Sec. 601) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to pay expenses or otherwise compensate non-federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this bill.
(Sec. 602) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being obligated beyond the current fiscal year or transferred to other appropriations unless authority is expressly provided by this bill.
(Sec. 603) Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts where expenditures are a matter of public record, except where otherwise permitted under existing law.
(Sec. 604) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. government, except pursuant to transfer authority provided by an appropriations Act.
(Sec. 605) Requires enforcement of a Tariff Act of 1930 provision barring the importation of goods manufactured using convict labor.
(Sec. 606) Requires entities receiving funds provided by this bill to comply with the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 607) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill by any person or entity convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 608) Provides authority, restrictions, and requirements for reprogramming. Requires agencies funded in this bill to submit to Congress a report establishing a baseline for the application of reprogramming and transfer authorities.
(Sec. 609) Permits up to 50% of unobligated balances remaining at the end of FY2016 for salaries and expenses to remain available through FY2017, subject to reprogramming guidelines and congressional approval.
(Sec. 610) Prohibits the Executive Office of the President from using funds provided by this bill to request either a Federal Bureau of Investigation background investigation or an IRS determination of tax-exempt status under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, except with the consent of the individual involved in an investigation or in extraordinary circumstances involving national security.
(Sec. 611) Makes certain cost accounting standards inapplicable to contracts under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
(Sec. 612) Permits the OPM to accept and utilize funds made available for resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program.
(Sec. 613) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
(Sec. 614) Provides exceptions to the prohibition in section 613 if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
(Sec. 615) Waives Buy American Act restrictions for commercial information technology acquired by the federal government.
(Sec. 616) Prohibits an officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this bill from accepting payments or reimbursements for travel, subsistence, or related expenses from a person or entity regulated by the agency or commission, subject to an exception for nonprofit tax-exempt organizations.
(Sec. 617) Permits the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the SEC to use funds for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues.
(Sec. 618) Requires agencies covered by this bill to consult with GSA before seeking new office space or making alterations to existing office space. Permits any agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease to do so during any period declared by the President to require emergency leasing authority.
(Sec. 619) Provides funds required under current law for:
(Sec. 620) Prohibits the FTC from using funds provided by this bill to complete the draft report entitled "Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts" unless the Working Group complies with Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review).
(Sec. 621) Bars the use of funds provided by this bill for the following positions: (1) Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy, and (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs.
(Sec. 622) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used in contravention of the Federal Records Act.
(Sec. 623) Requires specified regulatory agencies to report to Congress on increasing public participation in rulemaking, improving coordination among federal agencies, and identifying ineffective or excessively burdensome regulations.
(Sec. 624) Prohibits the obligation of funds in FY2016 from the Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by Dodd-Frank.
(Sec. 625) Prohibits the SEC from using funds provided by this bill to require the disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax-exempt organizations, or dues paid to trade associations.
(Sec. 626) Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal the indemnification agreement for swap data repositories and replace it with a confidentiality agreement.
(Sec. 627) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to require Internet service providers to disclose electronic communications information in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
(Sec. 628) Prohibits the FCC from implementing, administering, or enforcing any rule unless the FCC publishes the text of the rule 21 days before a vote on the rule.
(Sec. 629) Prohibits the FCC from regulating rates for either broadband or wireless Internet providers.
(Sec. 630) Prohibits the FCC from implementing a specified order regarding protecting and promoting the open Internet (commonly known as net neutrality) until specified court challenges have been resolved.
(Sec. 631) Prohibits the Financial Stability Oversight Council from designating nonbanks as systemically important financial institutions until it: (1) identifies the risks to financial stability presented by the nonbank, and (2) permits the nonbank to present a plan to modify its business, structure, or operation to mitigate the identified risk prior to final designation.
(Sec. 632) Prohibits the CFPB from implementing a rule regarding the use of arbitration until specified requirements are addressed.
(Sec. 633) Prohibits the FCC from implementing a specified rule related to joint sales agreements.
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for appropriations by designated departments, agencies, and corporations.
(Sec. 701) Prohibits the use of appropriations by any federal department, agency, or instrumentality unless it administers a policy designed to ensure that all workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances.
(Sec. 702) Establishes price limitations on vehicles purchased by the federal government and specifies exceptions.
(Sec. 703) Permits appropriations for the current fiscal year to be used for quarters and cost-of-living allowances.
(Sec. 704) Prohibits the employment of noncitizens with certain exceptions.
(Sec. 705) Permits appropriations provided to any department or agency for necessary expenses such as maintenance and operating expenses to be used for payments to the GSA for space and services.
(Sec. 706) Permits agencies to finance the costs of recycling and waste prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of materials recovered through the programs
(Sec. 707) Permits funds provided to certain corporations and agencies for administrative expenses to be used to pay rent and other service costs in the District of Columbia
(Sec. 708) Prohibits interagency financing of boards, commission, councils, committees, or similar groups absent prior statutory approval.
(Sec. 709) Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution.
(Sec. 710) Prohibits spending more than $5000 to redecorate or furnish the office of the head of a department or agency in specified circumstances unless Congress is notified in advance.
(Sec. 711) Permits interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives.
(Sec. 712) Requires agencies to certify that certain appointments were not created solely or primarily to detail an individual to the White House.
(Sec. 713) Bars payment of any employee who prohibits, threatens, prevents, or otherwise penalizes another employee from communicating with Congress.
(Sec. 714) Prohibits funds from being used for training that is not directly related to the performance of official duties.
(Sec. 715) Prohibits an agency of the executive branch from using funds for publicity or propaganda purposes and for the preparation or distribution of materials designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress.
(Sec. 716) Prohibits an agency from providing a federal employee's home address to any labor organization absent employee authorization or a court order.
(Sec. 717) Prohibits funds from being used to provide any non-public information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mailing lists to any organization outside the federal government without approval of Congress.
(Sec. 718) Prohibits funds from being used for propaganda and publicity purposes not authorized by Congress.
(Sec. 719) Directs agency employees to use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties.
(Sec. 720) Allows the use of funds to finance an appropriate share of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board administrative costs.
(Sec. 721) Permits agencies to transfer funds to the GSA to support specified government-wide and multiagency activities that meet certain requirements and are approved by OMB.
(Sec. 722) Permits breastfeeding at any location in a federal building or on federal property if the woman and child are authorized to be there.
(Sec. 723) Permits interagency funding of the National Science and Technology Council, and requires the OMB to provide a report describing the budget and resources connected with the council.
(Sec. 724) Requires documents involving the distribution of federal funds to indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount provided.
(Sec. 725) Prohibits federal agencies from using funds to monitor individuals' Internet use, subject to specified exceptions.
(Sec. 726) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for health plans with prescription drug coverage unless contraceptive coverage is included. Includes exemptions for certain religious plans. Prohibits plans from discriminating against individuals who refuse to provide contraceptives due to religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(Sec. 727) States that the United States is committed to ensuring the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sports through testing, adjudication, education, and research.
(Sec. 728) Permits federal agencies and departments to use funds appropriated for official travel to participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program, if consistent with OMB Circular A-126 regarding official travel for government personnel.
(Sec. 729) Prohibits funds from being used to implement OPM regulations limiting executive branch detailees to the legislative branch or to implement limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program.
(Sec. 730) Prohibits agencies from using funds for additional law enforcement training facilities that are not within or contiguous to existing locations without the approval of Congress. Permits the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities for training which cannot be accommodated in existing facilities.
(Sec. 731) Prohibits agencies from using funds to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story includes a notification that it was prepared or funded by the agency.
(Sec. 732) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of the Privacy Act or associated regulations.
(Sec. 733) Prohibits the use of funds for contracts with any foreign incorporated entity which is an inverted domestic corporation. Requires a waiver if necessary for national security. Exempts contracts entered into prior to enactment of this bill.
(Sec. 734) Requires agencies to pay a fee to the OPM for processing retirements of employees who separate under Voluntary Early Retirement Authority or receive Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.
(Sec. 735) Bars the use of funds to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer for a federal contract to disclose specified political contribution as a condition of submitting the offer.
(Sec. 736) Bars the use of funds for portraits of a federal officer or employee, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, or the head of an executive branch agency or legislative branch office.
(Sec. 737) Limits pay increases for certain categories of prevailing rate employees.
(Sec. 738) Eliminates automatic pay increases for the Vice President and certain categories of political appointees.
(Sec. 739) Requires agencies to submit annual reports to Inspectors General or senior ethics officials regarding the costs and contracting procedures for conferences that cost more than $100,000.
(Sec. 740) Prohibits the use of funds to increase, eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or activity, unless the changes have been enacted into law or made using transfer or reprogramming authority provided in an appropriations Act.
(Sec. 741) Prohibits funds from being used to require contractors or employees to sign confidentiality agreements or statements restricting or prohibiting the reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse to investigative or law enforcement representatives.
(Sec. 742) Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce a nondisclosure agreement unless it meets specified criteria.
(Sec. 743) Prohibits the use of funds for specified transactions with any corporation with certain unpaid federal tax liabilities, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and decided that further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.
(Sec. 744) Prohibits the use of funds for specified transactions with any corporation that was convicted of a felony within the preceding 24 months, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and decided that further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.
(Sec. 745) Prohibits the use of funds for Executive Order 13690 (Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input).
(Sec. 746) Provides that references to "this Act" shall not apply to titles IV (District of Columbia) or VIII (General Provisions--District of Columbia) unless it is included in those titles or expressly provided for in this bill.
TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sets forth permitted, restricted, and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this bill for the District of Columbia.
(Sec. 801) Appropriates District of Columbia funds for making refunds and paying settlements or judgments against the District of Columbia government.
(Sec. 802) Prohibits the use of federal funds provided by this bill for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any state legislature.
(Sec. 803) Establishes reprogramming procedures for federal funds.
(Sec. 804) Prohibits the use of federal funds for the salaries and expenses of shadow U.S. Representatives or Senators.
(Sec. 805) Requires official vehicles provided to any officer or employee of the District of Columbia to be used only for official duties.
(Sec. 806) Prohibits the use of federal funds for a petition drive or civil action seeking voting representation in Congress for the District.
(Sec. 807) Bars the use of federal funds provided by this bill to distribute needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
(Sec. 808) Provides that nothing in this bill prevents the Council or the Mayor from addressing contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans. Expresses the intent of Congress that legislation enacted on the issue should include a conscience clause providing exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
(Sec. 809) Prohibits the use of federal funds provided by this bill to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties for the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana).
Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to legalize or reduce penalties for possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substance Act or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative (THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana) for recreational purposes.
(Sec. 810) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for abortions except where the mother's life would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in cases of rape or incest.
(Sec. 811) Requires the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the District of Columbia to submit to Congress, the Mayor, and the Council a revised operating budget for agencies requiring a reallocation to address unanticipated changes in program requirements.
(Sec. 812) Requires the CFO of the District of Columbia to submit to Congress, the Mayor, and the Council a revised operating budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools that aligns the school budget to actual enrollment.
(Sec. 813) Permits the District of Columbia to reprogram or transfer funds between operating funds and capital and enterprise funds. Prohibits the transfer of any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects.
(Sec. 814) Prohibits federal funds from being obligated beyond the current fiscal year or transferred unless expressly permitted in this bill.
(Sec. 815) Permits up to 50% of unobligated balances available at the end of FY2016 from federal appropriations for salaries and expenses to remain available through FY2017, subject to congressional approval and reprogramming guidelines.
(Sec. 816) Appropriates local funds to the District of Columbia for FY2017 if no continuing resolution or regular appropriation for the District of Columbia is in effect. Provides the funds under the same authorities, conditions, and manner as provided for FY2016.
(Sec. 817) Provides that references to "this Act" in this title or title IV (District of Columbia) refer only to those titles, unless this Act expressly provides otherwise.
(Sec. 818) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to carry out the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or regulation promulgated to carry out the Act.
TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Sec. 901) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to pay for an abortion or the administrative expenses in connection with a multi-state qualified health plan offered under PPACA which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. Includes exceptions if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
(Sec. 902) Establishes a spending reduction account for the amount by which spending proposed in this bill exceeds the subcommittee's allocation under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Specifies that the amount is $0. (Under the Rules of the House of Representatives, any savings included in the spending reduction account are not available for further appropriation during consideration of the bill.)
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2995 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 144
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2995
[Report No. 114-194]
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 9, 2015
Mr. Crenshaw, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of,
and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real properties
leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of
official business; executive direction program activities;
international affairs and economic policy activities; domestic finance
and tax policy activities; and Treasury-wide management policies and
programs activities, $200,000,000: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading--
(1) not to exceed $250,000 is for official reception and
representation expenses;
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and
(3) not to exceed $21,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2017, for--
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and
Internal Control Program;
(B) information technology modernization
requirements;
(C) the Office of Critical Infrastructure
Protection and Compliance Policy; and
(D) department-wide systems and capital investments
programs; Provided, That the unobligated balances of
prior year appropriations made available for
department-wide systems and capital investments
programs under the heading ``Department of the
Treasury--Department-wide Systems and Capital
Investments Programs'' shall be transferred to, and
merged with, the amounts made available under this
subparagraph.
office of terrorism and financial intelligence
salaries and expenses
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and
to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass
destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other
national security threats, $116,000,000: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading: (1) not to exceed $27,100,000 is
available for administrative expenses; and (2) $5,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2017.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the duties of the Office of
Inspector General, $35,416,000, including hire of passenger motor
vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury;
of which up to $2,800,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2017; and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses.
treasury inspector general for tax administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the duties of the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration, including purchase and hire
of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Inspector General for Tax Administration; $167,275,000, of which
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017; of which
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction
of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which not to
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), $40,671,000.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training
expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend
meetings and training concerned with domestic and foreign financial
intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation;
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and for assistance to
Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$112,979,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2018.
Treasury Forfeiture Fund
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$721,000,000 are rescinded.
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service, $360,000,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2018, is for information systems
modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses for
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of
Public Law 101-380.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$105,000,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research
and development programs for laboratory services; and provision of
laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without
reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the
processing of formula and label applications.
United States Mint
united states mint public enterprise fund
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States Mint
Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of
circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including
both operating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2016 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and
protective service capital investments of the United States Mint shall
not exceed $20,000,000.
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory
Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public Law 103-325),
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for EX-3, $233,523,000. Of the amount
appropriated under this heading--
(1) not less than $176,423,000 is available until September
30, 2017, for financial assistance and technical assistance
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1),
respectively, of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A)
and (B)), of which up to $3,102,500 may be used for the cost of
direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not
to exceed $25,000,000;
(2) not less than $16,000,000 is available until September
30, 2017, for financial assistance, technical assistance,
training and outreach programs designed to benefit Native
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities and
provided primarily through qualified community development
lender organizations with experience and expertise in community
development banking and lending in Indian country, Native
American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and
other suitable providers;
(3) not less than $18,000,000 is available until September
30, 2017, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;
(4) up to $23,100,000 for administrative expenses,
including administration of CDFI fund programs and the New
Markets Tax Credit Program and up to $300,000 is for
administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program;
and
(5) during fiscal year 2016, none of the funds available
under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of
commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of
the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act
of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a).
Internal Revenue Service
taxpayer services
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide
taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education,
filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, the operating
expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service, and other services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $2,156,554,000, of which not less than $5,600,000 shall
be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less
than $10,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic
grants, and of which not less than $12,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2017, shall be available for a Community Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax return
preparation assistance.
In addition, $75,055,000 is available solely for measurable
improvements in the customer service representative level of service
rate, the number of days to resolve tax refund fraud by identity theft
cases, and the percentage of correspondence that the IRS responds to
within established timeframes: Provided, That such funds shall
supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available to the IRS
for such purposes.
enforcement
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to
provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal
investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of
internal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
determined by the Commissioner, $4,325,000,000, of which not to exceed
$50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, and of
which not less than $57,493,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and
Drug Enforcement program.
operations support
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support
taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments;
facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters
and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics
of income; telecommunications; information technology development,
enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and other services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner; $3,300,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2017; of which not to exceed
$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter,
the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the
Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost and
schedule performance for its major information technology investments,
including the purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the
reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such
investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to
mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be
achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget
justification for fiscal year 2017, a summary of cost and schedule
performance information for its major information technology systems.
business systems modernization
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service business
systems modernization program, $250,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2018, for the capital asset acquisition of information
technology systems, including management and related contractual costs
of said acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service labor
costs, and contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of
each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the
cost and schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File
information technology investments, including the purposes and life-
cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule
variances; the risks of such investments and the strategies the
Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the
expected developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be
incurred in the next quarter.
administrative provisions--internal revenue service
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an employee
training program, which shall include the following topics: taxpayers'
rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations,
ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.
Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce
policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of
taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against identity theft.
Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the
Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and
increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line
service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make
improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a
priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time
to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-
related crimes.
Sec. 105. None of the funds made available to the Internal Revenue
Service by this Act may be used to make a video unless the Service-Wide
Video Editorial Board determines in advance that making the video is
appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of
the video.
Sec. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice of
confirmation of any address change relating to an employer making
employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent to both the
employer's former and new address and an officer or employee of the
Internal Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an offer-
in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a
third party payroll tax preparer.
Sec. 107. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United
States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
Sec. 108. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regulatory
scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.
Sec. 109. None of funds made available by this Act to the Internal
Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on conferences that do
not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, documentation
requirements, and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the
recommendations in the report published on May 31, 2013, by the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration entitled ``Review of
the August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Division's Conference in
Anaheim, California'' (Reference Number 2013-10-037).
Sec. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to pay the salaries or expenses of any individual to carry out any
transfer of funds to the Internal Revenue Service under the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) or the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152).
Sec. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Internal Revenue Service to implement or enforce section 5000A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 6055 of such Code,
section 1502(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Public Law 111-148), or any amendments made by section 1502(b) of such
Act.
Sec. 112. None of the funds made available in this Act to the
Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended--
(1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, award,
or recognition program; or
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with
respect to re-hiring a former employee,
unless such program or process takes into account the conduct and
Federal tax compliance of such employee or former employee.
Sec. 113. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return
information).
Sec. 114. Except to the extent provided in section 6014, 6020, or
6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no funds in this or any
other Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Treasury to
provide to any person a proposed final return or statement for use by
such person to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such
Code.
Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 115. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this
Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and
cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in
foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used
overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services
to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this
title made available under the headings ``Departmental Offices--
Salaries and Expenses'', ``Office of Inspector General'', ``Special
Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program'', ``Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network'', ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'',
``Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau'', and ``Community
Development Financial Institutions Program Fund Account'' may be
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate: Provided, That no transfer under this section may increase
or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
Sec. 117. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
Sec. 118. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise
available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
Sec. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from
the ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service--Salaries and Expenses'' to the Debt
Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection:
Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and
expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection
Fund.
Sec. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States
Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sec. 121. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department of the
Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States
Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or
all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on
Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Sec. 122. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury's
intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016.
Sec. 123. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund for necessary official reception
and representation expenses.
Sec. 124. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a capital
investment plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following the
submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: Provided,
That such capital investment plan shall include capital investment
spending from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury,
including but not limited to the department-wide systems and capital
investment programs, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury
Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such capital investment
plan shall include expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for
each capital investment project that has not been fully completed.
Sec. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each quarter,
the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research
shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by
object class, office, and activity;
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the
fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office
during the previous quarter;
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within
each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and
performance measures of each office.
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in subsection
(a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial
Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents of
the reports required under subsection (a).
Sec. 126. (a) Section 155 of Public Law 111-203 is amended as
follows:
(1) In subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``immediately''; and
(ii) by inserting ``as provided for in
appropriation Acts'' after ``to the Office'';
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(2).
(2) In subsection (d), by striking the heading and
inserting ``assessment schedule.--''.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
October 1, 2016.
Sec. 127. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the amount of total funds charged to each office by the
Franchise Fund including the amount charged for each service provided
by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the
services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each service is
calculated, and a description of the role customers have in governing
in the Franchise Fund.
Sec. 128. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, and commissions that have
expertise in terrorism and complex financial instruments, shall provide
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act on economic warfare and financial terrorism.
Sec. 129. During fiscal year 2016--
(1) none of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including
the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any
regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a
particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used to
determine whether an organization is operated exclusively for
the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section
501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the
proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November
29, 2013)); and
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 1,
2010, which are used to make such determinations shall apply
after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes of
determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of
organizations created on, before, or after such date.
Sec. 130. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow, whether
by general or specific license, travel-related or other transactions
incident to non-academic educational exchanges described in section
515.565(b)(2) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 131. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow the
use, purchase, trafficking, or import of property confiscated by the
Cuban Government.
(b) In this section, the terms ``confiscated'', ``Cuban
Government'', ``property'', and ``traffic'' have the meanings given
such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and (13), respectively, of
section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act
of 1996(22 U.S.C. 6023).
Sec. 132. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow any
financial transaction with an entity owned or controlled, in whole or
in part, by the Cuban military or intelligence service or with any
officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, or an immediate
family member thereof.
(b) The limitation on the use of funds under this section does not
apply to financial transactions with respect to exports of goods
permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) or to payments in furtherance of the
lease agreement, or other financial transactions necessary for
maintenance and improvements of the military base at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, including any adjacent areas under the control or possession of
the United States..
(c) In this section--
(1) the term ``Cuban military'' includes the Ministry of
the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the
Interior, and their subsidiaries; and
(2) the term ``immediate family'' means a spouse, sibling,
child (adopted or otherwise), parent, grandparent, grandchild,
aunt, uncle, niece or nephew.
Sec. 133. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be obligated or expended to provide for the
enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or guideline implemented
pursuant to the Department of the Treasury Guidance for United States
Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired
Power Generation dated October 29, 2013, when enforcement of such rule,
regulation, policy, or guideline would prohibit, or have the effect of
prohibiting, the carrying out of any coal-fired or other power-
generation project the purpose of which is to increase exports of goods
and services from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs from
the United States.
Sec. 134. During fiscal year 2016, the Office of Financial
Research shall provide for a public notice period of not less than 90
days before issuing any proposed report, rule, or regulation.
Sec. 135. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Internal Revenue Service to make a determination that a church,
an integrated auxiliary of a church, or a convention or association of
churches is not exempt from taxation for participating in, or
intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition
to) any candidate for public office unless--
(1) the Commissioner of Internal Revenue consents to such
determination;
(2) not later than 30 days after such determination, the
Commissioner notifies the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate of such determination; and
(3) such determination is effective with respect to the
church, integrated auxiliary of a church, or convention or
association of churches not earlier than 90 days after the date
of the notification under paragraph (2).
Consent under paragraph (1) may not be delegated.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury
Appropriations Act, 2016''.
TITLE II
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
The White House
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law,
including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3
U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in
that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to
exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3
U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, to be available for allocation within the
Executive Office of the President; and for necessary expenses of the
Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.
Executive Residence at the White House
operating expenses
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White
House, $12,700,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3
U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.
reimbursable expenses
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the
White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That all
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount
for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of
the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political
event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the
event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the
political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable
operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that
such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such
notice: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge
interest and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest
and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United
States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That
each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after
the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses,
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and
ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of
reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that
has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking
of expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive
Residence that includes a standard for the classification of any such
expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no
provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive
Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II
of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
White House Repair and Restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), $625,000, to
remain available until expended, for required maintenance, resolution
of safety and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
Council of Economic Advisers
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers in
carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1021 et seq.), $4,184,000.
National Security Council and Homeland Security Council
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and the
Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $12,600,000.
Office of Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $96,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed $7,994,000 shall remain
available until expended for continued modernization of information
resources within the Executive Office of the President.
Office of Management and Budget
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the
United States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, $91,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,000
shall be available for official representation expenses: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management
and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural
marketing orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions
of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the
Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the
altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for
testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, before
the Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be
used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget,
for evaluating or determining if water resource project or study
reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the
Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applicable laws,
regulations, and requirements relevant to the Civil Works water
resource planning process: Provided further, That the Office of
Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in which to
perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on which the
Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate
authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is
initiated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have not
been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating
committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and
Budget review period based on the notification from the Director,
Congress shall assume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with
the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall: (1) consult with each
standing committee in the House of Representatives and the Senate with
respect to the number of printed and electronic copies (including the
appendix, historical tables, and analytical perspectives) of the
President's fiscal year 2017 budget request that each such committee
requires; and (2) provide, using the funds made available under this
heading, each such committee with the requisite number of copies by no
later than the date that the President submits such budget to Congress
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-469); not to
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and
for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, $20,047,000:
Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer,
and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
work of the Office.
federal drug control programs
high intensity drug trafficking areas program
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $250,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2017, for drug control
activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of the
designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (``HIDTAs''), of which
not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local
entities for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49
percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments in
amounts determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing
services and associated activities: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding the requirements of Public Law 106-58, any unexpended
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2014 may be used for any other
approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming
requirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as of
September 30, 2015, shall be funded at not less than the fiscal year
2015 base level, unless the Director submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
justification for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated
priorities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the
Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the initial
allocation of fiscal year 2016 funding among HIDTAs not later than 45
days after enactment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of
planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in
consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation
are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, and upon
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to
this appropriation.
other federal drug control programs
(including transfers of funds)
For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law
109-469), $109,310,000, to remain available until expended, which shall
be available as follows: $95,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities
Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by
section 4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended by Public Law 109-469 (21
U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug court training and technical
assistance; $9,000,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,060,000 for the
United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and
$1,250,000 shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of
Public Law 109-469: Provided, That amounts made available under this
heading may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to
carry out such activities.
Information Technology Oversight and Reform
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated,
efficient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the
Federal Government, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may
transfer these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out
projects to meet these purposes: Provided further, That the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit quarterly reports not
later than 45 days after the end of each quarter to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the
Government Accountability Office identifying the savings achieved by
the Office of Management and Budget's government-wide information
technology reform efforts: Provided further, That such reports shall
include savings identified by fiscal year, agency, and appropriation.
Special Assistance to the President
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106,
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,211,000.
Official Residence of the Vice President
operating expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $299,000: Provided, That
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may be made
to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such
activities.
Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds
Appropriated to the President
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the headings
``The White House'', ``Executive Residence at the White House'',
``White House Repair and Restoration'', ``Council of Economic
Advisers'', ``National Security Council and Homeland Security
Council'', ``Office of Administration'', ``Special Assistance to the
President'', and ``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer
as the President may designate in writing), may, with advance approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation
to any other such appropriation, to be merged with and available for
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which
transferred: Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be
increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further,
That no amount shall be transferred from ``Special Assistance to the
President'' or ``Official Residence of the Vice President'' without the
approval of the Vice President.
Sec. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this
section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-
203). Such report shall include--
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary obligations
of funds through fiscal year 2018, by Federal agency and by
fiscal year, including--
(A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs such
as rent, information technology, contracts, and
personnel;
(B) the methodology and data sources used to
calculate such estimated obligations; and
(C) the specific section of such Act that requires
the obligation of funds; and
(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 2018 from
assessments, user fees, and other fees by the Federal agency
making the collections, by fiscal year, including--
(A) the methodology and data sources used to
calculate such estimated collections; and
(B) the specific section of such Act that
authorizes the collection of funds.
Sec. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2016, any Executive order or
Presidential memorandum issued by the President shall be accompanied by
a written statement from the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and
revenues, of such order or memorandum.
(b) Any such statement shall include--
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such
order or memorandum on the Federal Government;
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations
and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed
by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal year period
beginning in fiscal year 2016; and
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government as the
result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal-year
period beginning in fiscal year 2016.
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued
during fiscal year 2016 due to a national emergency, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement required by
subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order or
memorandum is issued.
Sec. 204. None of funds made available in this Act may be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of any officer or employee of the
Executive Office of the President to prepare, sign, or approve
statements abrogating legislation passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President.
Sec. 205. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of any officer or employee of the
Executive Office of the President to prepare or implement an Executive
order or Presidential memorandum that contravenes existing law.
This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the President
Appropriations Act, 2016''.
TITLE III
THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as
required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and
1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief
Justice may approve, $75,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain
available until expended.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and associate
justices of the court.
care of the building and grounds
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect
of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by 40
U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $9,953,000, to remain available until expended.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
salaries and expenses
For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses
of the court, as authorized by law, $30,300,000.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the
court.
United States Court of International Trade
salaries and expenses
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, and
necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $18,000,000.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the
court.
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
salaries and expenses
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the
Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, necessary
expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning
of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as
authorized by law, $4,998,000,000 (including the purchase of firearms
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain
available until expended for space alteration projects and for
furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and
construction projects.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of circuit and district judges
(including judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from office or from
regular active service.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660), $6,000,000, to be
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
defender services
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to
represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for the
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing
investigative, expert, and other services for such representations as
authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums
under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has
waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions
for the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial
civil forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of
travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C.
4100(b); and for necessary training and general administrative
expenses, $1,057,616,000, to remain available until expended.
fees of jurors and commissioners
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and
1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $48,400,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall
not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5
U.S.C. 5332.
court security
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the
provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses
and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the
procurement, installation, and maintenance of security systems and
equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing
Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control,
inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter
security, basic security services provided by the Federal Protective
Service, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of
the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-
702), $537,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the
United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for
administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with
standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by
31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, $85,000,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for
official reception and representation expenses.
Federal Judicial Center
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $27,250,000; of which $1,800,000 shall
remain available through September 30, 2017, to provide education and
training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500
is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.
United States Sentencing Commission
salaries and expenses
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $17,200,000, of which
not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and
representation expenses.
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation,
except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in section 608.
Sec. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries
and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services'' shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United
States: Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000
and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the
Judicial Conference.
Sec. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall
be applied by substituting ``Federal'' for ``executive'' each place it
appears.
Sec. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals
Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may
designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program,
the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of
Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified in 40
U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services at these
courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather
than the Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of
1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended in the second
sentence after paragraph (12) (relating to the District of Kansas), by
striking ``24 years and 6 months'' and inserting ``25 years and 6
months''.
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2470;
28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relating to the
eastern District of Missouri) by striking ``22 years and 6 months'' and
inserting ``23 years and 6 months''.
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273; 28 U.S.C. 133
note), is amended--
(1) in the first sentence by striking ``13 years'' and
inserting ``14 years'';
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central
District of California), by striking ``12 years and 6 months''
and inserting ``13 years and 6 months''; and
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district
of North Carolina), by striking ``11 years'' and inserting ``12
years''.
This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations Act,
2016''.
TITLE IV
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Federal Funds
federal payment for resident tuition support
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited
into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered
by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of
eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the
difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public
institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at
eligible private institutions of higher education: Provided further,
That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a
resident's academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and
such other factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for
the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal
funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and
any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That
the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the
purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided
further, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a
quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate for these funds showing, by
object class, the expenditures made and the purpose therefor.
federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the
district of columbia
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the
elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions,
$12,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to
immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions.
federal payment to the district of columbia courts
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts,
$259,100,000, to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, $14,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for
official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior Court
of the District of Columbia, $123,000,000, of which not to exceed
$2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the
District of Columbia Court System, $73,000,000, of which not to exceed
$2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; and
$49,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, for capital
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided,
That funds made available for capital improvements shall be expended
consistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan study and
facilities condition assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That
30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of
the funds provided under this heading among the items and entities
funded under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee
on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, by
regulation, establish a program substantially similar to the program
set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States
Code, for employees of the District of Columbia Courts.
federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts
For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605,
D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel
appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad
litem representation, training, technical assistance, and such other
services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem
representation, payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments
authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship,
Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),
$49,890,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
provided under this heading shall be administered by the Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as
funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies.
federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency
for the district of columbia
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor
vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the
District of Columbia, as authorized by the National Capital
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997,
$242,750,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception
and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and
Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed $25,000 is
for dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of
2002; of which $181,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses of
Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include
expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protection
orders or the provision of services for or related to such persons, of
which up to $3,159,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018,
for the relocation of offender supervision field offices; and of which
$61,250,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as
funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies:
Provided further, That amounts under this heading may be used for
programmatic incentives for offenders and defendants successfully
meeting terms of supervision: Provided further, That the Director may
accept, solicit, and use on the behalf of the Agency any monetary or
nonmonetary gift to support offenders and defendants successfully
meeting terms of supervision: Provided further, That the Director shall
keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any
gift under the previous proviso, and shall make such records available
for audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director is authorized to
accept and use reimbursement from the District of Columbia Government
for space and services provided on a cost reimbursable basis.
federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor
vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, $40,889,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for
salaries and expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, and in
addition to the authority provided by the District of Columbia Code
Section 2-1607(b), upon approval of the Board of Trustees, the District
of Columbia Public Defender Service may accept and use voluntary and
uncompensated services for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
work of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding District of Columbia Code section 2-
1603(d), for the purpose of any action brought against the Board of the
Trustees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service at any
time during fiscal year 2016 or any previous fiscal year, the trustees
shall be deemed to be employees of the Public Defender Service.
federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council,
$1,900,000, to remain available until expended, to support initiatives
related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal justice
resources in the District of Columbia.
federal payment for judicial commissions
For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 30,
2017, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, $295,000,
and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000.
federal payment for school improvement
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the
District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended,
for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Opportunity and
Results Act (division C of Public Law 112-10): Provided, That, to the
extent that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and
following the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, the
Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available to students
eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act (Public Law 112-10; 125
Stat. 211) including students who were not offered a scholarship during
any previous school year: Provided further, That within funds provided
for opportunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for the activities
specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of the Act..
federal payment for the district of columbia national guard
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard,
$435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major General
David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and
College Access Program.
federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the testing
of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, human
immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the
District of Columbia, $5,000,000.
District of Columbia Funds
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the
current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia
(``General Fund'') for programs and activities set forth under the
heading ``District of Columbia Funds Summary of Expenses'' and at the
rate set forth under such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2016
Budget Request Act of 2015 submitted to the Congress by the District of
Columbia as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in
section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1-
204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47-
369.01 and 47-369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act,
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2016 under this heading shall
not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Request Act of 2015 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia
as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the
total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year:
Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be increased by
proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended for emergency or
unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such
increases shall be approved by enactment of local District law and
shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are
necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these
requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer
of the appropriations and funds made available to the District during
fiscal year 2016, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes,
or other obligations issued for capital projects.
This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2016''.
TITLE V
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Administrative Conference of the United States
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the
United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,100,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed
$1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses.
Bureau Of Consumer Financial Protection
administrative provisions
Sec. 501. Section 1017(a)(2)(C) of Public Law 111-203 is repealed.
Sec. 502. Effective October 1, 2016, notwithstanding section 1017
of Public Law 111-203--
(1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
shall not transfer amounts specified under such section to the
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; and
(2) there are authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau
of Consumer Financial Protection such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the authorities of the Bureau under Federal
consumer financial law.
Sec. 503. (a) During fiscal year 2016, on the date on which a
request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 1017
of Public Law 111-203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.
(b) (1) Any such notification shall include the amount of the funds
requested, an explanation of how the funds will be obligated by object
class and activity, and why the funds are necessary to protect
consumers.
(2) Any notification required by this section shall be made
available on the Bureau's public Web site.
Sec. 504. (a) Not later than 2 weeks after the end of each quarter
of each fiscal year, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall
submit a report on its activities to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by
object class, office, and activity;
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the
fiscal year by object class, office, and activity
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office
during the previous quarter;
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within
each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and
performance measures of each office.
(c) At the request of any committee specified in subsection (a),
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall make Bureau officials
available to testify on the contents of the reports required under
subsection (a).
Consumer Product Safety Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials'
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, $122,000,000, of which
not less than $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2017, to reduce the costs of third party testing associated with
certification of children's products under section 14 of the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063).
Election Assistance Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (Public Law 107-252), $4,800,000.
Federal Communications Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as
authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor
vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $314,844,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
$314,844,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected
pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934,
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal year
2016 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided further, That any
offsetting collections received in excess of $314,844,000 in fiscal
year 2016 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, That
remaining offsetting collections from prior years collected in excess
of the amount specified for collection in each such year and otherwise
becoming available on October 1, 2015, shall not be available for
obligation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 47 U.S.C.
309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system
that may be retained and made available for obligation shall not exceed
$117,000,000 for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not less than $12,253,600 shall be for
the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
office of the inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$34,568,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only
when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
Federal Election Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971, $76,119,000, of which $5,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2017, for lease expiration and
replacement lease expenses; and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for reception and representation expenses.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor
Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of
1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and
consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official
reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$26,550,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service
Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of
subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Federal
participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be
credited to and merged with this account, to be available without
further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.
Federal Trade Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, $302,500,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for
use to contract with a person or persons for collection services in
accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $124,000,000
of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection,
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collections
derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing
Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and
Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to
this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal
year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more
than $164,500,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement
subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1831t).
General Services Administration
real property activities
federal buildings fund
limitations on availability of revenue
(including transfers of funds)
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections deposited
into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real
property management and related activities not otherwise provided for,
including operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and
leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including
space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in
connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space;
contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and
moving; repair and alteration of federally owned buildings, including
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites;
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and
sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings;
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise;
construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings);
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase
contract; in the aggregate amount of $8,435,055,000, of which--
(1) $0 shall be for construction and acquisition (including
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design and
construction services);
(2) $675,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
repairs and alterations, including associated design and
construction services, of which--
(A) $265,000,000 is for Major Repairs and
Alterations;
(B) $300,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and
Alterations; and
(C) $110,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs,
of which--
(i) $20,000,000 is for Fire and Life
Safety;
(ii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Capital
Security; and
(iii) $70,000,000 is for Consolidation
Activities: Provided, That consolidation
projects result in reduced annual rent paid by
the tenant agency: Provided further, That no
consolidation project exceed $20,000,000 in
costs: Provided further, That consolidation
projects are approved by each of the committees
specified in section 3307(a) of title 40,
United States Code: Provided further, That
preference is given to consolidation projects
that achieve a utilization rate of 130 usable
square feet or less per person for office
space: Provided further, That the obligation of
funds under this paragraph for consolidation
activities may not be made until 10 days after
a proposed spending plan and explanation for
each project to be undertaken, including
estimated savings, has been submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:
Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous Act in
the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for
prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for each
project, except each project in this or any previous Act may be
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:
Provided further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have
been fully approved may be funded under this category only if advance
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for
``Repairs and Alterations'' may be used to fund costs associated with
implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet the
minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and in
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate
Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the
difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects
in this or any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs and
Alterations'', may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided
further, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic
Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the
Government arising from any projects under the heading ``Repairs and
Alterations'' or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects;
(3) $5,500,055,000 for rental of space to remain available
until expended; and
(4) $2,260,000,000 for building operations to remain
available until expended, of which $1,130,661,000 is for
building services, and $1,129,339,000 is for salaries and
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any
appropriation made available under this paragraph for building
operations may be transferred between and merged with such
appropriations upon notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 5
percent by any such transfers: Provided further, That section
508 of this title shall not apply with respect to funds made
available under this heading for building operations: Provided
further, That the total amount of funds made available from
this Fund to the General Services Administration shall not be
available for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration
and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by
40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except that necessary
funds may be expended for each project for required expenses
for the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further,
That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be
expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special
services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard
booths, and other facilities on private or other property not
in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to
enable the United States Secret Service to perform its
protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be
available from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to
this Fund during fiscal year 2016, excluding reimbursements
under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new
obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activities
of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
general activities
government-wide policy
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for
Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated with the
management of real and personal property assets and certain
administrative services; Government-wide policy support
responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles,
information technology management, and related technology activities;
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000.
operating expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for
Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of
surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency-wide
policy direction, management, and communications; the Civilian Board of
Contract Appeals; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
$58,550,000, of which $25,979,000 is for Real and Personal Property
Management and Disposal; $23,387,000 is for the Office of the
Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception
and representation expenses; and $9,184,000 is for the Civilian Board
of Contract Appeals: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of
the appropriation made available under this heading for Office of the
Administrator may be transferred to the appropriation for the Real and
Personal Property Management and Disposal upon notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, but the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property
Management and Disposal may not be increased by more than 5 percent by
any such transfer.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and
service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000, of which $2,000,000
is available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall
be available for payment for information and detection of fraud against
the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government
property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be
available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private
citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in
enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
allowances and office staff for former presidents
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (3
U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $1,625,000.
pre-election presidential transition
(including transfer of funds)
For activities authorized by the Presidential Transition Act of
1963 and other Acts with respect to eligible candidates (as defined in
section 3(h)(4) of the 1963 Act), not to exceed $13,278,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amounts may be
transferred to ``Acquisition Services Fund'' or ``Federal Buildings
Fund'' to reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes provided
herein in fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That amounts made
available under this heading shall be in addition to any other amounts
available for such purposes.
federal citizen services fund
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services and
Innovative Technologies, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support of
interagency projects that enable the Federal Government to enhance its
ability to conduct activities electronically, through the development
and implementation of innovative uses of information technology;
$54,000,000, of which $14,841,000 shall be available for electronic
government projects, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services
Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal
agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund:
Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements,
and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available until
expended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other
activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to
conduct activities electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed
$90,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, revenues,
reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal
year 2016 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall
not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations
Acts: Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the
Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated may be transferred
to the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the
transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this Act.
administrative provisions--general services administration
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 505. Funds available to the General Services Administration
shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
Sec. 506. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for
fiscal year 2016 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be
transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to
meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall
be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate.
Sec. 507. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds made
available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2017
request for United States Courthouse construction only if the request:
(1) meets the design guide standards for construction as established
and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial
Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and
Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the
United States as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan; and
(3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization study of each
facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
Sec. 508. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to
increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided
through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the
rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by
the General Services Administration in consideration of the Public
Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
Sec. 509. From funds made available under the heading Federal
Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue, claims against
the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction
projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings
effected in other construction projects with prior notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Sec. 510. In any case in which the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting
lease authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the
Administrator of the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C.
3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area of
procurement is identical to the delineated area included in the
prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator
determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the
Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each of such
committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority
provided in the resolution.
Sec. 511. With respect to each project funded under the heading
``Major Repairs and Alterations'' or ``Judiciary Capital Security
Program'', and with respect to E-Government projects funded under the
heading ``Federal Citizen Services Fund'', the Administrator of General
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for each project
to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
Merit Systems Protection Board
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems
Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978,
the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection
Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of
survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, $45,070,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017, and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2017, for administrative expenses to
adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit
Systems Protection Board.
National Archives and Records Administration
operating expenses
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the
National Archives and Records Administration and archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses
necessary for the review and declassification of documents, the
activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the
operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire
of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs,
and cleaning, $369,000,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act of
2008, Public Law 110-409, 122 Stat. 4302-16 (2008), and the Inspector
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $4,180,000.
repairs and restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities,
and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,500,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided,That the remaining unobligated
balances available under this heading in Public Laws 111-8 and 111-117
for necessary expenses related to the repair and renovation of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New
York shall be available to implement the National Archives and Records
Administration Capital Improvement Plan.
national historical publications and records commission
grants program
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
National Credit Union Administration
community development revolving loan fund
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2017, for technical assistance to low-
income designated credit unions.
Office of Government Ethics
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of
Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the
Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading on Congressional
Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500
for official reception and representation expenses, $15,742,000.
Office of Personnel Management
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of trust funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2
of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable
funds of OPM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses
incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as
amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to
employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to
remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $120,606,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall remain available until expended for Federal
investigations enhancements, and of which $616,000 may be for
strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition
workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act,
as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment,
hiring, training, and retention of such workforce and information
technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for
management solutions to improve acquisition management; and in addition
$124,550,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the
appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement
and insurance programs: Provided, That the provisions of this
appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust
funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A),
8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM
established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or
any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the
President's Commission on White House Fellows, established by Executive
Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2016,
accept donations of money, property, and personal services: Provided
further, That such donations, including those from prior years, may be
used for the development of publicity materials to provide information
about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be
accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the
salaries of employees of such Commission.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of trust funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $4,365,000, and in addition, not to exceed $22,479,000
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other
oversight of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and
insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds
of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
Office of Special Counsel
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of
Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454), the Whistleblower
Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12) as amended by Public Law
107-304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public
Law 112-199), and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $24,119,000.
Postal Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission in
carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435), $15,200,000, to be derived by
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by
section 603(a) of such Act.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $19,500,000.
Securities and Exchange Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space
(to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until
expended; of which not less than $11,315,971 shall be for the Office of
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be available
for a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of
Securities Commissions; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be
available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials,
members of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logistic and
administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such
as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodging or
subsistence; of which funding for information technology initiatives
shall be increased over the fiscal year 2015 level by not less than
$50,000,000; and of which not less than $68,223,000 shall be for the
Division of Economic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges
authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting
collections: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of
such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for
necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, That the total
amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal
year 2016 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received so as
to result in a final total fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the
general fund estimated at not more than $0.
Selective Service System
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; $22,500,000:
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt
this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the
President deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national
defense: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be expended for or in connection with the induction of any
person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
Small Business Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code,
and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $257,000,000: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized
to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small
Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, including
fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from
all such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes without
further appropriations: Provided further, That the Small Business
Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with section 132(a)
of division K of Public Law 108-447, during fiscal year 2016: Provided
further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization
and Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2017.
entrepreneurial development programs
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial and
small business development, $223,600,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That $117,000,000 shall be available to
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017 as
authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided further,
That $25,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, and technical
assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under the microloan
program: Provided further, That $18,000,000 shall be available for
grants to States to carry out export programs that assist small
business concerns authorized under section 1207 of Public Law 111-240.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$19,900,000.
office of advocacy
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying out
the provisions of title II of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et
seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.), $9,120,000, to remain available until expended.
business loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $3,338,172, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016
commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided
further, That during fiscal year 2016 commitments for general business
loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not
exceed $23,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans and
the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2016 commitments to guarantee
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided
further, That during fiscal year 2016, guarantees of trust certificates
authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a
principal amount of $12,000,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, $152,725,828, which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
disaster loans program account
(including transfers of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program
authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $186,858,000, to
be available until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits and
reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for the Office of
Inspector General; of which $176,858,000 is for direct administrative
expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan
program, which may be transferred and merged with the appropriations
for Salaries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for indirect
administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which shall be may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and
Expenses.
administrative provisions--small business administration
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 512. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer
pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.
Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds made available under this Act may
be used to collect a guarantee fee under section 7(a)(18) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)) with respect to a loan guaranteed
under section 7(a)(31) of such Act that is made to a small business
concern (as defined under section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that
is 51 percent or more owned and controlled by 1 or more individuals who
is a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States
Code) or the spouse of a veteran.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the
authority of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
waive such a guarantee fee or any other loan fee with respect to a loan
to a small business concern described in subsection (a) or any other
borrower.
United States Postal Service
payment to the postal service fund
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free
and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section
2401 of title 39, United States Code, $55,075,000: Provided, That mail
for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall
continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any
officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of
child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, That the
Postal Service shall maintain and comply with service standards for
First Class Mail and periodicals effective on July 1, 2012.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$243,883,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund
and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435).
United States Tax Court
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,000,000: Provided, That
travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written
certificate of the judge.
TITLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.
Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government
employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government
employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation,
or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
Sec. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, United
States Code.
Sec. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been
convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
Sec. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1)
creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4)
proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee
on Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the Senate
for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or
10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices,
programs, or activities unless prior approval is received from the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization or
restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or
entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each
appropriation with a separate column to display the President's budget
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted
rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a
delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object class
and program, project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix
for the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the amount
appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall
be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date
that the report has not been submitted to the Congress.
Sec. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the
end of fiscal year 2016 from appropriations made available for salaries
and expenses for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 2017, for each such account for the purposes
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with
reprogramming guidelines.
Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used by the Executive Office of the President to request--
(1) any official background investigation report on any
individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an
organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section
501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or the
Internal Revenue Service.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply--
(1) in the case of an official background investigation
report, if such individual has given express written consent
for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of
such request and during the same presidential administration;
or
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
Sec. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under chapter
15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with respect to a
contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing
any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living
allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and
utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.
Sec. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with
any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program
which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
Sec. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where the
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to
term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Sec. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 41,
United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not
apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States
Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in section 103 of title
41, United States Code).
Sec. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States
Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission
funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such
agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-
Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the
purpose of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in
any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties of the
officer or employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or
commission, or represents a person or entity subject to regulation by
such agency or commission, unless the person or entity is an
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
Sec. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made
available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the
Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act may be used
for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory
committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues.
Sec. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to enter into
contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration of real
property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must consult with
the General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for
offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case of
succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the current
lessor.
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease
may do so during any period declared by the President to require
emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive agency
covered by this Act'' means any Executive agency provided funds by this
Act, but does not include the General Services Administration or the
United States Postal Service.
Sec. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities
the amounts required under current law:
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102).
(2) Payments to--
(A) the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (28
U.S.C. 377(o));
(B) the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (28
U.S.C. 376(c)); and
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims
Judges' Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)).
(3) Payment of Government contributions--
(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees
Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C.
ch. 87).
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348).
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter
84 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any amount
appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable limitation
on the use of funds contained in this Act.
Sec. 620. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft report entitled
``Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary
Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory
Efforts'' unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to
Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
Sec. 621. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses for the following positions:
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Reform, or any
substantially similar position.
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate
Change, or any substantially similar position.
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury
assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry
and Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy, or any
substantially similar position.
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or any
substantially similar position.
Sec. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United States
Code.
Sec. 623. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this section, the agencies specified in subsection (b) shall each
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate on--
(1) increasing public participation in the rulemaking
process and reducing uncertainty;
(2) improving coordination with other Federal agencies to
eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and overlapping regulations;
and
(3) identifying existing regulations that have been
reviewed and determined to be outmoded, ineffective, or
excessively burdensome.
(b) The agencies required to submit a report specified in
subsection (a) are--
(1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission;
(2) the Federal Communications Commission;
(3) the Federal Trade Commission; and
(4) the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sec. 624. During fiscal year 2016, no funds shall be obligated
from the Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by
section 991 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (Public Law 111-203).
Sec. 625. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, issue, or
implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclosure of
political contributions, contributions to tax exempt organizations, or
dues paid to trade associations.
Sec. 626. (a) Section 13(n)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 25 (15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(5)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (G)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``all'' and inserting ``security-based swap''; and
(B) in subclause (v)--
(i) in subclause (II), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in subclause (III), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(IV) other foreign
authorities.''; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (H) and inserting the
following:
``(H) Confidentiality agreement.--Before the
security-based swap data repository may share
information with any entity described in subparagraph
(G), the security-based swap data repository shall
receive a written agreement from each entity stating
that the entity shall abide by the confidentiality
requirements described in section 24 relating to the
information on security-based swap transactions that is
provided.''.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if
enacted on July 21, 2010.
Sec. 627. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of
electronic communication service to the public or remote computing
service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is
in electronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in
sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in a manner
that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.
Sec. 628. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to implement, administer, or enforce any rule (as defined in section
551 of title 5, United States Code), or any amendment or repeal of an
existing rule, that is adopted by vote of the Federal Communications
Commission after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless the
Commission publishes the text of such rule, amendment, or repeal on the
Internet Web site of the Commission not later than 21 days before the
date on which the vote occurs.
Sec. 629. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to regulate, directly or indirectly, the prices, other fees, or data
caps and allowances (as such terms are described in paragraph 164 of
the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the
matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, adopted by the
Federal Communications Commission on February 26, 2015 (FCC 15-24))
charged or imposed by providers of broadband Internet access service
(as defined in the final rules in Appendix A of such Report and Order
on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order) for such service, regardless
of whether such regulation takes the form of requirements for future
conduct or enforcement regarding past conduct.
Sec. 630. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to implement, administer, or enforce the Report and Order on Remand,
Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the matter of protecting and promoting
the open Internet, adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on
February 26, 2015 (FCC 15-24), until the first date on which there has
been a final disposition (including the exhaustion of or expiration of
the time for any appeals) of all of the following civil actions:
(1) Alamo Broadband Inc. v. Federal Communications
Commission, et al., No. 15-60201, pending in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as of the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) United States Telecom Assoc. v. Federal Communications
Commission, et al., No. 15-1063, pending in the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as of the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) CenturyLink v. Federal Communications Commission, No.
15-1099, pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit as of the date of the enactment of
this Act.
Sec. 631. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used by the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make a
determination, pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of section 113 of the
Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323), with respect to a
nonbank financial company until--
(1) the Financial Stability Oversight Council, in the
notice described in subsection (e)(1) of such section,
identifies with specificity the risks to the financial
stability of the United States presented by the nonbank
financial company and explains in sufficient detail why
regulatory action by the relevant primary financial regulatory
agency would be insufficient to mitigate or prevent such risks;
and
(2) if the nonbank financial company presents a plan in a
hearing conducted pursuant to subsection (e)(2) of such section
to modify its business, structure, or operations in order to
mitigate the risks identified in such a notice--
(A) the Financial Stability Oversight Council makes
a determination as to whether such plan, if
implemented, adequately mitigates the identified risks;
and
(B) if the Financial Stability Oversight Council
determines that such plan would adequately mitigate the
identified risk, the Council--
(i) approves such plan; and
(ii) allows the nonbank financial company a
reasonable period of time to implement such
plan.
Sec. 632. None of the funds made available in this Act or
transferred to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection pursuant to
section 1017 of Public Law 111-203 may be used to restrict pre-dispute
arbitration (as described under section 1028 of Public Law 111-203)
until the requirements regarding pre-dispute arbitration in the report
accompanying this Act under the heading ``Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection'' are fulfilled.
Sec. 633. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Report and
Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on March 31,
2014 (FCC 14-28), and the amendments to the rules of the Commission
adopted in such Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Report and
Order, shall not apply in fiscal year 2016 to a joint sales agreement
(as defined in Note 2(k) to section 73.3555 of title 47, Code of
Federal Regulations) that was in effect on March 31, 2014, and a rule
of the Commission amended by such an amendment shall apply to such
agreement in such fiscal year as such rule was in effect on the day
before the effective date of such amendment.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for
fiscal year 2016 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or
distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers and employees of such
department, agency, or instrumentality.
Sec. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with
subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase of
any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law
enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance
vehicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which
the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That these limits may be
exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehicles, and by not
to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further,
That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more
than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further,
That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by the
incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant
to Public Law 101-549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section
shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which
operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric,
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Sec. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for
expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are
hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living
allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
Sec. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or
employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency
the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the
United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States
unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a
person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking
citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a
lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a
person who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for
purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall be
considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: Provided
further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits
shall be submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as
necessary: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or
employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be
recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided further, That
this section shall not apply to any person who is an officer or
employee of the Government of the United States on the date of
enactment of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the
Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of
translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to
exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: Provided further, That this
section does not apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for
not more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department
of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement
with another country.
Sec. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment
to the General Services Administration for charges for space and
services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings
and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the
Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable
law.
Sec. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act,
all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting
from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of
pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste
prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for
the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and
recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13423
(January 24, 2007), including any such programs adopted prior
to the effective date of the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs,
including, but not limited to, the development and
implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution
prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as
deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
Sec. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations
and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are
otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by
which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any
functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
Sec. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees,
or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which
do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
Sec. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the
applicable law of the United States.
Sec. 710. During the period in which the head of any department or
agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal
Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds
office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to
furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for
any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or
redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this
section, the term ``office'' shall include the entire suite of offices
assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily
by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
Sec. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national
security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives
which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as
provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
Sec. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be obligated or expended by any department, agency, or other
instrumentality of the Federal Government to pay the salaries or
expenses of any individual appointed to a position of a confidential or
policy-determining character that is excepted from the competitive
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to
schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal
Regulations) unless the head of the applicable department, agency, or
other instrumentality employing such schedule C individual certifies to
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C
position occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily
in order to detail the individual to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from an element
of the intelligence community (as that term is defined under section
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
Sec. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any
officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to
prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the
Federal Government from having any direct oral or written
communication or contact with any Member, committee, or
subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter
pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee
or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer
or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such
communication or contact is at the initiative of such other
officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of
such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes,
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or
efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns,
transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any
employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or
condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of
the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any
of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or
employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such
other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or
subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
Sec. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official
duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of
emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the
content and methods to be used in the training and written end
of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age''
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants'
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties.
Sec. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for
publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television,
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act
may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address
to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such
disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing,
telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person or any organization
outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Sec. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private
contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United
States not heretofore authorized by Congress.
Sec. 719. (a) In this section, the term ``agency''--
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C.
105; and
(2) includes a military department, as defined under
section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal
Regulatory Commission.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use
such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use
official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An
employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee
exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the
performance of official duties.
Sec. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any
other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.
Sec. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this
Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby
authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General Services
Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the approval of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates
from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support
Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information
technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives,
and activities, including improving coordination and reducing
duplication, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-
agency groups designated by the Director (including the President's
Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the
Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives,
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital
initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement
initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for performance
improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds
transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-
wide innovations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That
the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ``General Services
Administration, Government-wide Policy'' during fiscal year 2016 shall
remain available for obligation through September 30, 2017: Provided
further, That such transfers or reimbursements may only be made after
15 days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.
Sec. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may
breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on
Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized
to be present at the location.
Sec. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific
projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by
Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Management and
Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources
connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science and
Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Sec. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant
application, form, notification, press release, or other publications
involving the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any
relevant requirements in part 200 of title 2 Code of Federal
Regulations: Provided, That this section shall apply to direct
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving
Federal funds.
Sec. 725. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of
Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data,
derived from any means, that includes any personally
identifiable information relating to an individual's access to
or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency;
or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party
(including another government agency) to collect, review, or
obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that
includes any personally identifiable information relating to an
individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
site.
(b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection (a)
shall not apply to--
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify
particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable
information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or
supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a
system security action taken by the operator of an Internet
site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site
services or to protecting the rights or property of the
provider of the Internet site.
(c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to
implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
(2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the
agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety
and soundness, overall financial condition, management
practices and policies and compliance with applicable standards
as provided in law.
Sec. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also
includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with--
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care's HMO; and
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the
plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious
beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or
renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to
discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or
otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be
contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage
of abortion or abortion-related services.
Sec. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring the health of
its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the
strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication,
education, and research as performed by nationally recognized oversight
authorities.
Sec. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies
may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office
of Management and Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for
Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
ownership pilot program.
Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or made available under this or any other
appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or
limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel
Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal
Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the
detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
Sec. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive
branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be
used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training
without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.
Sec. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the
funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by an executive
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for
broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the
prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or
funded by that executive branch agency.
Sec. 732. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States Code
(popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations implementing that
section.
Sec. 733. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any
Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which
is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary
of such an entity.
(b) Waivers.--
(1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a)
with respect to any Federal Government contract under the
authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that
the waiver is required in the interest of national security.
(2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a waiver
under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal
Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of
this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.
Sec. 734. During fiscal year 2016, for each employee who--
(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of
title 5, United States Code; or
(2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a payment
as an incentive to separate,
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management's
average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until expended to the
Office of Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be an
administrative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United
States Code.
Sec. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer
for a Federal contract or otherwise performing or participating in
acquisition at any stage of the acquisition process (as defined in
section 131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services by
the Federal Government to disclose any of the following information as
a condition of submitting the offer or otherwise performing in or
participating in such acquisition:
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure,
independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering
communication that is made by the entity, its officers or
directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a
candidate for election for Federal office or to a political
committee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any
election for Federal office.
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment
described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers or
directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any
person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the
person will use the funds to make a payment described in
paragraph (1).
(b) In this section, each of the terms ``contribution'',
``expenditure'', ``independent expenditure'', ``electioneering
communication'', ``candidate'', ``election'', and ``Federal office''
has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).
Sec. 736. None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or
employee of the Federal government, including the President, the Vice
President, a member of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident
Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as
defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head of
an office of the legislative branch.
Sec. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016, by this or any other Act, may
be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code--
(A) during the period from the date of expiration
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section for
the previous fiscal years until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is
to take effect in fiscal year 2016, in an amount that
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with
such section; and
(B) during the period consisting of the remainder
of fiscal year 2016, in an amount that exceeds, as a
result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable
under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum of--
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
in fiscal year 2016 under section 5303 of title
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(ii) the difference between the overall
average percentage of the locality-based
comparability payments taking effect in fiscal
year 2016 under section 5304 of such title
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the
overall average percentage of such payments
which was effective in the previous fiscal year
under such section.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C)
of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no
employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid
during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a
rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is
paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2015,
shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office
of Personnel Management.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of
premium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2015, except
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management
to be consistent with the purpose of this subsection.
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2015.
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay,
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any
requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or
basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the
application of this subsection shall be treated as the rate of
salary or basic pay.
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this
subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this subsection not in effect.
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for
exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the
Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure
the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates of
basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year
2016 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be--
(1) not less than the percentage received by employees in
the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and
5304 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That prevailing
rate employees at locations where there are no employees whose
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5,
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees described in
section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, shall be
considered to be located in the pay locality designated as
``Rest of United States'' pursuant to section 5304 of title 5,
United States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
(2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning after September 30, 2015.
Sec. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a pay raise in
calendar year 2016, notwithstanding the rate adjustment made under
section 104 of title 3, United States Code, or any other provision of
law.
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, or in a
position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive
Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year
2016, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of
title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, except as
provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection applies only
to employees who are holding a position under a political appointment.
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive a pay
rate increase in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding section 401 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) or any other provision
of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i).
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United
States Code, a pay rate increase may not be received in calendar year
2016 (except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i)) by--
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service
paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive
Schedule; or
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee
in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political
appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV
of the Executive Schedule.
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or
similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule who
serves under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate
increase in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection
does not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay system or the
Foreign Service pay system, or to employees appointed under section
3161 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another pay
system whose position would be classified at GS-15 or below if chapter
51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them.
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent employees
who do not serve under a political appointment from receiving pay
increases as otherwise provided under applicable law.
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who receives
a Presidential appointment and who makes an election to retain Senior
Executive Service basic pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5,
United States Code, is not subject to this section.
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a
Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch and
who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements
under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-
465) is not subject to this section.
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee in a
covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an authorized
movement to a different covered position with higher-level duties and a
pre-established higher level or range of pay, except that any such
increase must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay
limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period of time
subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based on the
rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31,
2013.
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) is
subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2016 but
ends in calendar year 2017, the bar on the employee's receipt of pay
rate increases shall apply through the end of that pay period.
Sec. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, agency,
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations
Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior
ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding
the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by
any such department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal
year 2016 for which the cost to the United States Government was more
than $100,000.
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period--
(1) a description of its purpose;
(2) the number of participants attending;
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States
Government, including--
(A) the cost of any food or beverages;
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to
and from the conference; and
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to
determine which costs relate to the conference; and
(4) a description of the contracting procedures used
including--
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive
basis; and
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted
by the departmental component or office in evaluating
potential contractors for the conference.
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any
Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office
funded by this or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 2016
for which the cost to the United States Government was more than
$20,000, the head of any such department, agency, board, commission, or
office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official for
any entity without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and
number of employees attending such conference.
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this or
any other appropriations Act may not be used for the purpose of
defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is
not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes
related to a project funded by the grant or contract.
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget
Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012.
Sec. 740. None of the funds made available in this or any other
appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or reduce
funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in the
President's budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change
is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or
any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be available for a contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that requires employees
or contractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse
to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting
or otherwise restricting such employees or contactors from lawfully
reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or
law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency
authorized to receive such information.
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene
requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the
nondisclosure of classified information.
Sec. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be
used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and
4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or
agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the
following provisions: ``These provisions are consistent with and do not
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations,
rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order
relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress,
(3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law,
rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse
of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or
safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The definitions,
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created
by controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.'': Provided, That
notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a
person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-
related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United
States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any
classified information received in the course of such activity unless
specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar
disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a
substantial violation of law.
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented and
enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with the
requirements for such agreement that were in effect when the agreement
was entered into.
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to
implement or enforce any agreement entered into during fiscal year 2014
which does not contain substantially similar language to that required
in subsection (a).
Sec. 743. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding,
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or
loan guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax
liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is
not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the
authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the
awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal
agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and
has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to
protect the interests of the Government.
Sec. 744. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding,
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or
loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony
criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the
corporation and has made a determination that this further action is
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
Sec. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, or
enforce Executive Order 13690 (entitled ``Establishing a Federal Flood
Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and
Considering Stakeholder Input'').
Sec. 746. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any title other than title IV or VIII shall
not apply to such title IV or VIII.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds
and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been
entered against the District of Columbia government.
Sec. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be
used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any
policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before Congress or any State legislature.
Sec. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this Act to
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District government
agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures
for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility
center;
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied,
limited or increased under this Act;
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have
been denied or restricted;
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously
deferred through reprogramming;
(6) augments any existing program, project, or
responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in
excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a
specific program, project or responsibility center;
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve
and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under
this title through November 7, 2016.
Sec. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be
used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or
other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or
United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District of
Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C.
Law 3-171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-123).
Sec. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of
the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to
provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an
official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only
in the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For
purposes of this section, the term ``official duties'' does not include
travel between the officer's or employee's residence and workplace,
except in the case of--
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police
Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is
otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or
employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical
Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and
is on call 24 hours a day;
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department of
Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia
Department of Corrections who resides in the District of
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an
officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours
a day;
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland
Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or
employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call
24 hours a day;
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of
Columbia.
Sec. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may
be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other
officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for
any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to
provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of
Columbia.
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney
General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or
from consulting with officials of the District government regarding
such lawsuits.
Sec. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be
used for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for
the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
Sec. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the
Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue
of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans,
but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions
for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
Sec. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize
or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or
distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols
derivative.
(b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to enact
any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I
substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.
Sec. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be
expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be
endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is
the result of an act of rape or incest.
Sec. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, a revised
appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget that
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-
204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia government for
fiscal year 2016 that is in the total amount of the approved
appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services
and other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual
expenditures.
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the Chief
Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that a
reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program
requirements.
Sec. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia Public
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The revised
appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the budget that the
District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1-
204.42).
Sec. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds
may be transferred to the District of Columbia's enterprise and capital
funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation
authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to reprogram
or transfer for operating expenses any local funds transferred or
reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from operating
funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or
reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the
provisions of this Act.
(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes,
or other obligations issued for capital projects.
Sec. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may
any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so
provided herein.
Sec. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or
under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from appropriations
of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal
year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
2017, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That
a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section
803 of this Act.
Sec. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2017, during a period in which
neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a regular
District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local funds are
appropriated in the amount provided for any project or activity for
which local funds are provided in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request
Act of 2016 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modifications
enacted by the District of Columbia as of the beginning of the period
during which this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by
such Act.
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be
available--
(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia
continuing resolution for fiscal year 2017 is in effect; or
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District of
Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2017.
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under the
authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall be
available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by
this Act.
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity
during the portion of fiscal year 2017 for which this section applies
to such project or activity.
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during
any period of fiscal year 2017 if any other provision of law (other
than an authorization of appropriations)--
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or
grants authority for such project or activity to continue for
such period; or
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be
made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall
be granted for such project or activity to continue for such
period.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by
other law.
Sec. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV.
Sec. 818. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to
carry out the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of
2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or regulation
promulgated to carry out such Act.
TITLE IX
ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 901. (1) No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available
to pay for an abortion or the administrative expenses in connection
with a multi-State qualified health plan offered under a contract under
section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42
U.S.C. 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
(2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply where the life
of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Spending Reduction Account
Sec. 902. The amount by which the applicable allocation of new
budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2016''.
Union Calendar No. 144
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2995
[Report No. 114-194]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.
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July 9, 2015
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
Introduced in House
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-194, by Mr. Crenshaw.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-194, by Mr. Crenshaw.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 144.
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