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Union Calendar No. 484114TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 5485[Report No. 114624]
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 15, 2016
Mr. CRENSHAW, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol-
lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017,
and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any3
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the4
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur-5
poses, namely:6
TITLE I7
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY8
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES9
SALARIES AND EXPENSES10
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices11
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury12
Building and Freedmans Bank Building; hire of pas-13
senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-14
ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies15
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-16
essary for the performance of official business; executive17
direction program activities; international affairs and eco-18
nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-19
tivities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and20
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activi-21
ties, $250,000,000: Provided, That of the amount appro-22
priated under this heading23
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-24
tion and representation expenses;25
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(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen1
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated2
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of3
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the4
Secretarys certificate; and5
(3) not to exceed $57,000,000 shall remain6
available until September 30, 2018, for7
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement8
Audit and Internal Control Program;9
(B) information technology modernization10
requirements;11
(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-12
tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;13
(D) the development and implementation14
of programs within the Office of Critical Infra-15
structure Protection and Compliance Policy, in-16
cluding entering into cooperative agreements;17
and18
(E) cybersecurity.19
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE20
SALARIES AND EXPENSES21
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism22
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-23
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-24
rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction25
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proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other1
national security threats, $120,000,000:Provided, That of2
the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) not to3
exceed $27,500,000 is available for administrative ex-4
penses; and (2) $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-5
tember 30, 2018.6
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL7
SALARIES AND EXPENSES8
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector9
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector10
General Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of pas-11
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,00012
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-13
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the14
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of15
which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-16
tember 30, 2018, shall be for audits and investigations17
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and18
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-19
vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (3320
U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,00021
shall be available for official reception and representation22
expenses.23
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX1
ADMINISTRATION2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES3
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector4
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-5
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-6
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.7
1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at8
such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General9
for Tax Administration; $169,634,000, of which10
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,11
2018; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available12
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be13
allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec-14
tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to15
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and16
representation expenses.17
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED18
ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM19
SALARIES AND EXPENSES20
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special21
Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the22
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public23
Law 110343), $41,160,000.24
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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK1
SALARIES AND EXPENSES2
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-3
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-4
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and5
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and6
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-7
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-8
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed9
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses;10
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies,11
with or without reimbursement, $116,000,000, of which12
not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until13
September 30, 2019.14
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND15
(RESCISSION)16
Of the unobligated balances available under this17
heading, $753,610,000 are rescinded.18
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE19
SALARIES AND EXPENSES20
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau21
of the Fiscal Service, $353,057,000; of which not to ex-22
ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30,23
2019, is for information systems modernization initiatives;24
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and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception1
and representation expenses.2
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil3
Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reimburse administrative4
and personnel expenses for financial management of the5
Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 1016
380.7
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU8
SALARIES AND EXPENSES9
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 111110
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of11
passenger motor vehicles, $111,439,000; of which not to12
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-13
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and14
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-15
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies16
with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the17
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall18
be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula19
and label applications: Provided further, That of the20
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall21
be for the costs of programs to enforce trade practice vio-22
lations of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (2723
U.S.C. 201 et seq.).24
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UNITED STATES MINT1
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND2
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States3
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through4
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs5
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-6
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-7
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That8
the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-9
curred during fiscal year 2017 under such section 513610
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-11
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed12
$30,000,000.13
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS14
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT15
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and16
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title17
I of Public Law 103325), including services authorized18
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to ex-19
ceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX3,20
$250,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under this21
heading22
(1) not less than $184,000,000, is available23
until September 30, 2018, for financial assistance24
and technical assistance under subparagraphs (A)25
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and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public1
Law 103325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)),2
of which up to $2,882,500 may be used for the cost3
of direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct and4
guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying5
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the6
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,7
That these funds are available to subsidize gross ob-8
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans not9
to exceed $25,000,000;10
(2) not less than $6,000,000, notwithstanding11
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law12
103325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available13
until September 30, 2018, to provide financial as-14
sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach15
to community development financial institutions to16
expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-17
abilities;18
(3) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding19
section 108(e) of Public Law 103325 (12 U.S.C.20
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2018, for21
financial assistance, technical assistance, training22
and outreach programs designed to benefit Native23
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native24
communities and provided primarily through quali-25
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fied community development lender organizations1
with experience and expertise in community develop-2
ment banking and lending in Indian country, Native3
American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza-4
tions, and other suitable providers;5
(4) not less than $19,000,000 is available until6
September 30, 2018, for the Bank Enterprise Award7
Program;8
(5) up to $25,000,000 is for administrative ex-9
penses, including administration of CDFI fund pro-10
grams and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of11
which not less than $2,000,000 is available for ca-12
pacity building to CDFIs to expand investments that13
benefit individuals with disabilities, and up to14
$300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out15
the direct loan program; and16
(6) during fiscal year 2017, none of the funds17
available under this heading are available for the18
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional19
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee20
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle21
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-22
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided,23
That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes24
under such section 114A shall not exceed25
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$250,000,000: Provided further, That such section1
114A shall remain in effect until September 30,2
2017;3
Provided, that of the funds awarded under this heading,4
not less than 10 percent shall be used for awards that5
support investments that serve populations living in per-6
sistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for the7
purposes of the preceding proviso, the term persistent8
poverty counties means any county that has had 20 per-9
cent or more of its population living in poverty over the10
past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decen-11
nial censuses and the most recent Small Area Income and12
Poverty Estimates.13
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE14
TAXPAYER SERVICES15
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-16
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-17
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer18
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 519
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the20
Commissioner, $2,156,554,000, of which not less than21
$6,500,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly22
Program, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be23
available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of24
which not less than $15,000,000 to remain available until25
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September 30, 2018, shall be available for a Community1
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants pro-2
gram for tax return preparation assistance, and of which3
not less than $206,000,000 shall be available for operating4
expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided,5
That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Ad-6
vocate Service, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for iden-7
tity theft casework.8
ENFORCEMENT9
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities10
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect11
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-12
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes13
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-14
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-15
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services16
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be17
determined by the Commissioner, $4,760,000,000, of18
which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available19
until September 30, 2018, and of which not less than20
$60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug21
Enforcement program.22
OPERATIONS SUPPORT23
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-24
ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-25
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grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-1
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other2
IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics3
of income; telecommunications; information technology de-4
velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-5
curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.6
1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service7
Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 58
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the9
Commissioner; $3,502,446,000, of which not to exceed10
$50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,11
2018; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain12
available until expended for acquisition of equipment and13
construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which14
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-15
tember 30, 2019, for research; of which not to exceed16
$20,000 shall be for official reception and representation17
expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the18
end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall19
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of20
the House of Representatives and the Senate and the21
Comptroller General of the United States detailing the22
cost and schedule performance for its major information23
technology investments, including the purpose and life-24
cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost25
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and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and1
strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to miti-2
gate such risks; and the expected developmental mile-3
stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next4
quarter:Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv-5
ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year6
2018, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor-7
mation for its major information technology systems.8
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION9
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-10
ices business systems modernization program,11
$290,000,000, to remain available until September 30,12
2019, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-13
nology systems, including management and related con-14
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-15
nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-16
sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:17
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of18
each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit19
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the20
House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-21
troller General of the United States detailing the cost and22
schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File23
information technology investments, including the pur-24
poses and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons25
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for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such in-1
vestments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service2
is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected develop-3
mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred4
in the next quarter.5
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONSINTERNAL REVENUE6
SERVICE7
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)8
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-9
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue10
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue11
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the12
Committees on Appropriations.13
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-14
tain an employee training program, which shall include the15
following topics: taxpayers rights, dealing courteously16
with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-17
partial application of tax law.18
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-19
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-20
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-21
tect taxpayers against identity theft.22
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other23
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for24
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-25
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cient and effective 1800 help line service for taxpayers.1
The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements2
to the Internal Revenue Service 1800 help line service3
a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the4
response time to taxpayer communications, particularly5
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.6
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the7
Internal Revenue Service by this or any other Act may8
be used to make a video unless the Service-Wide Video9
Editorial Board determines in advance that making the10
video is appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic,11
tone, and purpose of the video.12
SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue13
a notice of confirmation of any address change relating14
to an employer making employment tax payments, and15
such notice shall be sent to both the employers former16
and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal17
Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an18
offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-19
tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer.20
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under21
this or any other Act may be used by the Internal Revenue22
Service to target citizens of the United States for exer-23
cising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment24
to the Constitution of the United States.25
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SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this1
or any other Act may be used by the Internal Revenue2
Service to target groups for regulatory scrutiny based on3
their ideological beliefs.4
SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this or5
any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be6
obligated or expended on conferences that do not adhere7
to the procedures, verification processes, documentation8
requirements, and policies issued by the Chief Financial9
Officer, Human Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared10
Services as a result of the recommendations in the report11
published on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector12
General for Tax Administration entitled Review of the13
August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Divisions14
Conference in Anaheim, California (Reference Number15
201310037).16
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this17
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries or ex-18
penses of any individual to carry out any transfer of funds19
to the Internal Revenue Service under the Patient Protec-20
tion and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111148) or21
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 201022
(Public Law 111152).23
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this24
or any other Act may be used by the Internal Revenue25
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use by such person to satisfy a filing or reporting require-1
ment under such Code.2
SEC. 115. In addition to the amounts otherwise made3
available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service,4
$290,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2018,5
shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the Tax-6
payer Services, Enforcement, or Operations Support7
accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional8
amount to be used solely for measurable improvements in9
the customer service representative level of service rate,10
to improve the identification and prevention of refund11
fraud and identity theft, and to enhance cybersecurity to12
safeguard taxpayer data: Provided, That such funds shall13
supplement, not supplant any other amounts made avail-14
able by the Internal Revenue Service for such purpose:15
Provided further, That such funds shall not be available16
until the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Ap-17
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-18
ate a spending plan for such funds:Provided further, That19
such funds shall not be used to support any provision of20
Public Law 111148, Public Law 111152, or any amend-21
ment made by either such Public Law.22
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONSDEPARTMENT OF THE1
TREASURY2
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)3
SEC. 116. Appropriations to the Department of the4
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-5
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),6
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of7
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign8
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the9
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased10
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into11
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing12
of health and medical services to employees and their de-13
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-14
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.15
SEC. 117. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-16
tions in this title made available under the headings De-17
partmental OfficesSalaries and Expenses, Office of18
Inspector General, Special Inspector General for the19
Troubled Asset Relief Program, Financial Crimes En-20
forcement Network, Bureau of the Fiscal Service,21
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund22
Program Account, and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and23
Trade Bureau may be transferred between such appro-24
priations upon the advance approval of the Committees25
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the1
Senate:Provided, That no transfer under this section may2
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than3
2 percent.4
SEC. 118. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-5
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue6
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-7
eral for Tax Administrations appropriation upon the ad-8
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of9
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided,10
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-11
priation by more than 2 percent.12
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated in this Act13
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury14
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used15
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.16
SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-17
fer funds from the Bureau of the Fiscal ServiceSala-18
ries and Expenses to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-19
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That20
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-21
penses account from debt collections received in the Debt22
Collection Fund.23
SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or other-24
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used25
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by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-1
seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on2
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the3
Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and4
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban5
Affairs.6
SEC. 122. None of the funds appropriated or other-7
wise made available by this or any other Act or source8
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-9
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually10
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-11
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the12
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the13
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-14
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the15
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-16
atives and the Senate.17
SEC. 123. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made18
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-19
partment of the Treasurys intelligence or intelligence re-20
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by21
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National22
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year23
2017 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization24
Act for Fiscal Year 2017.25
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SEC. 124. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-1
able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printings Indus-2
trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and3
representation expenses.4
SEC. 125. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit5
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-6
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives7
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-8
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That9
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-10
ment spending from all accounts within the Department11
of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-12
ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-13
count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-14
ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such15
Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-16
ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment17
project that has not been fully completed.18
SEC. 126. Within 45 days after the date of enactment19
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit20
an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations21
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the22
amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-23
chise Fund including the amount charged for each service24
provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed25
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Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their1
activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the2
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee3
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and4
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban5
Affairs.6
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall7
include8
(1) the obligations made during the previous9
quarter by object class, office, and activity;10
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder11
of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;12
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within13
each office during the previous quarter;14
(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-15
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-16
cal year; and17
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-18
tives, and performance measures of each office.19
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified20
in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the21
Office of Financial Research shall make officials available22
to testify on the contents of the reports required under23
subsection (a).24
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SEC. 129. During fiscal year 2017, the Office of Fi-1
nancial Research shall provide for a public notice period2
of not less than 90 days before issuing any proposed re-3
port, rule, or regulation.4
SEC. 130. (a) Section 155 of Public Law 1112035
is amended as follows:6
(1) In subsection (b)7
(A) in paragraph (1)8
(i) by striking immediately; and9
(ii) by inserting as provided for in10
appropriation Acts after to the Office;11
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and12
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as13
paragraph (2).14
(2) In subsection (d), by striking the heading15
and inserting ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE..16
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall17
take effect on October 1, 2017.18
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-19
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-20
pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula-21
tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De-22
partment of the Treasury Guidance for United States Po-23
sitions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on24
Coal-Fired Power Generation dated October 29, 2013,25
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when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or1
guideline would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting,2
the carrying out of any coal-fired or other power-genera-3
tion project the purpose of which is to increase exports4
of goods and services from the United States or prevent5
the loss of jobs from the United States.6
SEC. 132. None of the funds made available in this7
Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize,8
or otherwise allow, whether by general or specific license,9
travel-related or other transactions incident to non-aca-10
demic educational exchanges described in section11
515.565(b)(2) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.12
SEC. 133. (a) None of the funds made available by13
this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author-14
ize, or otherwise allow the use, purchase, trafficking, or15
import of property confiscated by the Cuban Government.16
(b) In this section, the terms confiscated, Cuban17
Government, property, and traffic have the mean-18
ings given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and19
(13), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and20
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (2221
U.S.C. 6023).22
SEC. 134. (a) None of the funds made available by23
this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author-24
ize, or otherwise allow any financial transaction with an25
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entity owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by the1
Cuban military or intelligence service or with any officer2
of the Cuban military or intelligence service, or an imme-3
diate family member thereof.4
(b) The limitation on the use of funds under this sec-5
tion does not apply to financial transactions with respect6
to exports of goods permitted under the Trade Sanctions7
Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.8
7201 et seq.) or to payments in furtherance of the lease9
agreement or other financial transactions necessary for10
maintenance and improvements of the United States11
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including any ad-12
jacent areas under the control or possession of the United13
States.14
(c) In this section15
(1) the term Cuban military includes the16
Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the17
Ministry of the Interior, and their subsidiaries; and18
(2) the term immediate family member19
means a spouse, sibling, child (adopted or other-20
wise), parent, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle,21
niece, or nephew.22
SEC. 135. (a) None of the funds made available in23
this Act may be used to authorize a general license or ap-24
prove a specific license under section 501.801 or 515.52725
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(3) such determination is effective with respect1
to the church, integrated auxiliary of a church, or2
convention or association of churches not earlier3
than 90 days after the date of the notification under4
paragraph (2).5
Consent under paragraph (1) may not be delegated.6
This title may be cited as the Department of the7
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2017.8
TITLE II9
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND10
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT11
THEWHITE HOUSE12
SALARIES AND EXPENSES13
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-14
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for15
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;16
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which17
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that18
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not19
to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as20
provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for21
official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-22
able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-23
dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy24
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Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.1
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.2
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THEWHITE HOUSE3
OPERATING EXPENSES4
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence5
at the White House, $12,723,000, to be expended and ac-6
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and7
112114.8
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES9
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-10
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-11
essary:Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses12
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance13
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,14
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such15
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the16
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-17
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-18
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence19
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-20
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-21
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments22
shall be credited to this account and remain available until23
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence24
shall require the national committee of the political party25
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of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be1
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-2
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such3
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That4
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice5
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense6
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing7
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-8
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days9
after the submission of such notice:Provided further, That10
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess11
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is12
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with13
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-14
standing debt on a United States Government claim under15
31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount16
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and17
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-18
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-19
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-20
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of21
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth22
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-23
idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total24
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that25
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consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the1
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political2
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been3
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,4
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for5
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events6
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard7
for the classification of any such expense as political or8
nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this9
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-10
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-11
chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States12
Code.13
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION14
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the15
Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 316
U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to remain available until ex-17
pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and18
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.19
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS20
SALARIES AND EXPENSES21
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic22
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-23
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,200,000.24
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND1
SECURITY COUNCIL2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES3
For necessary expenses of the National Security4
Council and the Homeland Security Council, including5
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,896,000.6
OFFICE OFADMINISTRATION7
SALARIES AND EXPENSES8
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-9
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 310910
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,11
$96,116,000, of which not to exceed $12,760,000 shall re-12
main available until expended for continued modernization13
of information resources within the Executive Office of the14
President.15
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT16
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)17
For expenses of the Office of Administration to carry18
out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 and similar19
expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated20
by law, $7,582,000: Provided, That such funds may be21
transferred to other accounts that provide funding for of-22
fices within the Executive Office of the President and the23
Office of the Vice President in this Act or any other Act,24
to carry out such purposes.25
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET1
SALARIES AND EXPENSES2
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management3
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles4
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out5
the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States6
Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United7
States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of8
title 31, United States Code, $91,000,000, of which not9
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-10
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-11
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and12
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-13
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations14
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-15
ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,16
That none of the funds made available for the Office of17
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for18
the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-19
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of20
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-21
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further,22
That of the funds made available for the Office of Man-23
agement and Budget by this Act, no less than three full-24
time equivalent senior staff positions shall be dedicated25
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY1
SALARIES AND EXPENSES2
For necessary expenses of the Office of National3
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to4
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-5
tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109469); not to exceed6
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses;7
and for participation in joint projects or in the provision8
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit,9
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-10
out reimbursement, $19,274,000: Provided, That the Of-11
fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize12
gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without13
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili-14
tating the work of the Office.15
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS16
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM17
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)18
For necessary expenses of the Office of National19
Drug Control Policys High Intensity Drug Trafficking20
Areas Program, $253,000,000, to remain available until21
September 30, 2018, for drug control activities consistent22
with the approved strategy for each of the designated23
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs), of24
which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to25
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State and local entities for drug control activities and shall1
be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of2
this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-3
ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts4
determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug5
Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used6
for auditing services and associated activities: Provided7
further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public8
Law 10658, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis-9
cal year 2015 may be used for any other approved activi-10
ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require-11
ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as12
of September 30, 2016, shall be funded at not less than13
the fiscal year 2016 base level, unless the Director submits14
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-15
resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to16
those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub-17
lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance18
measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di-19
rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of20
the initial allocation of fiscal year 2017 funding among21
HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this22
Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of23
discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta-24
tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days25
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after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon1
a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred2
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes3
provided herein and upon notification to the Committees4
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the5
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-6
propriation.7
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS8
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)9
For other drug control activities authorized by the10
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization11
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109469), $111,871,000, to re-12
main available until expended, which shall be available as13
follows: $97,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Pro-14
gram, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as di-15
rected by section 4 of Public Law 10782, as amended16
by Public Law 109469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note);17
$2,000,000 for drug court training and technical assist-18
ance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,121,000 for19
the United States membership dues to the World Anti-20
Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available21
as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109469: Pro-22
vided, That amounts made available under this heading23
may be transferred to other Federal departments and24
agencies to carry out such activities.25
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM1
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)2
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-3
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information4
technology in the Federal Government, $25,000,000, to5
remain available until expended:Provided, That the Direc-6
tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer7
these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out8
projects to meet these purposes.9
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT10
SALARIES AND EXPENSES11
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President12
to provide assistance to the President in connection with13
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 514
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-15
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-16
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and17
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,228,000.18
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THEVICE PRESIDENT19
OPERATING EXPENSES20
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)21
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,22
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and23
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-24
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger25
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motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 31
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $299,000: Provided, That advances, re-2
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be3
made to any department or agency for expenses of car-4
rying out such activities.5
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONSEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF6
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO7
THE PRESIDENT8
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)9
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act10
under the headings The White House, Executive Resi-11
dence at the White House, White House Repair and12
Restoration, Council of Economic Advisers, National13
Security Council and Homeland Security Council, Of-14
fice of Administration, Special Assistance to the Presi-15
dent, and Official Residence of the Vice President, the16
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or17
such other officer as the President may designate in writ-18
ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on19
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the20
Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-21
propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged22
with and available for the same time and for the same23
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-24
vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be25
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increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-1
vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from2
Special Assistance to the President or Official Resi-3
dence of the Vice President without the approval of the4
Vice President.5
SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment6
of this section, the Director of the Office of Management7
and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on8
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the9
Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall10
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law11
111203). Such report shall include12
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary13
obligations of funds through fiscal year 2019, by14
Federal agency and by fiscal year, including15
(A) the estimated obligations by cost in-16
puts such as rent, information technology, con-17
tracts, and personnel;18
(B) the methodology and data sources used19
to calculate such estimated obligations; and20
(C) the specific section of such Act that re-21
quires the obligation of funds; and22
(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year23
2019 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by24
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the Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal1
year, including2
(A) the methodology and data sources used3
to calculate such estimated collections; and4
(B) the specific section of such Act that5
authorizes the collection of funds.6
SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2017, any Executive7
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by8
the President shall be accompanied by a written statement9
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-10
et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and11
revenues, of such order or memorandum.12
(b) Any such statement shall include13
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-14
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal15
Government;16
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary17
obligations and outlays as the result of such order18
or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each19
year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal20
year 2017; and21
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-22
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum23
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year24
2017.25
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(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-1
randum is issued during fiscal year 2017 due to a national2
emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and3
Budget may issue the statement required by subsection4
(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order5
or memorandum is issued.6
SEC. 204. None of the funds made available in this7
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any8
officer or employee of the Executive Office of the Presi-9
dent to prepare, sign, or approve statements abrogating10
legislation passed by the House of Representatives and the11
Senate and signed by the President.12
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available by this13
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any14
officer or employee of the Executive Office of the Presi-15
dent to prepare or implement an Executive order or Presi-16
dential memorandum that contravenes existing law.17
This title may be cited as the Executive Office of18
the President Appropriations Act, 2017.19
TITLE III20
THE JUDICIARY21
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES22
SALARIES AND EXPENSES23
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-24
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the25
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courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-1
tices and judges retired from office or from regular active2
service.3
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court4
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under5
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-6
lic Law 99660), not to exceed $6,260,000, to be appro-7
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust8
Fund.9
DEFENDER SERVICES10
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations;11
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-12
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C.13
3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-14
bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative,15
expert, and other services for such representations as au-16
thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the17
maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement18
of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in19
criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-20
tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of21
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil22
actions for the protection of their employment, as author-23
ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-24
bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 1825
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Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress1
control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security2
patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided3
by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi-4
ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve-5
ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100702),6
$565,388,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall7
remain available until expended, to be expended directly8
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service,9
which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial10
Facility Security Program consistent with standards or11
guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative12
Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-13
eral.14
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES15
COURTS16
SALARIES AND EXPENSES17
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office18
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-19
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-20
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),21
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-22
where, $87,500,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-23
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.24
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fender Services and Courts of Appeals, District Courts,1
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-2
sioners, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by3
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant4
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of5
funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall6
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in7
compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.8
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of9
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts10
of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services11
shall be available for official reception and representation12
expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:13
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed14
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the15
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the16
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.17
SEC. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States18
Code, shall be applied by substituting Federal for exec-19
utive each place it appears.20
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561569,21
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the22
United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such23
courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation24
with the Director of the Administrative Office of the25
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(1) in the first sentence by striking 14 years1
and inserting 15 years;2
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen-3
tral District of California), by striking 13 years4
and 6 months and inserting 14 years and 65
months; and6
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the west-7
ern district of North Carolina), by striking 128
years and inserting 13 years.9
SEC. 307. (a) Section 1871(b) of title 28, United10
States Code, is amended in paragraph (1) by striking11
$40 and inserting $50.12
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendment made13
in subsection (a) shall take effect 45 days after the date14
of enactment of this Act.15
SEC. 308. (a) Section 2(a)(2)(A) of the Temporary16
Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C.17
152 note; Public Law 112-121) is amended by striking18
subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) and inserting19
subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H).20
(b) Section 2(a)(2) of the Temporary Bankruptcy21
Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note;22
Public Law 112-121) is amended by adding at the end23
the following:24
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(F) EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.1
The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy2
judge for the eastern district of Michigan3
(i) occurring 6 years or more after4
the date of the enactment of this Act, and5
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-6
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-7
ruptcy judge,8
shall not be filled.9
(G) DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.The 1st10
vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for11
the district of Puerto Rico12
(i) occurring 6 years or more after13
the date of the enactment of this Act, and14
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-15
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-16
ruptcy judge,17
shall not be filled.18
(H) EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.19
The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy20
judge for the eastern district of Virginia21
(i) occurring 6 years or more after22
the date of the enactment of this Act, and23
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TITLE IV1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA2
FEDERAL FUNDS3
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT4
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,5
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide6
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of7
Columbia resident tuition support, $20,000,000, to remain8
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-9
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-10
half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an11
amount based upon the difference between in-State and12
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-13
cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private14
institutions of higher education:Provided further, That the15
awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis16
of a residents academic merit, the income and need of17
eligible students and such other factors as may be author-18
ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-19
ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-20
dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the21
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act22
and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-23
ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in24
this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account25
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shall be under the control of the District of Columbia1
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely2
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-3
port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the4
Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial5
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House6
of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-7
ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-8
pose therefor.9
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND10
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA11
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-12
termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-13
ten consultation with the elected county or city officials14
of surrounding jurisdictions, $40,000,000, to remain15
available until expended, for the costs of providing public16
safety at events related to the presence of the National17
Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-18
quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-19
ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction20
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs21
of providing support to respond to immediate and specific22
terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or23
surrounding jurisdictions.24
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA1
COURTS2
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-3
bia Courts, $274,541,000 to be allocated as follows: for4
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,303,000,5
of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and6
representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the7
District of Columbia, $124,800,000, of which not to ex-8
ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-9
penses; for the District of Columbia Court System,10
$74,783,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official11
reception and representation expenses; and $60,655,000,12
to remain available until September 30, 2018, for capital13
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-14
ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-15
provements shall be expended consistent with the District16
of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi-17
tion assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding18
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading19
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-20
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same21
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses22
of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days23
after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-24
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-25
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ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not1
more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided under this2
heading among the items and entities funded under this3
heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on4
Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may,5
by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to6
the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of7
title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District8
of Columbia Courts.9
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN THE10
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS11
For payments authorized under section 112604 and12
section 112605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-13
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal14
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-15
ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the16
District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.17
Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to18
provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-19
nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary20
to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation,21
payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings22
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-23
ments authorized under section 212060, D.C. Official24
Code (relating to services provided under the District of25
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of which $182,564,000 shall be for necessary expenses of1
Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to2
include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub-3
ject to protection orders or the provision of services for4
or related to such persons; and of which $63,822,000 shall5
be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided,6
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all7
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly8
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated9
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated10
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-11
vided further, That amounts under this heading may be12
used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-13
cessfully complete their terms of supervision.14
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA15
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE16
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and17
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public18
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital19
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of20
1997, $41,359,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any21
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading22
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-23
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same24
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dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-1
vious school year:Provided further, That within funds pro-2
vided for opportunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for3
the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through4
3007(d) and 3009 of the Act.5
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA6
NATIONAL GUARD7
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia8
National Guard, $450,000, to remain available until ex-9
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-10
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College11
Access Program.12
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF13
HIV/AIDS14
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia15
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-16
dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-17
quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-18
lumbia, $5,000,000.19
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS20
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-21
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund22
of the District of Columbia (General Fund) for pro-23
grams and activities set forth under the heading Part24
A--Summary of Expenses and at the rate set forth under25
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tions and funds made available to the District during fis-1
cal year 2017, except that the Chief Financial Officer may2
not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived3
from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital4
projects: Provided further, That the Fiscal Year 20175
Local Budget Act is repealed.6
This title may be cited as the District of Columbia7
Appropriations Act, 2017.8
TITLE V9
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES10
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES11
SALARIES AND EXPENSES12
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-13
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 59114
et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September15
30, 2018, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-16
ception and representation expenses.17
BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION18
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS19
SEC. 501. Section 1017(a)(2)(C) of Public Law 11120
203 is repealed.21
SEC. 502. Effective October 1, 2017, notwithstanding22
section 1017 of Public Law 11120323
(1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-24
serve System shall not transfer amounts specified25
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under such section to the Bureau of Consumer Fi-1
nancial Protection; and2
(2) there are authorized to be appropriated to3
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection such4
sums as may be necessary to carry out the authori-5
ties of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial6
law.7
SEC. 503. (a) During fiscal year 2017, on the date8
on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-9
cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111203, the10
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the11
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-12
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-13
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee14
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate15
of such request.16
(b)(1) Any such notification shall include the amount17
of the funds requested, an explanation of how the funds18
will be obligated by object class and activity, and why the19
funds are necessary to protect consumers.20
(2) Any notification required by this section shall be21
made available on the Bureaus public Web site.22
SEC. 504. (a) Not later than 2 weeks after the end23
of each quarter of each fiscal year, the Bureau of Con-24
sumer Financial Protection shall submit a report on its25
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activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the1
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee2
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives,3
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-4
fairs of the Senate.5
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall6
include7
(1) the obligations made during the previous8
quarter by object class, office, and activity;9
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder10
of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;11
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within12
each office during the previous quarter;13
(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-14
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-15
cal year; and16
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-17
tives, and performance measures of each office.18
(c) At the request of any committee specified in sub-19
section (a), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection20
shall make Bureau officials available to testify on the con-21
tents of the reports required under subsection (a).22
SEC. 505. (a) IN GENERAL.Section 1011 of the23
Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C.24
5491) is amended25
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(1) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d);1
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-2
section (c); and3
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-4
lowing:5
(b) MANAGEMENT OF THE BUREAU.6
(1) IN GENERAL.The management of the7
Bureau shall be vested in a Board of Directors con-8
sisting of 5 members, who shall be appointed by the9
President, by and with the advice and consent of the10
Senate, from among individuals who11
(A) are citizens of the United States; and12
(B) have developed strong competency13
and understanding of, and have experience14
working with, financial products and services.15
(2) TERMS.16
(A) IN GENERAL.Except as provided in17
subparagraph (B), each member of the Board,18
including the Chairperson, shall serve for a19
term of 5 years.20
(B) STAGGERED TERMS.The members21
of the Board shall serve staggered terms, which22
shall initially be for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 523
years, respectively, and such members shall be24
appointed such that, after the appointments of25
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term may be reappointed to a full 5-year term1
and a future member appointed to fill an unex-2
pired term may be reappointed for a full 5-year3
term.4
(3) AFFILIATION.Not more than 3 members5
of the Board shall be members of any 1 political6
party.7
(4) CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD.8
(A) APPOINTMENT.The President shall9
appoint 1 of the 5 members of the Board to10
serve as Chairperson of the Board.11
(B) AUTHORITY.The Chairperson shall12
be the principal executive officer of the Bureau,13
and shall exercise all of the executive and ad-14
ministrative functions of the Bureau, including15
with respect to16
(i) the supervision of personnel em-17
ployed by the Bureau (other than per-18
sonnel employed regularly and full time in19
the immediate offices of members of the20
Board other than the Chairperson);21
(ii) the distribution of business22
among personnel appointed and supervised23
by the Chairperson and among administra-24
tive units of the Bureau; and25
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(iii) the use and expenditure of1
funds.2
(C) LIMITATION.In carrying out any of3
the functions of the Chairperson under this4
paragraph, the Chairperson shall be governed5
by general policies of the Bureau and by such6
regulatory decisions, findings, and determina-7
tions as the Bureau may by law be authorized8
to make.9
(D) REQUESTS OR ESTIMATES RELATED10
TO APPROPRIATIONS.Any request or estimate11
for regular, supplemental, or deficiency appro-12
priations on behalf of the Bureau, including any13
request for a transfer of funds under section14
1017(a), may not be submitted by the Chair-15
person without the prior approval of the Board.16
(E) VACANCY.The President may des-17
ignate a member of the Board to serve as Act-18
ing Chairperson in the event of a vacancy in the19
office of the Chairperson.20
(5) COMPENSATION.21
(A) CHAIRPERSON.The Chairperson22
sh