Bill > HR5016

Introduced Session

- Sets forth permissions for and restrictions upon the use of funds under this Act. (Sec. 606) Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act by an entity unless it agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 607) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act by any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 610) Prohibits the Executive Office of the President from using funds provided in this Act to request either a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background investigation or an IRS determination with respect to tax exempt status under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Includes exceptions if an individual requests a background investigation or if the request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security. (Sec. 611) Makes certain cost accounting standards inapplicable to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program contract. (Sec. 612) Authorizes OPM to accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses) funds made available pursuant to court approval for resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program. (Sec. 613) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions unless the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. (Sec. 615) Makes the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act inapplicable to the acquisition by the federal government of commercial information technology. (Sec. 616) Prohibits an officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this Act from accepting travel payments or reimbursements from a person or entity regulated by the agency or commission unless the person or entity is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization. (Sec. 617) Permits the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the SEC to use funds for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues. (Sec. 618) Requires the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the FCC, the FTC, GSA, the NARA, the SEC, and SBA to provide congressional appropriations committees a quarterly accounting of any unobligated funds. (Sec. 619) Requires an executive agency covered by this Act to consult with GSA before seeking new office space or making alterations to existing office space. Authorizes any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease to do so during any period for which the President requires emergency leasing authority. (Sec. 620) Prohibits the use of FTC funds to complete the draft report entitled "Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts" unless the Working Group complies with Executive Order 13563 ("Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review"). (Sec. 621) Bars the use of funds to pay the salaries and expenses for the following positions, including substantially similar ones: (1) Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy, and (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs. (Sec. 622) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability. Includes exception if the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government. (Sec. 623) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction. Includes an exception if the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government. (Sec. 624) Appropriates amounts required under current law for: compensation of the President; payments to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund; payment of government contributions for health benefits of federal retired employees, and life insurance benefits for such employees; and payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. (Sec. 625) Prohibits obligation of funds in FY2015 from the Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by Dodd-Frank. (Sec. 626) Prohibits the SEC from using funds provided in this Act to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to trade associations. (Sec. 627) Extends the Multinational Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010. Requires the USPS to continue printing the stamp through 2017 and offer additional stamps depicting endangered species. (Sec. 628) Requires the CPSC, the FCC, the FTC, and the SEC to report to the congressional appropriations committees on: increasing public participation in the rulemaking process and reducing uncertainty; improving coordination with other federal agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and overlapping regulations; and identifying existing regulations that have been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, ineffective, or excessively burdensome. (Sec. 629) Prohibits funds provided in this Act from being used for contracts to train any employees of an executive agency to learn how to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. (Sec. 630) Prohibits the IRS from using funds to destroy, deface, or dispose of records in contravention of the Federal Records Act (FRA). Requires the Archivist of the United States to report on IRS compliance with the FRA. (Sec. 631) Prohibits funds from being used to require a provider of electronic communications service or remote computing services to disclose certain wire or electronic communications by any other means other than those authorized by specific statutory provisions requiring procedures such as a warrant. (Sec. 632) Amends a provision in Dodd-Frank that prohibited federal assistance for entities engaged in certain swap dealing activities (a type of derivative involving the exchange of one asset or liability for a similar asset or liability). Title VII: General Provisions Government-Wide - Sets forth requirements for the use of appropriations by designated departments, agencies, and corporations. (Sec. 701) Prohibits the use of appropriations by any federal department, agency, or instrumentality unless it administers a policy designed to ensure that all workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances. (Sec. 702) Establishes price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by the federal government. Includes exemptions for electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. (Sec. 704) Prohibits the employment of noncitizens with certain exceptions. (Sec. 706) Authorizes agencies to finance the costs of recycling and waste prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of materials recovered through those programs. (Sec. 708) Prohibits interagency financing of boards, commission, councils, committees, or similar groups absent prior statutory approval. (Sec. 709) Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution. (Sec. 711) Permits interagency funding of national security and emergency telecommunications initiatives. (Sec. 712) Requires agencies to certify that certain appointments were not created solely or primarily to detail an individual to the White House. (Sec. 713) Bars payment of any employee who prohibits, threatens, or prevents another employee from communicating with Congress. (Sec. 714) Prohibits funds from being used for certain types of federal training that is not directly related to the performance of official duties, contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or stress, does not require prior employee notification of the content and written end of course evaluation, contains religious content, or is offensive to or designed to change participants' personal values or lifestyle. (Sec. 715) Prohibits an agency of the executive branch from using funds for publicity or propaganda purposes or for the preparation or distribution of materials designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. (Sec. 716) Prohibits an agency from providing a federal employee's home address to any labor organization absent employee authorization or a court order. (Sec. 717) Prohibits funds from being used to provide any non-public information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mailing lists to any organization outside the federal government without approval of the appropriations committees. (Sec. 718) Prohibits funds from being used for propaganda and publicity purposes not authorized by Congress. (Sec. 720) Allows the use of funds to finance an appropriate share of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. (Sec. 722) Permits breastfeeding at any location in a federal building or on federal property if the woman and child are authorized to be present at the location. (Sec. 723) Permits interagency funding of the National Science and Technology Council and requires OMB to provide a report describing the budget and resources connected with the council. (Sec. 725) Prohibits the use of funds by federal agencies to collect, review, create or contract for any aggregation of data by any means of any personally identifiable information relating to an individual's access to or use of any federal government or nongovernmental Internet site. Includes exceptions for data that does not identify particular persons; a voluntary submission of personally identifiable information; law enforcement, regulatory, or supervisory purposes; and system security actions taken by the operator of the site. (Sec. 726) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into or renew a contract for a federal employee health plan which includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage. Exempts specified religious plans from such prohibition. Prohibits a federal employee health plan, however, from discriminating against an individual on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be contrary to his or her religious beliefs or moral convictions. (Sec. 728) Allows the use of funds appropriated for official travel by federal departments and agencies, if consistent with OMB Circular A-126 regarding official travel for government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program. (Sec. 729) Bars the use of funds to: (1) implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or (2) implement proposed OPM regulations relating to the detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch. (Sec. 730) Prohibits an executive branch agency from purchasing, constructing, and/or leasing any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to conduct federal law enforcement training without advance approval of congressional appropriations committees. Authorizes the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. (Sec. 731) Bars the use of funds by an executive branch agency, unless otherwise authorized by existing law, to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notification within its text or audio that it was prepared or funded by that agency. (Sec. 732) Bars the use of funds in contravention of the Privacy Act or regulations concerning protection of privacy and freedom of information. (Sec. 733) Prohibits the use of funds for any federal government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, or any subsidiary of such an entity. Requires any Secretary to waive such prohibition if so required in the interest of national security. Exempts contracts entered into before the enactment of this Act or task orders issued pursuant to such contracts. Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). (Sec. 734) Requires for each employee, during FY2015, who retires under voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), or under any other CSRS or FERS requirement and receives a voluntary separation incentive payment (VISP), that the separating agency remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to OPM's average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding year. (Sec. 735) Bars the use of funds to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer for a federal contract to disclose specified information regarding contributions or expenditures with respect to a federal election as a condition of such offer or acquisition. (Sec. 736) Bars the use of funds to pay for the painting of portraits of a federal officer or employee, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch. (Sec. 737) Limits pay increases for certain categories of prevailing rate employees. (Sec. 738) Eliminates automatic pay increases for the Vice President and certain categories of political appointees. Title VIII: General Provisions (District of Columbia) - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act for the District of Columbia. (Sec. 801) Appropriates funds for refunding overpayments of taxes collected and for paying settlements and judgments against the District of Columbia government. (Sec. 802) Prohibits the use of federal funds provided in this Act for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any state legislature. (Sec. 806) Prohibits the use of federal funds contained in this Act by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress for the District. Declares that nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. (Sec. 807) Bars the use of federal funds contained in this Act for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. (Sec. 808) Provides that nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the Council or the Mayor from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans. Expresses the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a "conscience clause" which provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. (Sec. 809) Prohibits the use of federal funds contained in this Act to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act or any tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) derivative. Prohibits the use of federal funds to legalize or reduce penalties associated with possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substance Act or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational use. (Sec. 810) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act for abortions except where the mother's life would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in cases of rape or incest. (Sec. 816) Appropriates local funds to the District of Columbia during FY2016 if there is no continuing resolution or regular appropriation for the District of Columbia in effect. Title IX: Additional General Provisions - (Sec 901) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to pay for an abortion or the administrative expenses in connection with a multistate qualified health plan offered under a contract under section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. Includes exceptions where the life of the mother would be endangered or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. (Sec. 902) Establishes a spending reduction account consisting of the amount by which each applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the House exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority. (Sec. 904) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to award contracts to corporations incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands if they were previously incorporated in the United States. (Sec. 905) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to reinstall the Red Mountain sculpture on the plaza of the Hugo Black Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. (Sec. 906) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to award contracts to contractors who have disclosed certain violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Sec. 907) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to modify or rebuild any portion of the White House bowling alley. (Sec. 908) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to award a contract to a company currently indicted or previously convicted of certain crimes, or that has delinquent taxes of more than $3,000. (Sec. 909) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used in contravention of the Federal Records Act. (Sec. 910) Prohibits OMB from apportioning funds made available by this Act for any position held by an employee with respect to whom the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives has certified a statement of facts to a U.S. Attorney related to contempt of Congress. (Sec. 911) Prohibits the IRS from using funds made available by this Act to contravene a provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to the confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information. (Sec. 912) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet inventory except in accordance with a specific Presidential Memorandum related to federal fleet performance. (Sec. 913) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to designate a nonbank financial company as "too big to fail," designate a nonbank financial company as a "systemically important financial institution," or to make a determination that a nonbank financial company could pose a threat to the financial stability of the United States. (Sec. 914) Prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to study, promulgate, draft, review, implement, or enforce any rule pursuant to a section of Dodd-Frank related to the obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisers. (Sec. 915) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to pay a performance award to certain IRS employees. (Sec. 916) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to penalize a financial institution for providing services to marijuana-related businesses that engage in activities permissible under state or local laws. (Sec. 917) Prohibits the IRS from using funds made available by this Act to create machine-readable materials that are not subject to certain safeguards related to protecting against the removal or loss of records. (Sec. 918) Prohibits the IRS from using funds made available by this Act for conferences. (Sec. 919) Prohibits funds from the Hardest Hit Fund program established in title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP) from being used to provide funds to any state or local government for the purpose of funding pension obligations of the state or local government. (Sec. 920) Prohibits the FCC from using funds provided in this Act to implement any regulation preempting certain state laws regarding municipal broadband internet access. (Sec. 921) Prohibits the CPSC from using funds provided in this Act to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled "Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices." (Sec. 922) Prohibits the District of Columbia from using funds provided in this Act to enforce various local laws related to firearms.

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Ander Crenshaw (R)*, 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (on 07/17/2014)

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