H. R. 719

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT T H E F I R S T S E S S I O N
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen

An Act
To require the Transportation Security Administration to conform to existing Federal
law and regulations regarding criminal investigator positions, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Consistent with Federal law and regulations, for law
enforcement officers to qualify for premium pay as criminal
investigators, the officers must, in general, spend on average
at least 50 percent of their time investigating, apprehending,
or detaining individuals suspected or convicted of offenses
against the criminal laws of the United States.
(2) According to the Inspector General of the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS IG), the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) does not ensure that its cadre of criminal
investigators in the Office of Inspection are meeting this
requirement, even though they are considered law enforcement
officers under TSA policy and receive premium pay.
(3) Instead, TSA criminal investigators in the Office of
Inspection primarily monitor the results of criminal investigations conducted by other agencies, investigate administrative
cases of TSA employee misconduct, and carry out inspections,
covert tests, and internal reviews, which the DHS IG asserts
could be performed by employees other than criminal investigators at a lower cost.
(4) The premium pay and other benefits afforded to TSA
criminal investigators in the Office of Inspection who are incorrectly classified as such will cost the taxpayer as much as
$17 million over 5 years if TSA fails to make any changes
to the number of criminal investigators in the Office of Inspection, according to the DHS IG.
(5) This may be a conservative estimate, as it accounts
for the cost of Law Enforcement Availability Pay, but not
the costs of law enforcement training, statutory early retirement benefits, police vehicles, and weapons.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

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(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administration’’ means
the Transportation Security Administration.
(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’
means the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security) of the Department of Homeland Security.
(3) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Inspector General’’
means the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland
Security.
SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.

(a) AUDIT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall analyze the data
and methods that the Assistant Secretary uses to identify Office
of Inspection employees of the Administration who meet the requirements of sections 8331(20), 8401(17), and 5545a of title 5, United
States Code, and provide the relevant findings to the Assistant
Secretary, including a finding on whether the data and methods
are adequate and valid.
(b) PROHIBITION ON HIRING.—If the Inspector General finds
that such data and methods are inadequate or invalid, the Administration shall not hire any new employee to work in the Office
of Inspection of the Administration until—
(1) the Assistant Secretary makes a certification described
in section 5 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(2) the Inspector General submits to such Committees a
finding, not later than 30 days after the Assistant Secretary
makes such certification, that the Assistant Secretary utilized
adequate and valid data and methods to make such certification.
SEC. 5. TSA OFFICE OF INSPECTION WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION.

(a) CERTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—The Assistant Secretary
shall, by not later than 90 days after the date the Inspector General
provides its findings to the Assistant Secretary under section 4(a),
document and certify in writing to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that only
those Office of Inspection employees of the Administration who
meet the requirements of sections 8331(20), 8401(17), and 5545a
of title 5, United States Code, are classified as criminal investigators
and are receiving premium pay and other benefits associated with
such classification.
(b) EMPLOYEE RECLASSIFICATION.—The Assistant Secretary
shall reclassify criminal investigator positions in the Office of
Inspection as noncriminal investigator positions or non-law enforcement positions if the individuals in those positions do not, or are
not expected to, spend an average of at least 50 percent of their
time performing criminal investigative duties.
(c) PROJECTED COST SAVINGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall estimate
the total long-term cost savings to the Federal Government
resulting from the implementation of subsection (b), and provide
such estimate to the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate by not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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(2) CONTENTS.—Such estimate shall identify savings associated with the positions reclassified under subsection (b) and
include, among other factors the Assistant Secretary considers
appropriate, savings from—
(A) law enforcement training;
(B) early retirement benefits;
(C) law enforcement availability and other premium
pay; and
(D) weapons, vehicles, and communications devices.
SEC. 6. INVESTIGATION OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE MISCONDUCT.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, or as soon as practicable, the Assistant Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate—
(1) materials in the possession or control of the Department
of Homeland Security associated with the Office of Inspection’s
review of instances in which Federal Air Marshal Service officials obtained discounted or free firearms for personal use;
(2) information on specific actions that will be taken to
prevent Federal Air Marshal Service officials from using their
official positions, or exploiting, in any way, the Service’s relationships with private vendors to obtain discounted or free
firearms for personal use; and
(3) information on specific actions that will be taken to
prevent the Federal Air Marshal Service from misusing Government resources.
SEC. 7. STUDY.

Not later than 180 days after the date that the Assistant
Secretary submits the certification to Congress under section 5(a),
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a study—
(1) reviewing the employee requirements, responsibilities,
and benefits of criminal investigators in the TSA Office of
Inspection with criminal investigators employed at agencies
adhering to the Office of Personnel Management employee
classification system; and
(2) identifying any inconsistencies and costs implications
for differences between the varying employee requirements,
responsibilities, and benefits.
SEC. 8. INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE
PERSONNEL ISSUES.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a study that—
(1) reviews the Federal Air Marshal Service’s existing personnel policies and procedures for identifying misuse of Government resources; and

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(2) reviews the administration of the Federal Air Marshal
Service’s existing code of conduct or integrity policies with
respect to instances of misconduct.
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units
of Government for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate
for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2015 and under the authority and conditions provided
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal
year 2015, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority
were made available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
(division A of Public Law 113–235), except section 743 and
title VIII.
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division B of Public Law 113–235).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015
(division C of Public Law 113–235), except title X.
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division D of Public Law 113–
235).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 (division E of Public Law 113–235).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4).
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division F of Public
Law 113–235).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
(division G of Public Law 113–235), except title VI.
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 (division H of Public Law 113–235).
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division I of Public
Law 113–235).
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public
Law 113–235), except title IX.
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division K of
Public Law 113–235).
(13) Section 11 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235).
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby
reduced by 0.2108 percent.
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not
funded for production in fiscal year 2015 or prior years; (2) the
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2015 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account)
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2015.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement
unless specifically appropriated later.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the
pertinent appropriations Act.
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were
not available during fiscal year 2015.
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act.
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016, appropriations
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project
or activity provided for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law
of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016 without
any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 11,
2015.
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization is contained is enacted into law.
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code,
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2016 because of distributions
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.

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SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for
fiscal year 2015, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain
program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year
2015, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins
after October 2015 but not later than 30 days after the date specified
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be
available for such payments.
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, except
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this
Act that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this Act shall not apply
to—
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section;
or
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference
to the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Social Security
Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ in
division G of Public Law 113–235; or
(3) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference
to the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control
Account’’ in division G of Public Law 113–235.
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 113–235 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism.
SEC. 115. During the period covered by this Act, discretionary
amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2016 that were provided in
advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in the amounts
provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 101(b).
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided
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and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’ at a rate
for operations of $288,317,000, of which $221,298,000 shall be for
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
SEC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance
Program’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to pay ongoing debt service for the multi-family direct loan
programs under sections 514 and 515 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1485): Provided, That the Secretary may waive
the prohibition in the second proviso under such heading in division
A of Public Law 113–235 with respect to rental assistance contracts
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2015.
SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the
planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System.
SEC. 119. (a) The first proviso under the heading ‘‘United States
Marshals Service—Federal Prisoner Detention’’ in title II of division
B of Public Law 113–235 shall not apply during the period covered
by this Act.
(b) The limitation in section 217(c) of division B of Public
Law 113–235 on the amount of excess unobligated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code,
shall not apply under this Act to the use of such funds for ‘‘United
States Marshals Service—Federal Prisoner Detention’’.
SEC. 120. (a) The authority regarding closeout of Space Shuttle
contracts and associated programs provided by language under
the heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—
Administrative Provisions’’ in the Omnibus Appropriations Act,
2009 (Public Law 111–8) shall continue in effect through fiscal
year 2021.
(b) This section shall be applied as if it were in effect on
September 30, 2015.
SEC. 121. (a) Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, United
States Code, funds made available, including funds that have
expired but have not been cancelled, and identified by Treasury
Appropriation Fund Symbol 13–09/10–0554 shall remain available
for expenditure through fiscal year 2020 for the purpose of liquidating valid obligations of active grants.
(b) For the purpose of subsection (a), grants for which the
period of performance has expired but are not finally closed out
shall be considered active grants.
(c) This section shall be applied as if it were in effect on
September 30, 2015.
SEC. 122. The following provisions shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2016’’ for ‘‘2015’’ through the earlier of the date specified
in section 106(3) of this Act or the date of the enactment of an
Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military
activities of the Department of Defense:
(1) Section 1215(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113
note), as most recently amended by section 1237 of the Carl
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291).
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SEC. 123. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up
to the rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing
projects or activities funded in this appropriation.
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided
in subsection (a).
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds
under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs
and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2015 (title IV of division E of Public Law 113–235) at the rate
set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Summary of
Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request
Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21–99), as modified as of the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided
by this Act for ‘‘Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board—
Salaries and Expenses’’.
SEC. 126. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Small
Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for general business loans
authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(a)).
SEC. 127. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet
Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277;
47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2015’’.
SEC. 128. Section 101 shall be applied by assuming that section
7 of Public Law 113–235 was enacted as part of title VII of division
E of Public Law 113–235.
SEC. 129. The authority provided by section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
SEC. 130. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
SEC. 131. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied by substituting
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September
30, 2015’’.
SEC. 132. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and
(III)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
SEC. 133. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
SEC. 134. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking all that follows
after ‘‘shall terminate’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017.’’.

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SEC. 135. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by
section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—
Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appropriated $700,000,000
for an additional amount for fiscal year 2016, to remain available
until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall only become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted
imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided
further, That such funds are also available for transfer to other
appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously transferred
for wildfire suppression: Provided further, That such amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amount shall be
available only if the President subsequently so designates such
amount and transmits such designation to the Congress.
SEC. 136. The authorities provided by sections 117 and 123
of division G of Public Law 113–76 shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
SEC. 137. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of
section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79) shall continue
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
(b) For the period covered by this Act, the authority provided
by the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of Public Law
112–74 shall not be in effect.
SEC. 138. Section 3096(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2015 is amended by inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2015’’ after
‘‘$37,000,000’’.
SEC. 139. Funds made available in prior appropriations Acts
for construction and renovation of facilities for the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention may also be used for construction
on leased land.
SEC. 140. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 111–
242, as amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘2015–2016’’ and
inserting ‘‘2016–2017’’.
SEC. 141. Section 101 shall be applied by assuming that section
139 of Public Law 113–164 was enacted as part of division G
of Public Law 113–235, and section 139 of Public Law 113–164
shall be applied by adding at the end the following: ‘‘and of the
unobligated balance of amounts deposited or available in the Child
Enrollment Contingency Fund from appropriations to the Fund
under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act and the
income derived from investment of those funds pursuant to
2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, $1,664,000,000 is rescinded’’.
SEC. 142. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
there is appropriated for payment to Tori B. Nunnelee, widow
of Alan Nunnelee, late a Representative from the State of Mississippi, $174,000.

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SEC. 144. Of the discretionary unobligated balances of the
Department of Veterans Affairs from fiscal year 2015 or prior
fiscal years, or discretionary amounts appropriated in advance for
fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer
up to $625,000,000 to ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Construction, Major Projects’’, to be merged
with the amounts available in such account: Provided, That no
amounts may be transferred from amounts that were designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the Statutory Pay-AsYou-Go Act of 2010: Provided further, That no amounts may be
transferred until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a request
for, and receives from the Committees written approval of, such
transfers: Provided further, That the Secretary shall specify in
such request the donor account and amount of each proposed
transfer, the fiscal year of each appropriation to be transferred,
the amount of unobligated balances remaining in the account after
the transfer, and the project or program impact of the transfer.
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations of $2,697,734,000.
SEC. 146. Notwithstanding section 101, section 226(a) of division
I of Public Law 113–235 shall be applied to amounts made available
by this Act by substituting ‘‘division I of Public Law 113–235’’
for ‘‘division J of Public Law 113–76’’ and by substituting ‘‘2015’’
for ‘‘2014’’.
SEC. 147. Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting the
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30,
2015’’.
SEC. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the
President—Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department
of State—Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs’’, and ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Foreign Military Financing Program’’
shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain
assistance for Ukraine to counter external, regional aggression and
influence, including for the costs of authorized loan guarantees.
SEC. 149. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
‘‘October 1, 2015’’.
SEC. 150. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Management and
Administration—Administrative Support Offices’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the
planned schedule for the New Core Shared Services Project.
(b) Not later than 3 days before the first use of the apportionment authority in subsection (a), each 30 days thereafter, and
3 days after the authority expires under this Act, the Secretary

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of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
a report specifying each use of the authority through the date
of the report.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act,
2016’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.