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DECEMBER 6, 2016
RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 114-70

TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SEN-
ATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2028, ENERGY AND
WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGEN-

CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016
[Showing the text of the Further Continuing and Security
Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017.]
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the

Senate, insert the following:
1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2 This Act may be cited the ‘‘Further Continuing and

3 Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Availability of funds.
DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of Defense

Title II—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies
5 SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
6 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference

7 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in division B of this Act shall be
8 treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
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1 SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
2 (a) Each amount designated in this Act, or in an

3 amendment made by this Act, by the Congress as an emer-
4 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
6 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently
7 so designates all such amounts and transmits such des-
8 ignations to the Congress.
9 (b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con-
10 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
11 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
12 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
13 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the
14 President subsequently so designates all such amounts
15 and transmits such designations to the Congress.
16 DIVISION A—FURTHER CON-
17 TINUING APPROPRIATIONS
18 ACT, 2017
19 SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017
20 (division C of Public Law 114–223) is amended by—
21 (1) striking the date specified in section 106(3)
22 and inserting ‘‘April 28, 2017’’;
23 (2) striking ‘‘0.496 percent’’ in section 101(b)
24 and inserting ‘‘0.1901 percent’’; and
25 (3) inserting after section 145 the following
26 new sections:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 146. Amounts made available by section 101
2 for ‘Department of Agriculture—Farm Service Agency—
3 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account’
4 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
5 to fund loans for which applications are approved.
7 for ‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition
8 Service—Child Nutrition Programs’ to carry out section
9 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010
10 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned up to the rate
11 for operations necessary to ensure that the program can
12 be fully operational by May, 2017.
13 ‘‘SEC. 148. Section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell
14 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is
15 amended in the first sentence by striking ‘2010 through
16 2016’ and inserting ‘2010 through 2017’.
18 for ‘Department of Agriculture—Rural Utilities Service’
19 may be transferred between appropriations under such
20 heading as necessary for the cost of direct telecommuni-
21 cations loans authorized by section 305 of the Rural Elec-
22 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935).
23 ‘‘SEC. 150. Amounts made available by Section 101
24 for ‘Department of Agriculture—Rural Housing Service—
25 Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’ for the
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1 section 538 Guaranteed Multi-Family Housing Loan Pro-
2 gram may be apportioned up to the rate necessary to fund
3 loans for which applications are approved.
5 for ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At-
6 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and
7 Construction’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
8 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules
9 for the Joint Polar Satellite System.
11 for ‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—
12 Periodic Censuses and Programs’ may be apportioned up
13 to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the sched-
14 ule and deliver the required data according to statutory
15 deadlines in the 2020 Decennial Census Program.
17 for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Ex-
18 ploration’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
19 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch capability
20 schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle,
21 Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose
22 Crew Vehicle programs.
23 ‘‘SEC. 154. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
24 vided by section 101, and notwithstanding section 104 and
25 section 109, for ‘Department of Justice—State and Local
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1 Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Pro-
2 grams—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’,
3 there is appropriated $7,000,000, for an additional
4 amount for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist-
5 ance Grant program for the purpose of providing reim-
6 bursement of extraordinary law enforcement overtime
7 costs directly and solely associated with protection of the
8 President-elect incurred from November 9, 2016 until the
9 inauguration of the President-elect as President: Provided,
10 That reimbursement shall be provided only for overtime
11 costs that a State or local law enforcement agency can
12 document as being over and above normal law enforcement
13 operations and directly attributable to security for the
14 President-elect.
15 ‘‘SEC. 155. Notwithstanding sections 101, 102, and
16 104 of this Act, from within amounts provided for ‘De-
17 partment of Defense—Procurement—Shipbuilding and
18 Conversion, Navy’, funds are provided for ‘Ohio Replace-
19 ment Submarine (AP)’ at a rate for operations of
20 $773,138,000.
21 ‘‘SEC. 156. (a) Notwithstanding sections 102 and
22 104 of this Act, amounts made available pursuant to sec-
23 tion 101 may be used for multiyear procurement con-
24 tracts, including advance procurement, for the AH–64E
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1 Attack Helicopter and the UH–60M Black Hawk Heli-
2 copter.
3 ‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Army may exercise the au-
4 thority conferred in subsection (a) notwithstanding sub-
5 section (i)(1) of section 2306b of title 10, United States
6 Code, until the date of enactment of an Act authorizing
7 appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
8 of the Department of Defense, subject to satisfaction of
9 all other requirements of such section 2306b.
10 ‘‘SEC. 157. Notwithstanding section 102, funds made
11 available pursuant to section 101 for ‘Department of De-
12 fense—Procurement—Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’
13 are provided for the KC–46A Tanker up to the rate for
14 operations necessary to support the production rate speci-
15 fied in the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request.
16 ‘‘SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, section
17 301(d) of division D of Public Law 114–113 shall not
18 apply to amounts made available by this Act for ‘Depart-
19 ment of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na-
20 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Activi-
21 ties’: Provided, That the Secretary of Energy shall notify
22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
23 resentatives and the Senate not later than 15 days after
24 funds made available by this Act for such account are al-
25 lotted to a Department of Energy program, project, or ac-
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1 tivity at a rate for operations that differs from that pro-
2 vided under such heading in division D of Public Law
3 114–113 by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent.
4 ‘‘SEC. 159. As authorized by section 404 of the Bi-
5 partisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42
6 U.S.C. 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw
7 down and sell not to exceed $375,400,000 of crude oil
8 from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2017:
9 Provided, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale
10 shall be deposited into the ‘Energy Security and Infra-
11 structure Modernization Fund’ (in this section referred to
12 as the ‘Fund’) during fiscal year 2017: Provided further,
13 That in addition to amounts otherwise made available by
14 section 101, and notwithstanding section 104, any
15 amounts deposited in the Fund shall be made available
16 and shall remain available until expended at a rate for
17 operations of $375,400,000, for necessary expenses in car-
18 rying out the Life Extension II project for the Strategic
19 Petroleum Reserve.
20 ‘‘SEC. 160. (a) Notwithstanding section 101,
21 amounts are provided for ‘Department of Energy—En-
22 ergy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination
23 and Decommissioning Fund’ at a rate for operations of
24 $767,014,000: Provided, That such amounts may not be
25 reprogrammed below the levels provided in the table re-
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1 ferred to in section 301(d) of division D of Public Law
2 114–113.
3 ‘‘(b) As of the date of the enactment of this section,
4 section 123 of this Act shall not be in effect.
5 ‘‘SEC. 161. In addition to amounts provided by sec-
6 tion 101, amounts are provided for ‘General Services Ad-
7 ministration—Allowances and Office Staff for Former
8 Presidents’ for the pension of the outgoing President at
9 a rate for operations of $157,000.
10 ‘‘SEC. 162. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
11 cited as the ‘SOAR Funding Availability Act’.
12 ‘‘(b) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOB-
13 LIGATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—Section 3007
14 of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec.
15 38–1853.07, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at
16 the end the following:
17 ‘‘ ‘(e) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOB-
18 LIGATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—
19 ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that any
20 funds appropriated for the opportunity scholarship
21 program under this division for any fiscal year re-
22 main available for subsequent fiscal years under sec-
23 tion 3014(c), the Secretary shall make such funds
24 available to eligible entities receiving grants under
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1 section 3004(a) for the uses described in paragraph
2 (2)—
3 ‘‘ ‘(A) in the case of any remaining funds
4 that were appropriated before the date of enact-
5 ment of the SOAR Funding Availability Act,
6 beginning on the date of enactment of such Act;
7 and
8 ‘‘ ‘(B) in the case of any remaining funds
9 appropriated on or after the date of enactment
10 of such Act, by the first day of the first subse-
11 quent fiscal year.
12 ‘‘ ‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—If an eligible entity to
13 which the Secretary provided additional funds under
14 paragraph (1) elects to use such funds during a fis-
15 cal year, the eligible entity shall use—
16 ‘‘ ‘(A) not less than 95 percent of such ad-
17 ditional funds to provide additional scholarships
18 for eligible students under subsection (a), or to
19 increase the amount of the scholarships, during
20 such year; and
21 ‘‘ ‘(B) not more than a total of 5 percent
22 of such additional funds for administrative ex-
23 penses, parental assistance, or tutoring, as de-
24 scribed in subsections (b), (c), and (d), during
25 such year.
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1 ‘‘ ‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Any amounts made
2 available for administrative expenses, parental as-
3 sistance, or tutoring under paragraph (2)(B) shall
4 be in addition to any other amounts made available
5 for such purposes in accordance with subsections
6 (b), (c), and (d).’.
7 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 3014 of
8 such Act (sec. 38–1853.14, D.C. Official Code) is amend-
9 ed by adding at the end the following:
10 ‘‘ ‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under
11 subsection (a)(1), including amounts appropriated and
12 available under such subsection before the date of enact-
13 ment of the SOAR Funding Availability Act, shall remain
14 available until expended.’.
15 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
16 this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of
17 this section.
19 for ‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations
20 and Support’, ‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
21 ment—Operations and Support’, ‘Transportation Security
22 Administration—Operations and Support’, and ‘United
23 States Secret Service—Operations and Support’ accounts
24 of the Department of Homeland Security shall be appor-
25 tioned at a rate for operations as necessary, and appor-
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1 tioned to provide staffing levels as necessary, to ensure
2 border security, fulfill immigration enforcement priorities,
3 maintain aviation security activities, and carry out the
4 mission associated with the protection of the President-
5 elect.
7 for ‘National Gallery of Art—Salaries and Expenses’ may
8 be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
9 provide for staffing, maintenance, security, and adminis-
10 trative expenses for the recently reopened galleries.
12 for ‘Smithsonian Institution—Salaries and Expenses’ may
13 be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
14 provide for facilities maintenance, facilities operations, se-
15 curity, and support at the National Museum of African
16 American History and Culture.
18 for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Indian
19 Health Service—Indian Health Services’ and for ‘Depart-
20 ment of Health and Human Services—Indian Health
21 Service—Indian Health Facilities’, respectively, may be
22 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to pro-
23 vide for costs of staffing and operating newly constructed
24 facilities.
25 ‘‘SEC. 167. MINERS HEALTH BENEFITS.—
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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This section may be cited as the
2 ‘Continued Health Benefits for Miners Act’.
3 ‘‘(b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN RETIREES IN THE
4 MULTIEMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN.—Section

5 402(h)(2)(C) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
6 tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)) is amended—
7 ‘‘(1) by striking ‘A transfer’ and inserting the
8 following:
9 ‘‘ ‘(i) TRANSFER TO THE PLAN.—A
10 transfer’;
11 ‘‘(2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as
12 subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and moving
13 such subclauses 2 ems to the right; and
14 ‘‘(3) by striking the matter following such sub-
15 clause (II) (as so redesignated) and inserting the fol-
16 lowing:
17 ‘‘ ‘(ii) CALCULATION OF EXCESS.—
18 The excess determined under clause (i)

19 shall be calculated—
20 ‘‘ ‘(I) except as provided in sub-
21 clause (II), by taking into account
22 only those beneficiaries actually en-
23 rolled in the Plan as of December 31,
24 2006, who are eligible to receive
25 health benefits under the Plan on the
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1 first day of the calendar year for
2 which the transfer is made; and
3 ‘‘ ‘(II) for purposes of the trans-
4 fer made for fiscal year 2017, as if,
5 for the period beginning January 1,
6 2017, and ending April 30, 2017,
7 only—
8 ‘‘ ‘(aa) those beneficiaries
9 actually enrolled in the Plan as
10 of the date of the enactment of
11 the Continued Health Benefits
12 for Miners Act who are eligible to
13 receive health benefits under the
14 Plan on January 1, 2017, other
15 than those beneficiaries enrolled
16 in the Plan under the terms of a
17 participation agreement with the
18 current or former employer of
19 such beneficiaries; and
20 ‘‘ ‘(bb) those beneficiaries
21 whose health benefits, defined as
22 those benefits payable directly
23 following death or retirement or
24 upon a finding of disability by an
25 employer in the bituminous coal
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1 industry under a coal wage
2 agreement (as defined in section
3 9701(b)(1) of the Internal Rev-
4 enue Code of 1986), would be de-
5 nied or reduced as a result of a
6 bankruptcy proceeding com-
7 menced in 2012 or 2015,
8 were taken into account, and for any
9 other period during such fiscal year,
10 only the beneficiaries described in
11 subclause (I) were taken into account.
12 ‘‘ ‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN RE-
13 TIREES.—Individuals referred to in clause

14 (ii)(II)(bb) shall be treated as eligible to
15 receive health benefits under the Plan for
16 the plan year that includes January 1,
17 2017.
18 ‘‘ ‘(iv) REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANS-
19 FER.—The amount of the transfer other-

20 wise determined under this subparagraph
21 for fiscal year 2017 shall be reduced by
22 any amount transferred for the fiscal year
23 to the Plan, to pay benefits required under
24 the Plan, from a voluntary employees’ ben-
25 eficiary association established as a result
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1 of a bankruptcy proceeding described in
2 clause (ii)(II).
3 ‘‘ ‘(v) VEBA TRANSFER.—The admin-
4 istrator of such voluntary employees’ bene-
5 ficiary association shall transfer to the
6 Plan any amounts received as a result of
7 such bankruptcy proceeding, reduced by an
8 amount for administrative costs of such as-
9 sociation.’.
10 ‘‘(c) PRESERVATION OF PAYMENTS TO STATES AND
11 INDIAN TRIBES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 402(i)(3)

12 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
13 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(i)(3)) is amended—
14 ‘‘(1) by striking ‘so that’ and inserting ‘under
15 paragraph (1) so that’;
16 ‘‘(2) by striking ‘each transfer’ in clause (i) and
17 inserting ‘each such transfer’; and
18 ‘‘(3) by striking ‘this subsection’ in clause (iii)
19 and inserting ‘paragraph (1)’.
20 ‘‘(d) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—
21 ‘‘(1) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The
22 budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered

23 on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to
24 section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
25 2010.
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1 ‘‘(2) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
2 etary effects of this section shall not be entered on
3 any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of
4 section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).
5 ‘‘(3) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF-
6 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget

7 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint ex-
8 planatory statement of the committee of conference
9 accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and sec-
10 tion 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary ef-
12 fects of this section shall not be estimated—
13 ‘‘(A) for purposes of section 251 of such
14 Act; and
15 ‘‘(B) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of
16 section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
17 of 2010 as being included in an appropriation
18 Act.
19 ‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding section 111, the fourth
20 proviso under the heading ‘Department of Labor—Office
21 of Workers’ Compensation Programs—Special Benefits’
22 shall be applied by substituting ‘$66,675,000’ for
23 ‘$62,170,000’, ‘$22,740,000’ for ‘$21,140,000’,
24 ‘$16,866,000’ for ‘$16,668,000’ and ‘$4,101,000’ for
25 ‘$1,394,000’.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 169. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Edu-
2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be ap-
3 plied by substituting ‘2017’ for ‘2016’.
4 ‘‘SEC. 170. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
5 of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (re-
6 ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) may transfer
7 up to $300,000,000 from the Fund established by section
8 223 of the Department of Health and Human Services
9 Appropriations Act, 2008 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) to ‘Depart-
10 ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for
11 Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’
12 only for activities authorized under section 462 of the
13 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279) and sec-
14 tion 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims
15 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232):
16 Provided, That such funds transferred shall not be avail-
17 able for obligation prior to February 1, 2017.
18 ‘‘(b) In addition to amounts provided by subsection
19 (a), if after March 1, 2017, and before the date specified
20 in section 106(3), the Secretary, in consultation with the
21 Secretary of Homeland Security, determines that the per-
22 centage increase in the cumulative number of cases trans-
23 ferred to the custody of the Secretary pursuant to such
24 sections 462 and 235 for the current fiscal year over the
25 number transferred through the comparable date in the
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1 previous fiscal year exceeds 40 percent, an amount not to
2 exceed $200,000,000 may be made available to ‘Depart-
3 ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for
4 Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’
5 only for activities authorized under such sections 462 and
6 235.
7 ‘‘(c) The Committees on Appropriations of the House
8 of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least
9 15 days in advance of any funds being made available
10 under subsection (a).
11 ‘‘(d) Of the unobligated balances available in the
12 Fund established by section 223 of the Department of
13 Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2008 (42
14 U.S.C. 3514a), $100,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
15 ‘‘SEC. 171. Notwithstanding any other provision of
16 this Act, within 10 days of the enactment of this section,
17 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall trans-
18 fer funds appropriated for fiscal year 2017 under section
19 4002 of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 300u–11) to the
20 accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the
21 activities specified in subsection (a) of section 221 of divi-
22 sion H of Public Law 114–113, except that the Secretary
23 shall adjust the amounts transferred to the Centers for
24 Disease Control and Prevention under this section to re-
25 sult in a total amount transferred to such agency under
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1 this section that is $1,000,000 less than the total amount
2 transferred to such agency under such section 221: Pro-
3 vided, That subsections (b) and (c) of such section 221
4 shall apply to amounts transferred under this section.
5 ‘‘SEC. 172. The fifth proviso under the heading ‘So-
6 cial Security Administration—Limitation on Administra-
7 tive Expenses’ in division H of Public Law 114–113 shall
8 be applied during the period covered by this Act by sub-
9 stituting ‘shall be used for activities to address the hearing
10 backlog within the Office of Disability Adjudication and
11 Review’ for ‘shall be for necessary expenses for the renova-
12 tion and modernization of the Arthur J. Altmeyer Build-
13 ing’.
14 ‘‘SEC. 173. Activities authorized under part A of title
15 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except
16 for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue
17 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
18 in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2016, and out
19 of any money in the Treasury of the United States not
20 otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated
21 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
22 ‘‘SEC. 174. The Secretary of Health and Human
23 Services may use discretionary amounts appropriated in
24 this Act for the Department of Health and Human Serv-
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1 ices to carry out section 399V–6 of the Public Health
2 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–17).
4 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a)
5 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.
6 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members
7 of Congress) during fiscal year 2017.
8 ‘‘SEC. 176. TRANSFER OF O’NEILL BUILDING TO
9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(a) TRANSFER.—Effec-

10 tive upon the expiration of the 180-day period that begins
11 on the date of the enactment of this section—
12 ‘‘(1) the building described in subsection (e)
13 shall become an office building of the House of Rep-
14 resentatives;
15 ‘‘(2) the Administrator of General Services shall
16 transfer custody, control, and administrative juris-
17 diction over the building to the Architect of the Cap-
18 itol; and
19 ‘‘(3) the Architect of the Capitol shall exercise
20 custody, control, and administrative jurisdiction over
21 the building subject to the direction of the House
22 Office Building Commission.
23 ‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING AND
24 PART OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Upon the transfer of cus-

25 tody, control, and administrative jurisdiction under sub-
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1 section (a), the building and grounds described in sub-
2 section (e) shall be treated as a House Office Building
3 and as part of the United States Capitol Grounds for pur-
4 poses of all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the
5 House Office Buildings and the Capitol Grounds, includ-
6 ing—
7 ‘‘(1) chapter 51 of title 40, United States Code
8 (relating to the administration of the United States
9 Capitol Buildings and Grounds); and
10 ‘‘(2) section 9 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to de-
11 fine the area of the United States Capitol Grounds,
12 to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’,
13 approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) (relating to
14 the authority of the United States Capitol Police to
15 police the United States Capitol Buildings and
16 Grounds).
17 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO
18 ENTER INTO LEASES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH
19 FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FOR USE OF
20 BUILDING.—
21 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—The Architect
22 of the Capitol is authorized to enter into leases and
23 other agreements with departments and agencies of
24 the Federal Government for the use of the building
25 described in subsection (e) (or portions thereof),
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1 subject to the approval of the House Office Building
2 Commission.
3 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS.—Pursuant to
4 a lease or other agreement entered into between the
5 Architect of the Capitol and a department or agency
6 of the Federal Government under the authority de-
7 scribed in paragraph (1), the Architect of the Cap-
8 itol is authorized to collect payments from such de-
9 partment or agency and such department or agency
10 is authorized to make payments to the Architect of
11 the Capitol, including payments of commercially-
12 equivalent rent.
13 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Any pay-
14 ments received by the Architect of the Capitol pur-
15 suant to any lease or other agreement entered into
16 under this subsection shall be deposited to the ap-
17 propriation available to the Architect of the Capitol
18 from the House Office Buildings Fund established
19 under subsection (d) and shall be subject to future
20 appropriation.
21 ‘‘(d) HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS FUND.—
22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in
23 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be
24 known as the ‘House Office Buildings Fund’ (here-
25 after in this section referred to as the ‘Fund’).
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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall
2 consist of the following amounts:
3 ‘‘(A) Amounts transferred by the Architect
4 of the Capitol under paragraph (3) of sub-
5 section (c).
6 ‘‘(B) Interest earned on the balance of the
7 Fund.
8 ‘‘(C) Such other amounts as may be appro-
9 priated by law.
10 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUND.—Amounts in the Fund
11 shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol for
12 the maintenance, care, and operation of the House
13 office buildings, and may be used to reimburse the
14 United States Capitol Police, the House of Rep-
15 resentatives, or any other office of the legislative
16 branch which provides goods or services for the
17 maintenance, care, and operation of the building and
18 grounds described in subsection (e), in such amounts
19 as may be appropriated under law.
20 ‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION TO COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
21 PRIATIONS.—Upon making any obligation or expend-

22 iture of any amount in the Fund, the Architect of
23 the Capitol shall notify the Committee on Appropria-
24 tions of the House of Representatives of the amount
25 and purpose of the obligation or expenditure.
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1 ‘‘(5) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
2 Amounts in the Fund are available without regard

3 to fiscal year limitation.
4 ‘‘(e) DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.—
5 ‘‘(1) DESCRIPTION.—The building and grounds
6 described in this subsection is the Federal building
7 located in the District of Columbia which is com-
8 monly known as the ‘Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal
9 Building’, and which is more particularly described
10 as follows: Square 579, Lot 827, at 200 C Street
11 Southwest, bounded by C Street Southwest on the
12 north, by 2nd Street Southwest on the east, by D
13 Street Southwest on the south, and by 3rd Street
14 Southwest on the west, and by all that area contig-
15 uous to and surrounding Square 579 from the prop-
16 erty line thereof to the west curb of 3rd Street
17 Southwest, the north curb of C Street Southwest,
18 the east curb of 2nd Street Southwest, and the
19 south curb of D Street Southwest.
20 ‘‘(2) RETENTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIS-
21 TRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The Mayor of the District of

22 Columbia will retain responsibility for the mainte-
23 nance and improvement of those portions of the
24 streets which are situated between the curb lines of
25 the streets referenced in paragraph (1).
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1 ‘‘SEC. 177. (a) During the 115th Congress—
2 ‘‘(1) amounts made available for the Office of
3 the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority of
4 the Senate shall be available for the Office of the
5 Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate; and
6 ‘‘(2) the duties and authorities of the Secretary
7 of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate
8 under section 3 of title I of division H of the Con-
9 solidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 6154),
10 section 101 of chapter VIII of title I of the Supple-
11 mental Appropriations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 6156),
12 or any other provision of law shall be duties and au-
13 thorities of the Assistant Minority Leader of the
14 Senate.
15 ‘‘(b) For purposes of any individual employed by the
16 Office of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate dur-
17 ing the 115th Congress—
18 ‘‘(1) section 506(e) of the Supplemental Appro-
19 priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 6314(e)) shall be ap-
20 plied by substituting ‘Assistant Minority Leader’ for
21 ‘Secretary of the Conference of the Minority’;
22 ‘‘(2) section 207(e)(9)(M) of title 18, United
23 States Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘Assist-
24 ant Minority Leader’ for ‘secretary of the Con-
25 ference of the Minority’; and
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1 ‘‘(3) subsection (b) of the first section of S.
2 Res. 458 (98th Congress) shall be applied by sub-
3 stituting ‘Assistant Minority Leader’ for ‘Secretary
4 of the Conference of the Minority’.
5 ‘‘(c) For purposes of any individual employed by the
6 Office of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate dur-
7 ing the 115th Congress, with respect to any practice that
8 occurs during that Congress, section 220(e)(2)(C) of the
9 Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
10 1351(e)(2)(C)) shall be applied by substituting ‘the Office
11 of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate’ for ‘the
12 Office of the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority
13 of the Senate’.
14 ‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
15 have any effect on the continuation of any procedure or
16 action initiated under the Congressional Accountability
17 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) or section 207 of
18 title 18, United States Code.
19 ‘‘SEC. 178. Section 21(d) of Senate Resolution 64 of
20 the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 1st session
21 (agreed to on March 5, 2013) is amended by striking ‘De-
22 cember 31, 2016’ and inserting ‘December 31, 2018’.
23 ‘‘SEC. 179. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CER-
24 TAIN LEGISLATION.—
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1 ‘‘(a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—In this
2 section, the term ‘qualifying legislation’ means a Senate
3 bill or joint resolution—
4 ‘‘(1) that is introduced in the Senate during the
5 30-calendar day period beginning on the date on
6 which Congress convenes the First Session of the
7 115th Congress;
8 ‘‘(2) the title of which is as follows: ‘To provide
9 for an exception to a limitation against appointment
10 of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven
11 years of relief from active duty as a regular commis-
12 sioned officer of the Armed Forces.’; and
13 ‘‘(3) the matter after the enacting or resolving
14 clause of which is as follows:
15 ‘‘ ‘SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION AGAINST AP-
16 POINTMENT OF PERSONS AS SECRETARY OF
17 DEFENSE WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF RELIEF
18 FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS REGULAR COMMIS-
19 SIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
20 ‘‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the second

21 sentence of section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code,
22 the first person appointed, by and with the advice and con-
23 sent of the Senate, as Secretary of Defense after the date
24 of the enactment of this Act may be a person who is, on
25 the date of appointment, within seven years after relief,
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1 but not within three years after relief, from active duty
2 as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the
3 Armed Forces.
4 ‘‘ ‘(b) LIMITED EXCEPTION.—This section applies
5 only to the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense
6 as described in subsection (a) after the date of the enact-
7 ment of this Act, and to no other person.’.
8 ‘‘(b) INTRODUCTION.—During the 30-calendar day
9 period described in subsection (a)(1), qualifying legislation
10 may be introduced in the Senate by the Majority Leader
11 (or the Majority Leader’s designee), the Minority Leader
12 (or the Minority Leader’s designee), the Chairman of the
13 Committee on Armed Services, or the Ranking Minority
14 Member of the Committee on Armed Services.
15 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
16 ‘‘(1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legis-
17 lation introduced in the Senate shall be referred to
18 the Committee on Armed Services.
19 ‘‘(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the
20 Committee on Armed Services has not reported the
21 qualifying legislation within 5 session days after the
22 date of referral of the legislation, the Committee
23 shall be discharged from further consideration of the
24 legislation, and the qualifying legislation shall be
25 placed on the appropriate calendar.
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1 ‘‘(3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not-
2 withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of

3 the Senate, it is in order at any time after the Com-
4 mittee on Armed Serves reports the qualifying legis-
5 lation to the Senate or has been discharged from its
6 consideration (even though a previous motion to the
7 same effect has been disagreed to) to move to pro-
8 ceed to the consideration of the qualifying legisla-
9 tion, and all points of order against the qualifying
10 legislation (and against consideration of the quali-
11 fying legislation) are waived. The motion to proceed
12 is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo-
13 tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by
14 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall
15 not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consid-
16 eration of the qualifying legislation is agreed to, the
17 qualifying legislation shall remain the unfinished
18 business until disposed of.
19 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of the
20 qualifying legislation, and all debate, debatable mo-
21 tions, and appeals in connection therewith, shall be
22 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be
23 divided equally between, and controlled by, the Ma-
24 jority Leader and the Minority Leader or their des-
25 ignees. A motion to further limit debate is in order
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1 and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion
2 to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
3 ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the
4 qualifying legislation is not in order.
5 ‘‘(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage
6 shall occur immediately following the conclusion of
7 the debate on the qualifying legislation and a single
8 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if re-
9 quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate.
10 Passage of the qualifying legislation shall require an
11 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
12 chosen and sworn.
13 ‘‘(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
14 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-

15 lating to the application of the rules of the Senate,
16 as the case may be, to the procedure relating to
17 qualifying legislation shall be decided without de-
18 bate.
19 ‘‘(7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—
20 Consideration in the Senate of any veto message

21 with respect to the qualifying legislation, including
22 all debate, debatable motions, and appeals in connec-
23 tion therewith, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be
24 equally divided between, and controlled by, the Ma-
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1 jority Leader and the Minority Leader or their des-
2 ignees.
3 ‘‘(d) RULES OF THE SENATE.—This section is en-
4 acted—
5 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
6 the Senate and as such is deemed a part of the rules
7 of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the
8 procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case
9 of qualifying legislation described in subsection (a),
10 and supersedes other rules only to the extent that
11 this section is inconsistent with such rules; and
12 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
13 right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as re-
14 lating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time,
15 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in
16 the case of any other rule of the Senate.
17 ‘‘SEC. 180. Section 133 of division L, title I of the
18 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–
19 113, is amended to read as follows:
20 ‘‘ ‘(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
21 made available by this Act or any other Act may be used
22 to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement for
23 two off-duty periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under
24 paragraph 395.3(c) or the restriction on use of more than
25 one restart during a 168-hour period under paragraph
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1 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and
2 those provisions shall have no force or effect upon submis-
3 sion of the final report issued by the Secretary of Trans-
4 portation, as required by section 133 of division K of Pub-
5 lic Law 113–235, unless the Secretary and the Inspector
6 General of the Department of Transportation each review
7 and determine that the final report
8 ‘‘ ‘(1) meets the statutory requirements set
9 forth in such section; and
10 ‘‘ ‘(2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle
11 drivers who operated under the restart provisions in
12 operational effect between July 1, 2013, and the day
13 before the date of enactment of such Public Law
14 demonstrated statistically significant improvement in
15 all outcomes related to safety, operator fatigue, driv-
16 er health and longevity, and work schedules, in com-
17 parison to commercial motor vehicle drivers who op-
18 erated under the restart provisions in operational ef-
19 fect on June 30, 2013.
20 ‘‘ ‘(b) If the Secretary and the Inspector General do
21 not each make the findings outlined in subsection (a) of
22 this section with respect to the final report, hereafter, the
23 34-hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30,
24 2013 shall be restored to full force and effect on the date
25 that the Secretary submits the final report to the Commit-
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1 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
2 and the Senate, and funds appropriated or otherwise made
3 available by this Act or any other Act shall be available
4 to implement, administer, or enforce the rule.’.
5 ‘‘SEC. 181. (a) Funds made available by section 101
6 for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Ad-
7 ministration—Operations’ may be apportioned up to the
8 rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of con-
9 tinuing projects or activities funded by this appropriation.
10 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter pre-
11 ceding the first proviso under the heading ‘Department
12 of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—
13 Facilities and Equipment’ in division L of Public Law
14 114–113 shall be applied by substituting ‘$479,412,000’
15 for ‘$470,049,000’ and ‘$2,375,588,000’ for
16 ‘$2,384,951,000’.
17 ‘‘SEC. 182. (a) Amounts available under section 101
18 for ‘Department of Transportation—Maritime Adminis-
19 tration—Operations and Training’ for facilities mainte-
20 nance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements
21 at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and any
22 available prior year balances for the Student Incentive
23 Program at State Maritime Academies may, either in
24 whole or part, be used for costs associated with the mid-
25 shipmen Sea Year training program of the Academy with-
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1 out regard to any limitations on reprogramming or trans-
2 fer under division L of Public Law 114–113 or otherwise
3 applicable under a provision of this Act.
4 ‘‘(b) The matter under the heading ‘Department of
5 Transportation—Maritime Administration—Operations
6 and Training’ in division L of Public Law 114–113 is
7 amended by striking the third proviso (relating to an
8 Academy spending plan).
10 for ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—
11 Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assist-
12 ance’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
13 necessary to renew grants for rental assistance and admin-
14 istrative costs that were provided pursuant to the third
15 through tenth provisos of paragraph (5) under such head-
16 ing in title II of division K of Public Law 113–235 (128
17 Stat. 2732).
19 law, if not later than 10 days after the end of the Second
20 Session of the 114th Congress, the Office of Management
21 and Budget (‘OMB’) determines that the total of enacted
22 appropriations for fiscal year 2017 subject to the discre-
23 tionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced
24 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, ex-
25 cluding any appropriations that would result in adjust-
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1 ments under section 251(b)(2) of such Act, does not ex-
2 ceed the sum of the unadjusted discretionary spending
3 limits for fiscal year 2017 in section 251(c)(4) of such
4 Act and provides written notification of that determina-
5 tion, then the final sequestration report for fiscal year
6 2017 under section 254(f)(1) of such Act and any order
7 for fiscal year 2017 under section 254(f)(5) of such Act
8 shall be issued, for the Congressional Budget Office, 10
9 days after the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
10 and, for OMB, 15 days after the date specified in section
11 106(3) of this Act: Provided, That the written notification
12 required by this section shall include the total dollar
13 amount and estimated uniform percentage that would be
14 required to eliminate a breach within a category if OMB
15 were to issue such final sequestration report and order
16 pursuant to the timetable in section 254(a) of such Act.
18 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided
19 by section 101 for the ‘Emergency Watershed Protection
20 Program’, there is appropriated $103,140,000 for an ad-
21 ditional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available
22 until expended, and for the ‘Emergency Conservation Pro-
23 gram’, there is appropriated $102,978,524 for an addi-
24 tional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available
25 until expended: Provided, That all amounts made available
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1 by this section are designated by the Congress as an emer-
2 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
3 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
4 of 1985.
7 by section 101, there is appropriated $74,700,000 for an
8 additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available
9 until expended, for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
10 ministration—Construction and Environmental Compli-
11 ance and Restoration’ for repairs at National Aeronautics
12 and Space Administration facilities damaged by Hurricane
13 Matthew: Provided, That such amount is designated by
14 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
15 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 by section 101, there is appropriated $54,827,000 for
20 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’ for an additional
21 amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until ex-
22 pended, for necessary expenses to address emergency situ-
23 ations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to rehabilitate
24 and repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects,
25 caused by natural disasters: Provided, That such amount
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1 is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
2 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
3 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro-
4 vided further, That beginning not later than 60 days after
5 the date of enactment of this section, the Assistant Sec-
6 retary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide monthly
7 reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
8 of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation
9 and obligation of these funds.
13 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Mississippi River and Tribu-
14 taries’ for an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to
15 remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to
16 dredge navigation projects in response to, and repair dam-
17 ages to Corps of Engineers projects caused by, natural dis-
18 asters: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
19 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
20 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That
22 beginning not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
23 ment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army
24 for Civil Works shall provide monthly reports to the Com-
25 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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1 and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of
2 these funds.
6 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and Maintenance’
7 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain
8 available until expended, for necessary expenses to dredge
9 navigation projects in response to, and repair damages to
10 Corps of Engineers projects caused by, natural disasters:
11 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
12 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That begin-
15 ning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
16 of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
17 Civil Works shall provide monthly reports to the Commit-
18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
19 and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of
20 these funds.
24 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal
25 Emergencies’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of Au-
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1 gust 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for an additional amount
2 for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until expended,
3 for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurricane and
4 other natural disasters and support emergency operations,
5 repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters
6 as authorized by law: Provided, That such amount is des-
7 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
9 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
10 further, That beginning not later than 60 days after the
11 date of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary
12 of the Army for Civil Works shall provide monthly reports
13 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
14 resentatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and
15 obligation of these funds.
17 this Act, and in addition to any amount otherwise provided
18 by section 101 for the ‘Emergency Relief Program’, as au-
19 thorized by section 125 of title 23, United States Code,
20 there is appropriated $1,004,017,000 for fiscal year 2017,
21 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
22 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
23 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
25 1985.
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2 of this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
3 vided by section 101 for ‘Department of Housing and
4 Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop-
5 ment—Community Development Fund’, there is appro-
6 priated $1,808,976,000 for an additional amount for fiscal
7 year 2017, to remain available until expended, that is
8 identical to the additional appropriation for fiscal year
9 2016 in section 145(a) of this Act (except for the last pro-
10 viso under such subsection), and with respect to which the
11 same authority and conditions shall be in effect: Provided,
12 That of the amount made available by this subsection,
13 $1,416,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for
14 disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the
16 1985, and $392,976,000 is designated by the Congress as
17 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
19 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 ‘‘(b) Of the amounts made available by subsection (a)
21 and designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
22 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, up
24 to $3,000,000 may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘De-
25 partment of Housing and Urban Development—Program
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1 Office Salaries and Expenses—Community Planning and
2 Development’ for necessary costs, including information
3 technology costs, of administering and overseeing the obli-
4 gation and expenditure of such amounts.
6 this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided
7 by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017
8 of $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro-
9 vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—
10 Food and Drug Administration-FDA Innovation Account’
11 (in this section referred to as the ‘Account’): Provided,
12 That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section
13 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be de-
14 rived from amounts transferred under section
15 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, are for the necessary expenses
16 to carry out the purposes described under section
17 1002(b)(4) of such Act, and may be transferred by the
18 Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation for
19 ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Food and
20 Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses’ solely for
21 the purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That
22 upon a determination by the Commissioner that funds
23 transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not nec-
24 essary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be
25 transferred back to the Account: Provided further, That
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1 this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer
2 authority provided by law.
6 of $352,000,000, to remain available until expended, is
7 provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
8 ices—National Institutes of Health—NIH Innovation Ac-
9 count’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Account’): Pro-
10 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to
11 section 1001(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to
12 be derived from amounts transferred under section
13 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, are for the necessary expenses
14 to carry out the purposes described in section 1001(b)(4)
15 of such Act and in the amounts provided for fiscal year
16 2017 in such section 1001(b)(4), and may be transferred
17 by the Director of the National Institutes of Health to
18 other accounts of the National Institutes of Health solely
19 for the purposes provided in such Act: Provided further,
20 That upon a determination by the Director that funds
21 transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not nec-
22 essary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be
23 transferred back to the Account: Provided further, That
24 this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer
25 authority provided by law.
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4 of $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, is
5 provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
6 ices—Office of the Secretary—Account For the State Re-
7 sponse to the Opioid Abuse Crisis’ (in this section referred
8 to as the ‘Account’): Provided, That such amounts are ap-
9 propriated pursuant to section 1003(b)(3) of the 21st
10 Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
11 ferred under section 1003(b)(2)(A) of such Act, are for
12 the necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described
13 under section 1003(c) of such Act, and may be transferred
14 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to other
15 accounts of the Department solely for the purposes pro-
16 vided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a deter-
17 mination by the Secretary that funds transferred pursuant
18 to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes
19 provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the
20 Account: Provided further, That this transfer authority is
21 in addition to any other transfer authority provided by
22 law.
24 of this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided
25 by section 101 for ‘Environmental Protection Agency—
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1 State and Tribal Assistance Grants’, there is appropriated
2 $100,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year
3 2017, to remain available until expended, for making cap-
4 italization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving
5 Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act
6 pursuant to section 2201 of the Water and Waste Act of
7 2016.
8 ‘‘(b) The last proviso of paragraph (1) under the
9 heading ‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and
10 Tribal Assistance Grants’ in division G of Public Law
11 114–113 shall be applied to amounts made available by
12 this section by substituting for ‘only where such debt was
13 incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act’
14 the following: ‘where such debt was incurred on or after
15 the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was
16 incurred prior to the date of enactment if the State, with
17 concurrence from the Administrator, determines that such
18 funds could be used to help address a threat to public
19 health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water
20 or if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been
21 issued due to a threat to public health from heightened
22 exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply be-
23 fore the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
24 That in a State in which such an emergency declaration
25 has been issued, the State may use more than 20 percent
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1 of the funds made available under this title to the State
2 for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization
3 grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients’.
5 of this Act, there is provided for ‘Environmental Protec-
6 tion Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-
7 tion Program Account’ for the cost of direct loans and
8 for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the
9 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014
10 (33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), $20,000,000, to remain available
11 until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the
12 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
13 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
14 further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross
15 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, in-
16 cluding capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in-
17 cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be
18 guaranteed, not to exceed $2,073,000,000.
19 ‘‘(b) In addition, fees authorized to be collected pur-
20 suant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastruc-
21 ture Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3908
22 and 3909) shall be credited to the appropriation made by
23 this section to remain available until expended.
24 ‘‘(c) Of the amounts provided under subsection (a),
25 not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for administrative ex-
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1 penses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro-
2 grams, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water Infra-
3 structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C.
4 3912).
6 this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by
7 section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
8 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Envi-
9 ronmental Health’, for carrying out section 2203 of the
10 Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated
11 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
12 2020, of which $17,500,000 shall be for carrying out sec-
13 tion 2203(b) of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 and
14 $2,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 2203(c) of
15 the Water and Waste Act of 2016: Provided, That such
16 funds may be made available to the Agency for Toxic Sub-
17 stances and Disease Registry or the Centers for Disease
18 Control and Prevention, at the discretion of the Secretary
19 of Health and Human Services, for carrying out such sec-
20 tions of the Water and Waste Act of 2016.
24 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Envi-
25 ronmental Health’, for carrying out section 2204(a) of the
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1 Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated
3 2018, for childhood lead poisoning prevention programs
4 authorized under section 317A of the Public Health Serv-
5 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–1).
9 ices—Health Resources and Services Administration—
10 Maternal and Child Health’, for carrying out section
11 2204(b) of the Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is
12 appropriated $15,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
13 tember 30, 2018, for the Healthy Start Initiative author-
14 ized under section 330H of the Public Health Service Act
15 (42 U.S.C. 254c–8).
16 ‘‘SEC. 201. (a) Of any available amounts appro-
17 priated under section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114–10,
18 $170,000,000 is rescinded immediately upon enactment of
19 this section.
20 ‘‘(b) In the Senate, the budgetary effects of this sec-
21 tion shall not count for purposes of the amount in section
22 3103(b)(3) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for
23 fiscal year 2016 (S. Con. Res. 11) when determining
24 points of order pursuant to section 3103(b)(1) of that sec-
25 tion of that concurrent resolution.’’.
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Con-
2 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
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1 DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSIST-
2 ANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
3 2017
4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any
5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
6 fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur-
7 poses, namely:
8 TITLE I
9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
10 MILITARY PERSONNEL
11 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
13 Army’’, $196,964,000, of which $94,034,000 is to support
14 counter-terrorism operations and $102,930,000 is to sup-
15 port the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That
16 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
17 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
18 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
22 Navy’’, $10,484,000, of which $7,354,000 is to support
23 counter-terrorism operations and $3,130,000 is to support
24 the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That such
25 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
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1 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
2 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
4 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
6 Marine Corps’’, $5,840,000, to support counter-terrorism
7 operations: Provided, That such amount is designated by
8 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
9 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of
11 of 1985.
12 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
14 Air Force’’, $51,830,000, of which $37,640,000 is to sup-
15 port counter-terrorism operations and $14,190,000 is to
16 support the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided,
17 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
18 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
20 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
24 tenance, Army’’, $3,173,679,000, of which
25 $2,734,952,000 is to support counter-terrorism operations
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1 and $438,727,000 is to support the European Reassur-
2 ance Initiative: Provided, That such amount is designated
3 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/
4 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
5 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
9 tenance, Navy’’, $97,881,000, of which $95,531,000 is to
10 support counter-terrorism operations and $2,350,000 is to
11 support the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided,
16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
18 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $180,546,000, of which
19 $168,446,000 is to support counter-terrorism operations
20 and $12,100,000 is to support the European Reassurance
21 Initiative: Provided, That such amount is designated by
25 of 1985.
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
3 tenance, Air Force’’, $428,046,000, of which
10 of 1985.
11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
13 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $446,283,000, of which
20 of 1985.
21 IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip
23 Fund’’, $289,500,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
24 ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
25 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
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3 of 1985.
4 PROCUREMENT
5 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement,
7 Army’’, $229,100,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
12 of 1985.
13 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement,
15 Army’’, $72,000,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
20 of 1985.
21 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
23 munition, Air Force’’, $201,563,000, to support counter-
24 terrorism operations: Provided, That such amount is des-
25 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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1 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
4 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement,
6 Air Force’’, $83,900,000, to support counter-terrorism op-
7 erations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
11 of 1985.
12 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement,
14 Air Force’’, $137,884,000, to support counter-terrorism
15 operations: Provided, That such amount is designated by
19 of 1985.
20 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
21 EVALUATION
22 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
23 ARMY
24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
25 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $78,700,000, to sup-
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1 port counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That such
6 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
7 DEFENSE-WIDE
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
9 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $3,000,000,
10 to support counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That
15 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
16 JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Joint Improvised Ex-
18 plosive Device Defeat Fund’’, $87,800,000, to support
19 counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That such amount
20 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
21 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
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1 TITLE II
2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN
3 OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
5 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
6 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-

8 sular Programs’’, $1,052,400,000 to remain available
9 until September 30, 2018, of which $927,189,000 is for
10 Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available
11 until expended: Provided, That such funds are for oper-
12 ational and security requirements to support activities to
13 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, other
14 terrorist organizations, and violent extremism in Africa,
15 Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and South and
16 Central Asia, and to counter Russian influence: Provided
17 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
18 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
19 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector

23 General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September
24 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by
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3 of 1985.
4 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security,

6 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $654,411,000, to re-
7 main available until expended, for construction of, and se-
8 curity enhancements for, United States diplomatic facili-
9 ties in Africa, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and
10 South and Central Asia, of which $618,411,000 is for
11 Worldwide Security Upgrades: Provided, That such
16 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
17 DEVELOPMENT
18 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
19 OPERATING EXPENSES
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’,

21 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018,
22 for operational and security requirements to support ac-
23 tivities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Le-
24 vant, other terrorist organizations, and violent extremism
25 in Africa, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and
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1 South and Central Asia: Provided, That such amount is
2 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
3 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
6 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Investment

8 Fund’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended,
9 for the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program: Provided,
14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector

16 General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September
17 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by
21 of 1985.
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1 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
3 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster

5 Assistance’’, $616,100,000, to remain available until ex-
6 pended, for international disaster relief, rehabilitation,
7 and reconstruction assistance, including in Africa, Europe
8 and Eurasia, the Middle East, and South and Central
9 Asia: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
13 of 1985.
14 TRANSITION INITIATIVES
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia-

16 tives’’, $50,234,000, to remain available until expended,
17 for programs to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the
18 Levant, other terrorist organizations, and violent extre-
19 mism, and address the needs of populations impacted by
20 such organizations: Provided, That such amount is des-
21 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
22 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
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1 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support

3 Fund’’, $1,030,555,000, to remain available until Sep-
4 tember 30, 2018, for programs to counter the Islamic
5 State of Iraq and the Levant, other terrorist organiza-
6 tions, and violent extremism, and address the needs of
7 populations impacted by such organizations: Provided,
8 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
9 available for programs that include activities to document,
10 investigate, and prosecute genocide, crimes against hu-
11 manity, war crimes, and other human rights violations in
12 Iraq and Syria, including to build capacity of Syrian and
13 Iraqi investigators; atrocity prevention, transitional jus-
14 tice, reconciliation, and reintegration programs for vulner-
15 able and persecuted minorities and ethnic groups in the
16 Middle East and North Africa; and support for higher
17 education institutions in Iraq: Provided further, That such
18 funds shall also be made available for assistance for major
19 non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies in the Mid-
20 dle East and North Africa, including Jordan and Tunisia:
21 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
25 of 1985.
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1 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for Eu-

3 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, $157,000,000, to remain
4 available until September 30, 2018, for programs to
5 counter Russian influence: Provided, That funds appro-
6 priated under this heading shall be made available for as-
7 sistance for Ukraine, Georgia, and other countries affected
8 by Russian aggression: Provided further, That of the funds
9 appropriated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 may
10 be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated
11 under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—
12 International Broadcasting Operations’’ for programs to
13 counter Russian influence: Provided further, That such
19 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref-

21 ugee Assistance’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until
22 expended, to respond to refugee and migration crises, in-
23 cluding in Africa, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East,
24 and South and Central Asia, except that such funds shall
25 not be made available for the resettlement costs of refu-
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1 gees in the United States: Provided, That such amount
2 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
3 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
6 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE
8 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
9 ENFORCEMENT
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-

11 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $26,300,000, to re-
12 main available until September 30, 2018, for programs in
13 Africa, Europe and Eurasia, and the Middle East: Pro-
14 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
15 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
16 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
18 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
19 RELATED PROGRAMS
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation,

21 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’,
23 2018, for anti-terrorism, demining and related programs
24 and activities in Africa and the Middle East: Provided,
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4 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-

6 ations’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until September
7 30, 2018, for equipment, training, logistics, and related
8 support for peacekeeping, stabilization, and counter-ter-
9 rorism programs in Africa and the Middle East: Provided,
10 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made
11 available for a United States contribution to the Multi-
12 national Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: Pro-
13 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
14 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
15 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
18 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-

20 nancing Program’’, $200,000,000, to remain available
21 until September 30, 2018, for assistance for countries in
22 Africa, Europe and Eurasia, and the Middle East: Pro-
23 vided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall
24 be made available for assistance for Ukraine, Georgia, the
25 Baltic states, Tunisia, and Jordan: Provided further, That
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5 GENERAL PROVISIONS
6 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS
7 SEC. 201. Unless otherwise provided for by this title,

8 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro-
9 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the
10 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria-
11 tions accounts for fiscal year 2017.
12 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT
13 SEC. 202. Funds appropriated by this title shall not

14 be available for obligation unless the Secretary of State
15 or the Administrator of the United States Agency for
16 International Development, as appropriate, has notified
17 the Committees on Appropriations in writing at least 15
18 days in advance of such obligation: Provided, That the re-
19 quirement of this section shall not apply to funds made
20 available by this title under the headings ‘‘Department of
21 State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Office of In-
22 spector General’’, ‘‘United States Agency for International
23 Development—Funds Appropriated to the President—Of-
24 fice of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
25 ance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Inter-
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1 national Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Bilateral Economic
2 Assistance—Department of State—Migration and Ref-
3 ugee Assistance’’.
4 TRANSFER AUTHORITY
5 SEC. 203. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under

6 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, in-
7 cluding for Worldwide Security Protection, and ‘‘Embassy
8 Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be trans-
9 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this
10 title under such headings if the Secretary of State deter-
11 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations
12 that to do so is necessary to implement the recommenda-
13 tions of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, or to
14 prevent or respond to security situations and require-
15 ments.
16 (b) Funds appropriated by this title under the head-
17 ings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration
18 and Refugee Assistance’’ may be transferred to, and
19 merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such
20 headings.
21 (c) Funds appropriated by this title under the head-
22 ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
23 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be transferred to,
24 and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under
25 the heading ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’.
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1 (d) Funds appropriated by this title under the head-
2 ings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
3 ment’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and
4 Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and
5 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be trans-
6 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this
7 title under such headings.
8 (e) The transfer authority provided by this section
9 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular
10 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
11 tions: Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition
12 to any transfer authority otherwise available under any
13 other provision of law.
14 CONSOLIDATED REPORTING REQUIREMENT
15 SEC. 204. Not later than 45 days after enactment

16 of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds made
17 available by this title, the Secretary of State and the Ad-
18 ministrator of the United States Agency for International
19 Development shall submit a consolidated report to the
20 Committees on Appropriations on the anticipated uses of
21 such funds on a country and project basis for which the
22 obligation of funds is anticipated, including estimated per-
23 sonnel and administrative costs: Provided, That such re-
24 port shall be updated and submitted to such Committees
25 every 60 days until September 30, 2018, and every 180
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1 days thereafter until all funds have been expended: Pro-
2 vided further, That funds appropriated by this title under
3 the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and
4 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ may be obligated
5 prior to submission of the report required by this section.
6 LOAN AUTHORITY
7 SEC. 205. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under

8 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and in prior Acts
9 making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
10 eign operations, and related programs under such heading
11 may be made available for the costs, as defined in section
12 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan
13 guarantees for Iraq, which are authorized to be provided:
14 Provided, That amounts made available under this sub-
15 section for the costs of such guarantees shall not be con-
16 sidered assistance for the purposes of provisions of law
17 limiting assistance to a country: Provided further, That the
18 Secretary of State should obtain a commitment from the
19 Government of Iraq that such government will make avail-
20 able the proceeds of such financing to regions and
21 governorates, including the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in
22 a manner consistent with the principles of equitable share
23 of national revenues contained in clause ‘‘Third’’ of Article
24 121 of the Constitution of Iraq: Provided further, That
25 such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with, and
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1 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on
2 Appropriations, except that any such notification shall in-
3 clude a detailed summary of the terms and conditions of
4 such financing and an assessment of the extent to which
5 the proposed financing agreement between the Govern-
6 ments of the United States and Iraq supports the constitu-
7 tional principles of equitable share of national revenues
8 to regions and governorates, including the Kurdistan Re-
9 gion of Iraq.
10 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the au-
11 thority provided by section 1101 of division O of the Con-
12 solidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113)
13 shall continue in effect through fiscal year 2017: Provided,
14 That any notification submitted pursuant to such section
15 shall include a detailed summary of the terms and condi-
16 tions of such loan and an assessment of the extent to
17 which use of the proposed loan proceeds would place spe-
18 cial emphasis on the Kurdish Peshmerga, Sunni tribal se-
19 curity forces, or other local security forces, with a national
20 security mission.
21 (c) Funds made available pursuant to this section
22 and section 7034(o)(1) of the Department of State, For-
23 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
24 Act, 2016 (division K of Public Law 114–113) from prior
25 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State,
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1 foreign operations, and related programs that were pre-
2 viously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
3 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, are designated
6 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/
7 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
8 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act and shall be available only
9 if the President subsequently so designates all such
10 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
11 PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS
12 SEC. 206. Funds appropriated by this title to support

13 counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism pro-
14 grams, including activities to counter the Islamic State of
15 Iraq and the Levant, may be used to enter into contracts
16 with individuals for the provision of personal services (as
17 described in section 37.104 of title 48, Code of Federal
18 Regulations (48 CFR 37.104)) in the United States or
19 abroad: Provided, That such individuals may not be
20 deemed employees of the United States for the purposes
21 of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Man-
22 agement: Provided further, That the authority made avail-
23 able pursuant to this section shall expire on September
24 30, 2018.
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RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 114-70

WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGEN-

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited the ‘‘Further Continuing and

Sec. 1. Short title.

DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

Title I—Department of Defense

6 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference

2 (a) Each amount designated in this Act, or in an

4 MULTIEMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN.—Section

18 The excess determined under clause (i)

13 TIREES.—Individuals referred to in clause

19 FER.—The amount of the transfer other-

11 INDIAN TRIBES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 402(i)(3)

22 budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered

6 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget

9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(a) TRANSFER.—Effec-

24 PART OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Upon the transfer of cus-

21 PRIATIONS.—Upon making any obligation or expend-

2 Amounts in the Fund are available without regard

21 TRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The Mayor of the District of

16 POINTMENT OF PERSONS AS SECRETARY OF

17 DEFENSE WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF RELIEF

18 FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS REGULAR COMMIS-

19 SIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

20 ‘‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the second

2 withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of

14 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-

20 Consideration in the Senate of any veto message

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security,

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’,

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Investment

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia-

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for Eu-

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref-

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation,

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-

7 SEC. 201. Unless otherwise provided for by this title,

13 SEC. 202. Funds appropriated by this title shall not

5 SEC. 203. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under

15 SEC. 204. Not later than 45 days after enactment

7 SEC. 205. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under

12 SEC. 206. Funds appropriated by this title to support

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