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Calendar No. 128
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1284
[Report No. 113–71]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 11, 2013
Mr. Harkin, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely:
Department of Labor
Employment and training administration
Training and employment services
(Including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as WIA
), the
Second Chance Act of 2007, the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional
Occupations Act of 1992 (WANTO Act
), and the Workforce
Innovation Fund, as established by this Act,
$3,264,213,000, plus reimbursements, shall be
available. Of the amounts provided:
for grants to States for adult employment and training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment and training activities, $2,683,766,000 as follows:
$791,644,000 for adult employment and training activities, of which $79,644,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, and of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015;
$846,632,000 for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and
$1,045,490,000 for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $185,490,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015:
for federally administered programs, $487,779,000 as follows:
$220,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015: Provided , That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to provide assistance to a State for statewide or local use in order to address cases where there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging economic development needs; and train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further , That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further , That none of the funds shall be obligated to carry out section 173(e) of the WIA;
$47,467,000 for Native American programs, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015;
$84,123,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIA, including $77,949,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for employment and training services), $5,667,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $507,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015: Provided , That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from providing such services;
$994,000 for carrying out the WANTO Act, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015;
$84,530,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and
$49,806,000
to be available to the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as
Secretary
) for the Workforce Innovation Fund to carry out
projects that demonstrate innovative strategies or replicate effective
evidence-based strategies that align and strengthen the workforce investment
system in order to improve program delivery and education and employment
outcomes for beneficiaries, which shall be for the period July 1, 2014 through
September 30, 2015:
Provided
, That amounts shall be
available for awards to States or State agencies that are eligible for
assistance under any program authorized under the WIA, consortia of States, or
partnerships, including regional partnerships:
Provided further,
That not more than 5 percent of the funds available for workforce innovation
activities shall be for technical assistance and evaluations related to the
projects carried out with these funds:
Provided further
,
That the Secretary may authorize awardees to use a portion of awarded funds for
evaluation, upon the Chief Evaluation Officer's approval of an evaluation plan:
Provided further
,
That $5,000,000 of the funds provided for the
Workforce Innovation Fund shall be used for innovative and evidence-based
approaches to improving outcomes for disconnected youth:
Provided further
,
That up to $10,000,000 of the funds provided for
the Workforce Innovation Fund may be used for performance-based awards or other
agreements under the Pay for Success program:
Provided further
,
That any funds obligated for Pay for Success projects or agreements shall
remain available for disbursement until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
1552(a), and that any funds deobligated from such projects or agreements shall
immediately be available for Workforce Innovation Fund activities;
for national activities, $92,668,000, as follows:
$6,590,000, in addition to any amounts available under paragraph (2) for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015;
$80,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, notwithstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: Provided , That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries for activities that prepare young ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment, with a priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; and
$6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D).
Office of Job Corps
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIA, including Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIA , $1,706,923,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
$1,586,776,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015;
$90,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017: Provided , That the Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided further , That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 2015: Provided further , That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and
$30,147,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014:
Community service employment for older americans
To carry out title V
of the Older Americans Act of 1965
(referred to in this Act as
OAA
), $447,355,000, which shall
be available for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and may be
recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of the
OAA.
Federal unemployment benefits and allowances
For payments during fiscal year 2014 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 , and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and case management services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, including benefit payments, allowances, training, employment and case management services, and related State administration provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 , $656,000,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2014.
State unemployment insurance and employment service operations
For
authorized administrative expenses, $85,896,000,
together with not to exceed $3,742,198,000 which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund (the Trust Fund
), of
which:
$2,911,575,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act (including not less than $60,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, and $10,000,000 for activities to address the misclassification of workers), the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, and shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2014, except that funds used for automation acquisitions or competitive grants awarded to States for improved operations, reemployment and eligibility assessments and improper payments, or activities to address misclassification of workers shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2014 and for obligation by the States through September 30, 2016, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States through September 30, 2014 shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2014;
$11,243,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system;
$708,247,000 from the Trust Fund, together with $22,550,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, of which not less than $30,000,000 shall be used to provide reemployment services to beneficiaries of unemployment insurance, and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015;
$20,871,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including not to exceed $1,166,000 that may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980;
$65,262,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration of foreign labor certifications and related activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which $50,222,000 shall be available for the Federal administration of such activities, and $15,040,000 shall be available for grants to States for the administration of such activities;
$63,346,000 from the General Fund is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the WIA and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and
$25,000,000
from the Trust Fund is for competitive grants to States for the administration
and evaluation of demonstration projects under section 305 of the Social
Security Act (as added by section 2102 of the Middle Class Tax Relief Act and
Job Creation Act of 2012), except that section 305(d)(3) shall be applied by
substituting 2017
for 2015
, and these funds shall
be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2017:
AWIU) for fiscal year 2014 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 3,357,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act : Provided further , That funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further , That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further , That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further , That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, may award subgrants to other States under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: Provided further , That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the request: Provided further , That the Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and local governments, public and private institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the information collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2015, for such purposes.
In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews.
State Paid Leave Fund
For grants and contracts to assist in the start-up of new paid leave programs in the States, $5,000,000.
Advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds
For repayable
advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and
1203 of the Social Security Act
, and
to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the
revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the
Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the
Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances
account, such sums
as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September
30, 2015.
Program administration
For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $100,994,000 , together with not to exceed $50,608,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Employee benefits security administration
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration , $176,472,000.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pension benefit guaranty corporation fund
The Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (Corporation
) is authorized to make such
expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title
IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out
the program, including associated administrative expenses, through September
30, 2014, for the Corporation
:
Provided
, That none of the funds
available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2014 shall be available for
obligations for administrative expenses in excess of
$505,441,000:
Provided further
, That
to the extent that the number of new plan participants in plans terminated by
the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2014, an amount not to exceed an
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through
September 30, 2015, for obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000
additional terminated participants:
Provided further
, That
an additional $50,000 shall be made available
through September 30, 2015, for obligation for investment management fees for
every $25,000,000 in assets received by the
Corporation as a result of new plan terminations or asset growth, after
approval by the Office of Management and Budget and notification of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further
, That
obligations in excess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred
for unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination expenses or extraordinary
multiemployer program related expenses after approval by the Office of
Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Wage and Hour Division
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $243,254,000.
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management Standards, $41,206,000.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, $106,000,000.
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, $115,488,000 , together with $2,116,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act .
Special benefits
(including transfer of funds)
For the payment of compensation, benefits,
and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or
any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as
provided for under the heading Civilian War Benefits
in the
Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims
Act of 1948; and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits
required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Act
, $396,000,000, together with such amounts as
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the
payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to August
15 of the current year:
Provided
, That amounts appropriated
may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who
is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a
re-employed, disabled beneficiary:
Provided further
, That
balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2013, shall remain
available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and
expenses:
Provided further
, That
in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal
Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under 5
U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of
administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of
administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30,
2014:
Provided further
, That
of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay
the cost of administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act,
$60,017,000 shall be made available to the
Secretary as follows:
For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, $19,499,000;
For automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000;
For periodic roll disability management and medical review, $16,190,000;
For program integrity, $1,360,000; and
The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Special benefits for disabled coal miners
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–275 , $98,235,000, to remain available until expended.
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $24,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness compensation fund
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act , $55,176,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That the Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as may be prescribed.
Black lung disability trust fund
(including transfer of funds)
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black
Lung Disability Trust Fund (the Fund
), to remain available until
expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2),
(6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and
payment of interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that
Act
. In addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund for
fiscal year 2014 for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung
Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed
$33,033,000 for transfer to the Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs, Salaries and Expenses
; not to
exceed $25,365,000 for transfer to Departmental
Management, Salaries and Expenses
; not to exceed
$327,000 for transfer to Departmental
Management, Office of Inspector General
; and not to exceed
$356,000 for payments into miscellaneous
receipts for the expenses of the Department of the
Treasury
.
Occupational safety and health administration
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
, $567,012,000,
including not to exceed $103,987,000 which shall
be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (the Act
), which grants shall
be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health
programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under
section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to
$200,000 per fiscal year of training institute
course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and education:
Provided
, That notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2014, to collect and retain fees for services provided to
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in
accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of
equipment and products used by workers in the workplace:
Provided further
, That
none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule,
regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person who is
engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp
and employs 10 or fewer employees:
Provided further
, That
no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to
administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act
with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a
category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART
)
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial
classification code for which such data are published, less than the national
average rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the
Act, except—
to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found;
to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to imminent dangers;
to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to health hazards;
to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by the Act; and
to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising rights under the Act:
Mine safety and health administration
Salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety
and Health Administration
, $380,721,000,
including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with
mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and
recovery activities; in addition, not to exceed
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine
Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training
materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for
mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302; in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration is
authorized to collect and retain up to
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval
and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and
may utilize such sums for such activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; in
addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to collect
and retain fees for services related to the analysis of rock dust samples, and
may utilize such sums to administer such activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and
other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety
and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education
and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States,
industry, and safety associations; the Secretary is authorized to recognize the
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety association and,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or
without reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health
Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in the national
organization; any funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with
the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and
survival operations in the event of a major disaster; and the Secretary may
reallocate among the items funded under this heading up to
$3,000,000 to support inspections or
investigations pursuant to section 103 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Act of 1977:
Provided
, That the Secretary may
transfer such sums as may be necessary to Departmental
Management
for the Office of the Solicitor move related to the
relocation of the Mine Safety and Health Administration
headquarters.
Bureau of labor statistics
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $542,811,000 , together with not to exceed $67,041,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Office of disability employment policy
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $42,432,000.
Departmental management
Salaries and expenses
(Including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $346,359,000 , together with not to exceed $326,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided , That $66,375,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2014: Provided further , That funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided further , That not more than $59,887,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally and not less than $6,488,000 shall be used to implement model programs that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: Provided further , That $8,467,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2015: Provided further, That funds available for program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That the funds available to the Women's Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the workforce.
Veterans employment and training
Not to exceed $262,333,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code , of which:
$203,081,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans' outreach program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local veterans' employment representatives under section 4104(b) of such title, and for the expenses described in section 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2014: Provided , That, in addition, such funds may be used to support such specialists and representatives in the provision of services to transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transition Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured members;
$14,000,000 if for carrying out the Transition Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;
$41,838,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code; and
$3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109:
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, $38,185,000 is for carrying out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs under 38 U.S.C. 2021 .
IT modernization
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized infrastructure technology investment activities related to support systems and modernization, $19,775,000.
Office of inspector general
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 , $77,634,000, together with not to exceed $5,886,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
General provisions
None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.
(transfer of funds)
Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided , That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further , That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
None of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than competitive grants for training in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such training.
None of the funds made available by this
Act under the heading Employment and Training Administration
shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary
and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a
rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management and
Budget Circular A–133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States may
establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries
and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors
including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for
comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the
organizations that administer Federal programs involved including Employment
and Training Administration programs. Notwithstanding this section, the
limitation on salaries for the Job Corps shall continue to be governed by
section 101.
The Secretary shall take no action to amend, through regulatory or administration action, the definition established in section 667.220 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations for functions and activities under title I of WIA, or to modify, through regulatory or administrative action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including applying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary to withdraw approval for such redesignation from a State that received the approval not later than October 12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesignation procedure being used by the Secretary in order to complete such redesignation for a State that initiated the process of such redesignation by submitting any request for such redesignation not later than October 26, 2005.
(Including Transfer of Funds)
Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary
may transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training Administration
by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance
services to grantees to Program Administration
when it is
determined that those services will be more efficiently performed by Federal
employees:
Provided
, That this section shall
not apply to section 173A(f)(2) of the WIA.
(including transfer of funds)
The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in
subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs or
activities that are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under this
section shall be transferred to Departmental Management
for use
by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor,
and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2015:
Provided
, That such funds shall
only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor
submits a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15
days in advance of any transfer.
The accounts referred to in subsection (a)
are: Training and Employment Services
, Office of Job
Corps
, Community Service Employment for Older Americans
,
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations
,
Employee Benefits Security Administration
, Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs
, Wage and Hour Division
,
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
, Office of
Labor Management Standards
, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
, Mine Safety and Health Administration
,
funding made available to the Bureau of International Affairs
and Women's Bureau
within the Departmental Management,
Salaries and Expenses
account, and Veterans Employment and
Training
.
Of the funds appropriated under section 272(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2014, the Secretary may reserve no more than 3 percent of such funds to conduct evaluations and provide technical assistance relating to the activities carried out under section 271 of such Act, including activities carried out under such section supported by the appropriations provided for fiscal years 2011 through 2013.
Institutions of higher education awarded
grants under section 271 of the Trade Act of 1974 may award subgrants to other
institutions of higher education that meet the definition of eligible
institution
under section 271(b)(1)(A) of such Act, subject to the
conditions applicable to such grants.
TRANSFER OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUTHORITIES
Authority of comptroller general To pay wages and list contractors violating contracts
40 U.S.C. 3144, is amended—
in the title, by striking of
Comptroller General
; and
in subsection (a)(1), by striking
The Comptroller General
and inserting The Secretary of
Labor
.
Report of violations and withholding of amounts for unpaid wages and liquidated damages
40 U.S.C. 3703, is amended in subsection (b)(3), by—
striking The Comptroller
General
in the first sentence and inserting The Secretary of
Labor
; and
striking the Comptroller
General
in the second sentence and inserting the Secretary of
Labor
.
Section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended after the item relating to the Assistant Secretaries of Labor
by inserting Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Department of
Labor.
Section 5316, title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking Administrator, Wage and Hour and Public Contracts
Division, Department of Labor.
Flexibility with respect to the crossing of H–2B nonimmigrants working in the seafood industry
In general
Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the petition into the United States at any time during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for which the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without filing another petition.
Requirements for crossings after 90th day
An employer in the seafood industry may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States after the date that is 90 days after the start date for which the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants unless the employer—
completes a new assessment of the local labor market by—
listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 separate Sundays; and
posting the job opportunity on the appropriate Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at the employer’s place of employment; and
offers the job to an equally or better qualified United States worker who—
applies for the job; and
will be available at the time and place of need.
Exemption from rules with respect to staggering
The Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer in the seafood industry who brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation of section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other applicable provision of law.
H–2B nonimmigrants defined
In this section, the term H–2B nonimmigrants means aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
Consultation and delegation authority
In general
Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the
following: In this subsection, the term consultation
includes, with respect to nonimmigrants described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B), the authority of the Secretary of Labor to issue labor
market determinations, including temporary labor certifications, and to
establish regulations and policies for such issuance, including determining the
appropriate prevailing wage rates for occupations in which such nonimmigrants
will be employed.
; and
in
paragraph (14)(B) (8 U.S.C.
1184(c)(14)(B)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A)(i)
and
inserting
subparagraph (A)
.
Effective date
The amendment made by paragraph (1)(A) shall apply to the promulgation of regulations, the issuance of labor market determinations, and other actions carried out by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Homeland Security before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Rule of construction
Nothing in the amendments made by this section may be construed to limit or modify any other authority provided or exercised under section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) or any other law governing the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Labor, or any other officer or employee of the Federal Government.
Directive for the Secretary of Labor
In an investigation by the Department of substantial violations related to the admission of nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, if the employer of such nonimmigrants demonstrates, by a preponderance of the evidence, that an agent of the employer engaged in fraud or misrepresentation to the Department that was outside the scope of the authority conferred by the employer, the Secretary is authorized—
to exclude the employer of such nonimmigrants from debarment proceedings under section 655.118 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, which were commenced on or after January 1, 2013; and
to initiate or continue debarment proceedings against the agent who engaged in such fraud or misrepresentation.
This title may be cited as the
Department of Labor Appropriations
Act, 2014
.
Department of health and human services
Health resources and services administration
Primary health care
For carrying out titles II and III of the
Public Health Service Act (referred to in this Act as the PHS
Act
) with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health
Care Act of 1988
, $1,574,646,000:
Provided, That no more than
$40,000 shall be available until expended for
carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act, including
associated administrative expenses and relevant evaluations:
Provided further
, That
no more than $94,893,000 shall be available
until expended for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for
expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services (referred to
in this Act as HHS
) pertaining to administrative claims made
under such law:
Provided further
, That
all funds provided for Health Centers program, as defined by section 330 of the
PHS Act, by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2014 shall be obligated
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as
Secretary
) by September 30, 2014, of which not less than
$142,000,000 shall be made available as base
grant adjustments and of which not less than
$700,000,000 shall be used to support new access
points including approved and unfunded applications from fiscal year 2013,
grants to expand medical services, behavioral health, oral health, pharmacy,
and vision services, and costs associated with the HHS administration of these
grants.
Health workforce
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII
of the PHS Act with respect to the health workforce, section 1128E of the
Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
,
$773,190,000:
Provided
, That sections 340G–1(b),
747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the proportional funding amounts in
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to
funds made available under this heading:
Provided further
, That
for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before January
1, 2009, the Secretary may hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in
sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period
of a grant under such section:
Provided further
, That
in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of
information under such Act sufficient to recover the full costs of operating
the National Practitioner Data Bank and shall remain available until expended
to carry out that Act:
Provided further
, That
fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the Health
Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program
, authorized by section
1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full
costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended to
carry out that Act:
Provided further
, That
fees collected for the disclosure of information under the information
reporting requirement program authorized by section 1921 of the Social Security
Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program and
shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act:
Provided further
, That
funds transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of
part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments
to awards made under such sections.
Maternal and child health
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 , $858,600,000: Provided , That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than $78,641,000 shall be available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described in paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.
Ryan white HIV/AIDS program
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,368,951,000, of which $2,039,242,000 shall remain available to the Secretary through September 30, 2016, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than $943,299,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act: Provided , That in addition to amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the PHS Act to fund Special Projects of National Significance under section 2691.
Health care systems
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 , $103,515,000, of which $128,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided , That the Secretary may collect a fee of 0.1 percent of each purchase of 340B drugs from entities participating in the Drug Pricing Program pursuant to section 340B of the PHS Act to pay for the operating costs of such program: Provided further , That fees pursuant to the 340B Drug Pricing Program shall be collected by the Secretary based on sales data that shall be submitted by drug manufacturers and shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.
Rural health
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act , $141,798,000, of which $40,958,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: Provided , That of the funds made available under this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $14,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption of health information technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation of telehealth services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record system: Provided further , That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $10,016,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health.
Family Planning
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, $327,402,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office.
Program management
For program support in the Health Resources and Services Administration , $161,794,000: Provided , That funds made available under this heading may be used to supplement program support funding provided under the headings “Primary Health Care”, “Health Workforce”, “Maternal and Child Health”, “Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program”, “Health Care Systems”, and “Rural Health”.
Health education assistance loans program account
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the PHS Act. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the PHS Act , $2,807,000.
Vaccine injury compensation program trust fund
For payments from the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund (the Trust Fund
),
such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury
or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988,
pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS
Act
, to remain available until expended:
Provided
, That for necessary
administrative expenses, not to exceed
$6,464,000 shall be available from the Trust
Fund to the Secretary.
Centers for disease control and prevention
Immunization and respiratory diseases
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, $575,095,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $12,864,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the National Immunization Surveys.
HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, XXIII, and XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,097,823,000.
Emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, $283,237,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for costs related to persons quarantined or isolated pursuant to Federal quarantine orders.
Chronic disease prevention and health promotion
For carrying out titles
II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease
prevention and health promotion, $774,831,000:
Provided
, That the proportional
funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to
funds made available under this heading:
Provided further
, That
funds appropriated under this account may be available for making grants under
section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal
organizations.
Birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health, $123,483,000.
Public Health Scientific Services
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, informatics, and workforce development, $143,726,000: Provided , That in addition to amounts provided herein, $247,769,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out public health scientific services.
Environmental health
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to environmental health, $113,827,000.
Injury prevention and control
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to injury prevention and control, $162,456,000: Provided , That funds appropriated under this heading may be used to fund evaluation, research, and pilot programs for sexual violence prevention programs.
Occupational safety and health
For carrying out titles
II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301,
501, and 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine
Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and
health, $181,551,000:
Provided
, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, $110,724,000 shall be
available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS
Act.
Energy employees occupational illness compensation program
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act , $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That this amount shall be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554.
Global health
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to global health, $391,964,000, of which $116,883,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available through September 30, 2015, and of which $10,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2015, to support national public health institutes: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries.
Public health preparedness and response
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, and for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, $1,292,498,000, of which $495,602,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided , That in the event the Director of the CDC activates the Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may detail CDC staff without reimbursement for up to 30 days to support the work of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director provides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 days after use of this authority which includes the number of staff and funding level broken down by the originating center and number of days detailed: Provided further , That in the previous proviso the annual reimbursement cannot exceed $3,000,000 across CDC.
CDC-wide activities and program support
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and
XIX, and section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and
program support that supplement activities funded under the headings
“Immunization and Respiratory Diseases”, “HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually
Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention”, “Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases”, “Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion”, “Birth
Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health”, “Environmental
Health”, “Injury Prevention and Control”, “Occupational Safety and Health”,
“Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program”, “Global Health”,
“Public Health Preparedness and Response”, and “Public Health Scientific
Services”, $616,563,000, of which
$394,004,000 shall be available until September
30, 2015, for business services and transfer to the Working Capital Fund, and
of which $24,805,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2018, for acquisition of real property, equipment, construction
and renovation of facilities:
Provided
, That paragraphs (1)
through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to
funds appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts of the CDC:
Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts of CDC may be
used to support the purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft for
use and support of the activities of CDC:
Provided further, That
employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned
officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under
authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be
treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be
included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS
during the period of detail or assignment:
Provided further
, That
CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts
appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and representation
expenses when specifically approved by the Director of CDC:
Provided further
, That
in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall
be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof:
Provided further
, That
with respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel
Sanitation Program shall be available through September 30, 2015:
Provided further, That
of the funds made available under this heading and in all other accounts of
CDC, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of CDC
shall be made available until expended for Individual Learning Accounts:
Provided further, That
to facilitate the implementation of the permanent Working Capital Fund
(WCF
) authorized under this heading in division F of Public Law
112–74, on or after October 1, 2013, unobligated balances of amounts
appropriated for business services for fiscal year 2013 shall be transferred to
the WCF:
Provided further, That
on or after October 1, 2013, CDC shall transfer amounts available for business
services to other CDC appropriations consistent with the benefit each
appropriation received from the business services appropriation in fiscal year
2013:
Provided further, That
once the WCF is implemented in fiscal year 2014, assets purchased in any prior
fiscal year with funds appropriated for or reimbursed to business services may
be transferred to the WCF and customers billed for depreciation of those
assets:
Provided further, That
CDC shall, consistent with the authorities provided in 42 U.S.C. 231, ensure
that the WCF is used only for administrative support services and not for
programmatic activities:
Provided further, That
CDC shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate not later than 15 days prior to any transfers
made with funds provided under this heading.
National institutes of health
National cancer institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to cancer, $5,091,885,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.
National heart, lung, and blood institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $3,077,916,000.
National institute of dental and craniofacial research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $409,947,000.
National institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,799,745,000.
National institute of neurological disorders and stroke
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,631,703,000.
National institute of allergy and infectious diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $4,548,383,000.
National institute of general medical sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to general medical sciences, $2,435,570,000: Provided , That not less than $275,957,000 is provided for the Institutional Development Awards program.
Eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to child health and human development, $1,330,459,000.
National eye institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $701,407,000.
National institute of environmental health sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $686,753,000.
National institute on aging
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to aging, $1,185,439,000.
National institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $537,398,000.
National institute on deafness and other communication disorders
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $420,125,000.
National institute of nursing research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to nursing research, $145,272,000.
National institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $460,765,000.
National institute on drug abuse
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,064,490,000.
National institute of mental health
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to mental health, $1,456,041,000.
National human genome research institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to human genome research, $513,881,000.
National institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $337,728,000.
National center for complementary and alternative medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, $128,183,000.
National institute on minority health and health disparities
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $281,416,000.
John e. fogarty international center
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the PHS Act ), $72,380,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $661,264,000: Provided, That up to $50,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network.
National library of medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of
the PHS Act
with respect to health
information communications, $379,712,000, of
which $4,000,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2015, for improvement of information systems:
Provided
, That in fiscal year 2014,
the National Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts for
the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this
title as NIH
):
Provided further
, That
in addition to amounts provided herein,
$8,200,000 shall be available from amounts
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the purposes of the
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care
Technology established under section 478A of the PHS Act and related health
information services.
Office of the director
For carrying out the responsibilities of the
Office of the Director, NIH
, $1,463,606,000, of
which up to $25,000,000 shall be used to carry
out section 213 of this Act:
Provided
, That funding shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only:
Provided further
, That
NIH is authorized to collect third-party payments for the cost of clinical
services that are incurred in NIH research facilities and that such payments
shall be credited to the NIH Management Fund:
Provided further
, That
all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one
fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited:
Provided further
, That
up to $165,000,000 shall be available for
continuation of the National Children’s Study (NCS
), except that
not later than July 15, 2014, the Director shall estimate the amount needed for
the NCS during fiscal year 2014, and any funds in excess of the estimated need
may be transferred by the NIH Director within the Office of the Director or to
NIH Institutes or Centers for priority activities:
Provided further
, That
$568,151,000 shall be available for the Common
Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act:
Provided further
, That
of the funds provided $10,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by
the Director of the NIH:
Provided further
, That
the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the NIH may
spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for
construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in section
2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act.
Buildings and facilities
For the study of, construction or demolition of, renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, $125,308,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018.
Substance abuse and mental health services administration
MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act , $1,038,243,000: Provided , That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this Act for fiscal year 2014: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $46,000,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative as described in section 582 of the PHS Act: Provided further , That States shall expend at least 5 percent of the amount each receives for carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence-based programs that address the needs of individuals with early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age of the individual at onset.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and section 1922(a) of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse prevention, $2,047,107,000: Provided , That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse prevention, $175,631,000.
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
For program support
and cross-cutting activities that supplement activities funded under the
headings Mental Health
, Substance Abuse
Treatment
, and Substance Abuse Prevention
in carrying
out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for
Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
, $136,296,000:
Provided
, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, $30,428,000 shall be
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to
carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and technical assistance
activities:
Provided further
,
That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publications, data,
data tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and
provided to a public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to
this appropriation and shall remain available until expended for such purposes:
Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading may be used to supplement program
support funding provided under the headings Mental Health
,
Substance Abuse Treatment
, and Substance Abuse
Prevention
.
Agency for healthcare research and quality
Healthcare research and quality
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act , part A of title XI of the Social Security Act , and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 , $364,008,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act, notwithstanding subsection 947(c) of such Act: Provided , That in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2015.
Centers for medicare and medicaid services
Grants to states for medicaid
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act , $177,872,985,000, to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 2014, payments to States under title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2014 for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $103,472,323,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
Payments to health care trust funds
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act , $255,697,000,000.
In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary.
Program management
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act , titles XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act , the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , not to exceed $5,217,357,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act ; together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act , funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2014 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.
Health care fraud and abuse control account
In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $640,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2015, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act , of which $429,846,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Integrity Activities, including administrative costs, to conduct oversight activities for the Medicare program, including but not limited to Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program authorized in title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for activities described in section 1893 of such Act and for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program integrity activities, of which $107,541,000 shall be for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which $102,613,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided , That of the amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $329,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2014 shall include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds provided by this appropriation.
Administration for children and families
Payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 , $2,965,245,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
Low income home energy assistance
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 , $3,614,729,000: Provided , That all but $496,000,000 of this amount shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2014 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further , That notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appropriated under section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 of such amounts may be reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures and may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations.
Refugee and entrant assistance
For necessary
expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by section
414 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act
and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980,
and for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section
235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
(TVPA
), section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998
,
$1,121,432,000 of which
$1,092,612,000 shall remain available through
September 30, 2016 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235:
Provided
, That amounts available
under this heading to carry out such section 203 and the TVPA shall also be
available for research and evaluation with respect to activities under those
authorities.
Payments to states for the child care and development block grant
For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act), $2,500,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided , That $19,357,000 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $996,000 shall be available to the Secretary for a competitive grant for the operation of a national toll free referral line and Web site to develop and disseminate child care consumer education information for parents and help parents access child care in their local community: Provided further , That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G of the CCDBG Act, $296,484,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $108,732,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided further , That in addition to the amounts in the previous proviso, $110,000,000 shall be made available, using the allocation formula in section 658O of the CCDBG Act, for grants to each State, territory, and Indian tribe that submits a plan to be approved by the Secretary demonstrating how it will use these funds to improve the quality of child care, including the quality of the child care workforce and health and safety measures: Provided further , That $9,851,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.
Social services block grant
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act , $1,700,000,000: Provided , That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent.
Children and families services programs
For carrying out, except as otherwise
provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act
, the
Head Start Act
,
the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act
, sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption
opportunities), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B–1 of title
IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social
Security Act
; for making payments under the Community Services Block
Grant Act (CSBG Act
), sections 473B and 477(i) of the
Social Security Act
, and the Assets
for Independence Act; for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such
Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the
Social Security Act
, the Act of July
5, 1960, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, and
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; and for the
administration of prior year obligations made by the Administration for
Children and Families under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill
of Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002
,
$11,412,114,000, of which
$39,268,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2015, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive
payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social Security Act
and may be made for
adoptions completed before September 30, 2014:
Provided,
That
$9,621,070,000 shall be for making payments
under the
Head Start Act
:
Provided further
, That
of the amount in the previous proviso,
$8,165,694,000 shall be available for payments
under section 640 of the Head Start Act and
$25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by
the Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9)
of section 641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal System, established
under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act:
Provided further
, That
amounts allocated to Head Start grantees at the discretion of the Secretary to
supplement activities pursuant to the previous proviso shall not be included in
the calculation of the base grant
in subsequent fiscal years, as
such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act:
Provided further
, That
for purposes of allocating funds under section 640 of the Head Start Act,
subsection (a)(2) of such section shall be applied by substituting
fiscal year 2012
for the prior fiscal year
each
place it appears in such subsection:
Provided further
, That
notwithstanding section 640 of the Head Start Act, of the amount provided for
making payments under the Head Start Act,
$1,430,376,000 shall be available to entities
defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of such Act for expansion of Early
Head Start programs as described in section 645A of such Act, for conversion of
Head Start services to Early Head Start services as described in section
645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, and for new discretionary grants for high quality
infant and toddler care through Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and,
notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are available to
serve children under age 4:
Provided further
, That
of the amount made available in the immediately preceding proviso, up to
$15,000,000 shall be available for the Federal
costs of administration and evaluation activities of the program described in
such proviso:
Provided further
, That
an Early Head Start agency awarded funds for an Early Head Start-Child Care
Partnership after October 1, 2014, shall not be subject to the requirements of
the system for designation renewal as defined by section 641 of the Head Start
Act, for this award only, prior to 18 months after the date of such award:
Provided further
, That
$711,857,000 shall be for making payments under
the CSBG Act:
Provided further,
That $36,204,000 shall be for sections 680 and
678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than
$29,883,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and
not less than $5,971,000 shall be for section
680(a)(3)(B) of such Act:
Provided further,
That
to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant
funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the CSBG Act, and have
not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for
carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent
with program purposes:
Provided further
, That
the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of
intangible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired with, and
program income derived from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the
CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not
more than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity
consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act:
Provided further
, That
intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt
instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for any eligible
purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act:
Provided further
, That
these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November
29, 1999:
Provided further
, That
funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for
financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private
business enterprises owned by community development corporations:
Provided further
, That
to the extent funds provided in this Act for the Assets for Independence Act
are distributed as grant funds to a qualified entity and have not been expended
by such entity within three years after the date of award, such funds may be
recaptured and reallocated among other qualified entities, to remain available
to such other qualified entities for five years:
Provided further
,
That, notwithstanding section 414(e) of the Assets for Independence Act, the
Secretary may award up to $1,000,000 to support
evidence-based research to evaluate the demonstration project:
Provided further
, That
in addition to amounts provided herein,
$5,762,000 shall be available from amounts
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the provisions of
section 1110 of the Social Security
Act
:
Provided further
, That
amounts provided under this heading to carry out section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, other than amounts made available for that purpose under the
immediately preceding proviso, shall remain available until expended:
Provided further
, That section
303(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act shall not
apply to amounts provided herein:
Provided further
, That
$1,988,000 shall be for a human services case
management system for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive
national case management contract and Federal costs of administering the
system:
Provided further
, That
up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the
Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to States to
support data collection for a study of the system's
effectiveness.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 of the Social Security Act , $345,000,000 and in addition, for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act , $63,065,000.
Payments for foster care and permanency
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act , $4,806,000,000.
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act , for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $2,200,000,000.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act , for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
Administration for community living
Aging and disability services programs
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the OAA, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, section 6021(d) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, and for Department-wide coordination of policy and program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, $1,664,549,000 , together with $52,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 : Provided , That amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and health promotion programs and activities which have been demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: Provided further , That none of the funds provided shall be used to carry out sections 1701 and 1703 of the PHS Act (with respect to chronic disease self-management activity grants), except that such funds may be used for necessary expenses associated with administering any such grants awarded prior to the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further , That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds made available under this heading to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such section.
Office of the secretary
General departmental management
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general departmental management, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act , $447,208,000 , together with $70,173,000 from the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human services research and evaluation activities: Provided , That of this amount, $53,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $104,790,000 shall be for making competitive contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund medically accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of which not less than $75,000,000 shall be for replicating programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy, and of which any remaining amounts shall be available for training and technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional program support activities: Provided further , That of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $8,455,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $1,750,000 is for strengthening the Department's acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities: Provided further , That with respect to the previous proviso, such funds shall be available for training, recruitment, retention and hiring members of the acquisition workforce as defined by 41 U.S.C. 1703, and for information technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to improve acquisition management.
Office of medicare hearings and appeals
For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals , $82,381,000, to be transferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
Office of the national coordinator for health information technology
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology, $20,290,000: Provided , That in addition to amounts provided herein, $51,307,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act : Provided further , That health information technology user fees collected in fiscal year 2014, as provided in this Act, shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended.
Office of inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 , $59,879,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.
Office for civil rights
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights , $42,205,000.
Retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act , such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year.
Public health and social services emergency fund
For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $873,391,000, of which $415,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2015, for expenses necessary to support advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act, and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and of which up to $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2016, to support the delivery of medical countermeasures and shall be in addition to any other amounts available for such purpose: Provided , That funds provided under this heading for the purpose of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition to any other funds available for such purpose: Provided further , That products purchased with funds provided under this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further , That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support emergency operations shall remain available through September 30, 2016: Provided further , That of the amounts made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2015, for the purposes of establishing and funding, using for either such purpose contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as described in section 319L of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e), a strategic investment corporation, which shall not be deemed to be a Federal agency for any purpose, to further the purposes of such section 319L to foster innovation in the development of medical countermeasures.
For necessary expenses for procuring security countermeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $250,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic, $140,009,000; of which $108,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided further , That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics.
In addition, for expenses necessary for replacement of building leases and associated renovation costs for Public Health Service agencies and other components of HHS, including relocation and fit-out costs, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended.
General provisions
Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.
None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.
None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act , except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.
Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act , such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such programs.
(transfer of funds)
Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided , That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further , That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
(transfer of funds)
The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided , That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
(transfer of funds)
Of the amounts made available in this Act
for NIH, the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus,
as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of
AIDS Research, shall be made available to the Office of AIDS
Research
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of
the PHS Act
.
None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided , That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further , That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.
In order for HHS to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2014:
The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 . The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State.
The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health activities abroad.
The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel's official duty station were in the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service.
Authority
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Director of NIH (Director
) may use funds available under
section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the PHS
Act
to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative
agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to such
section 402(b)(7) (pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activities
described in such section 402(b)(12).
Peer review
In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
Funds which are available for Individual
Learning Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR
) may be transferred to appropriate
accounts of CDC, to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts:
Provided
, That such funds may be
used for any individual full-time equivalent employee while such employee is
employed either by CDC or ATSDR.
Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project.
(transfer of funds)
Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1
percent of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards
(NRSA
) shall be made available to the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research
in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have
received grants or contracts under section 747 of the
PHS Act
, and 1 percent of the amount
made available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA awards for health service
research.
Funds provided to the National Institutes of Health in this and subsequent acts may be used to support the Sanctuary System for Surplus Chimpanzees authorized by section 404K of the PHS Act, including for the construction, renovation, and funding of current or additional facilities of the sanctuary system as authorized by section 404K, notwithstanding the limitations in subsection (g) of such section.
None of the funds made available in this title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.
The Secretary shall establish a publicly
accessible Web site to provide information regarding the uses of funds made
available under section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
of 2010 (ACA
).
With respect to funds provided under section 4002 of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web site established under subsection (a) at a minimum the following information:
In the case of each transfer of funds under section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program or activity receiving funds, the operating division or office that will administer the funds, and the planned uses of the funds, to be posted not later than the day after the transfer is made.
Identification (along with a link to the full text) of each funding opportunity announcement, request for proposals, or other announcement or solicitation of proposals for grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts intended to be awarded using such funds, to be posted not later than the day after the announcement or solicitation is issued.
Identification of each grant, cooperative agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or more awarded using such funds, including the purpose of the award and the identity of the recipient, to be posted not later than 5 days after the award is made.
A report detailing the uses of all funds transferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to be posted not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year.
With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the Secretary shall also include on the Web site established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports from each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identifying any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including the purpose of the award and the identity of the recipient), to be posted not later than 30 days after the end of each 6-month period.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall:
present the information required in subsection (b)(1) on a single webpage or on a single database;
ensure that all information required in this section is directly accessible from the single webpage or database; and
ensure that all information required in this section is able to be organized by program or State.
(Transfer of Funds)
Within 45 days of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA
) to the
accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities specified
under the heading Prevention and Public Health Fund
in the
Committee report of the Senate accompanying this Act.
Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.
Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.
The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation, for application in the current fiscal year and in subsequent fiscal years, a schedule of fees for certification of health information technology as established by section 300jj–11(c)(5) of title 42. The fees shall be paid by health information technology vendors based on the fee structure established by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall periodically update this schedule of fees through a notice in the Federal Register. This fee structure shall be designed to be sufficient to recover costs associated with the administration of certification programs authorized by section 300jj–11(c)(5) of title 42, including the costs for health information technology standards, testing and certification, and other related costs for improving the efficiency of certification programs.
Collection procedures
The Secretary shall prescribe procedures to collect the fees. The Secretary may, for the purpose of collecting fees, use the services of a department, agency, or instrumentality authorized by the National Coordinator to perform the certification of health information technology in accordance with section 300jj–11(c)(5) of title 42, and may reimburse such department, agency, or instrumentality a reasonable amount for its services.
Collection, deposit, and use
Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology account as offsetting collections.
Such fees shall be collected and available only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations acts.
The Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA
) may enter into a contract, for
more than one but no more than 10 program years, for purchase of research
services or of security countermeasures, as that term is defined in
section
319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), if—
funds are available and obligated—
for the full period of the contract or for the first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and
for the estimated costs associated with a necessary termination of the contract; and
the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's programs.
A contract entered into under this section:
shall include a termination clause as described by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; and
shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.
The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal
year 2015 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information
concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or
contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, or
otherwise carrying out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act of 2010 (ACA
), and the amendments made by that Act, in
the proposed fiscal year and the 4 prior fiscal years.
With respect to employees or contractors supported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Federal operating division or office that administers such program, and the amount of funding received in discretionary or mandatory appropriations.
For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with paragraph (1).
In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from the report employees or contractors who:
Are supported through appropriations enacted in laws other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to the passage of the ACA;
spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA;
or who work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.
In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur up to 60 days after the execution of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2014 under section 338 of such Act.
With respect to a contract, contract option, or modification executed in fiscal year 2014 between the National Institutes of Health or any of its components and the contract operator of a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for severable services, if the period of the contract, option, or modification begins in one fiscal year, ends in the next fiscal year, and does not exceed one year, and if the contract, option, or modification is funded incrementally in the manner specified in sections 32.703–1(b) and 32.704 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation—
any increment of such contract, contract option, or modification may begin in one fiscal year and end in the next fiscal year; and
funds available for the first of such fiscal years may be obligated for the total amount of such increment.
The authority provided in this section shall apply only to funds appropriated in this Act.
It is the sense of the Senate that American Health Benefit Exchanges should verify annual household or individual income prior to making available premium tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amendment made by that Act.
The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 2015 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insurance Marketplaces for each fiscal year since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2015. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal year—
the section(s) of such Act under which such funds were appropriated or used;
the program, project, or activity for which such funds were used;
the amount of funds that were used for the Health Insurance Marketplaces within each such program, project, or activity; and
the milestones completed for data hub functionality and implementation readiness.
This title may be cited as the
Department of Health and Human
Services Appropriations Act,
2014
.
Department of Education
Education for the disadvantaged
For carrying out
title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965
(referred to in this Act as
ESEA
) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(referred to in
this Act as HEA
),
$15,875,231,000, of which
$4,941,691,000 shall become available on July 1,
2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, and of which
$10,841,177,000 shall become available on
October 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, for
academic year 2014–2015:
Provided
, That
$6,562,024,000 shall be for basic grants under
section 1124 of the ESEA:
Provided further
, That
up to $4,000,000 of these funds shall be
available to the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as
Secretary
) on October 1, 2013, to obtain annually updated local
educational agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census:
Provided further
, That
$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants
under section 1124A of the ESEA:
Provided further
, That
$3,344,050,000 shall be for targeted grants
under section 1125 of the ESEA:
Provided further
, That
$3,344,050,000 shall be for education finance
incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA:
Provided further
, That
funds available under sections 1124, 1124A, 1125 and 1125A of the ESEA may be
used to provide homeless children and youths with services not ordinarily
provided to other students under those sections, including supporting the
liaison designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, and providing transportation pursuant to section
722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act:
Provided further
, That
$3,028,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501
and 1503 of the ESEA:
Provided further, That
$567,485,000 shall be available until expended
for school improvement grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA, which shall be
allocated by the Secretary through the formula described in section 1003(g)(2)
and shall be used consistent with the requirements of section 1003(g), except
that State and local educational agencies may use such funds to serve any
school eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I that has not made
adequate yearly progress for at least 2 years or is in the State's lowest
quintile of performance based on proficiency rates and, in the case of
secondary schools, priority shall be given to those schools with graduation
rates below 60 percent:
Provided further
, That
funds available for school improvement grants may be used by a local
educational agency to implement a whole-school reform strategy for a school
using an evidence-based strategy that ensures whole-school reform is undertaken
in partnership with a strategy developer offering a whole-school reform program
that is based on at least a moderate level of evidence that the program will
have a statistically significant effect on student outcomes, including more
than one well-designed or well-implemented experimental or quasi-experimental
study:
Provided further,
That
funds available for school improvement grants may be used by a local
educational agency to implement an alternative State-determined school
improvement strategy that has been established by a State educational agency
with the approval of the Secretary:
Provided
further,
That a local educational agency that is determined
to be eligible for services under subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI of the
ESEA may modify not more than one element of a school improvement grant model:
Provided further
, That
notwithstanding section 1003(g)(5)(A), each State educational agency may
establish a maximum subgrant size of not more than
$2,000,000 for each participating school
applicable to such funds:
Provided further,
That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the funds available for
section 1003(g) of the ESEA to carry out activities to build State and local
educational agency capacity to implement effectively the school improvement
grants program:
Provided further
, That
$164,378,000 shall be available under section
1502 of the ESEA for a comprehensive literacy development and education program
to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and
writing, for students from birth through grade 12, including
limited-English-proficient students and students with disabilities, of which
one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for the Secretary of the Interior for
such a program at schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, one-half of
1 percent shall be reserved for grants to the outlying areas for such a
program, up to 5 percent may be reserved for national activities, and the
remainder shall be used to award competitive grants to State educational
agencies for such a program, of which a State educational agency may reserve up
to 5 percent for State leadership activities, including technical assistance
and training, data collection, reporting, and administration, and shall
subgrant not less than 95 percent to local educational agencies or, in the case
of early literacy, to local educational agencies or other nonprofit providers
of early childhood education that partner with a public or private nonprofit
organization or agency with a demonstrated record of effectiveness in improving
the early literacy development of children from birth through kindergarten
entry and in providing professional development in early literacy, giving
priority to such agencies or other entities serving greater numbers or
percentages of disadvantaged children:
Provided further
, That
the State educational agency shall ensure that at least 15 percent of the
subgranted funds are used to serve children from birth through age 5, 40
percent are used to serve students in kindergarten through grade 5, and 40
percent are used to serve students in middle and high school including an
equitable distribution of funds between middle and high schools:
Provided further
, That
eligible entities receiving subgrants from State educational agencies shall use
such funds for services and activities that have the characteristics of
effective literacy instruction through professional development, screening and
assessment, targeted interventions for students reading below grade level and
other research-based methods of improving classroom instruction and
practice.
School Readiness
For carrying out activities authorized by part D of title V of the ESEA , $750,000,000 for a preschool development grants program: Provided , That such funds shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2014: Provided further , That the Secretary shall make competitive grants to States to carry out activities that support high-quality preschool programs for children from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line: Provided further , That the Secretary may permit or require States to subgrant a portion of grant funds to local educational agencies, or local educational agencies in partnership with other early learning providers, for the implementation of high-quality preschool programs for children from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line: Provided further , That up to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants shall be available for national activities.
Impact aid
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the ESEA , $1,290,945,000, of which $1,153,540,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $17,441,000 shall be for construction under section 8007(a), $66,813,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided , That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2013–2014, children enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible students under such section, provided such students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status: Provided further , That the Secretary shall deem each local educational agency that received a fiscal year 2009 basic support payment for heavily impacted local educational agencies under section 8003(b)(2) of such Act as eligible to receive fiscal year 2014 basic support payments for heavily impacted local educational agencies under such section and make payments to such local educational agencies under such section for fiscal year 2014.
School improvement programs
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by parts A and B of title II, part B of title IV, subpart 6 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , $4,621,862,000, of which $2,782,412,000 shall become available on July 1, 2014, and remain available through September 30, 2015, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, for academic year 2014–2015: Provided , That funds made available to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation, and modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: Provided further , That funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and also may be used for construction: Provided further , That $51,113,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided further , That $17,583,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further , That up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso may be reserved by the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assistance, oversight and consultancy services in the administration of these grants and to reimburse the United States Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for such services: Provided further , That State educational agencies may subgrant funds available under part B of title IV of the ESEA for expanded learning time programs that significantly increase the number of hours in a regular school schedule and comprehensively redesign the school schedule for all students in the school: Provided further , That such expanded learning time programs shall provide additional learning time in the core academic and other subjects, provide opportunities for student participation in experiential, hands-on learning, and include enrichment and youth development activities: Provided further , That programs awarded subgrants under such part shall include strong partnerships between schools and community partners: Provided further , That up to 5.5 percent of the funds for subpart 1 of part A of title II of the ESEA shall be reserved by the Secretary for competitive awards for teacher or principal recruitment and training or professional enhancement activities to national not-for-profit organizations, of which up to 10 percent may be used for related research, development, evaluation, technical assistance, and outreach activities: Provided further, That $149,417,000 shall be to carry out part B of title II of the ESEA.
Indian education
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA , $130,318,000.
Innovation and improvement
For carrying out activities authorized by
part G of title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B,
C, and D of title V of the ESEA, and sections 14006 and 14007 of division A of
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended,
$1,331,598,000:
Provided
, That the Secretary may
use up to $250,000,000, which shall remain
available for obligation through December 31, 2014, for section 14006 of
division A of Public Law 111–5, as amended, to make awards (including on the
basis of previously submitted applications) to State educational agencies,
local educational agencies, or consortia of either, in accordance with the
applicable requirements of that section, as determined by the Secretary:
Provided further
, That
funds for section 14006 may be available for carrying out a Race to the Top:
College Affordability and Completion program (referred to in this Act as
CAC
):
Provided further
, That
the Secretary is authorized to make CAC grants to States for the purpose of
undertaking reforms and innovations to improve college affordability and
quality, and increase institutional capacity to graduate more students,
including low-income, minority, and non-traditional students and students with
disabilities:
Provided further
, That
before awarding or otherwise making CAC funds available to States, the
Secretary may require States to provide evidence of implementing, or a
commitment to implement, reforms in (1) increasing or sustaining fiscal support
for public higher education while modernizing funding policies to constrain
costs and improve student outcomes; (2) creating, or removing barriers
preventing the creation of, innovative and effective methods of student
learning and degree pathways; (3) empowering consumer choice in postsecondary
education through increased transparency on college costs, quality,
affordability, and student outcomes; and (4) increasing awareness about college
and financial aid among secondary school students, providing accelerated
learning opportunities, and providing for the seamless transition from
secondary into postsecondary education and between institutions of higher
education:
Provided further
, That
in making a CAC grant to a State, the Secretary may withhold a portion of the
funds to be awarded until such time as the Secretary has determined that the
State has demonstrated that it has made sufficient progress in the areas of
reform described in the previous proviso:
Provided further
, That
the Secretary may reserve up to 2 percent of funds provided under section 14006
to obtain qualified readers and staff to review applications; to conduct
oversight and monitoring; to provide technical assistance to potential and
successful applicants; and to conduct evaluations of the projects funded in the
first proviso:
Provided further
, That
a State receiving a CAC grant under this section may make subgrants to public
and non-profit organizations located within the State, subject to limitations
to be established by the Secretary:
Provided further
, That
the Secretary shall administer State grants for improving early childhood care
and education under such section jointly with the Secretary of HHS on such
terms as such Secretaries set forth in an interagency agreement:
Provided further,
That up to $170,000,000 shall be available until
expended for section 14007 of division A of Public Law 111–5, and up to 5
percent of such funds may be used for technical assistance and the evaluation
of activities carried out under such section:
Provided further
, That
funds available for section 2151(b) of the ESEA may be used to train other
school leaders and district-level personnel, in addition to the individuals
described in subsection (b)(1) and may be used to make grants to State
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit
organizations, in partnership with local educational agencies, in addition to
the entities described in subsection (b)(2):
Provided further
, That
in making grants under such section, the Secretary may designate local
educational agencies as high-need local educational agencies
under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may establish so long as each
such local educational agency meets the requirements of 2102(3)(A) of the ESEA:
Provided further
, That
the education facilities clearinghouse established through a competitive award
process in fiscal year 2013 is authorized to collect and disseminate
information on effective educational practices and the latest research
regarding the planning, design, financing, construction, improvement,
operation, and maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performance public facilities
for early learning programs, kindergarten through grade 12, and higher
education:
Provided further
, That
$298,834,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part
D of title V of the ESEA shall be for competitive grants to local educational
agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or
States, or partnerships of: (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both;
and (2) at least one nonprofit organization to develop and implement
performance-based compensation systems for teachers, principals, and other
personnel in high-need schools:
Provided further
, That
such performance-based compensation systems must consider gains in student
academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times
during each school year among other factors and provide educators with
incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles:
Provided further
, That
recipients of such grants shall demonstrate that such performance-based
compensation systems are developed with the input of teachers and school
leaders in the schools and local educational agencies to be served by the
grant:
Provided further
, That
recipients of such grants may use such funds to develop or improve systems and
tools (which may be developed and used for the entire local educational agency
or only for schools served under the grant) that would enhance the quality and
success of the compensation system, such as high-quality teacher evaluations
and tools to measure growth in student achievement:
Provided further
, That
applications for such grants shall include a plan to sustain financially the
activities conducted and systems developed under the grant once the grant
period has expired:
Provided further
, That
up to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants shall be available for
technical assistance, training, peer review of applications, program outreach,
and evaluation activities:
Provided further
, That
$55,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D
of title V of the ESEA shall be available for programs to improve teacher
effectiveness and student academic achievement and preparedness for careers in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through competitive grants to
local educational agencies in partnership with institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, other public agencies, museums, and
businesses to identify, develop, validate, and expand the use for high-need
students of evidence-based STEM educational strategies and practices in
pre-kindergarten through grade 12, including informal educational strategies
and practices, of which up to 5 percent may be reserved by the Secretary for
national activities, including a STEM virtual learning network:
Provided further
, That
of the funds available for part B of title V of the ESEA, the Secretary may use
up to $11,000,000 to carry out activities under
section 5205(b) and shall use not less than
$12,000,000 for subpart 2:
Provided further
, That
of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of title V of the ESEA, and
notwithstanding section 5205(a), the Secretary shall reserve not less than
$45,000,000 to make multiple awards to
non-profit charter management organizations and other entities that are not
for-profit entities for the replication and expansion of successful charter
school models and shall reserve up to
$11,000,000 to carry out the activities
described in section 5205(a), including improving quality and oversight of
charter schools and providing technical assistance and grants to authorized
public chartering agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing
charter schools:
Provided further
, That
funds available for part B of title V of the ESEA may be used for grants that
support preschool education in charter schools:
Provided further
, That
each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall describe a plan to
monitor and hold accountable authorized public chartering agencies through such
activities as providing technical assistance or establishing a professional
development program, which may include evaluation, planning, training, and
systems development for staff of authorized public chartering agencies to
improve the capacity of such agencies in the State to authorize, monitor, and
hold accountable charter schools:
Provided further
, That
each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall contain assurances
that State law, regulations, or other policies require that: (1) each
authorized charter school in the State operate under a legally binding charter
or performance contract between itself and the school’s authorized public
chartering agency that describes the rights and responsibilities of the school
and the public chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and independent
audits of the school’s financial statements that are filed with the school’s
authorized public chartering agency; and demonstrate improved student academic
achievement; and (2) authorized public chartering agencies use increases in
student academic achievement for all groups of students described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of the ESEA as the most important factor when determining to
renew or revoke a school’s charter.
Safe schools and citizenship education
For carrying out
activities authorized by part A of title IV and subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D
of title V of the ESEA
, $330,481,000:
Provided
, That
$143,000,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of
part A of title IV, of which $75,000,000 may be
used for multi-tier systems of support and for mental health treatment and up
to $8,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence
(Project SERV
) program to provide education-related services to
local educational agencies and institutions of higher education in which the
learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis:
Provided further, That
$56,754,000 shall be available for Promise
Neighborhoods and shall be available through December 31,
2014.
English language acquisition
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA , $730,680,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2013, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C): Provided, That the Secretary shall use estimates of the American Community Survey child counts for the most recent 3-year period available to calculate allocations under such part.
Special education
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 , $12,803,387,000, of which $3,274,919,000 shall become available on July 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, for academic year 2014–2015: Provided , That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 2013, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2013: Provided further , That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State's allocation under section 611(d), from funds appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States' relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States' relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: Provided further , That the Secretary may not distribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made funds available for such a distribution: Provided further , That the States shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Provided further , That the amount by which a State's allocation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further , That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided further , That the Secretary may, notwithstanding section 643(e)(1) of the IDEA, reserve up to $2,710,000 of the amount provided under section 644 for incentive grants to States to carry out section 635(c): Provided further , That funds made available for the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 may be used to support expenses associated with the Special Olympics National and World Games: Provided further , That the level of effort a local educational agency must meet under section 613(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the IDEA, in the year after it fails to maintain effort is the level of effort that would have been required in the absence of that failure and not the LEA's reduced level of expenditures: Provided further , That the Secretary may use funds made available for the State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance.
Rehabilitation services and disability research
For carrying out, to
the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the
Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act
,
$3,698,174,000, of which
$3,302,053,000 shall be for grants for
vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act:
Provided
, That the Secretary may
use amounts provided in this Act that remain available subsequent to the
reallotment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation
Act for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals
with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act,
including activities aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes
of children receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI
) and
their families that may result in long-term improvement in the SSI child
recipient's economic status and self-sufficiency:
Provided further, That
States may award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public and
private, non-profit entities:
Provided further,
That any funds made available subsequent to reallotment for innovative
activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities
shall remain available until September 30, 2015:
Provided further
, That
not to exceed $20,000,000 of the amounts made
available in the first proviso may be used for performance-based awards for Pay
for Success projects:
Provided further
,
That, with respect to the previous proviso, any funds obligated for such
projects shall remain available for disbursement until expended,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a):
Provided further
,
That, with respect to the third proviso, any deobligated funds from such
projects shall immediately be available for programs authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act.
Special institutions for persons with disabilities
American printing house for the blind
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879 , $24,456,000.
National technical institute for the deaf
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 , $66,422,000: Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.
Gallaudet university
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 , $118,541,000: Provided , That from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.
Career, technical, and adult education
For carrying out, to
the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
(AEFLA
), $1,743,949,000, of which
$952,949,000 shall become available on July 1,
2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015, and of which
$791,000,000 shall become available on October
1, 2014, and shall remain available through September 30, 2015:
Provided
, That of the amount
available for section 114 of the Perkins Act,
$5,000,000 shall be used to help establish or
expand dual enrollment career and technical education programs:
Provided further
, That
such funds may be used to assist individuals in adult education programs to
enroll in postsecondary career and technical education courses for credit:
Provided further
, That
such funds shall supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, or local
public funds expended for adult education and literacy activities:
Provided further, That
of the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants,
$74,559,000 shall be made available for
integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and
other limited-English-proficient populations:
Provided further,
That
of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education,
notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLA, 65 percent shall be allocated to
States based on a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each
State's share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence
for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that
experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for
which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants
admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State
shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000:
Provided further,
That
of the amounts made available for AEFLA,
$14,302,000 shall be for national leadership
activities under section 243.
Student financial assistance
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C of title IV of the HEA , $24,536,210,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2015.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2014–2015 shall be $4,860.
Student aid administration
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA , $1,044,301,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015.
Higher education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 , $1,912,615,000: Provided, That $20,606,000 shall be for data collection, evaluation, research, and demonstration activities relating to programs under the HEA, including activities that are designed to test approaches for providing grant, loan, or work assistance under title IV of the HEA in ways that promote access to, and completion of, affordable and high-quality postsecondary education programs: Provided further , That the Secretary may use funds under the preceding proviso for the costs of postsecondary tuition, fees, textbooks, and related costs for students enrolled in postsecondary courses who are participating in evaluation, research, and demonstration activities funded under the preceding proviso: Provided further , That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: Provided further , That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further , That, of the amount available under subpart 2 of part A of title VII of the HEA, the Secretary may use up to $1,485,000 to fund continuation awards for projects originally supported under subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the HEA: Provided further , That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV may be used for evaluation.
Howard university
For partial support of Howard University , $234,064,000, of which not less than $3,593,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain available until expended.
College housing and academic facilities loans program
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the HEA , $459,000.
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain available through September 30, 2015: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $320,350,000: Provided further, That these funds may be used to support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 344(a) of the HEA.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA , $352,000.
Institute of education sciences
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , $652,937,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2015: Provided , That funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further , That up to $21,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, and national levels.
Departmental management
Program administration
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $447,366,000, of which $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff.
Office for civil rights
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act , $102,418,000.
Office of the inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act , $59,700,000.
General provisions
No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.
None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.
No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
(transfer of funds)
Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided , That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further , That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part A of title V of the ESEA.
Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be
applied by substituting 2014
for 2009
.
Section 206 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3416) is amended—
by striking out the heading and inserting
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
;
by striking out Office of Vocational
and Adult Education
and inserting
Office of Career, Technical,
and Adult Education
;
by striking out Assistant Secretary
for Vocational and Adult Education
and inserting
Assistant
Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education
; and
by striking out vocational and adult
education
each place it appears and inserting career, technical,
and adult education
.
Section 202 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412) is amended—
in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking out
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education
and
inserting
Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult
Education
; and
in subsection (h), by striking out
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education
each
place it appears and inserting
Assistant Secretary for Career,
Technical, and Adult Education
.
Section 1 of the Department of Education
Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 note) is amended by striking out the entry for
section 206 and inserting Sec. 206. Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education.
.
Section 114(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2324(b)(1)) is amended by
striking out Office of Vocational and Adult Education
and
inserting
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult
Education
.
The Secretary may reserve funds under section 9601 of the ESEA (subject to the limitations in subsections (b) and (c) of that section) in order to carry out activities authorized under that section with respect to any ESEA program funded in this Act and without respect to the source of funds for those activities: Provided , That any funds reserved under this section shall be available from July 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015: Provided further , That not later than 10 days prior to the initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Secretary shall submit an evaluation plan to the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Workforce which identifies the source and amount of funds reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees if funds are withheld, and the programs to be evaluated with such funds.
None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the HEA may be disbursed or delivered to an institution of higher education (or other postsecondary educational institution) on behalf of a student, or to a student to be used to attend the institution, unless the institution certifies to the Secretary that it will not use revenues derived from educational assistance funds provided in any form under any Federal law for advertising, marketing or student recruitment activities (other than activities required or specifically authorized by title IV of the HEA or otherwise specified by the Secretary).
Consolidations
For fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year, if a local educational agency described in subsection (b) is formed at any time after 1938 by the consolidation of 2 or more former school districts, the local educational agency may elect to have the Secretary determine its eligibility for any fiscal year on the basis of 1 or more of those former districts, as designated by the local educational agency.
Eligible local educational agencies
A local educational agency referred to in subsection (a) is—
any local educational agency that, for fiscal year 1994 or any preceding fiscal year, applied, and was determined to be eligible under, section 2(c) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) as that section was in effect for that fiscal year; or
a local educational agency formed by the consolidation of 2 or more districts, at least 1 of which was eligible for assistance under this section for the fiscal year preceding the year of the consolidation, if—
for fiscal years 2006 through 2013 the local educational agency notified the Secretary not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and
for fiscal year 2014 the local educational agency includes the designation in its application under section 8005 or any timely amendment to such application.
Amount
A local educational agency eligible under subsection (b) shall receive a foundation payment as provided for under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (h)(1), as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except that the foundation payment shall be calculated based on the most recent payment received by the local educational agency based on its former common status.
None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the HEA may be disbursed or delivered on behalf of a student or to a student to be used to attend a program, pursuant to section 481(b) of the HEA, that prepares students for gainful employment in recognized occupations requiring licensing or other established requirements as a pre-condition for entry into such occupations, at an institution of higher education (or other post-secondary education institution), unless such program meets, in the State where the Department has approved the location offering the program, all applicable State or professionally mandated licensing, certification, and programmatic or specialized accreditation requirements to fully qualify a student who successfully completes the program to take licensing examinations or obtain credentials associated with the training provided in the program.
The Secretary of Education shall—
modify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483 of the HEA so that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid contains an individual box for the purpose of identifying students who are foster youth or were in the foster care system; and
utilize such identification as a tool to notify students who are foster youth or were in the foster care system of their potential eligibility for Federal student aid, including postsecondary education programs through the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program and any other Federal programs under which such students may be eligible to receive assistance.
This title may be cited as the
Department of Education Appropriations
Act, 2014
.
Related Agencies
Committee for purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public Law 92–28 , $5,396,000.
Corporation for national and community service
Operating expenses
For necessary expenses for the Corporation
for National and Community Service (referred to in this title as
CNCS
) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
(referred to in this title as 1973 Act
) and the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as 1990
Act
), $756,641,000, notwithstanding
sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(6), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the
1990 Act:
Provided
, That of the amounts
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be
used to defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the
use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle;
(2) $46,724,000 shall be available for expenses
authorized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3)
$15,306,000 shall be available to provide
assistance to State commissions on national and community service, under
section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the
1990 Act; (4) $30,000,000 shall be available to
carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (5)
$5,000,000 shall be available for expenses
authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding
the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis:
Provided further
, That
not to exceed 20 percent of funds made available under section 501(a)(4)(E) of
the 1990 Act may be used for Social Innovation Funds Pilot Program-related
performance-based awards for Pay for Success projects:
Provided further
,
That, with respect to the previous proviso, any funds obligated for such
projects shall remain available for disbursement until expended,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), and that any funds deobligated from such
projects shall immediately be available for activities authorized under 198K of
such Act.
Payment to the National service trust
(including transfer of funds)
For payment to the National Service Trust
established under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act
,
$209,840,000, to remain available until
expended:
Provided
, That CNCS may transfer
additional funds from the amount provided within Operating
Expenses
allocated to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990
Act to the National Service Trust upon determination that such transfer is
necessary to support the activities of national service participants and after
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further
,
That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may
be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the
requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C.
1513(b).
Salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $88,209,000.
Office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978 , $6,466,000.
Administrative provisions
CNCS shall make any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2014, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.
AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and operations.
In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act.
For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of the 1990 Act:
Entities described in paragraph (a) of such
section shall be considered qualified entities
under section 3
of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (NCPA
); and
Individuals described in such section shall
be considered volunteers
under section 3 of NCPA; and
State Commissions on National and Community Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history record information, consistent with Public Law 92–544.
Corporation for public broadcasting
For payment to
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB
), as authorized by
the
Communications Act of 1934
, an
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for
the fiscal year 2016, $445,000,000:
Provided
, That none of the funds
made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties,
or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees:
Provided further
, That
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available or used
to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or
is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color,
national origin, religion, or sex:
Provided further
, That
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any
political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking
any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of
CPB:
Provided further
, That
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to support
the Television Future Fund or any similar
purpose.
Federal mediation and conciliation service
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service (Service
) to carry out the
functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the
Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the
Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform
Act
, $47,000,000, including up to
$400,000 to remain available through September
30, 2015 for activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of
1978:
Provided,
That notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training
activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance,
including those provided to foreign governments and international
organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged
with this account, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further,
That
fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training,
and professional development of the agency workforce:
Provided further
, That
the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the
United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the
aid of any projects or functions within the Director's
jurisdiction.
Federal mine safety and health review commission
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission , $17,000,000.
Institute of museum and library services
Office of museum and library services: grants and administration
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act , $231,490,000.
Medicaid and CHIP payment and access commission
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social Security Act , $9,000,000.
Medicare payment advisory commission
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act , $11,954,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
National council on disability
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , $3,345,000.
National health care workforce commission
For necessary expenses for the National Health Care Workforce Commission, as authorized by title V, subtitle B, section 5101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , $3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
National labor relations board
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $284,991,000: Provided , That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.
National mediation board
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President , $13,384,000.
Occupational safety and health review commission
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission , $12,300,000.
Railroad retirement board
Dual benefits payments account
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 , $39,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual benefits: Provided , That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.
Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2015, which shall be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76.
Limitation on administration
For necessary expenses for the Railroad
Retirement Board (Board
) for administration of the Railroad
Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
,
$110,927,000, to be derived in such amounts as
determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys
credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund:
Provided, That notwithstanding
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to
hire attorneys only through the excepted service:
Provided further, That
the previous proviso shall not change the status under Federal employment laws
of any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1,
2013.
Limitation on the office of inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978 , not more than $8,638,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account.
Social security administration
Payments to social security trust funds
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act , $16,400,000.
Supplemental security income program
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act , $40,568,741,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Provided further, That not more than $54,000,000 shall be available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act and remain available through September 30, 2015.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, $19,700,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $10,594,473,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section : Provided , That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further , That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2014 not needed for fiscal year 2014 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available under the authority in the previous proviso: Provided further , That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
In addition, for the costs associated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act , $1,197,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein : Provided , That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $924,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.
In addition, $173,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66 , which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2014 exceed $173,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2015 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act , which shall remain available until expended.
Office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 , $29,698,000 , together with not to exceed $74,972,000 , to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
In addition, an
amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may
be transferred from the Limitation on Administrative Expenses
,
Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available
for the time and purposes for which this account is available:
Provided,
That notice of such
transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of any
transfer.
General Provisions
(transfer of funds)
The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or local government itself.
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and administrative processes within the executive branch of that government.
The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or promotion of gun control.
The Secretaries of Labor and Education are
authorized to make available not to exceed
$28,000 and
$20,000, respectively, from funds available for
salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official
reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000
from the funds available for Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,
Salaries and Expenses
; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board
is authorized to make available for official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds
available for National Mediation Board, Salaries and
Expenses
.
When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—
the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money;
the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and
percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.
None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
The term health benefits coverage means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion—
if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
In this subsection, the term health care entity includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—
the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or
research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
For purposes of this section, the term human embryo or embryos includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications.
The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if—
such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and
such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.
None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—
creates new programs;
eliminates a program, project, or activity;
increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;
relocates an office or employees;
reorganizes or renames offices;
reorganizes programs or activities; or
contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;
None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—
augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities;
reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.
Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2014 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the Committee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 2014 budget request.
The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2014, but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is submitted.
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the 3 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.
(rescission)
Of the funds made available for performance bonus payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act, $5,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been determined by the local public health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution.
(Including transfer of funds)
In general
The Health Education Assistance Loan
(HEAL
) program under title VII, part A, subpart I of the PHS
Act, and the authority to administer such program, including servicing,
collecting, and enforcing any loans that were made under such program that
remain outstanding, shall be permanently transferred from the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to the Secretary of Education no later than the end
of the first fiscal quarter that begins after the date of enactment of this
act.
Transfer of functions, assets, and liabilities
The functions, assets, and liabilities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to such program shall be transferred to the Secretary of Education.
Interdepartmental coordination of transfer
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education shall carry out the transfer of the HEAL program described in subsection (a), including the transfer of the functions, assets, and liabilities specified in subsection (b), in the manner that they determine is most appropriate.
Use of authorities under HEA of 1965
In servicing, collecting, and enforcing the loans described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Education shall have available any and all authorities available to such Secretary in servicing, collecting, or enforcing a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the HEA of 1965.
Conforming amendments
Effective as of the date on which the transfer of the HEAL program under subsection (a) takes effect, section 719 of the PHS Act is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education.
.
(including transfer of funds)
Definitions
In this section,
Performance Partnership Pilot (or Pilot) is a project that seeks to identify, through a demonstration, cost-effective strategies for providing services at the State, regional, or local level that—
involve two or more Federal programs (administered by one or more Federal agencies)—
which have related policy goals, and
at least one of which is administered (in whole or in part) by a State, local, or tribal government; and
achieve better results for regions, communities, or specific at-risk populations through making better use of the budgetary resources that are available for supporting such programs.
To improve outcomes for disconnected youth means to increase the rate at which individuals between the ages of 14 and 24 (who are low-income and either homeless, in foster care, involved in the juvenile justice system, unemployed, or not enrolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational institution) achieve success in meeting educational, employment, or other key goals.
The lead Federal administering agency is the Federal agency, to be designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (from among the participating Federal agencies that have statutory responsibility for the Federal discretionary funds that will be used in a Performance Partnership Pilot), that will enter into and administer the particular Performance Partnership Agreement on behalf of that agency and the other participating Federal agencies.
Use of discretionary funds in fiscal year 2014
Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 13 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall:
be designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth, and
involve Federal programs targeted on disconnected youth, or designed to prevent youth from disconnecting from school or work, that provide education, training, employment, and other related social services.
Performance partnership agreements
Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds, as authorized in subsection (b), to participate in a Performance Partnership Pilot only in accordance with the terms of a Performance Partnership Agreement that—
is entered into between—
the head of the lead Federal administering agency, on behalf of all of the participating Federal agencies (subject to the head of the lead Federal administering agency having received from the heads of each of the other participating agencies their written concurrence for entering into the Agreement), and
the respective representatives of all of the State, local, or tribal governments that are participating in the Agreement; and
specifies, at a minimum, the following information:
the length of the Agreement (which shall not extend beyond September 30, 2018);
the Federal programs and federally funded services that are involved in the Pilot;
the Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot (by the respective Federal account identifier, and the total amount from such account that is being used in the Pilot), and the period (or periods) of availability for obligation (by the Federal Government) of such funds;
the non-Federal funds that are involved in the Pilot, by source (which may include private funds as well as governmental funds) and by amount;
the State, local, or tribal programs that are involved in the Pilot;
the populations to be served by the Pilot;
the cost-effective Federal oversight procedures that will be used for the purpose of maintaining the necessary level of accountability for the use of the Federal discretionary funds;
the cost-effective State, local, or tribal oversight procedures that will be used for the purpose of maintaining the necessary level of accountability for the use of the Federal discretionary funds;
the outcome (or outcomes) that the Pilot is designed to achieve;
the appropriate, reliable, and objective outcome-measurement methodology that the Federal Government and the participating State, local, or tribal governments will use, in carrying out the Pilot, to determine whether the Pilot is achieving, and has achieved, the specified outcomes that the Pilot is designed to achieve;
the statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirements related to Federal mandatory programs that are barriers to achieving improved outcomes of the Pilot; and
in cases where, during the course of the Pilot, it is determined that the Pilot is not achieving the specified outcomes that it is designed to achieve,
the consequences that will result from such deficiencies with respect to the Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot, and
the corrective actions that will be taken in order to increase the likelihood that the Pilot, upon completion, will have achieved such specified outcomes.
Agency head determinations
A Federal agency may participate in a Performance Partnership Pilot (including by providing Federal discretionary funds that have been appropriated to such agency) only upon the written determination by the head of such agency that the agency's participation in such Pilot—
will not result in denying or restricting the eligibility of any individual for any of the services that (in whole or in part) are funded by the agency's programs and Federal discretionary funds that are involved in the Pilot, and
based on the best available information, will not otherwise adversely affect vulnerable populations that are the recipients of such services.
Transfer authority
For the purpose of carrying out the Pilot in accordance with the Performance Partnership Agreement, and subject to the written approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of each participating Federal agency may transfer Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot to an account of the lead Federal administering agency that includes Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot. Subject to the waiver authority under subsection (f), such transferred funds shall remain available for the same purposes for which such funds were originally appropriated: Provided , That such transferred funds shall remain available for obligation by the Federal Government until the expiration of the period of availability for those Federal discretionary funds (which are being used in the Pilot) that have the longest period of availability, except that any such transferred funds shall not remain available beyond September 30, 2018.
Waiver authority
In connection with a Federal agency's participation in a Performance Partnership Pilot, and subject to the other provisions of this section (including subsection (e)), the head of the Federal agency to which the Federal discretionary funds were appropriated may waive (in whole or in part) the application, solely to such discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot, of any statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirement that such agency head—
is otherwise authorized to waive (in accordance with the terms and conditions of such other authority), and
is not otherwise authorized to waive, provided that in such case the agency head shall—
not waive any requirement related to nondiscrimination, wage and labor standards, or allocation of funds to State and substate levels;
issue a written determination, prior to granting the waiver, with respect to such discretionary funds that the granting of such waiver for purposes of the Pilot—
is consistent with both—
the statutory purposes of the Federal program for which such discretionary funds were appropriated, and
the other provisions of this section, including the written determination by the agency head issued under subsection (d);
is necessary to achieve the outcomes of the Pilot as specified in the Performance Partnership Agreement, and is no broader in scope than is necessary to achieve such outcomes; and
will result in either—
realizing efficiencies by simplifying reporting burdens or reducing administrative barriers with respect to such discretionary funds, or
increasing the ability of individuals to obtain access to services that are provided by such discretionary funds; and
provide at least 60 days advance written notice to the Committees on Appropriations and other committees of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The head of any Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2014 for which the cost to the United States Government was more than $100,000.
Each report submitted shall include, for each conference described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period—
a description of its purpose;
the number of participants attending;
a detailed statement of the costs to the United States Government, including—
the cost of any food or beverages;
the cost of any audio-visual services;
the cost of employee or contractor travel to and from the conference; and
a discussion of the methodology used to determine which costs relate to the conference; and
a description of the contracting procedures used including—
whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis; and
a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the departmental component or office in evaluating potential contractors for the conference.
Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2014 for which the cost to the United States Government was more than $20,000, the head of any such department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees attending such conference.
A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act to an Executive branch agency may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract.
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012.
Each Federal agency, or in the case of an agency with multiple bureaus, each bureau (or operating division) funded under this Act that has research and development expenditures in excess of $100,000,000 per year shall develop a Federal research public access policy that provides for—
the submission to the agency, agency bureau, or designated entity acting on behalf of the agency, a machine-readable version of the author’s final peer-reviewed manuscripts that have been accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals describing research supported, in whole or in part, from funding by the Federal Government;
free online public access to such final peer-reviewed manuscripts or published versions not later than 12 months after the official date of publication; and
compliance with all relevant copyright laws.
This Act may be cited as the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2014
.
July 11, 2013
Read twice and placed on the calendar