[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 124 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.J.Res.124
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen
Joint Resolution
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other
purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues,
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies,
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal
year 2015, and for other purposes, namely:

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operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 2014 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts,
for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct
loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided
for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2014,
and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made
available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
(division A of Public Law 113-76).
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B of Public Law 113-76).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
(division C of Public Law 113-76).
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division D of Public Law 113-76).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113-76).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2014 (division F of Public Law 113-76).
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division G of Public Law 113-
76).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division
H of Public Law 113-76).
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 (division I
of Public Law 113-76).
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division J of Public Law
113-76).
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-
76).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law
113-76).
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby
reduced by 0.0554 percent.

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granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be
used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in
fiscal year 2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates
above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3) the
initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject,
activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a
program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line
item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1
line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other
authority were not available during fiscal year 2014.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to
initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding
for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically
appropriated later.

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the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent
appropriations Act.

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appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available
during fiscal year 2014.

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this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures
incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds
or authority for such project or activity are available under this
joint resolution.

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or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant
to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the
following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation
for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2)
the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal
year 2015 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3)
December 11, 2014.

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shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.

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authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States
Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive
any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.

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resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of
appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2015 because of
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding
prerogatives.

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the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.

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budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2014, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels
under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments
due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October
2014 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section
106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such
payments.

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personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid
furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the
department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer
non-personnel-related administrative expenses.

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obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and
section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3094(a)(1)).

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resolution that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint resolution shall
not apply to--
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section; or
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference to
the second paragraph under the heading ``Social Security
Administration--Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' in division
H of Public Law 113-76.
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 113-76 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism.

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discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 that were
provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in the
amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section
101(b).

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``Department of Agriculture--Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition
Service--Commodity Assistance Program'' at a rate for operations of
$275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for the Commodity
Supplemental Food Program.

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Drug Administration--Salaries and Expenses'', amounts shall be made
available by this joint resolution as if ``outsourcing facility fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62,'' were included after ``21 U.S.C.
381,'' in the second paragraph under such heading in division A of
Public Law 113-76.

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of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch
schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite system.

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sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, for ``Department of
Defense--Overseas Contingency Operations--Operation and Maintenance--
Operation and Maintenance, Army'', up to $50,000,000, to be derived by
reducing the amount otherwise made available by section 101 for such
account, may be used to conduct surface and subsurface clearance of
unexploded ordnance at closed training ranges used by the Armed Forces
of the United States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may only
be used if the training ranges are not transferred to the Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Provided further,
That the authority provided by this section shall continue in effect
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the
Department of Defense: Provided further, That such amount is designated
as provided under section 114 for such account.

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through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the
Department of Defense:
(1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note).
(2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(3) Section 127b of title 10, United States Code,
notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such section.
(4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)),
notwithstanding paragraph (4) of such subsection.

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of Energy--Energy Programs--Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or activities
funded in this appropriation.
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later
than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in subsection (a).

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of Energy--Environmental and Other Defense Activities--Defense
Environmental Cleanup'' for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be
obligated at a rate for operations necessary to assure timely execution
of activities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository.
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each
use of the spending rate authority provided in this section that
exceeds customary apportionment allocations.

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resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend
local funds under the heading ``District of Columbia Funds'' for such
programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress),
as passed by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the rate
set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds--Summary of Expenses'' as
included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act
20-370), as modified as of the date of the enactment of this joint
resolution.

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``Office of Special Counsel--Salaries and Expenses'' at a rate for
operations of $22,939,000.

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Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in division E of
Public Law 113-76 is amended by striking ``$17,500,000,000'' and
inserting ``$18,500,000,000'': Provided, That amounts made available by
section 101 for such proviso under such heading may be apportioned up
to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand
for commitments to general business loans under section 7(a) of the
Small Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall become
effective upon enactment of this joint resolution.

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Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105-277; 47 U.S.C.
151 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``November 1, 2014''.

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shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution for ``October 4, 2014''.

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Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.

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Department of Homeland Security for ``U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Salaries and Expenses'', ``U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'',
``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air and Marine Operations'',
``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Construction and Facilities
Management'', and ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries
and Expenses'' shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary
to respectively--
(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers and Border Patrol agents in accordance with the
provisos under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--
Salaries and Expenses'' in division F of Public Law 113-76;
(2) sustain border security and immigration enforcement
operations;
(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and
(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on
September 30, 2014, and comply with the fifth proviso under the
heading ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and
Expenses'' in division F of Public Law 113-76.
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on
each use of the authority provided in this section.

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Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ``on the date
that is 1 year after the date specified in section 106(3) of the
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015'' for ``10 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act''.

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section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40
U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106-79) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
(b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the authority
provided by the provisos under the heading ``Dwight D. Eisenhower
Memorial Commission--Capital Construction'' in division E of Public Law
112-74 shall not be in effect.

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section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than under section
413(h) of such Act) shall continue through the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution, in the manner authorized for
fiscal year 2014 (except that the amount appropriated for section
403(b) of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement to
reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such Act shall not
apply with respect to this section), and out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the
applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 at the pro
rata portion of the level provided for such activities through the
first quarter of fiscal year 2014.

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identified in the seventh proviso under the heading ``Department of
Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and Families--
Children and Families Services Programs'' in Public Law 113-76 shall
not be included in the calculation of the ``base grant'' in fiscal year
2015, as such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start
Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(7)(A)).

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Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and Families--
Low Income Home Energy Assistance'' in division H of Public Law 113-76
shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by
substituting ``2015'' for ``2014''.

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``Department of Health and Human Services--Administration for Children
and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the
level provided in fiscal year 2014.

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joint resolution for ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office
of the Secretary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'',
there is appropriated $58,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal
year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for expenses
necessary to support acceleration of countermeasure and product
advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the
Public Health Service Act for addressing Ebola.

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joint resolution for ``Department of Health and Human Services--Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention--Global Health'', there is
appropriated $30,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2015,
to remain available until September 30, 2015, for expenses necessary to
support the responses of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(referred to in this section as the ``CDC'') to the outbreak of Ebola
virus in Africa: Provided, That such funds shall be available for
transfer by the Director of the CDC to other accounts of the CDC for
such support: Provided further, That the Director of the CDC shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate not later than 30 days after the date of any transfer
under the preceding proviso.

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``Department of Education--Rehabilitation Services and Disability
Research'', ``Department of Education--Departmental Management--Program
Administration'', and ``Department of Health and Human Services--
Administration for Community Living--Aging and Disability Services
Programs'' may be obligated in the account and budget structure set
forth in section 491 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 3515e).

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section 108 of Public Law 111-3, $4,549,000,000 is rescinded.

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applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) for
``September 30, 2014''.

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available for accounts in title I of division J of Public Law 113-76 at
an aggregate rate for operations of $6,558,223,500.
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this
joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a report delineating the allocation of budget authority in
subsection (a) by account and project.

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``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--General
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' at a rate for
operations of $2,524,254,000.

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``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--Office
of Inspector General'' at a rate for operations of $126,411,000.

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of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``September
30, 2014''.

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Board of Governors--International Broadcasting Operations'',
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
Economic Support Fund'', ``International Security Assistance--
Department of State--International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement'', ``International Security Assistance--Department of
State--Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs'', and ``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated
to the President--Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall be
obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain assistance
for Ukraine and independent states of the Former Soviet Union and
Central and Eastern Europe to counter external, regional aggression and
influence.

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be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2014''.

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seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 2015, by substituting such date
for ``September 30, 2014'' in section 7 of such Act.

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amended by striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date
specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2015''.
(b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date specified in
section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
(c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date specified in
section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.

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coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance,
including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to
appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other
appropriately vetted Syrian groups and individuals for the following
purposes:
(1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and securing territory
controlled by the Syrian opposition.
(2) Protecting the United States, its friends and allies, and
the Syrian people from the threats posed by terrorists in Syria.
(3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated settlement to end
the conflict in Syria.
(b) Not later than 15 days prior to providing assistance authorized
under subsection (a) to vetted recipients for the first time--
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and
Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified annex as
appropriate, that contains a description of--
(A) the plan for providing such assistance;
(B) the requirements and process used to determine
appropriately vetted recipients; and
(C) the mechanisms and procedures that will be used to
monitor and report to the appropriate congressional committees
and leadership of the House of Representatives and Senate on
unauthorized end-use of provided training and equipment and
other violations of relevant law by recipients; and
(2) the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and
Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified annex as
appropriate, that contains a description of how such assistance
fits within a larger regional strategy.
(c) The plan required in subsection (b)(1) shall include a
description of--
(1) the goals and objectives of assistance authorized under
subsection (a);
(2) the concept of operations, timelines, and types of
training, equipment, and supplies to be provided;
(3) the roles and contributions of partner nations;
(4) the number of United States Armed Forces personnel
involved;
(5) any additional military support and sustainment activities;
and
(6) any other relevant details.
(d) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of Defense submits
the report required in subsection (b)(1), and every 90 days thereafter,
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State,
shall provide the appropriate congressional committees and leadership
of the House of Representatives and the Senate with a progress report.
Such progress report shall include a description of--
(1) any updates to or changes in the plan, strategy, vetting
requirements and process, and end-use monitoring mechanisms and
procedures, as required in subsection (b)(1);
(2) statistics on green-on-blue attacks and how such attacks
are being mitigated;
(3) the groups receiving assistance authorized under subsection
(a);
(4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention rates of
recipients and equipment;
(5) any misuse or loss of provided training and equipment and
how such misuse or loss is being mitigated; and
(6) an assessment of the effectiveness of the assistance
authorized under subsection (a) as measured against subsections (b)
and (c).
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) The term ``appropriately vetted'' means, with respect to
elements of the Syrian opposition and other Syrian groups and
individuals, at a minimum, assessments of such elements, groups,
and individuals for associations with terrorist groups, Shia
militias aligned with or supporting the Government of Syria, and
groups associated with the Government of Iran. Such groups include,
but are not limited to, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, other al-Qaeda related
groups, and Hezbollah.
(2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(f) The Department of Defense may submit a reprogramming or
transfer request to the congressional defense committees for funds made
available by section 101(a)(3) of this joint resolution and designated
in section 114 of this joint resolution to carry out activities
authorized under this section notwithstanding sections 102 and 104 of
this joint resolution.
(g) The Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions,
including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to carry out
activities as authorized by this section which shall be credited to
appropriations made available by this joint resolution for the
appropriate operation and maintenance accounts, except that any funds
so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obligation
until a reprogramming action is submitted to the congressional defense
committees: Provided, That amounts made available by this subsection
are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
further, That such amounts shall be available only if the President so
designates such amounts and transmits such designations to the
Congress.
(h) The authority provided in this section shall continue in effect
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the
Department of Defense.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute a
specific statutory authorization for the introduction of United States
Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hostilities
are clearly indicated by the circumstances.
(j) Nothing in this section supersedes or alters the continuing
obligations of the President to report to Congress pursuant to section
4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding the use of
United States Armed Forces abroad.
This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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