Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017

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APRIL l, 2017
RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-l
TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE
AMENDMENT NUMBERED 1 TO H.R. 244, THE
HONORING INVESTMENTS IN RECRUITING
AND EMPLOYING AMERICAN VETERANS ACT
OF 2017
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In lieu of the matter proposed to be stricken by Sen-
ate amendment numbered 1, insert the following:
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appro-
3 priations Act, 2017’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.
Sec. 7. Technical allowance for estimating differences.
Sec. 8. Correction.
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Agricultural Programs
Title II—Conservation Programs
Title III—Rural Development Programs
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
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Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII—General Provisions
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of Commerce
Title II—Department of Justice
Title III—Science
Title IV—Related Agencies
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2017
Title I—Military Personnel
Title II—Operation and Maintenance
Title III—Procurement
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs
Title VII—Related Agencies
Title VIII—General Provisions
Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
Title X—Department of Defense—Additional Appropriations
DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil
Title II—Department of the Interior
Title III—Department of Energy
Title IV—Independent Agencies
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of the Treasury
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the
President
Title III—The Judiciary
Title IV—District of Columbia
Title V—Independent Agencies
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide
Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia
Title IX—SOAR Reauthorization
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight
Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services
Title V—General Provisions
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Title VI—Department of Homeland Security—Additional Appropriations
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of the Interior
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency
Title III—Related Agencies
Title IV—General Provisions
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of Labor
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services
Title III—Department of Education
Title IV—Related Agencies
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Legislative Branch
Title II—General Provisions
DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of State and Related Agency
Title II—United States Agency for International Development
Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title IV—International Security Assistance
Title V—Multilateral Assistance
Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance
Title VII—General Provisions
Title VIII—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Department of Transportation
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III—Related Agencies
Title IV—General Provisions—This Act
DIVISION L—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS
AFFAIRS—ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Title I—Overseas Contingency Operations
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III—General Provision—This Division
DIVISION M—OTHER MATTERS
Title I—Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2017
Title II—Puerto Rico Section 1108(g) Amendment of 2017
Title III—General Provision
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DIVISION N—HONORING INVESTMENTS IN RECRUITING AND
EMPLOYING AMERICAN MILITARY VETERANS ACT OF 2017
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference
3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall
4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
5 sion.
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SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
7 The explanatory statement regarding this Act, print-
8 ed in the House section of the Congressional Record on
9 or about May 2, 2017, and submitted by the Chairman
10 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall
11 have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds
12 and implementation of divisions A through L of this Act
13 as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee
14 of conference.
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SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
16 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out
17 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
18 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017.
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SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
20 (a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con-
21 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or re-
24 scinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently
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1 so designates all such amounts and transmits such des-
2 ignations to the Congress.
3 (b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con-
4 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
5 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
7 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the
8 President subsequently so designates all such amounts
9 and transmits such designations to the Congress.
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SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATING DIF-
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FERENCES.
12 If, for fiscal year 2017, new budget authority pro-
13 vided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary
14 spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c)
15 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
16 Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Con-
17 gressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-
18 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year
19 2017 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-
20 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the
21 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent
22 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits
23 for all categories for that fiscal year.
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SEC. 8. CORRECTION.
2 The Further Continuing and Security Assistance Ap-
3 propriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254) is amended
4 by changing the long title so as to read: ‘‘Making further
5 continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sep-
6 tember 30, 2017, and for other purposes.’’.
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1 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
2 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
3 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
5 TITLE I
6 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
7 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
11 $44,555,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be
12 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not
13 to exceed $502,000 shall be available for the Office of
14 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be avail-
15 able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
16 Coordination; not to exceed $1,209,000 shall be available
17 for the Office of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed
18 $24,928,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
19 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $24,124,000
20 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro-
21 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv-
22 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis-
23 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
24 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided
25 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of
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1 the Department; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be avail-
2 able for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
3 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this
4 Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af-
5 fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to
6 exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Com-
7 munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture
8 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office
9 of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the
10 Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro-
11 priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by
12 more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed
13 $11,000 of the amount made available under this para-
14 graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be
15 available for official reception and representation ex-
16 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
17 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail-
18 able under this heading for Departmental Administration
19 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this
20 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings
21 as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That
22 funds made available under this heading for the Office of
23 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may
24 be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri-
25 culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the
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1 agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
2 able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Sec-
3 retary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after
4 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless
5 the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropria-
6 tions of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these
7 funds by USDA agency.
8 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
9 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST
10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
11 Economist, $18,917,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for
12 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under
13 7 U.S.C. 3155; and of which $2,000,000, to remain avail-
14 able until September 30, 2018, shall be available for policy
15 research and related activities in support of the forth-
16 coming Farm Bill.
17 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and
19 Appeals, $13,399,000.
20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
22 Program Analysis, $9,525,000.
23 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
25 formation Officer, $49,538,000, of which not less than
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1 $33,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De-
2 partment.
3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
5 nancial Officer, $8,028,000.
6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL
7 RIGHTS
8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
9 Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000.
10 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
12 $24,206,000.
13 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
16 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
17 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
18 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
19 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities
20 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
21 alterations and other actions needed for the Department
22 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
23 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of
24 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
25 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
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