[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2578 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 120
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2578
[Report No. 114-66]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 8, 2015
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
June 16, 2015
Reported by Mr. Shelby, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies 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,
<DELETED>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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE I</DELETED>
<DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</DELETED>
<DELETED>International Trade Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>operations and administration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for international trade activities
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging in
trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and
cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United
States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44,
United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of
immediate families of employees stationed overseas and employees
temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of
the International Trade Administration between two points abroad,
without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code;
employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years,
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or
construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first
paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official
representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles
for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining
insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines,
$472,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $1), to remain
available until September 30, 2017, of which $10,000,000 is to be
derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade
Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided under this heading, not less
than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and countervailing duty
enforcement and compliance activities: Provided further, That the
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these
activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under
the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
1961 shall include payment for assessments for services provided as
part of these activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Bureau of Industry and Security</DELETED>
<DELETED>operations and administration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for export administration and
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, including
costs associated with the performance of export administration field
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United
States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed
$13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of
compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979,
and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat.
223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price
limitation otherwise established by law, $110,000,000 (increased by
$1), to remain available until expended: Provided, That the provisions
of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities:
Provided further, That payments and contributions collected and
accepted for materials or services provided as part of such activities
may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and
for providing information to the public with respect to the export
administration and national security activities of the Department of
Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and
other governments.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Economic Development Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>economic development assistance programs</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants for economic development assistance as provided
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for trade
adjustment assistance, for grants authorized by section 27 of the
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722),
$213,000,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of administering the economic
development assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,000,000:
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved
pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and the Community
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Minority Business Development Agency</DELETED>
<DELETED>minority business development</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise,
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with
public or private organizations, $32,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Economics and Statistics Analysis</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce,
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Bureau of the Census</DELETED>
<DELETED> current surveys and programs</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling,
analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by law,
$265,000,000 (reduced by $4,000,000): Provided, That, from amounts
provided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and
marketing activities: Provided further, That the Bureau of the Census
shall collect data for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the
Current Population Survey using the same health insurance questions
included in previous years, in addition to the revised questions
implemented in the Current Population Survey beginning in February
2014.</DELETED>
<DELETED>periodic censuses and programs</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling,
analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic censuses
and programs provided for by law, $848,000,000 (reduced by
$100,000,000) (reduced by $17,300,000), to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein,
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities:
Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,551,000
shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits
related to the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That not more
than 50 percent of the amounts made available under this heading for
information technology related to 2020 census delivery, including the
Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing (CEDCaP) program, may
be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan
for expenditure that: (1) identifies for each CEDCaP project/investment
over $25,000: (A) the functional and performance capabilities to be
delivered and the mission benefits to be realized; (B) the estimated
lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well as
maintenance and operations; and (C) key milestones to be met; (2)
details for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost and
schedule variances; and (B) top risks and mitigation strategies; and
(3) has been submitted to the Government Accountability
Office.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Telecommunications and Information
Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA),
$35,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided,
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum
management, analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees
shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such
spectrum services, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use
as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in
telecommunications research, engineering, and related activities by the
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its
assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from
other Government agencies shall remain available until
expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>public telecommunications facilities, planning and
construction</DELETED>
<DELETED> For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries
and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available
for the administration of all open grants until their
expiration.</DELETED>
<DELETED>United States Patent and Trademark Office</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,272,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO
under any law are received during fiscal year 2016, so as to result in
a fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2016, should the total
amount of such offsetting collections be less than $3,272,000,000 this
amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount
received in excess of $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and deposited
in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section: Provided further, That any amounts
reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be
transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries
and Expenses'' account: Provided further, That from amounts provided
herein, not to exceed $900 shall be made available in fiscal year 2016
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That in fiscal year 2016 from the amounts made available for ``Salaries
and Expenses'' for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the
difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and
the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that
title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for
USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter
III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value of the
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as
appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of
those accounts: Provided further, That any differences between the
present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series benefit
letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific use
shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial statements,
where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by
USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title
35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29): Provided further, That within
the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the
``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities associated with
carrying out investigations and audits related to the USPTO.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Institute of Standards and Technology</DELETED>
<DELETED>scientific and technical research and services</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), $675,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to
the ``Working Capital Fund'': Provided, That not to exceed $5,000
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer
undergraduate research fellowship program participants.</DELETED>
<DELETED>industrial technology services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, $130,000,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>construction of research facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by
sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), $50,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to
Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted
with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of
Standards and Technology construction project having a total multi-year
program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget
justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal
years.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>operations, research, and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants,
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements;
and relocation of facilities, $3,147,877,000 (reduced by $21,000,000)
(increased by $21,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000), to remain
available until September 30, 2017, except that funds provided for
cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 30,
2018: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean
Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may be
retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated with those
activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That in addition, $130,164,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote and Develop
Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries'', which
shall only be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-
Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock Assessments,
Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants,
and Fish Information Networks: Provided further, That of the
$3,295,541,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading
$3,147,877,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $130,164,000 is
provided by transfer, and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of
prior year obligations: Provided further, That the total amount
available for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate
services administrative support costs shall not exceed $208,100,000
(reduced by $21,000,000): Provided further, That any deviation from
the amounts designated for specific activities in the report
accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds
provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further,
That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired
Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for
payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents
under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may
be necessary.</DELETED>
<DELETED>procurement, acquisition and construction</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital
assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $1,960,034,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2018, except that funds provided for
construction of facilities shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the $1,973,034,000 provided for in direct obligations
under this heading, $1,960,034,000 is appropriated from the general
fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year
obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts
designated for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act,
or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in
section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce shall include in budget justification materials that the
Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce
budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or
construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and
simultaneously the budget justification shall include an estimate of
the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the 5
subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts
appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of
Inspector General'' account for activities associated with carrying out
investigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition
and construction.</DELETED>
<DELETED>pacific coastal salmon recovery</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the
Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally
recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including
Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon and
steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or
that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for
maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing
rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific
coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be
developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, That all
funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other merit principles
and shall not be available for marketing activities: Provided further,
That funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching
requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33
percent of the Federal funds.</DELETED>
<DELETED>fishermen's contingency fund</DELETED>
<DELETED> For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law
95-372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>fisheries finance program account</DELETED>
<DELETED> Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, during fiscal year 2016, obligations of direct loans may not
exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed
$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Departmental Management</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for the management of the
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed
$4,500 for official reception and representation,
$50,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> renovation and modernization</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for the renovation and
modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $3,989,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $1,082,000 shall be for security
systems and $2,907,000 shall be for blast-resistant windows.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of inspector general</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.), $32,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>General Provisions--Department of Commerce</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act
of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner
prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used
for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that
such payments are in the public interest.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations
made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the
acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land,
structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or
any other law appropriating funds for the Department of
Commerce.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of
the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by section 105 of title I of
division B of Public Law 113-6, are hereby adopted by reference and
made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the
life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,322,125,000
and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite R-Series Program is $10,828,059,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities,
telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the
operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms,
or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings
Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in the
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the
maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been delegated to
the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pursuant to
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a
reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which
initially bears the costs of such services.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its
networks.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent,
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available
appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States, or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government,
Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or
of any foreign government or international organization, for purposes
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 108. The National Technical Information Service
shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document
generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided
information to the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or
document may be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a
customer still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy
of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering
the Service's cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such
report or document.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 109. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the
requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect to contracts
for the construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of
the terms of the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract is
made under the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et
seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 110. In fiscal year 2016, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology may use unobligated balances from the
``National Institute of Standards and Technology--Industrial Technology
Services'' account for the purposes of and subject to the limitations
in section 34(e)(2) of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(2)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce
Appropriations Act, 2016''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE II</DELETED>
<DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</DELETED>
<DELETED>General Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $105,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by
$2,209,500) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $750,000) (reduced by
$2,000,000), of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and
construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain available
until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>justice information sharing technology</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for information sharing technology,
including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction,
$25,842,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Attorney General may transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from
funds available to the Department of Justice for information
technology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise-wide
information technology initiatives: Provided further, That the
transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other
transfer authority contained in this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>administrative review and appeals</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon
and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities,
$426,791,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the
``Immigration Examinations Fee'' account: Provided, That under this
heading of the amount available for the Executive Office for
Immigration Review, not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available
until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of inspector general</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$92,000,000 (increased by $1,709,000), including not to exceed $10,000
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character.</DELETED>
<DELETED>United States Parole Commission</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized, $13,308,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Legal Activities</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses, general legal activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to
exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended
under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the
certificate of, the Attorney General; and rent of private or
Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, $885,000,000
(reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which not to exceed
$20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for INTERPOL
Washington dues payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL
Washington for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be
necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries
and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under
section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to
reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and
expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain
available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the
Department of Justice associated with processing cases under the
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed
$8,000,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Trust Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses, antitrust division</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust
and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless
of the year of collection (and estimated to be $124,000,000 in fiscal
year 2016), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall
be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal
year 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at $38,246,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses, united states attorneys</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements,
$1,995,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a
task force on human trafficking.</DELETED>
<DELETED>united states trustee system fund</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available until
expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to
the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay
refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $162,000,000 of offsetting collections pursuant
to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall be retained
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the 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 Fund estimated at
$63,908,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement
commission</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,326,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>fees and expenses of witnesses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for
private counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of
foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for
protected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the
purchase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness
security caravans; and not to exceed $13,000,000 is for the purchase,
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications
equipment and a secure automated information network to store and
retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses:
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading may not be
transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses, community relations service</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,
$13,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act,
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations
Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>United States Marshals Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals
Service, $1,220,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses, and not
to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>construction</DELETED>
<DELETED> For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related
support, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>federal prisoner detention</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners
in the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by
section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, $1,058,081,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000
shall be considered ``funds appropriated for State and local law
enforcement assistance'' pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18,
United States Code: Provided further, That the United States Marshals
Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and
Alien Transportation System: Provided further, That any unobligated
balances available from funds appropriated under the heading ``General
Administration, Detention Trustee'' shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation under this heading.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Security Division</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the
National Security Division, $95,000,000, of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for the activities of the
National Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such
amounts to this heading from available appropriations for the current
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to
respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Interagency Law Enforcement</DELETED>
<DELETED>interagency crime and drug enforcement</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for the identification,
investigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the most
significant drug trafficking and affiliated money laundering
organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-governmental
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the
investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime drug trafficking, $510,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities
available to the organizations reimbursed from this
appropriation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Federal Bureau of Investigation</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes
against the United States, $8,489,786,000, of which not to exceed
$216,900,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not
to exceed $184,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED>construction</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment,
furniture, and information technology requirements, related to
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by
purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification
and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and
design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; $57,982,000,
to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Drug Enforcement Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to section 530C of
title 28, United States Code; and expenses for conducting drug
education and training programs, including travel and related expenses
for participants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs, $2,073,945,000
(reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) (reduced by
$10,000,000), of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available
until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including training
in connection with the training and acquisition of canines for
explosives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of
laboratory assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with
or without reimbursement, $1,250,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000)
(reduced by $5,000,000), of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as
provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not
to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That such funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate
or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities
under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided
further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon
applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code:
Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any other Act
may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies
or Departments.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Federal Prison System</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for
the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign
governments, $6,951,500,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by
$1,000,000): Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the
Department of Health and Human Services such amounts as may be
necessary for direct expenditures by that Department for medical relief
for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided
further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where
necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal
intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to
persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health
services to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison
System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary
operations until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That, of the
amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000
shall remain available until expended to make payments in advance for
grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses:
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may
accept donated property and services relating to the operation of the
prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has operated
such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-
profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison
System relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway
houses, or other custodial facilities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>buildings and facilities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account;
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account,
$230,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $145,000,000
shall be available only for costs related to construction of new
facilities: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be
used for work performed under this appropriation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>federal prison industries, incorporated</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States
Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the
budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison
industries, incorporated</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal
Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to
be determined in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed
accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
payment of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired
or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in
connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance,
improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an
interest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>State and Local Law Enforcement Activities</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office on Violence Against Women</DELETED>
<DELETED>violence against women prevention and prosecution
programs</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against
women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the
1994 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to
end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21);
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5601 et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and
Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the 2000
Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act'');
and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law
113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and for related victims services,
$479,000,000 (increased by $17,300,000) (increased by $750,000)
(increased by $4,000,000), to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount provided--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) $196,000,000 is for grants to combat violence
against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968
Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) $28,000,000 is for transitional housing
assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating
violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section
40299 of the 1994 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) $8,000,000 is for the National Institute of
Justice for research and evaluation of violence against women
and related issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on
Violence Against Women, which shall be transferred to and
administered by the Office of Justice Programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) $11,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) is for a
grant program to provide services to advocate for and respond
to youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth exposed
to such violence; programs to engage men and youth in
preventing such violence; and assistance to middle and high
school students through education and other services related to
such violence: Provided, That unobligated balances available
for the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303,
and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013
Act, shall be available for this program: Provided further,
That 10 percent of the total amount available for this grant
program shall be available for grants under the program
authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided further,
That the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of
the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest
policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which
$4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initiative;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims
assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994
Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) $33,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and
child abuse enforcement assistance grants, including as
authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) $16,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of
the 2005 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for
victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000
Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) $4,500,000 (increased by $750,000) is for
enhanced training and services to end violence against and
abuse of women in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of
the 1994 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support families
in the justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the
2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated balances available for
the programs authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and
section 41002 of the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the
2013 Act, shall be available for this program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training to
end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as
authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource Center
on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence,
as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on
violence against Indian women, including as authorized by
section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be
transferred to and administered by the Office of Justice
Programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that
provides training and technical assistance on issues relating
to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native
women;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (16) $25,000,000 (increased by $17,300,000) for
victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as
authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106-386, for
programs authorized under Public Law 109-164, or programs
authorized under Public Law 113-4; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (17) $5,000,000 for the purposes authorized under
the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Justice Programs</DELETED>
<DELETED>state and local law enforcement assistance</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Justice
for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164);
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the
Adam Walsh Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the
Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing
Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-
473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction
Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4)
(``the 2013 Act''); and other programs, $1,015,400,000 (increased by
$5,000,000) (increased by $100,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000)
(increased by $2,500,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)
(increased by $1,000,000), to remain available until expended as
follows--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) $409,000,000 (increased by $100,000,000) for
the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as
authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act
(except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto
Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 1968 Act shall not
apply for purposes of this Act), of which, notwithstanding such
subpart 1, $20,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement
activities associated with the presidential nominating
conventions, $15,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III
memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law
Enforcement Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR),
$4,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice for
research targeted toward developing a better understanding of
the domestic radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-
based strategies for effective intervention and prevention,
$22,500,000 is for the matching grant program for law
enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title
I of the 1968 Act, and $2,500,000 is for a program to improve
juvenile indigent defense;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) $220,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)):
Provided, That no jurisdiction shall request compensation for
any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal immigration
and other detainees housed in State and local detention
facilities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) $41,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for Drug
Courts, as authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of
the 1968 Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) $7,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000)
(increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) for mental
health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration program
grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968
Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime
Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-416);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation
Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of
Public Law 108-405, and for grants for wrongful conviction
review;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) $5,000,000 for economic, high technology and
Internet crime prevention grants, including as authorized by
section 401 of Public Law 110-403;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) $20,000,000 for sex offender management
assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related
activities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender
Public Website;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) $73,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade
criminal and mental health records for the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System, including as authorized by
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-
180);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic
programs and activities, of which--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and
capacity enhancement program and for other local,
State, and Federal forensic activities, including the
purposes authorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546)
(the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program):
Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made available
under this paragraph may be used for the purposes
described in the DNA Training and Education for Law
Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers
program (Public Law 108-405, section 303);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes
described in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA
Testing Program (Public Law 108-405, section 412);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault
Forensic Exam Program grants, including as authorized
by section 304 of Public Law 108-405;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990
Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) $5,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000)
(increased by $2,500,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased
by $1,000,000) for a veterans treatment courts
program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (13) $11,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for a
program to monitor prescription drugs and scheduled listed
chemical products;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (14) $13,000,000 for prison rape prevention and
prosecution grants to States and units of local government, and
other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (15) $75,000,000 is for the Comprehensive School
Safety Initiative; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (16) $2,400,000 for the operationalization,
maintenance and expansion of the National Missing and
Unidentified Persons System:</DELETED>
<DELETED> Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of
the funds made available under this heading to increase the number of
law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a
net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-
administrative public sector safety service.</DELETED>
<DELETED>juvenile justice programs</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance, the following amounts are made available until expended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) $95,000,000 for youth mentoring
grants;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) $19,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) for
programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of
1990;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited children
programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a)
of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the
PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401) shall not
apply for purposes of this Act); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) $1,500,000 for child abuse training programs
for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by
section 222 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of
1990.</DELETED>
<DELETED>public safety officer benefits</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payments and expenses authorized under section
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for
administrative costs), to remain available until expended; and
$16,300,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and
for educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for such
disability and education payments, the Attorney General may transfer
such amounts to ``Public Safety Officer Benefits'' from available
appropriations for the Department of Justice as may be necessary to
respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Community Oriented Policing Services</DELETED>
<DELETED>community oriented policing services programs</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance, the following amounts are made available until expended:
Provided, That any balances made available through prior year
deobligations shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of
this Act--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) $11,000,000 for anti-methamphetamine-related
activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug Enforcement
Administration upon enactment of this Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian
tribes;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) $52,500,000 (increased by $10,000,000) for
initiatives to improve police-community relations, as described
in the report accompanying this Act;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) $41,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) for a
grant program for community-based sexual assault response
reform;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs and
research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007
(Public Law 110-199), without regard to the time limitations
specified at section 6(1) of such Act; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) $35,000,000 is for regional information
sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.</DELETED>
<DELETED>General Provisions--Department of Justice</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a
total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the
Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney
General for official reception and representation expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the
case of rape or incest: Provided, That should this prohibition be
declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this
section shall be null and void.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title
shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any
way the performance of, any abortion.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove
the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide
escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service
outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section
in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of
Prisons.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Justice in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend
through September 30, 2016, the Personnel Management Demonstration
Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 1115 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296; 28 U.S.C. 599B)
without limitation on the number of employees or the positions
covered.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 207. None of the funds made available under this
title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States
Marshals Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a
prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law
and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to
a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons
as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services,
or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment
used primarily for recreational purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental,
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational
programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 209. None of the funds made available under this
title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced
information technology program having total estimated development costs
in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the
investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate that the information
technology program has appropriate program management controls and
contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is
compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of
Justice.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures set
forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the
amounts designated for specific activities in this Act and in the
report accompanying this Act, and to any use of deobligated balances of
funds provided under this title in previous years.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a
public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget
Circular A-76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or
policy for work performed by employees of Federal Prison Industries,
Incorporated.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any
United States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by
the Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States
Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28,
United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 213. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and
in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or
authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds
appropriated by this title under the headings ``Violence Against Women
Prevention and Prosecution Programs'', ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance'', ``Juvenile Justice Programs'', and
``Community Oriented Policing Services Programs''--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the
Office of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs
may be used by such Office to provide training and technical
assistance; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) funds made available for grant or
reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts
appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or
statistical programs administered by the National Institute of
Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, may be
transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to
be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant
or reimbursement programs: Provided, That the transfer
authority in this paragraph is in addition to any other
transfer authority contained in this Act: Provided further,
That any transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be subject
to the notification procedures applicable to a reprogramming of
funds under section 505 of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to
amounts made available by this or any other Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 215. None of the funds made available under this or
any other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter,
other than for the national instant criminal background check system
established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention
Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement
officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an
individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects
that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law
enforcement personnel of the United States continuously monitor or
control the firearm at all times.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the
Department of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of
Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be
available for obligation during fiscal year 2016, except up to
$40,000,000 may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department
of Justice financial management system.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances
transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working
Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784;
28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year
2016, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of excess
unobligated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28,
United States Code, shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 505 of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture Fund in
fiscal year 2016, $154,700,000 shall be for payments associated with
joint law enforcement operations as authorized by section 524(c)(1)(I)
of title 28, United States Code, and $20,514,000 shall be for payments
associated with subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of
title 28, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending plan to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this
Act detailing the planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint
law enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2016.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 217. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
each of the headings ``General Administration--Salaries and Expenses'',
``United States Marshals Service--Salaries and Expenses'', ``Federal
Bureau of Investigation--Salaries and Expenses'', ``Drug Enforcement
Administration--Salaries and Expenses'', and ``Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--Salaries and Expenses'', $20,000,000
shall not be available for obligation until the Attorney General
demonstrates to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that all recommendations included in the
Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Evaluation
and Inspections Division Report 15-04 entitled ``The Handling of Sexual
Harassment and Misconduct Allegations by the Department's Law
Enforcement Components'', dated March, 2015, have been implemented or
are in the process of being implemented.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) The Inspector General of the Department of Justice
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act on the status of the Department's implementation
of recommendations included in the report specified in subsection
(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2016''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE III</DELETED>
<DELETED>SCIENCE</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of Science and Technology Policy</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science
and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42
U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$5,555,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</DELETED>
<DELETED>science</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $5,237,500,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided,That the formulation and development
costs (with development cost as defined under section 30104 of title
51, United States Code) for the James Webb Space Telescope shall not
exceed $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the individual
identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51,
United States Code, as responsible for the James Webb Space Telescope
determine that the development cost of the program is likely to exceed
that limitation, the individual shall immediately notify the
Administrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30
percent threshold described in subsection (f) of section 30104:
Provided further, That, $140,000,000 shall be for a Jupiter Europa
mission to assure progress on a mission which meets the Planetary
Science decadal objectives, consisting of an orbiter and studies of
both a surface element as well as sample analysis of plumes emanating
from the surface: Provided further, That NASA shall use the Space
Launch System as the launch vehicle for a Jupiter Europa mission, plan
for a launch no later than 2022, and include in the fiscal year 2017
budget the 5 year funding profile necessary to achieve those
goals.</DELETED>
<DELETED>aeronautics</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $600,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>space technology</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of space technology research and development
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $625,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2017, of which $25,000,000 shall
be for icy satellites surface technology and test beds.</DELETED>
<DELETED>exploration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of exploration research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $4,759,300,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less than $1,096,300,000 shall
be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That
not less than $2,313,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System,
including no less than $1,850,000,000 for launch vehicle development,
which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and
which shall have core elements and an enhanced upper stage developed
simultaneously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for
launch vehicle development, no less than $50,000,000 shall be for
enhanced upper stage development: Provided further, That of the funds
made available for the Space Launch System, $410,000,000 shall be for
exploration ground systems and $53,000,000 shall be for program
integration: Provided further, That $1,000,000,000 shall be for
commercial spaceflight activities: Provided further, That $350,000,000
shall be for exploration research and development.</DELETED>
<DELETED>space operations</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of space operations research and development
activities, including research, development, operations, support and
services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities, including operations, production, and services; maintenance
and repair, facility planning and design; program management; personnel
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $3,957,300,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>education</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research
and development activities, including research, development,
operations, support, and services; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized
by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase,
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $119,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017, of which $18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be for
the National Space Grant College program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>safety, security and mission services</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space technology,
exploration, space operations and education research and development
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,768,600,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>construction and environmental compliance and
restoration</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing
facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and
environmental compliance and restoration, $425,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That proceeds from
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a period of 5
years to the extent and in amounts as provided in annual appropriations
Acts: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 20145(b)(2)(A) of
title 51, United States Code, such proceeds referred to in the
preceding proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year
2016 in an amount not to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That
each annual budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected
pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of inspector general</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $37,400,000, of
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>administrative provisions</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall
remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and
available for the same purposes and the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided
by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity level. The spending
plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount established in that
spending plan that meets the notification requirements of section 505
of this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The unexpired balances of a previous account, for
activities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be transferred
to the new account established in this Act that provides for such
activities. Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds in
the newly established account, but shall be available under the same
terms, conditions and period of time as previously
appropriated.</DELETED>
<DELETED>National Science Foundation</DELETED>
<DELETED>research and related activities</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law
86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 3109
of title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft
and purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of
aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,983,645,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed $520,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for polar research and operations
support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for
operational and science support and logistical and other related
activities for the United States Antarctic program: Provided, That
receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the
National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation
supported research facilities may be credited to this
appropriation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>major research equipment and facilities construction</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction,
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities,
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized
travel, $200,030,000, to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>education and human resources</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses in carrying out science,
mathematics and engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as authorized by section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>agency operations and award management</DELETED>
<DELETED> For agency operations and award management necessary in
carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C.
1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia;
and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security
guard services; $325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year
2016 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services
to be provided during the next fiscal year: Provided further, That of
the amount provided for costs associated with the acquisition,
occupancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not more than
$27,370,000 shall remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of the national science board</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries,
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of
experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code) involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED>office of inspector general</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $15,160,000, of
which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>administrative provision</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the National Science
Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations
Act, 2016''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE IV</DELETED>
<DELETED>RELATED AGENCIES</DELETED>
<DELETED>Commission on Civil Rights</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,200,000: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to
employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the
Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is
permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or
expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil
Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of
1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic
Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233),
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), and the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), including services
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31,
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for
authorized services to the Commission, $364,500,000: Provided, That
the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds:
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any
gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.</DELETED>
<DELETED>International Trade Commission</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the International Trade
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,
$84,500,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to remain available until
expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Legal Services Corporation</DELETED>
<DELETED>payment to the legal services corporation</DELETED>
<DELETED> For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974,
$300,000,000, of which $266,900,000 is for basic field programs and
required independent audits; $5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector
General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to
conduct additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for management
and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self-help and
information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund;
and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the
Legal Services Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to
officers and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by the
Federal Government to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding section
1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)):
Provided further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of this
Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided
further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal
Services Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States
Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>administrative provision--legal services corporation</DELETED>
<DELETED> None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or
limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502,
503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections,
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998
shall be deemed to refer instead to 2015 and 2016,
respectively.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Marine Mammal Commission</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as
authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,340,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Office of the United States Trade Representative</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States
Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles
and the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed
$124,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED>State Justice Institute</DELETED>
<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>
<DELETED> For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as
authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not to exceed
$2,250 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of
this Act, the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of
the United States Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE V</DELETED>
<DELETED>GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including rescissions)</DELETED>
<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized
by the Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant
to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record
and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant
to existing law.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application
of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid,
the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held
invalid shall not be affected thereby.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new
program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project or
activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4)
relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices,
programs or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments
existing programs, projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any
program, project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or
(8) results from any general savings, including savings from a
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing
programs, projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds by agencies (excluding agencies
of the Department of Justice) funded by this Act and 45 days in advance
of such reprogramming of funds by agencies of the Department of Justice
funded by this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing
a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code
of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to
authorized purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this
Act shall be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or
assembled in the United States, its territories or
possessions.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given
the term in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the
National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the
status of balances of appropriations at the account level. For
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances
the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the
balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended,
the quarterly reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of
obligation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a
limitation of a current accounting system, the department or agency
shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such
accounting system and shall identify and describe in each quarterly
report the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency
funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions
taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in
this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section
shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan
collateral or grant property.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products,
or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except
for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or
tobacco products of the same type.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the
Department of Justice to obligate more than $2,705,164,000 during
fiscal year 2016 from the fund established by section 1402 of Public
Law 98-473 (42 U.S.C. 10601).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 511. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against
or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate
in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those
funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or
transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to
implement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures
set forth in section 505 of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of
Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the
progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a
description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after
initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such
audit is completed.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the
Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as
appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the
public on the Internet website maintained by the Department,
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of
title 5, United States Code; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) sensitive personal information for any
individual, the public access to which could be used to commit
identity theft or for other inappropriate or unlawful
purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by
amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the
Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator,
Director, or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds
derived from the grant or contract will be made available through a
subcontract or in any other manner to another person who has a
financial interest in the person awarded the grant or
contract.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the
Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform
set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to the
requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under the
executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies,
and entities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be used by the Departments of
Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire or renew
a high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for
security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publication
199, ``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and
Information Systems'' unless the agency has--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the
information systems against criteria developed by NIST and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition
decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact information
systems within the Federal Government;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the
presumptive awardee against available and relevant threat
information provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in consultation with the FBI or other
appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk
of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition
of such system, including any risk associated with such system
being produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more
entities identified by the United States Government as posing a
cyber threat, including but not limited to, those that may be
owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of
China.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or
moderate-impact information system reviewed and assessed under
subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in
subsection (a) has--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI
and supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy
for any identified risks;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the
FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in the national
interest of the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) reported that determination to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate and the agency Inspector General.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act
shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of
torture by any official or contract employee of the United States
Government.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or treaty, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act or
any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative expenses or
to compensate an officer or employee of the United States in connection
with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of
components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in
Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of
subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such
articles.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export
license--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any
Shipper's Export Declaration or notification letter required by
law, or from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the
United States to possess, ship, transport, or export the
articles enumerated in subsection (a); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) does not permit the export without a license
of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) fully automatic firearms and
components and parts for such firearms, other than for
end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or
Municipal Government of Canada;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames)
or complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in
Category I, other than for end use by the Federal
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of
Canada; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) articles for export from Canada to
another foreign destination.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) In accordance with this section, the District
Directors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or
temporary export without a license of any unclassified articles
specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return
to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from
Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a
Canadian citizen.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) The President may require export licenses under this
section on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon
publication first in the Federal Register, that the Government of
Canada has implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the
articles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion
of such articles has and continues to take place for use in
international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another
nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license
when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, no department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated
funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any
way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of
any officer or employee of the United States to deny any application
submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to
27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States
origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or ammunition.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 519. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade
agreement the text of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 520. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in
contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right
to Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA
PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the program
manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of
Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
or the National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has
reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the
respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary,
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made;
a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project;
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree
to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program
costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or
procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project's
management structure is adequate to control total project or
procurement costs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or
intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2016 until the
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year
2016.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an
amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such
amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in
writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all
Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to
certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for
which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the
subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or
the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or
judicial proceeding.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (rescissions)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior year
appropriations available to the Department of Commerce's National
Technical Information Service, $10,000,000 are rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the
Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not
later than September 30, 2016, from the following accounts in the
specified amounts--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) ``Working Capital Fund'',
$100,000,000;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) ``United States Marshals Service, Federal
Prisoner Detention'', $69,500,000;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) ``Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries
and Expenses'', $120,000,000 from fines collected to defray
expenses for the automation of fingerprint identification and
criminal justice information services and associated
costs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities,
Office on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women
Prevention and Prosecution Programs'', $15,000,000;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities,
Office of Justice Programs'', $40,000,000; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities,
Community Oriented Policing Services'', $20,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) The Department of Justice shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a report no later than September 1, 2016, specifying the amount
of each rescission made pursuant to subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in
contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50
employees from a Federal department or agency at any single conference
occurring outside the United States unless such conference is a law
enforcement training or operational conference for law enforcement
personnel and the majority of Federal employees in attendance are law
enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer,
release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United
States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any
other detainee who--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the
Department of Defense.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct,
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories,
or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) for
the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the
effective control of the Department of Defense.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to
any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) An individual described in this subsection is any
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) is--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in the custody or under the effective
control of the Department of Defense; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) otherwise under detention at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 529. To the extent practicable, funds made available
in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy
Star'' qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program''
designation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 530. The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in its
annual performance plan and performance and accountability reports the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Details on future action the department,
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed
balances in expired grant accounts.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The method that the department, agency, or
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired
grant accounts.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in
expired grant accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of
the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on
the total number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed
balances (on the first day of each fiscal year) for the
department, agency, or instrumentality and the total finances
that have not been obligated to a specific project remaining in
the accounts.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 531. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to
develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral
policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to participate,
collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any
Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifically
authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at
facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b)
shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has certified--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of
technology, data, or other information with national security
or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned
company; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) will not involve knowing interactions with
officials who have been determined by the United States to have
direct involvement with violations of human rights.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question
and shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its
agenda, its major participants, and its location and timing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 532. None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, may be
used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to
act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) all other requirements of law with respect to
the proposed importation are met; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) no application for the importation of such
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by
the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis
that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily
adaptable to sporting purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such
network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of
pornography.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, adjudication, or other law-enforcement related
activity.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science
Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, the International Trade Commission, the Legal
Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of
Science and Technology Policy and the United States Trade
Representative, and the State Justice Institute shall submit spending
plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 535. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until
the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the
Treaty.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to
Internet domain name system functions, including responsibility with
respect to the authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority functions.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to require a person licensed under section 923 of title 18,
United States Code, to report information to the Department of Justice
regarding the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same
person.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 538. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to
deny the Inspectors General of the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National
Science Foundation timely access to all records, documents, and other
materials in the custody or possession of the respective department or
agency or to prevent or impede the particular Inspector General's
access to such records, documents, and other materials, unless in
accordance with an express limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector
General Act, as amended, consistent with the plain language of the
Inspector General Act, as amended. The Inspectors General of the
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate within five calendar days any failures to comply with this
requirement.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 539. The Department of Commerce, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation,
and the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall provide a monthly
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any
employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose of such
travel.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 540. (a) No funds made available in this Act may be
used to facilitate, permit, license, or promote exports to the Cuban
military or intelligence service or to any officer of the Cuban
military or intelligence service, or an immediate family member
thereof.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods
permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) In this section--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the term ``Cuban military or intelligence
service'' includes, but is not limited to, the Ministry of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Ministry of the Interior,
of Cuba, and any subsidiary of either such Ministry;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the term ``immediate family member'' means a
spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, grandparent,
grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 541. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be expended during fiscal year 2016 for the shutdown of the
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy or for the preparation
therefor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>spending reduction account</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 542. 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 (increased by $1,000,000).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 543. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice,
or any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty
vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory,
except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--Federal Fleet
Performance, dated May 24, 2011.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 544. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), none
of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of Justice
or the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be used to mandate or
request that a person (as defined in section 101(m) of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(m)) alter the
product or service of the person to permit the electronic surveillance
(as defined in section 101(f) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1801(f)) of any
user of such product or service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
mandates or requests authorized under the Communications Assistance for
Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 545. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to execute a subpoena of tangible things pursuant to
section 506 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 876) that does
not include the following sentence: ``This subpoena limits the
collection of any tangible things (including phone numbers dialed,
telephone numbers of incoming calls, and the duration of calls) to
those tangible things identified by a term that specifically identifies
an individual, account, address, or personal device, and that limits,
to the greatest extent reasonably practicable, the scope of the
tangible things sought.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 546. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to enforce section 221 of title 13, United States Code,
with respect to the survey, conducted by the Secretary of Commerce,
commonly referred to as the ``American Community Survey''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 547. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the
Department of Justice to negotiate or conclude a settlement with the
Federal Government that includes terms requiring the defendant to
donate or contribute funds to an organization or individual.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 548. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to propose or to issue a rule that would change the Chief
Law Enforcement Officer certificate requirement in a manner that has
the same substance as the proposed rule published on September 9, 2013
(786 Fed. Reg. 55014).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 549. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the Department of Justice in violation of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the
United States Constitution; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to repeal the guidance provided in the
memorandum issued by the Attorney General on March 31, 2015,
and entitled ``Guidance Regarding the Use of Asset Forfeiture
Authorities in Connection with Structuring
Offenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 550. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to require, pursuant to section 478.124 of title 27, or
section 25.7 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, or the Office of
Management and Budget Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and
Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting,
that any person disclose the race or ethnicity of the person in
connection with the transfer of a firearm to the person.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 551. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agreement that
establishes a limit on greenhouse gas emissions for the United States.
The limitation described in this section shall not apply in the case of
the administration of a tax or tariff.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 552. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its
principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition
Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against
it for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection
with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public
(Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation
of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the
submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft,
forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal
criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with,
commission of any of the offenses enumerated above in paragraph
(1); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer,
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount
that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains
unsatisfied.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 553. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to treat any M855 (5.56 mm x 45 mm) or SS109 type
ammunition as armor piercing ammunition for purposes of chapter 44 of
title 18, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 554. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to implement the United States Global Climate Research
Program's National Climate Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nation's Agenda 21
sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical Update of the
Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive
Order No. 12866.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 555. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used for the Department of Justice's clemency initiative
announced on April 23, 2014, or for Clemency Project 2014, or to
transfer or temporarily assign employees to the Office of the Pardon
Attorney for the purpose of screening clemency applications.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 556. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to
enforce--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan
for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico published in
the Federal Register on April 22, 2015, or any other effort of
the same substance; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Red Snapper Management Measures published in
the Federal Register on May 1, 2015, or any other effort of the
same substance that establishes an annual catch limits or
annual catch targets for Red Snapper that would result in the
commercial fishing for Red Snapper in the Federal waters of the
Gulf of Mexico lasting longer than 5 times the number of days
recreational fishers are allowed to catch and retain at least 2
such fish each day in such Federal waters.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 557. None of the funds made available in this Act to
the Department of Justice may be used to prevent a State from
implementing its own State laws that authorize the use, distribution,
possession, or cultivation of industrial hemp, as defined in section
7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 558. None of the funds made available in this Act to
the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the
States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and
Wisconsin, or with respect to either the District of Columbia or Guam,
to prevent any of them from implementing their own laws that authorize
the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical
marijuana.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 559. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to compel a person to testify about information or sources
that the person states in a motion to quash the subpoena that he has
obtained as a journalist or reporter and that he regards as
confidential.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 560. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to take any action to prevent a State from implementing any
law that makes it lawful to possess, distribute, or use cannabidiol or
cannabidiol oil.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 561. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used by the Department of Justice to enforce the Fair Housing
Act in a manner that relies upon an allegation of liability under
section 100.500 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 562. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to carry out the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives Special Advisory entitled ``Test, Examination and
Classification of 7N6 5.45 x 39 Ammunition'', dated April 7, 2014. The
limitation described in this section shall not apply in the case of the
administration of a tax or tariff.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 563. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to operate or disseminate a cell-site simulator or IMSI
catcher in the United States except pursuant to a court order that
identifies an individual, account, address, or personal
device.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 564. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person or corporation for a
violation of section 2(a) of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.
703(a)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 565. None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to carry out the program known as ``Operation Choke
Point''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 566. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to negotiate or finalize a trade agreement that includes
provisions relating to visas issued under section 101(a)(15) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). The limitation
described in this section shall not apply in the case of the
administration of a tax or tariff.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 567. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of
Industrial Hemp Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law
113-79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement
Administration.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 568. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to treat ammunition as armor piercing for purposes of
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, except for ammunition
designed and intended for use in a handgun (in accordance with 18
U.S.C. section 921(a)(17)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 569. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to
consult with the National Security Agency or the Central Intelligence
Agency to alter cryptographic or computer standards, except to improve
information security (in accordance with section 20(c)(1)(A) of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g-
3(c)(1)(A))).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 570. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to implement Executive Order No. 13547 (75 Fed. Reg. 43023,
relating to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes),
including the National Ocean Policy developed under such Executive
order.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 571. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used with respect to the case State of Texas, et al. v. United
States of America, et al. (No. B-14-254 in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Texas and No. 15-40238 in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 572. None of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ``Department of Justice--Office of Justice Programs--
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' may be used in
contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 573. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to
implement in the California Central Valley Recovery Domain any existing
recovery plan for salmon and steelhead populations listed under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) as threatened
species or endangered species if that recovery plan does not address
predation by non-native species.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.</DELETED>
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Departments of Commerce and
Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
operations and administration
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the
Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging in trade
promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and
cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United
States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44,
United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of
immediate families of employees stationed overseas and employees
temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of
the International Trade Administration between two points abroad,
without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code;
employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years,
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or
construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first
paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official
representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles
for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining
insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines,
$473,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of which
$10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the
International Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance
activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the first
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for the
purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for
assessments for services provided as part of these activities.
Office of United States Trade Representative
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That section 141(a) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(a)) is amended by striking
``Executive Office of the President'' and inserting ``Department of
Commerce'': Provided further, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses.
Bureau of Industry and Security
operations and administration
For necessary expenses for export administration and national
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs
associated with the performance of export administration field
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United
States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed
$13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of
compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979,
and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat.
223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price
limitation otherwise established by law, $106,500,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided
further, That payments and contributions collected and accepted for
materials or services provided as part of such activities may be
retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for
providing information to the public with respect to the export
administration and national security activities of the Department of
Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and
other governments.
Economic Development Administration
economic development assistance programs
For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for trade adjustment
assistance, and for grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722),
$213,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which $10,000,000
shall be for grants under such section 27.
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of administering the economic development
assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,000,000: Provided,
That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to
title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and the Community Emergency
Drought Relief Act of 1977.
Minority Business Development Agency
minority business development
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering,
promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including
expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or
private organizations, $30,000,000.
Economic and Statistical Analysis
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce,
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.
Bureau of the Census
current surveys and programs
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing,
preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $266,000,000:
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for
promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.
periodic censuses and programs
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing,
preparing and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs
provided for by law, $862,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2017: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be
used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,551,000 shall be
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits
related to the Bureau of the Census.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $38,200,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall
charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management,
analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be
retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum
services, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications
research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned
functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other
Government agencies shall remain available until expended.
public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available for
the administration of all open grants until their expiration.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits
instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,272,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law are
received during fiscal year 2016, so as to result in a fiscal year 2016
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further,
That during fiscal year 2016, should the total amount of such
offsetting collections be less than $3,272,000,000 this amount shall be
reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in
excess of $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and deposited in the
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall submit a
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section: Provided further, That any amounts
reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be
transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries
and Expenses'' account: Provided further, That from amounts provided
herein, not to exceed $900 shall be made available in fiscal year 2016
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That in fiscal year 2016 from the amounts made available for ``Salaries
and Expenses'' for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the
difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and
the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that
title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for
USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter
III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as
appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of
those accounts: Provided further, That any differences between the
present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series benefit
letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific use
shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial statements,
where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by
USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title
35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29): Provided further, That within
the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the
``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities associated with
carrying out investigations and audits related to the USPTO.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
scientific and technical research and services
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), $684,700,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working
Capital Fund'': Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That
NIST may provide local transportation for summer undergraduate research
fellowship program participants.
industrial technology services
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services,
$145,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $130,000,000
shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of
which $15,000,000 shall be for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Consortia.
construction of research facilities
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by
sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), $63,300,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to
Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted
with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of
Standards and Technology construction project having a total multi-year
program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget
justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal
years.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
operations, research, and facilities
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance,
operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, contracts, or
other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of
conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and
relocation of facilities, $3,242,723,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017, except that funds provided for cooperative
enforcement shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided,
That fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the
management of national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for
the salaries and expenses associated with those activities,
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided
further, That in addition, $130,164,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the fund entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and
Research Pertaining to American Fisheries'', which shall only be used
for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant
Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and
Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish
Information Networks: Provided further, That of the $3,390,387,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $3,242,723,000
is appropriated from the general fund, $130,164,000 is provided by
transfer and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year
obligations: Provided further, That the total amount available for
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services
administrative support costs shall not exceed $222,523,000: Provided
further, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific
activities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous
years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of
this Act: Provided further, That in addition, for necessary retired
pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and
Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of
retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical
Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may be necessary.
procurement, acquisition and construction
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets,
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, $2,079,494,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2018, except that funds provided for acquisition
and construction of vessels and construction of facilities shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the $2,092,494,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $2,079,494,000
is appropriated from the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from
recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the
report accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of
funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject
to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget
justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in
support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project having
a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget
justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements
for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years:
Provided further, That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000
shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits
related to satellite procurement, acquisition and construction.
pacific coastal salmon recovery
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific
salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2017: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the Secretary
of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recognized
tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for
projects necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations
that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by
a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations
necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and
steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary
of Commerce: Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based
on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be available for
marketing activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to States
shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-
kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.
fishermen's contingency fund
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372,
not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant
to that Act, to remain available until expended.
fisheries finance program account
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
during fiscal year 2016, obligations of direct loans may not exceed
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed
$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of
Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 for
official reception and representation, $56,000,000: Provided, That
within amounts provided, the Secretary of Commerce may use up to
$2,500,000 to engage in activities to provide businesses and
communities with information about and referrals to relevant Federal,
State, and local government programs.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.), $30,596,000.
General Provisions--Department of Commerce
Sec. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act
of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner
prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used
for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that
such payments are in the public interest.
Sec. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and
expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such
transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or
disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures and
equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law
appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.
Sec. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of the
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by section 105 of title I of
division B of Public Law 113-6, are hereby adopted by reference and
made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the
life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,322,125,000
and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite R-Series Program is $10,828,059,000.
Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities,
telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the
operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms,
or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings
Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in the
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the
maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been delegated to
the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pursuant to
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a
reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which
initially bears the costs of such services.
Sec. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a
grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.
Sec. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent,
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available
appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States, or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government,
Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or
of any foreign government or international organization, for purposes
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sec. 108. Notwithstanding section 14 of the Act of June 18, 1934
(commonly known as the ``Foreign Trade Zones Act'') (48 Stat. 998,
chapter 590; 19 U.S.C. 81n), none of the funds provided for in this
Act, or any other appropriations Act, for the Department of Commerce
shall be available to enforce or carry out any activities under 15 CFR
400.43.
Sec. 109. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act or any
other appropriations Act may be used by the Secretary of Commerce to
manage fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico unless such management is
subject to the boundaries for coastal States set out under subsection
(b).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of
fisheries management the seaward boundary of a coastal State in the
Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 nautical miles seaward from the baseline
from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured.
Sec. 110. The National Technical Information Service shall not
charge any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by
the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided information to
the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or document may
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still
require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the report
or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering the Service's
cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such report or
document.
Sec. 111. To carry out the responsibilities of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of
NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements
with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment,
personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State or
subdivision thereof, local government, tribal government, territory, or
possession or any subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received
for permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to this
section shall be deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'' and
shall remain available until September 30, 2018 for such purposes:
Provided further, That all funds within this section and their
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.
Sec. 112. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the requirement for
bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect to contracts for the
construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms
of the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract is made
under the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et
seq.).
Sec. 113. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior
appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary
expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration
of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau, shall be
available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate
entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or
institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical,
research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for
which such amounts have been made available.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce
Appropriations Act, 2016''.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of
Justice, $109,000,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security
and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain
available until expended.
justice information sharing technology
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology,
including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction,
$25,842,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Attorney General may transfer up to $34,400,000 to this account, from
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act for
information technology, to remain available until expended, for
enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided further,
That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to
any other transfer authority contained in this Act.
administrative review and appeals
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and
clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $411,072,000, of
which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office
for Immigration Review fees deposited in the ``Immigration Examinations
Fee'' account: Provided, That, of the amount available for the
Executive Office for Immigration Review, not to exceed $15,000,000
shall remain available until expended.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$89,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character.
United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as
authorized, $13,308,000.
Legal Activities
salaries and expenses, general legal activities
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000
for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the
Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the
District of Columbia, $885,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues
payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation
activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer
such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities''
from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be
necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries
and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under
section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to
reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and
expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain
available until expended.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $9,358,000, to be
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
salaries and expenses, antitrust division
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred
laws, $162,246,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees collected for
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of
collection (and estimated to be $124,000,000 in fiscal year 2016),
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall
be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal
year 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at $38,246,000.
salaries and expenses, united states attorneys
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements,
$1,973,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
united states trustee system fund
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as
authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available until expended and to be
derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall
be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due
depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $162,000,000 of offsetting collections pursuant to
section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall be retained and
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the 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 Fund estimated at
$63,908,000.
salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,374,000.
fees and expenses of witnesses
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for
the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign
counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not
to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security
caravans; and not to exceed $13,000,000 is for the purchase,
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications
equipment and a secure automated information network to store and
retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses:
Provided, That amounts made under this heading may not be transferred
pursuant to section 205 of this Act.
salaries and expenses, community relations service
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,
$14,446,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act,
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations
Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
assets forfeiture fund
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of
section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, to be
derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
United States Marshals Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service,
$1,195,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
construction
For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the
United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related
support, $9,800,000, to remain available until expended.
federal prisoner detention
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the
custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by section
4013 of title 18, United States Code, $1,454,414,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000
shall be considered ``funds appropriated for State and local law
enforcement assistance'' pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18,
United States Code: Provided further, That the United States Marshals
Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and
Alien Transportation System: Provided further, That any unobligated
balances available from funds appropriated under the heading ``General
Administration, Detention Trustee'' shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation under this heading.
National Security Division
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National
Security Division, $93,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for
information technology systems shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances
require additional funding for the activities of the National Security
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
Interagency Law Enforcement
interagency crime and drug enforcement
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug
trafficking and affiliated money laundering organizations not otherwise
provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with State and
local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $507,194,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities
available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United
States, $8,433,492,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $184,500
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
construction
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment,
furniture, and information technology requirements, related to
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by
purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification
and extension of Federally-owned buildings; preliminary planning and
design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities;
$108,982,000, to remain available until expended.
Drug Enforcement Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration,
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a
confidential character pursuant to section 530C of title 28, United
States Code; and expenses for conducting drug education and training
programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in
such programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote
the goals of such programs, $2,033,320,000; of which not to exceed
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed
$90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives
and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $1,201,000,000, of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be
for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed
$1,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as
provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not
to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code:
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal
firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States
Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or
activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
to other agencies or Departments.
Federal Prison System
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign
governments, $6,848,000,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may
transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services such amounts as
may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Department for medical
relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions:
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where
necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal
intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to
persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health
services to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison
System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary
operations until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That, of the
amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000
shall remain available until expended to make payments in advance for
grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses:
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may
accept donated property and services relating to the operation of the
prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has operated
such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-
profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison
System relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway
houses, or other custodial facilities: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States Code, or any
other provision of law, up to $540,000 may be used to pay expenses
associated with reentry programs to assist inmates in preparation for
successful return to the community, including prison institution and
Residential Reentry Center programs that involve inmates' family
members and significant others, community sponsors, and volunteers.
buildings and facilities
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account;
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account,
$106,000,000, to remain available until expended, and of which not less
than $81,000,000 shall be available only for modernization, maintenance
and repair, and of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available
to construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of
United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this
appropriation.
federal prison industries, incorporated
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the
current fiscal year for such corporation.
limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries,
incorporated
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined
in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed accounting
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of
claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be
capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced,
including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement,
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging
to the corporation or in which it has an interest.
State and Local Law Enforcement Activities
Office on Violence Against Women
violence against women prevention and prosecution programs
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as
authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994
Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647)
(``the 1990 Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end
the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601
et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the 2000 Act''); the
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of
2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); and the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013
Act''); and for related victims services, $479,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $245,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from amounts available for obligation in this Act from the
Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public
Law 98-473 (42 U.S.C. 10601), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such
Act of 1984: Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not
to exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this heading may be
used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical
assistance: Provided further, That of the amount provided--
(1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against
women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act;
(2) $30,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance
grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence,
stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of
the 1994 Act;
(3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of Justice for
research and evaluation of violence against women and related
issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence
Against Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research,
Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by the Office of
Justice Programs;
(4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services
to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence;
programs to engage men and youth in preventing such violence;
and assistance to middle and high school students through
education and other services related to such violence:
Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs
authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303 and 41305 of the
1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be
available for this program: Provided further, That 10 percent
of the total amount available for this grant program shall be
available for grants under the program authorized by section
2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided further, That the definitions
and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall
apply to this program;
(5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest policies
as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 is
for a homicide reduction initiative;
(6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance,
as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
(7) $35,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child
abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section
40295 of the 1994 Act;
(8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes
against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the
2005 Act;
(9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as
authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
(10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to
end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as
authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;
(11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support families in the
justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act:
Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs
authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of
the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall
be available for this program;
(12) $6,000,000 is for education and training to end
violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as
authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;
(13) $500,000 is for the National Resource Center on
Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as
authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence
against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of
the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by
the Office of Justice Programs;
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides
training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual
assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women; and
(16) $5,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal governments
in exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction,
as authorized by section 904 of the 2013 Act: Provided, That
the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall
apply to this program.
Office of Justice Programs
research, evaluation and statistics
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Missing Children's
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and
Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act'');
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647); the Second
Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of
1984 (Public Law 98-473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT
Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle D of title II
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002
Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-
180); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public
Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and other programs, $117,000,000, to
remain available until expended, of which--
(1) $41,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics
programs, and other activities, as authorized by part C of
title I of the 1968 Act;
(2) $36,000,000 is for research, development, and
evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part
B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the
2002 Act;
(3) $35,000,000 is for regional information sharing
activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act;
and
(4) $5,000,000 is for activities to strengthen and enhance
the practice of forensic sciences, of which $4,000,000 is for
transfer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology
to support Scientific Area Committees.
state and local law enforcement assistance
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Justice for All Act of
2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990
(Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164); the
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of
2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam
Walsh Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of
2000 (Public Law 106-386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
(Public Law 110-180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Second Chance
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing Resources and
Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013
Act''); and other programs, $1,009,000,000, to remain available until
expended as follows--
(1) $382,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E
of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and
the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title
I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of
which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $15,000,000 is for a
Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience
and Survivability Initiative (VALOR), $10,000,000 is for an
initiative to support evidence-based policing, $2,500,000 is
for an initiative to enhance prosecutorial decision-making,
$15,000,000 is for an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice
innovation program, $20,000,000 is for a competitive matching
grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras for State,
local and tribal law enforcement, and $2,400,000 is for the
operationalization, maintenance and expansion of the National
Missing and Unidentified Persons System;
(2) $75,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no
jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater
than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other
detainees housed in State and local detention facilities;
(3) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section
1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
(4) $10,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and
juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V
and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill
Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416);
(5) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse
Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title
I of the 1968 Act;
(6) $4,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant
Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108-405,
and for grants for wrongful conviction review;
(7) $13,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet
crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 401
of Public Law 110-403, of which not more than $2,500,000 is for
intellectual property enforcement grants, including as
authorized by Section 401 of Public Law 110-403;
(8) $3,000,000 for a student loan repayment assistance
program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110-315;
(9) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as
authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
(10) $22,500,000 for the matching grant program for law
enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title
I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred
directly to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research,
testing and evaluation programs;
(11) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public
Website;
(12) $8,500,000 for competitive and evidence-based programs
to reduce gun crime and gang violence;
(13) $55,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal
and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System, of which no less than $12,000,000
shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180);
(14) $15,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
(15) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and
activities, of which--
(A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity
enhancement program and for other local, State, and
Federal forensic activities, including the purposes
authorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog
Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) (the
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): Provided,
That up to 4 percent of funds made available under this
paragraph may be used for the purposes described in the
DNA Training and Education for Law Enforcement,
Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers program
(Public Law 108-405, section 303);
(B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described in the
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program
(Public Law 108-405, section 412); and
(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam
Program grants, including as authorized by section 304
of Public Law 108-405;
(16) $41,000,000 for a grant program for community-based
sexual assault response reform;
(17) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs and
research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007
(Public Law 110-199), without regard to the time limitations
specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed
$6,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and tribal
probation or parole supervision efforts and strategies, and
$5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental and family
relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or
recidivism reduction strategy: Provided, That up to $7,500,000
of funds made available in this paragraph may be used for
performance-based awards for Pay for Success projects, of which
up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs
implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing Model;
(18) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts program;
(19) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs
and scheduled listed chemical products;
(20) $22,000,000 for a justice reinvestment initiative, for
activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism
reduction;
(21) $4,000,000 for additional replication sites employing
the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with Enforcement model
implementing swift and certain sanctions in probation, and for
a research project on the effectiveness of the model; and
(22) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School Safety
Initiative, and for related hiring: Provided, That section 213
of this Act shall not apply with respect to the amount made
available in this paragraph:
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds
made available under this heading to increase the number of law
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-
administrative public sector safety service.
juvenile justice programs
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005
Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.);
the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of
Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the Victims of Child
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Adam
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248)
(``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
(Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); and other juvenile justice
programs, $253,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $65,500,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of
the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to
assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants
process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this
paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration
grant program to support emergency planning among State, local
and tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
(2) $75,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
(3) $40,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized
by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections
261 and 262 thereof--
(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth
Program;
(B) $5,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence
education, prevention and intervention, and related
activities;
(4) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited children
programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a)
of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the
PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401) shall not
apply for purposes of this Act);
(5) $500,000 for an Internet site providing information and
resources on children of incarcerated parents;
(6) $2,000,000 for competitive grants focusing on girls in
the juvenile justice system; and
(7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent
defense:
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used
for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit
the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, That not more
than 2 percent of the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through
(3) may be used for training and technical assistance: Provided
further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to grants and
projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act
and to missing and exploited children programs.
public safety officer benefits
For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such
sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to
remain available until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments
authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational
assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for such disability and
education payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to
``Public Safety Officer Benefits'' from available appropriations for
the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
Community Oriented Policing Services
community oriented policing services programs
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); and the Violence
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
(Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''), $212,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That any balances made available
through prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance
with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount
provided under this heading--
(1) $11,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-related
activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug Enforcement
Administration upon enactment of this Act;
(2) $187,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title
I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring and
rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under
part Q of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such
section: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of
such title (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-3(c)), funding for hiring or
rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed
$125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from this
limitation: Provided further, That within the amounts
appropriated under this paragraph, $30,000,000 is for improving
tribal law enforcement, including hiring, equipment, training,
and anti-methamphetamine activities: Provided further, That of
the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is
for community policing development activities in furtherance of
the purposes in section 1701: Provided further, That within
the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is
for the collaborative reform model of technical assistance in
furtherance of the purposes in section 1701;
(3) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law
enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor
chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and
laboratory dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated
under this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative
purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including
precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine
traffickers; and
(4) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law
enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary
treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: Provided,
That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including
activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful
distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and
prescription opioid traffickers through statewide
collaboration.
General Provisions--Department of Justice
Sec. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this
title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of
not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for
official reception and representation expenses.
Sec. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case
of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section
shall be null and void.
Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the
performance of, any abortion.
Sec. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside
the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section in any
way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
Sec. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
Sec. 206. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act under the
heading ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,
Salaries and Expenses'' shall be available for retention pay for any
employee who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in pay upon
termination of the Bureau's Personnel Management Demonstration Project
(as transferred to the Attorney General by section 1115 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296 (28 U.S.C. 599B)): Provided,
That such retention pay shall comply with section 5363 of title 5,
United States Code, and related Office of Personnel Management
regulations, except as provided in this section: Provided further,
That such retention pay shall be paid at the employee's rate of pay
immediately prior to the termination of the demonstration project and
shall not be subject to the limitation set forth in section 5304(g)(1)
of title 5, United States Code, and related regulations.
Sec. 207. None of the funds made available under this title may be
used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals
Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner
pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a
prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as
appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to
rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used
primarily for recreational purposes.
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or
purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate
training, religious, or educational programs.
Sec. 209. None of the funds made available under this title shall
be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information technology
program having total estimated development costs in excess of
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment
review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that the information technology
program has appropriate program management controls and contractor
oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.
Sec. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in
section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the accompanying
report and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under
this title in previous years.
Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-
private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular
A-76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy
for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal
Prison Industries, Incorporated.
Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States
Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28,
United States Code.
Sec. 213. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by
this title under the headings ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'',
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice
Programs''--
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office
of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be
used by such Office to provide training and technical
assistance;
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or
reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts
appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or
statistical programs administered by the National Institute of
Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be
transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to
be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant
or reimbursement programs; and
(3) up to 7 percent of funds made available for grant or
reimbursement programs: (1) under the heading ``State and Local
Law Enforcement Assistance''; or (2) under the headings
``Research, Evaluation, and Statistics'' and ``Juvenile Justice
Programs'', to be transferred to and merged with funds made
available under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance'', shall be available for tribal criminal justice
assistance without regard to the authorizations for such grant
or reimbursement programs.
Sec. 214. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General
has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may,
with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making
appropriations for fiscal years 2013 through 2016 for the following
programs, waive the following requirements:
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local
reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3797w(g)(1)), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such
part.
(2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part
FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w-2(e)(1) and
(2)), the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such
part.
(3) For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to
prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3797q-3), the requirements under section 2904 of such
part.
(4) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities
as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act
of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section
6(c)(3) of such Act.
Sec. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section
20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts
made available by this or any other Act.
Sec. 216. None of the funds made available under this Act, other
than for the national instant criminal background check system
established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention
Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement
officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an
individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects
that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law
enforcement personnel of the United States continuously monitor or
control the firearm at all times.
Sec. 217. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to deny the
Inspector General of the Department of Justice timely access to all
records, documents, and other materials in the custody or possession of
the Department or to prevent or impede the Inspector General's access
to such records, documents and other materials, unless in accordance
with an express limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector General
Act, as amended, consistent with the plain language of the Inspector
General Act, as amended. The Inspector General of the Department of
Justice shall report to the Committees on Appropriations within five
calendar days any failures to comply with this requirement.
Sec. 218. Section 8(e) of Public Law 108-79 (42 U.S.C. 15607(e))
shall not apply to funds appropriated to or administered by the Office
on Violence Against Women, including funds appropriated in previous
appropriations acts that remain available for obligation.
Sec. 219. Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act
for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in
Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 of division
H of Public Law 113-76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113-
235, and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership
Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2016''.
TITLE III
SCIENCE
Office of Science and Technology Policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,555,000.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
science
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of science research and development activities, including
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance
and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft
control, and communications activities; program management; personnel
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $5,295,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That the formulation and development
costs (with development cost as defined under section 30104 of title
51, United States Code) for the James Webb Space Telescope shall not
exceed $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the individual
identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51,
United States Code, as responsible for the James Webb Space Telescope
determine that the development cost of the program is likely to exceed
that limitation, the individual shall immediately notify the
Administrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30
percent threshold described in subsection (f) of section 30104.
aeronautics
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of aeronautics research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $524,700,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017.
space technology
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of space technology research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $600,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That $150,000,000 shall be for the
RESTORE satellite servicing program for completion of pre-formulation
and initiation of formulation activities for RESTORE, and such funds
are independent of the asteroid rendezvous mission or satellite
servicing demonstration activities on the International Space Station.
exploration
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of exploration research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $3,831,200,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less than $1,200,000,000 shall
be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That
not less than $2,310,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System,
which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and
which shall have an upper stage and other core elements developed
simultaneously: Provided further, That of the funds made available for
the Space Launch System, $1,900,000,000 shall be for launch vehicle
development and $410,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems:
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the
annual budget submission, a 5 year budget profile and funding
projection that adheres to a 70 percent Joint Confidence Level (JCL)
and is consistent with the Key Decision Point C (KDP-C) for the Space
Launch System and with the future KDP-C for the Orion Multi-Purpose
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That funds made available for the
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System are in
addition to funds provided for these programs under the ``Construction
and Environmental Compliance and Restoration'' heading: Provided
further, That $321,200,000 shall be for exploration research and
development.
space operations
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of space operations research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support and services;
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities,
including operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair,
facility planning and design; program management; personnel and related
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease,
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $4,756,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017.
education
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and
development activities, including research, development, operations,
support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs,
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter,
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$108,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of which
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space
Grant College program.
safety, security and mission services
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration,
space operations and education research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to
exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $2,784,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017.
construction and environmental compliance and restoration
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities,
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental
compliance and restoration, $352,800,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2021: Provided, That proceeds from leases deposited into
this account shall be available for a period of 5 years to the extent
and in amounts as provided in annual appropriations Acts: Provided
further, That such proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall
be available for obligation for fiscal year 2016 in an amount not to
exceed $6,905,600: Provided further, That each annual budget request
shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and
proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title
51, United States Code.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $37,400,000, of which
$500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.
administrative provisions
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed
or the offer is withdrawn.
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and
available for the same purposes and the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by NASA at
the theme, program, project and activity level. The spending plan, as
well as any subsequent change of an amount established in that spending
plan that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of this
Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and associated
programs, amounts that have expired but have not been cancelled in the
Exploration, Space Operations, Human Space Flight, Space Flight
Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appropriations accounts
shall remain available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of
valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001
through fiscal year 2013.
National Science Foundation
research and related activities
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 86-209
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of
aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,933,645,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed $540,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for polar research and operations
support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for
operational and science support and logistical and other related
activities for the United States Antarctic program: Provided, That
receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the
National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation
supported research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.
major research equipment and facilities construction
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction,
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities,
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized
travel, $200,310,000, to remain available until expended.
education and human resources
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics and
engineering education and human resources programs and activities
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861
et seq.), including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017.
agency operations and award management
For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying
out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et
seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia;
and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security
guard services; $325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,250 is
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year
2016 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services
to be provided during the next fiscal year.
office of the national science board
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved
in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.),
$4,370,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $14,450,000, of which
$400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.
administrative provision
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations Act,
2016''.
TITLE IV
RELATED AGENCIES
Commission on Civil Rights
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,200,000: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in
excess of eight full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted
Service: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75
billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted
125 billable days: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or
expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil
Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a).
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of
1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic
Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233),
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), and the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), including services
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31,
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for
authorized services to the Commission, $364,500,000: Provided, That
the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds:
Provided further, That the Commission may take no action to implement
any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until
such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in
accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this
Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept and use
any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.
International Trade Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to exceed
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, $84,500,000,
to remain available until expended.
Legal Services Corporation
payment to the legal services corporation
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $385,000,000,
of which $353,000,000 is for basic field programs and required
independent audits; $4,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General,
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct
additional audits of recipients; $18,500,000 is for management and
grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self-help and information
technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and
$1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the Legal
Services Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to officers
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal
Government to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by section
5304 of title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of
the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall
be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided further,
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services
Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States
Government.
administrative provision--legal services corporation
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by,
or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504,
505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all
references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to
refer instead to 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Marine Mammal Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as
authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,431,000.
State Justice Institute
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as
authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not to exceed
$2,250 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of
this Act, the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of
the United States Government.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including rescissions)
Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the
Congress.
Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the
remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons
or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall
not be affected thereby.
Sec. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year
2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new
program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project or
activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4)
relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices,
programs or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments
existing programs, projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any
program, project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or
(8) results from any general savings, including savings from a
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing
programs, projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code
of Federal Regulations.
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall
be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled
in the United States, its territories or possessions.
(2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given the term
in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National
Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the
status of balances of appropriations at the account level. For
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances
the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the
balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended,
the quarterly reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of
obligation.
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted
within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a
reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a limitation
of a current accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill
such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such accounting
system and shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the
extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.
Sec. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded
under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in
this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section
shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan
collateral or grant property.
Sec. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products,
or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except
for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or
tobacco products of the same type.
Sec. 510. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402 of
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any
fiscal year in excess of $2,602,000,000 shall not be available for
obligation until the following fiscal year:
(b) Notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, of the
amounts available from the Fund for obligation, the following amounts
shall be available without fiscal year limitation--
(1) to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of
Justice Programs--
(A) $50,000,000 for victim services programs for
victims of trafficking as authorized by section
107(b)(2) of Public Law 106-386, or programs authorized
under Public Law 113-4;
(B) $16,000,000 for an initiative relating to
children exposed to violence;
(C) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed special
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;
(D) $15,000,000 for supplemental victims' services
and other victim-related programs and initiatives,
including research and statistics, and for tribal
assistance for victims of violence;
(E) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by the
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;
(F) $3,000,000 for child abuse training programs
for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized
by section 222 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of
1990; and
(G) $18,000,000 for community-based violence
prevention initiatives, including for public health
approaches to reducing shootings and violence.
(2) to the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime,
$52,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes only for
supplementing victims' services and other victim-related
programs and initiatives.
(3) to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector
General, $10,000,000 for oversight and auditing purposes.
Sec. 511. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate
the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs
for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the
parents or legal guardians of such students.
Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to implement E-
Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in
section 505 of this Act.
Sec. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the
progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a
description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after
initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such
audit is completed.
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in
subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary,
Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as
appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the
public on the Internet website maintained by the Department,
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude--
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5,
United States Code; and
(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the
public access to which could be used to commit identity theft
or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of
Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or
President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the
grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in
any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the
person awarded the grant or contract.
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of
the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules
and requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in such
subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch ethics
program to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
Sec. 515. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the
National Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact information
system, as defined for security categorization in the National
Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information
Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for Security
Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems'' unless
the agency has--
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information
systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform
acquisition decisions for high-impact information systems
within the Federal Government and against international
standards and guidelines, including those developed by NIST;
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive
awardee against available and relevant threat information
provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other
appropriate agencies; and
(3) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain
risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any
identified risks.
Sec. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be
used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by
any official or contract employee of the United States Government.
Sec. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this
Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States
in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada
of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in
Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of
subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such
articles.
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's
Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or
from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United
States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles
enumerated in subsection (a); and
(2) does not permit the export without a license of--
(A) fully automatic firearms and components and
parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the
Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal
Government of Canada;
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in
Category I, other than for end use by the Federal
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of
Canada; or
(C) articles for export from Canada to another
foreign destination.
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export
without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection
(a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or
temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in
the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
(d) The President may require export licenses under this section on
a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first
in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented
or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in
subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has
and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in
the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall
terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary
requirements have ceased.
Sec. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving
appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or
expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the
compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny
any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to
import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or
ammunition.
Sec. 519. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the
text of--
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
Sec. 520. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of
any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to
Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The
Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA
Freedom Act; and the laws amended by these Acts.
Sec. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the program manager
of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the
National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has
reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the
respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary,
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made;
a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project;
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree
to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program
costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or
procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project's
management structure is adequate to control total project or
procurement costs.
Sec. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016.
Sec. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount
unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to
the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its
knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal
tax returns required during the three years preceding the
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to
certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for
which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the
subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or
the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or
judicial proceeding.
(rescissions)
Sec. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the
Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not
later than September 30, 2016, from the following accounts in the
specified amounts--
(1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $55,000,000;
(2) ``Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund'',
$362,945,000, of which $58,945,000 is permanently rescinded;
(3) ``United States Marshals Service, Federal Prisoner
Detention'', $69,500,000;
(4) ``Federal Bureau of Investigations, Salaries and
Expenses'', $80,000,000;
(5) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on
Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs'', $5,020,000; and
(6) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community
Oriented Policing Services'', $10,000,000.
(b) The Department of Justice shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report
no later than September 1, 2016, specifying the amount of each
rescission made pursuant to subsection (a).
Sec. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of
sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Sec. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees
from a Federal department or agency, who are stationed in the United
States, at any single conference occurring outside the United States
unless such conference is a law enforcement training or operational
conference for law enforcement personnel and the majority of Federal
employees in attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside
the United States.
Sec. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with
the principal negotiating objective of the United States with respect
to trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United States--
(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including
antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws;
(2) to avoid agreements that--
(A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and
international disciplines on unfair trade, especially
dumping and subsidies; or
(B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and
international safeguard provisions, in order to ensure
that United States workers, agricultural producers, and
firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the
benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and
(3) to address and remedy market distortions that lead to
dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity,
cartelization, and market-access barriers.
Sec. 528. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in
the transfer or release to or within the United States, its
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other
detainee who--
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States; and
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 529. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to construct, acquire, or modify any
facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house
any individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control
of the Department of Defense.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the effective control
of the Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 530. To the extent practicable, funds made available in this
Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star''
qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program''
designation.
Sec. 531. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed
balances in expired grant accounts and include in its annual
performance plan and performance and accountability reports the
following:
(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or
instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in
expired grant accounts.
(2) The method that the department, agency, or
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired
grant accounts.
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant
accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United
States.
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total
number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on
the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency,
or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been
obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.
Sec. 532. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act
on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if--
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the
proposed importation are met; and
(2) no application for the importation of such model of
shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the
Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that
the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily
adaptable to sporting purposes.
Sec. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
Sec. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science
Foundation shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective
department or agency head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 535. (a) The head of any executive branch department, agency,
board, commission, or office funded by this Act shall submit annual
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any
entity without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and
contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such
department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal year
2016 for which the cost to the United States Government was more than
$100,000.
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period--
(1) a description of its purpose;
(2) the number of participants attending;
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States
Government, including--
(A) the cost of any food or beverages;
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to
and from the conference; and
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to
determine which costs relate to the conference; and
(4) a description of the contracting procedures used
including--
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive
basis; and
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted
by the departmental component or office in evaluating
potential contractors for the conference.
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any
executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office
funded by this Act during fiscal year 2016 for which the cost to the
United States Government was more than $20,000, the head of any such
department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the
Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees
attending such conference.
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this or
any other appropriations Act may not be used for the purpose of
defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not directly and
programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract
was awarded, such as a banquet or conference held in connection with
planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes
related to a project funded by the grant or contract.
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget
Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to
that memorandum.
Sec. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
Sec. 537. The head of any executive branch department, agency,
board, commission, or office funded by this Act shall require that all
contracts within their purview that provide award fees link such fees
to successful acquisition outcomes, specifying the terms of cost,
schedule, and performance.
Sec. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has
been judged to be below satisfactory performance or for performance
that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.
Sec. 539. None of the funds made available by this 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. 540. None of the funds made available by this 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 the 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. 541. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp
Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) by the
Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Sec. 542. None of the funds made available in this Act to the
Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States of
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, or with
respect to either the District of Columbia or Guam, to prevent any of
them from implementing their own laws that authorize the use,
distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.
Calendar No. 120
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2578
[Report No. 114-66]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2016, and for other purposes.
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June 8, 2015
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
June 16, 2015
Reported with an amendment