Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Highlights: The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 provides appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2015.

The bill provides regular annual appropriations for most of the Department of the Interior, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Park Service (NPS), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education. It does not include the Bureau of Reclamation or the Central Utah Project.

Related agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Forest Service, the Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS's) Indian Health Service (IHS), the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The bill increases funding above FY2014 levels for the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, the IHS, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Within Interior's budget, the bill includes increases above FY2014 levels for the NPS, the USGS, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education. It includes decreases below FY2014 levels for the BLM and the USFWS.

The bill decreases funding below FY2014 levels for the EPA.

The bill extends funding for the Department of the Interior's Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program through FY2015.

Also included are several provisions that affect the ability of agencies to issue regulations in areas such as greenhouse gas emissions, the listing of endangered species, oceans policy, mining, and the definition of waters that are protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

Full Summary:

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2015.

Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) management of land and resources; (2) land acquisition; (3) Oregon and California grant lands; (4) range improvements; (5) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (6) miscellaneous trust funds.

Appropriates funds for FY2015 to the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for: (1) resource management; (2) partners for fish and wildlife; (3) the national wildlife refuge system; (4) fish and aquatic conservation; (5) construction; (6) land acquisition; (7) expenses necessary to carry out cooperative agreements with the states under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including funds to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and the Land and Water Conservation Fund; (8) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (9) the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund; (10) neotropical migratory bird conservation; (11) the multinational species conservation fund; and (12) state and tribal wildlife grants.

Rescinds unobligated balances from prior year appropriations for the landowner incentive program and private stewardship grants.

Prohibits USFWS from reprogramming funds without advance approval of the congressional appropriations committees and in accordance with reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act.

Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the operation of the National Park System, (2) national recreation and preservation, (3) the Historic Preservation Fund, (4) construction, (5) land acquisition and state assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and (6) the Centennial Challenge.

Makes appropriations for FY2015 to: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for surveys, investigations, and research; (2) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for ocean energy management; (3) the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for offshore safety and environmental enforcement as well as oil spill research; (4) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (5) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education for operation of Indian programs, construction, Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, and for the Indian guaranteed loan program account; (6) the Office of the Secretary for departmental operations; (7) insular affairs, including assistance to U.S. territories and to carry out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia; (8) the Office of the Solicitor; (9) the Office of Inspector General; (10) the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians to provide for the operation of trust programs for Indians; (11) wildland fire management; (12) the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund for necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations and as a reserve fund for suppression and federal emergency response activities; (13) the Central Hazardous Materials Fund for expenses of the Department of the Interior and its component offices and bureaus for response action, including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA); and (14) natural resource damage assessment and restoration.

Extends funding through FY2015 for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to provide compensation to local governments for the loss of tax revenues from the presence of federal land.

(Sec. 101) Permits appropriations provided in this title to be available for expenditure or transfer within each bureau or office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes.

Provides that no funds shall be available under this authority until funding provided to the Department of the Interior for emergencies is exhausted.

Requires any funds used pursuant to this section to be replenished by supplemental appropriations requested as promptly as possible.

(Sec. 102) Permits the Secretary of the Interior to transfer appropriations made available in this title for specified emergency activities and priorities.

(Sec. 103) Permits Interior to use appropriations provided in this title for: employing experts and consultants; purchasing and replacing motor vehicles; hiring, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hiring of passenger motor vehicles; purchasing reprints; paying for telephone services in private residences in the field when authorized by Interior; and paying for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a lower price to members.

(Sec. 104) Permits the transfer of funds between the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians for Indian trust management and reform activities.

(Sec. 105) Authorizes the acquisition of lands and waters for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands in New Jersey and New York.

(Sec. 106) Directs the Secretary of the Interior in FY2015 to collect a nonrefundable inspection fee from operators of facilities subject to inspection under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Requires the fee to be deposited in the Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement account.

Requires annual fees to be collected for facilities that are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and in place at the start of the fiscal year.

Requires fees for drilling rigs to be assessed for all inspections completed in FY2015.

(Sec. 107) Allows the Secretary of the Interior to implement an oil and gas leasing Internet program under which lease sales may be conducted through methods other than oral bidding.

(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to establish accounts and transfer funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganization, subject to the reprogramming guidelines.

(Sec. 109) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofits and other appropriate entities for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Limits the cooperative agreements  and contracts to ten years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.

(Sec. 110) Directs the USFWS, in carrying out responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, to implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks intended for harvest that are released from federally operated or financed hatcheries.

(Sec. 111) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 to require a person to exhaust administrative hearings and appeal procedures prior to bringing a civil action challenging BLM actions concerning grazing on public lands.

(Sec. 112) Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of the Interior, which requires BLM to inventory public lands with wilderness characteristics.

(Sec. 113) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into rental or lease agreements that benefit Bureau of Indian Education operated schools.

(Sec. 114) Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 to reauthorize the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund through FY2020.

(Sec. 115) Prohibits funds from being used to draft, prepare, implement, or enforce any new or revised regulations or order related to the domestic trade and transportation of ivory that has been lawfully imported.

(Sec. 116) Prohibits funds from being used for further study, withdrawal, or finalization of any rule pertaining to the valley elderberry longhorn beetle under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to re-open the public comment period on the Peer Review of the Scientific Findings in the Proposed Rule to Delist the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle.

(Sec. 117) Prohibits funds from being used to write or issue rules pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and related to the sage-grouse.

(Sec. 118) Requires the USFWS to issue a recovery plan and economic analysis of recovery plan actions for specified amphibians.

Title II: Environmental Protection Agency - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for: (1) science and technology; (2) environmental programs and management; (3) the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) buildings and facilities; (6) hazardous substance superfund to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA); (7) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund program; (8) inland oil spill programs; and (9) state and tribal assistance grants for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for state revolving funds and performance partnership grants.

Permits the EPA to award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or intertribal consortia to assist the EPA in implementing environmental programs, except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds designated for state financial assistance agreements.

Authorizes the EPA to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Permits the EPA to transfer up to $300 million of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to any federal department or agency for activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Permits the EPA to make grants to specified entities for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation to further the Initiative and the Agreement.

Makes the Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program accounts available for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project.

Rescinds $45 million in unobligated balances from the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account, excluding any amounts Congress designated as emergency requirements pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget And Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Authorizes the Administrator to use funds to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes notwithstanding certain provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research; (2) state and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System; (4) capital improvement and maintenance; (5) land acquisition; (6) the Range Betterment Fund; (7) gifts, donations, and bequests for forest and rangeland research; (8) management of national forest lands in Alaska for subsistence uses; (9) wildland fire management; and (10) the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for: expenses related to the purchase and use of motor vehicles and aircraft; employment of temporary personnel; purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements; acquisition of land and waters; expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972; uniforms; and debt collection contracts.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management account for forest fire fighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions, provided that USDA notifies the congressional appropriations committees that all fire suppression funds will be obligated within 30 days. Requires that funds used pursuant to this paragraph be replenished by a supplemental appropriation requested as promptly as  possible.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for forest and rangeland research, technical information, and related forestry and natural resources activities in foreign countries.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be transferred to the BLM for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the performance of surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands.

Prohibits Forest Service appropriations from being transferred using authority provided in several specified statutory provisions.

Prohibits Forest Service appropriations from being reprogrammed except with prior approval of the congressional appropriations committees and in accordance with procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act.

Prohibits the Forest Service from transferring more than $82 million to the USDA Working Capital Fund and more than $14.5 million to USDA for Department Reimbursable Programs (commonly referred to as Greenbook charges).

Permits the Forest Service to use up to $5 million for priority projects within the scope of the approved budget to be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps.

Permits the Chief of the Forest Service to use up to $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

Permits up to $3 million in Forest Service appropriations to be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission with certain restrictions.

Permits up to $3 million in Forest Service appropriations to be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related programs with certain matching requirements.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

Permits Forest Service appropriations to be used to meet the non-federal share requirement included in a provision of the Older Americans Act of 1965 related to the older American community service employment program.

Permits the Forest Service to use up to $55 million for the purpose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and decommissioning.

Permits the Forest Service to use up to $500,000 to reimburse the USDA Office of the General Counsel (OGC) for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar non-litigation related matters.

Permits an individual employed under any project funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to be considered a federal employee.

Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Indian Health Service (IHS) for Indian health services and Indian health facilities, and (2) the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and (3) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the: (1) Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality; (2) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (3) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (4) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (5) the Smithsonian Institution, including for the National Museum of African American History and Culture; (6) the National Gallery of Art; (7) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (10) the Commission of Fine Arts; (11) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) the National Capital Planning Commission; and (13) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth permissions for and restrictions upon the use of funds provided in this Act.

(Sec. 401) Prohibits funds from being used for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal before Congress.

(Sec. 402) Prohibits any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided for in this Act.

(Sec. 403) Requires specified administrative expenses to be presented in annual budget justifications and approved by the congressional appropriations committees.

(Sec. 404) Prohibits funds from being used to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws, subject to exceptions. Requires a report to specified congressional committees.

(Sec. 405) Limits the use of FY1994-FY2013 funds for contract support costs on Indian contracts.

(Sec. 406) Limits the use of FY2014 funds for contract support costs on Indian contracts.

(Sec. 407) Limits the use of FY2015 funds for contract support costs on Indian contracts.

(Sec. 408) Permits Forest Service land management plans to be more than 15 years old if USDA is acting in good faith to update the plans.

(Sec. 409) Prohibits funds provided in this Act from being used to conduct preleasing, leasing, and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act within the boundaries of a National Monument as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the presidential proclamation establishing the monument.

(Sec. 410) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands from being spent for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Includes exceptions for funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 and funds appropriated for federal assistance to Florida for the acquisition of lands for Everglades restoration.

(Sec. 411) Sets forth provisions regarding the sale of timber from a specified region in Alaska.

(Sec. 412) Amends division E (the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 to make permanent a provision regarding the renewal of certain grazing permits or leases administered by Interior or the Forest Service.

(Sec. 413) Prohibits no-bid contracts and grants except under certain circumstances where a contract is authorized by federal law or was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 414) Requires agencies receiving funds in this Act to post on their public websites any report required to be submitted by Congress if it serves the national interest. Includes exceptions if the public posting of the report compromises national security or the report contains proprietary information.

(Sec. 415) Establishes grant guidelines for the NEA.

(Sec. 416) Establishes priorities for programs administered by the NEA.

(Sec. 417) Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to modify existing caps for indemnity agreements for loss or damage to works during international or domestic exhibitions.

(Sec. 418) Directs Interior, the EPA, the Forest Service, and the IHS to provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with quarterly reports on the status of the balances of appropriations, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds in each program and activity.

(Sec. 419) Directs the President to submit a comprehensive report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing all federal agency funding for climate change programs, projects, and activities in FY2014 and FY2015, including: (1) an accounting of funding by agency identifying climate change programs, projects, activities and associated costs; and (2) citations and linkages to each strategic plan that is driving funding within each program, project, and activity.

(Sec. 420) Prohibits funds from being used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.

(Sec. 421) Prohibits the use of any funds to implement any provision in a rule if the provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.

(Sec. 422) Prohibits funds provided by this Act from being used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that was convicted of a felony offense under any federal law within the preceding 24 months. Includes an exception if the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government

(Sec. 423) Prohibits funds in this Act from being used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation with an unpaid federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner. Includes exception if the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.

(Sec. 424) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to extend the authorization of appropriations for American Battlefield Protection program grants through FY2015.

(Sec. 425) Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to extend current recreation fee authority.

(Sec. 426) Prohibits funds from being used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act or any other law.

(Sec. 427) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 to extend the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Prohibits the Commission to issue a solicitation or contract for construction of the memorial for FY2015.

(Sec. 428) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to extend the maximum authorized term for permits and leases issued by Interior or USDA for domestic livestock grazing on public lands.

(Sec. 429) Prohibits funds from being used to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any change to the regulations and guidance in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) including specified rules pertaining to such jurisdiction.

(Sec. 430) Prohibits funds provided by this Act from being used to carry out or otherwise enforce proposed regulations published by Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement related to protecting streams from the impacts of surface mining operations.

(Sec. 431) Prohibits funds from being used to prohibit the use or access to federal land (as defined in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003) for hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if the use or access was not prohibited prior to January 1, 2013, and was conducted in compliance with the resource management plan applicable to the land as of January 1, 2013. Includes exceptions for temporary closures for special events or for public safety reasons.

(Sec. 432) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to develop, propose, finalize, administer, or implement the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 13547.

Requires the President to submit reports to the congressional appropriations committees detailing expenditures for the development, administration, or implementation of a National Ocean Policy.

Requires the President's budget submission for FY2016 to identify all funding proposed for the implementation of a National Ocean Policy.

(Sec. 433) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to implement or enforce the EPA's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule until the EPA has approved a commercially available lead test kit.

(Sec. 434) Prohibits funds in this Act from being used to implement or enforce any regulation that would establish new financial responsibility requirements pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

(Sec. 435) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to propose, finalize, implement, or enforce standards of performance regulations, or guidance under the Clean Air Act related to new fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units, emissions of any greenhouse gas from any modified or reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired electricity generating unit, or emission of any greenhouse gas by an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired electricity generating unit.

(Sec. 436) Prohibits the EPA from using funds provided by this Act to compile or disclose personal information of any livestock, poultry, or dairy owners, operators, and employees unless the information has been voluntarily disclosed or transformed into statistical or aggregate form at the county level or higher.

(Sec. 437) Requires Interior and USDA to make vacant grazing allotments available to holders of grazing permits or leases if lands covered by the permits or leases or other grazing lands used by the holder are unusable because of drought or wildfire.

(Sec. 438) Prohibits funds from being used to require the transfer of a water right as a condition for the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement.

Prohibits funds from being used to require any water user to apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement.

(Sec. 439) Prohibits the EPA from using funds to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of the terms "fill material" or "discharge of fill material" for the purposes of the Clean Water Act.

(Sec. 440) Limits administrative costs for Interior or Forest Service programs addressing invasive species to no more than 10% of the funds appropriated for the programs.

(Sec. 441) Prohibits funds from being used to promulgate any rule that that identifies, lists, or treats specified scrap metal material as hazardous waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

(Sec. 442) Designates February 22, George Washington's actual birthday, as a national holiday.

(Sec. 443) Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule to allow the EPA to collect fines and penalties by garnishing wages.

(Sec. 444) Prohibits any funds made available by a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund as authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act from being used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States, subject to specified exceptions and waiver procedures.

(Sec. 445) Establishes a spending reduction account consisting of the amount by which the allocation of new budget authority made by the House Committee on Appropriations under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority.

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peer_review scientific findings proposed rule valley beetle sec prohibits funds write issue rules pursuant endangered species act related sage grouse sec requires usfws issue recovery plan economic analysis recovery plan actions specified title environmental_protection_agency makes appropriations fy2015 environmental_protection_agency epa science_and_technology environmental programs management hazardous waste electronic manifest system fund office_of_inspector_general buildings facilities hazardous_substance_superfund carry comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act cercla leaking underground storage tank trust_fund program inland oil spill programs state tribal assistance grants environmental programs infrastructure assistance including capitalization grants state revolving funds performance partnership grants permits epa award cooperative agreements federally recognized indian tribes intertribal consortia assist epa implementing environmental programs 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balanced_budget emergency deficit control act authorizes administrator use funds grants federally recognized indian tribes notwithstanding certain provisions federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act title iii related agencies makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_agriculture usda forest_service forest rangeland research state private forestry national_forest_system capital improvement maintenance land acquisition range fund gifts donations bequests forest rangeland research management national_forest lands alaska subsistence uses wildland_fire_management flame wildfire suppression reserve fund permits forest_service appropriations expenses related purchase use motor vehicles aircraft employment temporary personnel purchase alteration buildings public improvements acquisition land waters expenses pursuant volunteers national_forest act uniforms debt collection contracts permits forest_service appropriations transferred wildland_fire_management account forest fire fighting emergency rehabilitation burned damaged lands waters fire preparedness severe burning conditions provided usda notifies congressional appropriations committees fire suppression funds obligated days requires funds pursuant paragraph supplemental appropriation requested promptly possible permits forest_service appropriations forest rangeland research technical information related forestry natural resources activities foreign countries permits forest_service appropriations transferred blm removal preparation adoption excess wild horses burros national_forest_system lands performance surveys designate boundaries lands prohibits forest_service appropriations transferred authority provided specified statutory provisions prohibits forest_service appropriations reprogrammed prior approval congressional appropriations committees accordance procedures contained report accompanying act prohibits forest_service transferring million usda working capital_fund million usda department reimbursable programs commonly referred charges permits forest_service use million priority projects scope approved budget carried youth conservation corps permits chief forest_service use official reception representation expenses permits million forest_service appropriations advanced lump sum national_forest foundation aid conservation partnership projects support forest_service mission certain restrictions permits million forest_service appropriations advanced national_fish_and_wildlife_foundation lump sum aid cost share conservation projects benefitting national_forest_system lands related programs certain matching requirements permits forest_service appropriations interactions providing technical assistance rural communities natural resource based businesses sustainable rural_development purposes permits forest_service appropriations payments counties columbia_river national scenic area permits forest_service appropriations meet non federal share requirement included provision older americans act related older american community service employment program permits forest_service use million purpose performing fire administrative facilities maintenance decommissioning permits forest_service use reimburse usda office general counsel travel related expenses incurred result assistance participation requested forest_service meetings training sessions management reviews land purchase negotiations similar non litigation related matters permits individual employed project funded title older americans act considered federal employee makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_health_and_human_services hhs indian_health_service ihs indian health services indian health facilities national_institutes_of_health nih national_institute_of_environmental_health_sciences agency toxic substances disease registry makes appropriations fy2015 executive_office president council_on_environmental_quality office environmental quality chemical safety hazard investigation board office navajo hopi indian relocation institute american indian alaska_native culture arts development smithsonian_institution including national museum african american history culture national_gallery_of_art john kennedy center performing arts wilson international center scholars national foundation arts humanities including national_endowment_for_the_arts national_endowment_for_the_humanities commission fine arts advisory_council historic preservation national_capital_planning_commission holocaust memorial museum title general_provisions sets forth restrictions use funds provided act sec prohibits funds activity publication distribution literature promote public support opposition legislative proposal congress sec prohibits appropriation contained act remaining available obligation current fiscal year expressly provided act sec requires specified administrative expenses presented annual budget justifications approved congressional appropriations committees sec prohibits funds accept process applications patent mining mill site claim located general mining laws subject exceptions requires report specified congressional committees sec limits use fy2013 funds contract support costs indian contracts sec limits use fy2014 funds contract support costs indian contracts sec limits use fy2015 funds contract support costs indian contracts sec permits forest_service land management plans years old usda acting good faith update plans sec prohibits funds provided act conduct preleasing leasing related activities mineral_leasing_act outer_continental_shelf_lands_act boundaries national_monument boundary existed january activities allowed presidential proclamation establishing monument sec prohibits funds appropriated act acquisition lands interests lands spent filing declarations taking complaints condemnation approval house senate_committees appropriations includes exceptions funds appropriated implement everglades national park protection expansion act funds appropriated federal assistance florida acquisition lands everglades restoration sec sets forth provisions sale timber specified region alaska sec amends division department_of_the_interior environment related agencies appropriations act consolidated_appropriations_act permanent provision renewal certain grazing permits leases administered interior forest_service sec prohibits bid contracts grants certain circumstances contract authorized federal law awarded prior date enactment act sec requires agencies receiving funds act post public websites report required submitted congress serves national interest includes exceptions public posting report compromises national security report contains proprietary information sec establishes grant guidelines sec establishes priorities programs administered sec amends arts artifacts indemnity act modify existing caps indemnity agreements loss damage works international domestic exhibitions sec directs interior epa forest_service ihs provide house senate_committees appropriations quarterly reports status balances appropriations including committed unobligated funds program activity sec directs president submit comprehensive report house senate_committees appropriations detailing federal agency funding climate change programs projects activities fy2014 fy2015 including accounting funding agency identifying climate change programs projects activities associated costs citations linkages strategic plan driving funding program project activity sec prohibits funds promulgate implement regulation requiring issuance permits clean_air act carbon dioxide nitrous oxide water vapor methane emissions resulting biological processes associated livestock production sec prohibits use funds implement provision rule provision requires mandatory reporting greenhouse gas emissions manure management systems sec prohibits funds provided act enter contract memorandum understanding cooperative agreement grant provide loan loan guarantee corporation convicted felony offense federal law preceding months includes exception agency considered suspension debarment corporation determination action necessary protect interests government sec prohibits funds act enter contract memorandum understanding cooperative agreement grant provide loan loan guarantee corporation unpaid federal tax liability assessed judicial administrative remedies exhausted lapsed paid timely manner includes exception agency considered suspension debarment corporation determination action necessary protect interests government sec amends omnibus_public_land_management_act extend authorization appropriations american battlefield protection program grants fy2015 sec amends federal_lands_recreation_enhancement_act extend current recreation fee authority sec prohibits funds regulate lead content ammunition ammunition components fishing tackle toxic_substances_control_act law sec amends department_of_defense_appropriations_act extend memorial commission prohibits commission issue solicitation contract construction memorial fy2015 sec amends federal_land_policy_and_management_act extend maximum authorized term permits leases issued interior usda domestic livestock grazing public lands sec prohibits funds develop adopt implement administer enforce change regulations guidance effect october pertaining definition waters jurisdiction federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act including specified rules pertaining jurisdiction sec prohibits funds provided act carry enforce proposed regulations published interior office_of_surface_mining_reclamation_and_enforcement related protecting streams impacts surface mining operations sec prohibits funds prohibit use access federal land defined healthy_forests_restoration_act hunting fishing recreational shooting use access prohibited prior january conducted compliance resource management plan applicable land january includes exceptions temporary closures special events public safety reasons sec prohibits funds available act develop propose finalize administer implement national ocean policy developed executive order requires president submit reports congressional appropriations committees detailing expenditures development administration implementation national ocean policy requires president budget submission fy2016 identify funding proposed implementation national ocean policy sec prohibits funds available act implement enforce epa lead renovation repair rule epa approved commercially available lead test kit sec prohibits funds act implement enforce regulation establish new financial responsibility requirements pursuant comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act cercla sec prohibits funds available act propose finalize implement enforce standards performance regulations guidance clean_air act related new fossil fuel fired electricity generating units emissions greenhouse gas modified reconstructed source fossil fuel fired electricity generating unit emission greenhouse gas existing source fossil fuel fired electricity generating unit sec prohibits epa funds provided act compile disclose personal information livestock poultry dairy owners operators employees information voluntarily disclosed statistical aggregate form county level higher sec requires interior usda vacant grazing allotments available holders grazing permits leases lands covered permits leases grazing lands holder unusable drought wildfire sec prohibits funds require transfer water right condition issuance renewal amendment extension permit approval license lease allotment easement right way land use occupancy agreement prohibits funds require water user apply acquire water right united_states state law condition issuance renewal amendment extension permit approval license lease allotment easement right way land use occupancy agreement sec prohibits epa funds develop adopt implement administer enforce change regulations effect october pertaining definition terms fill material discharge fill material purposes clean water act sec limits administrative costs interior forest_service programs addressing invasive species funds appropriated programs sec prohibits funds promulgate rule identifies lists treats specified metal material hazardous waste solid_waste disposal act sec designates february george_washington actual birthday national holiday sec prohibits funds available act finalize implement administer enforce proposed rule allow epa collect fines penalties wages sec prohibits funds available drinking water treatment revolving loan fund authorized safe_drinking_water_act project construction alteration maintenance repair public water system treatment works iron steel products project produced united_states subject specified exceptions waiver procedures sec establishes spending reduction account consisting allocation new budget authority house_committee appropriations congressional_budget_act exceeds proposed new budget authority


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DIVISION A - SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS

Secure the Southwest Border Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014

 Provides supplemental FY2014 appropriations to address the significant rise in unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor at the Southwest Border of the United States, and for other purposes.

 TITLE I - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

(Sec. 101) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this title for a reprogramming or transfer of funds that proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity for a different purpose than for which the appropriations were provided.

(Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Congress with quarterly reports that include specified details related to apprehensions of unaccompanied alien children at the border.

(Sec. 103) Rescinds specified unobligated balances available for Department of Homeland Security--Federal Emergency Management Agency--Disaster Relief Fund excluding any amounts Congress designated as an emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief.

(Sec. 104) Permits specified grants awarded under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to be used by state and local law enforcement and public safety agencies along the Southwest Border of the United States for costs related to combating illegal immigration and drug smuggling and providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor who have entered the United States.

(Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide funding transferred to DHS pursuant to this Act to states along the Southwest Border of the United States as reimbursement for necessary costs of National Guard personnel activated and deployed for border security.

TITLE II - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY

 Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military personnel and operation and maintenance (O&M) for necessary expenses related to the Southwest border of the United States.

(Sec. 201) Rescinds specified unobligated balances appropriated for defense-wide O&M to reflect excess cash balances in the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.

(Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary of Defense to transfer National Guard personnel funds to DHS to reimburse the states for costs of any units or personnel of the National Guard deployed in support of a southern border mission.

TITLE III - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for general administration for administrative review and appeals for necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor at the Southwest Border of the United States.

 (Sec. 301) Rescinds specified unobligated balances available for Department of Justice--Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture Fund.

TITLE IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS - THIS TITLE

Specifies other authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds.

(Sec. 401) Permits funds previously appropriated for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for assistance to the countries in Central America to be used for repatriation and reintegration activities.

Requires the Secretary of State to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the obligation of funds made available pursuant to this section by country, including steps taken by the government of each country to: (1) improve border security; (2) enforce, enact, and implement, laws and policies to stem the flow of illegal entries into the United States; (3) conduct public outreach campaigns to explain the dangers of the journey to the Southwest Border of the United States; and (4) cooperate with U.S. federal agencies to facilitate and expedite the return, repatriation, and reintegration of illegal migrants.

Requires the Secretary of State to suspend assistance provided by this section to the government of a country if the government is not making significant progress on the items above.

(Sec. 402) Rescinds specified unexpended balances appropriated to the President for bilateral economic assistance under the heading "Economic Support Fund" excluding any amounts that Congress designated as for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terror or as an emergency requirement.

TITLE V - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for administration for children and families including refugee and entrant assistance.

DIVISION B - SECURE THE SOUTHWEST BORDER ACT OF 2014

Secure the Southwest Border Act of 2014

Amends existing laws and procedures related to the significant rise in unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor at the Southwest Border of the United States

TITLE I - PROTECTING CHILDREN

(Sec. 101) Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Authorization Act of 2008 to change the procedures for processing unaccompanied alien children who arrive at the border from certain countries.

(Sec. 102) Requires that, in any removal proceeding under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to an unaccompanied child, priority be accorded to the alien who has most recently arrived in the United States.

(Sec. 103) Provides emergency immigration judge resources by requiring the Attorney General to designate up to 40 immigration judges. Provides that the designations shall remain in effect solely for the duration of the humanitarian crisis at the southern border.

(Sec. 104) Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require a mandatory biometric criminal history check as a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determination that a proposed custodian is capable of providing for a child's physical and mental well-being.

 Prohibits HHS from placing an unaccompanied child in the custody of an individual who has been convicted of specified sex offenses and crimes involving a severe form of trafficking in persons.

(Sec. 105) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the commission of certain drug-related offenses as grounds for per se ineligibility for asylum.

TITLE II - USE OF NATIONAL GUARD TO IMPROVE BORDER SECURITY

(Sec. 201) Permits appropriations provided to DOD under this Act to be used for the National Guard to provide support for operations on the southern border.

TITLE III - NATIONAL SECURITY AND FEDERAL LANDS PROTECTION

(Sec. 301) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from impeding, prohibiting, or restricting CBP activities to execute search and rescue operations and prevent unlawful entries into the United States on federal lands located within 100 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico.

 Provides that CBP shall have immediate access to federal land within 100 miles of the U.S. border for conducting activities related to preventing unlawful entries into the United States, including construction and maintenance of roads and barriers; use of vehicles to patrol, apprehend, or rescue; installation, maintenance, and operation of communications and surveillance equipment and sensors; and deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.

States that the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive specific legal requirements with respect to certain sections of the border between the United States and Mexico shall be considered to apply to all federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture within 100 miles of the border with respect to the activities of the CBP describe above. Specifies the laws that may be waived under this provision.

(Sec. 302) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should not allow the placement of unauthorized aliens at military installations unless certain conditions are met.

(Sec. 303) Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from allowing placement of unauthorized aliens at a military institution in the United States if the use of the military institution to house or care for unauthorized aliens would displace members of the Armed Forces or interfere with activities of the Armed Forces.

division supplemental appropriations rescissions secure southwest_border supplemental appropriations act provides supplemental fy2014 appropriations address significant rise unaccompanied alien children alien adults accompanied alien minor southwest_border united_states purposes title department_of_homeland_security makes supplemental appropriations department_of_homeland_security dhs including customs border_protection cbp immigration customs enforcement ice sec prohibits use funds provided title reprogramming transfer funds proposes use funds directed specific activity different purpose appropriations provided sec requires secretary homeland_security provide congress quarterly reports include specified details related apprehensions unaccompanied alien children border sec rescinds specified unobligated balances available department_of_homeland_security federal_emergency_management_agency disaster relief fund excluding amounts congress designated emergency requirement disaster relief sec permits specified grants awarded homeland_security act state local law enforcement public safety agencies southwest_border united_states costs related combating illegal immigration drug smuggling providing humanitarian relief unaccompanied alien children alien adults accompanied alien minor entered united_states sec requires secretary homeland_security provide funding transferred dhs pursuant act states southwest_border united_states reimbursement necessary costs national_guard personnel activated deployed border_security title department_of_defense military makes supplemental appropriations department_of_defense dod military personnel operation maintenance necessary expenses related southwest_border united_states sec rescinds specified unobligated balances appropriated defense wide reflect excess cash balances department_of_defense working_capital_funds sec requires secretary defense transfer national_guard personnel funds dhs reimburse states costs units personnel national_guard deployed support southern border mission title iii department_of_justice makes supplemental appropriations department_of_justice doj general administration administrative review appeals necessary expenses respond significant rise unaccompanied alien children alien adults accompanied alien minor southwest_border united_states sec rescinds specified unobligated balances available department_of_justice legal activities assets forfeiture fund title general_provisions title specifies authorized restricted prohibited uses appropriated funds sec permits funds previously appropriated department_of_state foreign_operations related programs assistance countries central_america repatriation reintegration activities requires secretary state submit appropriate congressional committees report obligation funds available pursuant section country including steps taken government country improve border_security enforce enact implement laws policies stem flow illegal entries united_states conduct public outreach campaigns explain dangers journey southwest_border united_states cooperate federal agencies facilitate expedite return repatriation reintegration illegal migrants requires secretary state suspend assistance provided section government country government making significant progress items sec rescinds specified unexpended balances appropriated president bilateral economic assistance heading economic_support_fund excluding amounts congress designated overseas contingency global war terror emergency requirement title department_of_health_and_human_services makes supplemental appropriations department_of_health_and_human_services hhs administration children families including refugee entrant assistance division secure southwest_border act secure southwest_border act amends existing laws procedures related significant rise unaccompanied alien children alien adults accompanied alien minor southwest_border united_states title protecting children sec amends william wilberforce trafficking victims protection authorization act change procedures processing unaccompanied alien children arrive border certain countries sec requires removal proceeding section immigration_and_nationality_act respect unaccompanied child priority accorded alien recently united_states sec provides emergency immigration judge resources requiring attorney general designate immigration judges provides designations shall remain effect solely duration humanitarian crisis southern border sec amends william_wilberforce_trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act require mandatory biometric criminal history check department_of_health_and_human_services hhs determination proposed custodian capable providing child physical mental prohibits hhs placing unaccompanied child custody individual convicted specified sex offenses crimes involving severe form trafficking persons sec amends immigration_and_nationality_act include commission certain drug related offenses grounds ineligibility asylum title use national_guard improve border_security sec permits appropriations provided dod act national_guard provide support operations southern border title iii national security federal lands protection sec prohibits secretary interior secretary agriculture usda impeding prohibiting restricting cbp activities execute search rescue operations prevent unlawful entries united_states federal lands located miles border mexico provides cbp shall immediate access federal land miles border conducting activities related preventing unlawful entries united_states including construction maintenance roads barriers use vehicles patrol apprehend rescue installation maintenance operation communications surveillance equipment sensors deployment temporary tactical infrastructure states authority secretary homeland_security waive specific legal requirements respect certain sections border united_states mexico shall considered apply federal land jurisdiction secretary interior secretary agriculture miles border respect activities cbp describe specifies laws waived provision sec expresses sense congress secretary defense allow placement unauthorized aliens military installations certain conditions met sec prohibits secretary defense allowing placement unauthorized aliens military institution united_states use military institution house care unauthorized aliens displace members armed_forces interfere activities armed_forces


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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Labor.

Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Education.

Makes appropriations for FY2015 to: (1) the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, (2) the Corporation for National and Community Service, (3) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, (4) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, (5) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, (6) the Institute of Museum and Library Services, (7) the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, (8) the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (9) the National Council on Disability, (10) the National Health Care Workforce Commission, (11) the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), (12) the National Mediation Board, (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, (14) the Railroad Retirement Board, and (15) the Social Security Administration.

Specifies certain uses and limits or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

departments_of_labor health_and_human_services education related agencies appropriations act department_of_labor appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_labor department_of_health_and_human_services appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_health_and_human_services hhs department_of_education appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_education makes appropriations fy2015 committee purchase people blind severely disabled corporation_for_national_and_community_service corporation_for_public_broadcasting federal_mediation_and_conciliation_service federal safety health review commission institute museum library services medicaid chip payment access commission medicare_payment_advisory_commission national council disability national_health_care_workforce_commission national_labor_relations_board nlrb national mediation board occupational_safety_and_health_review_commission railroad_retirement_board social_security_administration specifies certain uses limits prohibitions use funds appropriated act


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2014 for: (1) a payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (8) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (9) miscellaneous items; (10) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (11) official mail costs.

(Sec. 1) Makes balances of expired appropriations, subject to disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, available to the Secretary for the mandatory deposit to the credit of the Employees' Compensation Fund.

Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic Committee, (2) the Joint Committee on Taxation, (3) the Office of the Attending Physician, (4) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, (5) the Capitol Police, (6) the Office of Compliance, (7) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and (8) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC).

(Sec. 1002) Makes balances of expired U.S. Capitol Police appropriations available to the Capitol Police for the mandatory deposit to the credit of the Employees' Compensation Fund.

(Sec. 1101) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend indefinitely the AOC program for the collection and the sale of certain recyclable materials collected from or on the Capitol buildings and grounds.

Appropriates funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents; (4) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO); (6) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (7) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.

(Sec. 1201) Establishes an upper limit of $185.579 million for the FY2014 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities.

Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program.

(Sec. 1202) Authorizes the transfer of Library of Congress appropriations for FY2014 and each ensuing fiscal between any "Library of Congress" headings, upon the approval of congressional appropriations committees.

Limits such transfers to 10% of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any such heading for the fiscal year.

(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the Comptroller General to: (1) charge and collect fees for the filing of protests concerning alleged violations of a procurement statute or regulation in order to cover the costs of developing, maintaining, and operating an electronic system for filing such protests; and (2) retain and use such fees immediately and without fiscal year limitation for such purpose.

Title II: General Provisions - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2013.

(Sec. 207) Authorizes the AOC to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, in specified grassy areas of Washington, DC, SW.

 (Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns. Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC. (Sec. 210) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer up to $6 million from funds provided for certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for use by the Open World Leadership Center to award grants annually to government or community organizations in the United States that seek to establish programs hosting nationals of eligible foreign states who are emerging political leaders. Authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Center to solicit, accept, and use donations to the Fund to reimburse such transferred funds.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure legislative_branch_appropriations_act title legislative branch appropriations makes appropriations senate fy2014 payment widow frank late senator new_jersey expense allowances representation allowances majority minority leaders salaries specified officers employees committees including committee appropriations agency contributions employee benefits inquiries investigations senate caucus international narcotics control offices secretary sergeant arms senate miscellaneous items senators official personnel office expense account official mail costs sec makes balances expired appropriations subject disbursement secretary senate available secretary mandatory deposit credit employees compensation fund makes appropriations salaries expenses joint economic committee joint_committee_on_taxation office attending physician office congressional accessibility services capitol_police office_of_compliance congressional_budget_office cbo architect capitol aoc sec makes balances expired capitol_police appropriations available capitol_police mandatory deposit credit employees compensation fund sec amends legislative_branch_appropriations_act extend indefinitely aoc program collection sale certain materials collected capitol buildings grounds appropriates funds library_of_congress salaries expenses copyright office congressional_research_service crs books blind physically handicapped government_printing_office gpo gpo office superintendent documents payment government_printing_office revolving fund government_accountability_office gao payment open world leadership center trust_fund payment john center public service development trust_fund sec establishes upper limit million fy2014 obligational authority library_of_congress regard certain reimbursable revolving fund activities authorizes librarian congress transfer temporarily million funds appropriated act library_of_congress salaries expenses revolving fund program federal research program sec authorizes transfer library_of_congress appropriations fy2014 ensuing fiscal library_of_congress approval congressional appropriations committees limits transfers total funds appropriated account heading fiscal year sec authorizes comptroller_general charge collect fees filing protests concerning alleged violations procurement statute regulation order cover costs developing maintaining operating electronic system filing protests retain use fees immediately fiscal year limitation purpose title general_provisions specifies authorized prohibited uses funds appropriated act identical similar corresponding provisions legislative_branch_appropriations_act sec authorizes aoc maintain improve landscape features excluding streets specified areas washington sec prohibits use funds available aoc act eliminate restrict guided capitol led congressional employees interns allows temporary suspension restriction security related reasons extent guided capitol led aoc sec authorizes librarian congress transfer million funds provided certain reimbursable revolving fund activities open world leadership center trust_fund use open world leadership center award grants annually government community organizations united_states seek establish programs hosting nationals eligible foreign states emerging political leaders authorizes board_of_trustees center solicit accept use donations fund reimburse transferred funds