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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2015 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) Office of the Chief Economist; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (6) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (7) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; (8) Office of Civil Rights; (9) agriculture buildings and facilities; (10) hazardous materials management; (11) Office of Inspector General; (12) Office of the General Counsel; (13) Office of Ethics; (14) Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics; (15) Economic Research Service; (16) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (17) Agricultural Research Service; (18) National Institute of Food and Agriculture; (19) Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities Endowment Fund; (20) Native American Institutions Endowment Fund; (21) extension and integrated activities; (22) Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; (23) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (24) Agricultural Marketing Service; (25) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; (26) Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety; (27) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (28) Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; (29) Farm Service Agency; (30) Risk Management Agency; (31) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund; and (32) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.

Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and (2) Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Title III: Rural Development Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, (2) Rural Housing Service, (3) Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and (4) Rural Utilities Service.

Title IV: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; and (2) Food and Nutrition Service.

Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) the Foreign Agricultural Service, (2) Food for Peace Act (P.L. 480) program title I and title II grants, (3) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) export loan credit guarantee program, and (4) the McGovern-Dole international food for education and child nutrition program.

Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and (2) Farm Credit Administration (FCA).

Title VII: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

(Sec. 702) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer unobligated balances to the Working Capital Fund for plant and capital equipment acquisition, which shall remain available until expended.

(Sec. 703) Prohibits appropriations under this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided for.

(Sec. 704) Limits negotiated indirect costs on cooperative agreements between USDA and nonprofit organizations to 10%.

(Sec. 705) Makes USDA appropriations for direct and guaranteed loans available for: (1) the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, (2) the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and (3) the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.

(Sec. 706) Prohibits funds made available to USDA under this Act from being used to acquire new information technology systems or significant upgrades without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment Review Board.

(Sec. 707) Makes funds available in the current fiscal year for agricultural management assistance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act and for specified conservation programs under the Food Security Act of 1985 until expended for current fiscal year obligations.

(Sec. 708) Makes eligible for economic development and job creation assistance under the Rural Electrification Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct, or guaranteed loan under such Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act.

(Sec. 709) Limits funds available for repair or replacement of bulk fuel storage tanks in Alaska that are not in compliance with applicable Federal or state law.

(Sec. 710) Makes unobligated balances for salaries and expenses for the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission area under this Act available for information technology expenses through September 30, 2016.

(Sec. 711) Authorizes the Secretary to permit a state agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed a specified maximum amount of liquid infant formula when issuing liquid infant formula to participants.

(Sec. 712) Prohibits first-class travel by employees of agencies funded under this Act.

(Sec. 713) States that with regard to certain programs established or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 to be carried out using CCC funds: (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and administrative expenses without regard to certain allotment and fund transfer limits, and (2) the use of such funds shall not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of applying such limits.

(Sec. 714) Limits funds made available in FY2015 or preceding fiscal years under P.L. 480 to reimburse the CCC for the release of certain commodities under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.

(Sec. 715) Limits funds available for USDA advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces.

(Sec. 716) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30% of total federal funds provided under each award.

(Sec. 717) Authorizes the Secretary to increase the program level by up to 25% for certain loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget authority. Requires congressional notification prior to implementing any such increase.

(Sec. 718) Prohibits the use of funds for the watershed rehabilitation program.

Limits the use of funds for the environmental quality incentives program.

(Sec. 719) Limits FY2015 funds for the following domestic food assistance categories: (1) child nutrition program entitlement commodities, (2) state option contracts, and (3) defective commodity removal.

Limits funds for the fresh fruit and vegetable program until October 1, 2015.

Rescinds specified unobligated balances available in FY2015 for domestic food assistance.

(Sec. 720) Prohibits the use of funds for user fee proposals that fail to provide certain budget impact information.

(Sec. 721) Prohibits, without congressional notification, funds available under this Act or under previous appropriations Acts from being used through a reprogramming of funds to: (1) eliminate or create a new program, (2) relocate or reorganize an office or employees, (3) privatize federal employee functions, or (4) increase funds or personnel for any project for which funds have been denied or restricted.

Prohibits, without congressional notification, funds available under this Act or under previous appropriations Acts from being used through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10%, whichever is less: (1) to augment an existing program, (2) to reduce by 10% funding or personnel for any existing program, or (3) that results from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs.

(Sec. 722) Authorizes the Secretary to assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan that does not exceed 3% of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan.

(Sec. 723) Prohibits USDA or FDA funds from being used to transmit to any non-USDA or non-Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process.

(Sec. 724) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act by any executive branch entity to produce a prepackaged news story for U.S. broadcast or distribution unless it contains audio or text notice that it was produced or funded by such executive entity.

(Sec. 725) Requires USDA agencies to reimburse each other for employees detailed for longer than 30 days.

(Sec. 726) Appropriates funds for direct reimbursement payments for geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.

(Sec. 727) Appropriates funds for a pilot program to demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private nonindustrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

(Sec. 728) Directs the Secretary, the FDA Commissioner, and the FCA Chairman to submit to Congress a spending plan by program, project, and activity for the funds made available under this Act, as outlined in the report accompanying this Act.

(Sec. 729) Authorizes the Secretary to charge lenders a fee (up to $50 per loan) to access USDA loan guarantee systems in connection with such lenders' participation in Rural Housing Service loan guarantee programs.

(Sec. 730) Appropriates funds to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural lands.

(Sec. 731) Directs the Secretary and the FDA Commissioner to submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures for each FY2015 conference held by any such Department, agency, board, commission, or office that costs the U.S government more than $100,000.

(Sec. 732) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) relinquish to Arkansas all or part of the jurisdiction of the United States over the lands and properties encompassing the Jefferson Labs campus in Arkansas that are under the Secretary's supervision; and (2) enter into an agreement with Arkansas, an agency of such state, or a public or private entity regarding the establishment or operation of a technology research and commercialization center in Jefferson County, Arkansas, proximate to the Jefferson Labs campus.

(Sec. 733) Directs the Secretary to set aside specified additional funds for Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones.

(Sec. 734) Authorizes the Secretary to provide potable water through the emergency community water assistance program for an additional 120 days to a community whose drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, including drought or severe weather.

(Sec. 735) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel.

(Sec. 736) Grants the Secretary the same access to information and subject to the same requirements applicable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order to verify the income of individuals participating in certain rural housing programs.

(Sec. 737) Establishes in the Treasury the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund. States that unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department (except the Forest Service) may be transferred into the Fund.

(Sec. 738) Appropriates funds for: (1) the emergency watershed protection program, (2) the emergency forestry restoration program, and (3) the emergency conservation program.

(Sec. 739) Directs the Secretary to conduct a pre-hearing, public information session to consider alternatives to end product pricing formulae.

(Sec. 740) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to pay for the painting of a portrait of a federal officer or employee, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head of an executive branch agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch.

(Sec. 741) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on rural housing loans for each of the five preceding years, including: (1) the total number of loans that are equal to or more than $500,000; (2) the total number of loan guarantees with an original principal obligation that is equal to or more than $500,000; (3) the location, including the city and state, of each property with a loan or loan guarantee; and (4) the number of loans and loan guarantees that have resulted in default losses and the total amount of such losses.

(Sec. 742) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used in FY2015 for other than coach-class transportation accommodations by an agency that fails to submit a specified report (relating to the use of other than coach-class transportation accommodations).

(Sec. 743) Rescinds specified funds from unobligated balances for the tree assistance program.

(Sec. 744) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the outstanding contributions of the 1994 land-grant institutions to the work of the land-grant system should be recognized, (2) expanded cooperation within the land-grant system is encouraged to advance academic and community programs that serve all people of the United States, and (3) the people of the United States are encouraged to observe and celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the signing into law of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.

(Sec. 745) Prohibits funds from being used to exclude or restrict any variety of fresh, whole, or cut vegetables, except for vegetables with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being provided under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

(Sec. 746) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to inspect horses for slaughter purposes.

(Sec. 747) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to implement any regulations that would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium in federally reimbursed meals and snacks below Target 1 until scientific research supports such reduction.

Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an assessment of whether there is an acceptable range of whole grain products available to allow schools to plan menus that are compliant with certain whole grain requirements; and (2) a plan to provide training and technical assistance to schools, school food authorities, and state agencies to meet the requirements of the Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs final rule.

 Provides that if the Secretary determines a whole grain product to be of insufficient quantity or unacceptable quality the Secretary shall identify alternative products until such whole grain product is of sufficient quantity and quality.

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use funds environmental quality incentives program sec limits fy2015 funds following domestic food assistance categories child nutrition program entitlement commodities state option contracts defective commodity removal limits funds fresh fruit vegetable program october rescinds specified unobligated balances available fy2015 domestic food assistance sec prohibits use funds user fee proposals fail provide certain budget impact information sec prohibits congressional notification funds available act previous appropriations acts reprogramming funds eliminate create new program relocate reorganize office employees federal employee functions increase funds personnel project funds denied restricted prohibits congressional notification funds available act previous appropriations acts reprogramming funds excess whichever augment existing program reduce funding personnel existing program results reduction personnel result change existing programs sec authorizes secretary assess time fee guaranteed business industry loan exceed guaranteed principal portion loan sec prohibits usda fda funds transmit non usda non department_of_health_and_human_services hhs employee questions responses questions result information requested appropriations hearing process sec prohibits use funds act executive branch entity produce news story broadcast distribution contains audio text notice produced funded executive entity sec requires usda agencies reimburse employees detailed longer days sec appropriates funds direct reimbursement payments geographically disadvantaged farmers ranchers sec appropriates funds pilot program demonstrate use new technologies increase rate growth forested trees private nonindustrial forests lands enrolling lands coast gulf_of_mexico damaged hurricane katrina sec directs secretary fda commissioner chairman submit congress spending plan program project activity funds available act outlined report accompanying act sec authorizes secretary charge lenders fee loan access usda loan guarantee systems connection lenders participation rural housing service loan guarantee programs sec appropriates funds implement non renewable agreements eligible lands including flooded agricultural lands sec directs secretary fda commissioner submit annual reports inspector_general senior ethics official entity inspector_general costs contracting procedures fy2015 conference held department agency board commission office costs government sec authorizes secretary health_and_human_services hhs relinquish arkansas jurisdiction united_states lands properties encompassing jefferson labs campus arkansas secretary supervision enter agreement arkansas agency state public private entity establishment operation technology research commercialization center jefferson county arkansas proximate jefferson labs campus sec directs secretary set aside specified additional funds rural economic area partnership reap zones sec authorizes secretary provide potable water emergency community water assistance program additional days community drinking water supplies inadequate natural disaster including drought severe weather sec prohibits use funds act safe meat poultry inspection panel sec grants secretary access information subject requirements applicable secretary housing_and_urban_development hud order verify income individuals participating certain rural housing programs sec establishes treasury nonrecurring expenses fund states unobligated balances expired discretionary funds appropriated succeeding fiscal year general_fund_of_the_treasury department forest_service transferred fund sec appropriates funds emergency watershed protection program emergency forestry restoration program emergency conservation program sec directs secretary conduct pre hearing public information session consider alternatives end product pricing formulae sec prohibits funds act pay federal officer employee including president vice president member congress head executive branch agency head office legislative branch sec directs secretary report congress rural housing loans preceding years including total number loans equal total number loan guarantees original principal obligation equal location including city state property loan loan guarantee number loans loan guarantees resulted default losses total losses sec prohibits funds act fy2015 coach class transportation accommodations agency fails submit specified report relating use coach class transportation accommodations sec rescinds specified funds unobligated balances tree assistance program sec expresses sense senate outstanding contributions land grant institutions work land grant system recognized expanded cooperation land grant system encouraged advance academic community programs serve people united_states people united_states encouraged observe anniversary signing law equity educational land grant status act sec prohibits funds exclude restrict variety fresh cut vegetables vegetables added sugars fats oils provided special supplemental nutrition program women infants children wic sec prohibits funds act inspect horses slaughter purposes sec prohibits funds act implement regulations require reduction quantity sodium federally reimbursed meals snacks target scientific research supports reduction directs secretary submit congress assessment acceptable range grain products available allow schools plan menus compliant certain grain requirements plan provide training technical assistance schools school food authorities state agencies meet requirements nutrition standards national school lunch school breakfast programs final rule provides secretary determines grain product insufficient quantity unacceptable quality secretary shall identify alternative products grain product sufficient quantity quality


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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.

Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2015 for:

 the International Trade Administration; the Bureau of Industry and Security; the Economic Development Administration; the Minority Business Development Agency; economic and statistical analysis programs; the Bureau of the Census; the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including expenses for restoration of Pacific salmon populations; and departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 104) Adopts by reference and makes applicable to FY2015 requirements of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, that prohibit NOAA from entering into a contract for development of a major program (a program with an estimated life-cycle cost of more than $250 million) unless the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere makes specified determinations, including that: (1) the technical, cost, and schedule risks are clearly identified and the program has developed a plan to manage those risks; and (2) the technologies required for the program have been demonstrated in a relevant laboratory or test environment.

Specifies the life cycle costs for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program.

(Sec. 105) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary in this title) to furnish services to facilitate the use or occupancy of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C., or other buildings for which the Secretary is responsible.

(Sec. 106) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.

(Sec. 107) Authorizes the Administrator of NOAA to use the resources of federal, state, local, or tribal agencies and other entities to carry out the responsibilities of any statute administered by NOAA.

(Sec. 108) Bars the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) from charging any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by the legislative branch unless the NTIS has given the customer information on how an electronic copy may be accessed and downloaded for free online. Limits any charge for a paper copy to the cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering the report or document.

(Sec. 109) Authorizes the Administrator of NOAA to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements with a federal agency, state or subdivision, local government, tribal government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis any land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by any of those entities; and (3) receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis from any of them.

(Sec. 110) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement for bonds with respect to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947.

Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2015 for:

 general administration, including for information sharing technology, the administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities (including allocations for the Executive Office for Immigration Review), and the Office of the Inspector General; the United States Parole Commission; legal activities, including for the antitrust division, the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; the United States Marshals Service; Federal Prisoner Detention; the National Security Division; interagency law enforcement activities relating to drug trafficking and money laundering; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); the Federal Prison System, including for the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; the Office on Violence Against Women; and the Office of Justice Programs, including for criminal justice statistics programs, forensic sciences, state and local law enforcement assistance, juvenile justice programs, public safety officer benefits, and community-oriented policing services programs. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate the performance of an abortion.

(Sec. 204) Reaffirms the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside a federal facility.

Sec. 206) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2014 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act to: (1) transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (2) purchase cable television services or rent equipment used primarily for recreational purposes in federal prisons, except for inmate training, religious, or educational purposes; (3) purchase a new or enhanced information technology program having estimated development costs in excess of $100 million without appropriate program management controls and oversight mechanisms in place; (4) begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Inc.; (5) facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual known or suspected to be an agent of a drug cartel, unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times; (6) deny the DOJ Inspector General access to DOJ records and other material; or (7) allow DOJ or DEA to contravene industrial hemp research provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014.

(Sec. 214) Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain requirements for grants or activities under programs for adult and juvenile reentry, reentry courts, drug treatment alternatives, and protection of inmates from prison rape.

Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of the Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for the Office of the National Science Board and the Office of the Inspector General.

Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2015 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), (3) the International Trade Commission, (4) the Legal Services Corporation, (5) the Marine Mammal Commission, (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and (7) the State Justice Institute.

Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996) to prohibit the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) from using any funds, federal or non-federal, to give financial assistance to any person or entity that: (1) initiates or participates in a class action suit, or (2) participates in any litigation with respect to abortion or on behalf of a prisoner.

Repeals the prohibition against LSC acceptance of non-federal funds, and against the acceptance by any recipient of LSC assistance of funds from any source but the LSC, unless the LSC or the recipient notifies in writing the source of the funds that they may not be expended for any purpose prohibited by the Legal Services Corporation Act or other specified federal law.

Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth restrictions and prohibitions on the use of funds under this Act, including prohibitions against the use of funds to:

 promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on marketing of such products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco products of the same type; discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ financial assistance programs or their parents or legal guardians; acquire a high-impact information system by the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, or NSF unless such agencies have conducted risk-related reviews; justify the use of torture by any U.S. official or contract employee; pay administrative expenses or to compensate any U.S. officer or employee in connection with requiring licenses for exporting certain firearms components to Canada with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction; include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of certain provisions of the United States-Singapore, Australia, or Morocco Free Trade Agreements; authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of specified laws authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters; purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of federal regulations; pay for premium air travel consistent with federal regulations unless the agency or department has filed its premium travel report with the General Services Administration (GSA) for the previous three fiscal years; pay for the attendance of more than 50 federal agency employees at a conference outside the United States, unless such conference is for the training of law enforcement personnel; pay salaries of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if legal requirements for such importation are met and no application for the importation of such model of shotgun had been denied before January 1, 2011; maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography; award contracts, grants, or loan guarantees to any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation in the preceding 24 months, or that has any unpaid assessed federal tax liability, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; and pay for the painting of a portrait of a federal officer or employee, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head of an executive branch agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch. (Sec. 506) Renders any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act. Requires funds made available by this Act to be used for the purchase of items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its territories or possessions.

(Sec. 521) Requires program managers of projects of the Departments of Commerce or Justice, NASA, or the NSF totaling more than $75 million to notify such agencies if project costs have increased by 10%.

(Sec. 522) Authorizes funding for intelligence-related activities during FY2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2015.

(Sec. 523) Prohibits contracting with or awarding grants in excess of $5 million to a contractor or grantee unless such contractor or grantor certifies compliance with tax return requirements and has not been convicted of a criminal tax offense.

(Sec. 524) Rescinds specified unobligated balances available for the Department of Commerce Departmental Management Franchise Fund.

Requires the rescission, not later than September 30, 2015, of specified unobligated balances available for certain DOJ programs.

(Sec. 527) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act in a manner that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United States to: (1) enforce vigorously its trade laws, (2) avoid agreements that lessen the effectiveness of domestic and international disciplines on unfair trade or safeguards to protect competition, and (3) address and remedy market distortions that lead to dumping and subsidization.

(Sec. 528) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by DOD; or (2) construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to detain or imprison such a detainee.

(Sec. 530) Directs that funds made available in this Act be used to purchase light bulbs that are "Energy Star" qualified or have the "Federal Energy Management Program" designation.

(Sec. 539) Requires executive branch officials to: (1) submit annual reports to their Inspectors General or senior ethics officials on conferences held in FY2015 which cost the government more than $100,000, and (2) notify their Inspectors General or senior ethics officials of the date, location, and number or employees attending a conference costing the government more than $20,000 within 15 days of the date of such conference. Prohibits funding for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with OMB Memorandum M-12-12, dated May 11, 2012.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure commerce justice science related agencies appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 departments_of_commerce justice science related programs related agencies title department_of_commerce department_of_commerce appropriations act makes appropriations department_of_commerce fy2015 international_trade_administration bureau industry security economic_development_administration minority_business_development_agency economic statistical analysis programs bureau_of_the_census national_telecommunications_and_information_administration united_states patent trademark_office uspto national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa including expenses restoration pacific salmon populations departmental management including office_of_inspector_general sec adopts reference makes applicable fy2015 requirements commerce justice science related agencies appropriations act prohibit noaa entering contract development major program program estimated life cycle cost million secretary commerce oceans atmosphere makes specified determinations including technical cost schedule risks clearly identified program developed plan manage risks technologies required program demonstrated relevant laboratory test environment specifies life cycle costs joint polar satellite system operational environmental satellite series program sec authorizes secretary commerce secretary title furnish services facilitate use occupancy hoover building washington buildings secretary responsible sec declares act shall construed prevent grant recipient deterring child pornography copyright infringement unlawful activity networks sec authorizes administrator noaa use resources federal state local tribal agencies entities carry responsibilities statute administered noaa sec bars national technical information service ntis charging customer copy report document generated legislative branch ntis given customer information electronic copy accessed downloaded free online limits charge paper copy cost processing delivering report document sec authorizes administrator noaa enter grants cooperative agreements federal agency state subdivision local government tribal government territory possession subdivisions use non reimbursable basis land services equipment personnel facilities provided entities receive expend funds available consensual basis sec authorizes secretary waive requirement bonds respect contracts construction alteration repair vessels regardless terms contracts payment title contract coast survey act title department_of_justice department_of_justice appropriations act makes appropriations department_of_justice doj fy2015 general administration including information sharing technology administration petitions immigration related activities including allocations executive_office_for_immigration_review office_of_the_inspector_general united_states_parole_commission legal activities including antitrust division offices attorneys trustee program foreign_claims_settlement_commission fees expenses witnesses community relations service assets forfeiture fund united_states_marshals_service federal prisoner detention national security division interagency law enforcement activities relating drug trafficking money laundering federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi drug_enforcement_administration dea bureau alcohol tobacco firearms explosives atf federal prison system including federal prison industries incorporated office_on_violence_against_women office_of_justice_programs including criminal justice statistics programs forensic sciences state local law enforcement assistance juvenile justice programs public safety officer benefits community oriented policing services programs sec prohibits use funds act pay abortion life mother endangered fetus carried term case rape require person perform facilitate performance abortion sec reaffirms obligation director bureau_of_prisons provide escort services necessary female inmate receive abortion outside federal facility sec authorizes attorney general extend fy2014 personnel management demonstration project limitation number employees positions covered sec prohibits use funds available act transport maximum high security prisoner prison facility certified bureau_of_prisons appropriately secure purchase cable television services rent equipment primarily recreational purposes federal prisons inmate training religious educational purposes purchase new enhanced information technology program having estimated development costs excess million appropriate program management controls oversight mechanisms place begin continue finish process approve public private competition office_of_management_and_budget omb circular a-76 work performed employees bureau_of_prisons federal prison industries facilitate transfer operable firearm individual known suspected agent drug cartel law enforcement personnel continuously monitor control firearm times deny doj inspector_general access doj records material allow doj dea industrial hemp research provisions agricultural act sec authorizes attorney general waive certain requirements grants activities programs adult juvenile reentry reentry courts drug treatment alternatives protection inmates prison rape title iii science science appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 office_of_science_and_technology_policy national_aeronautics_and_space_administration nasa including office_of_the_inspector_general national_science_foundation nsf including office national_science_board office_of_the_inspector_general title related agencies makes appropriations fy2015 commission civil rights equal_employment_opportunity_commission eeoc international_trade_commission legal_services_corporation marine mammal commission office united_states_trade_representative state_justice_institute amends departments_of_commerce justice state judiciary related agencies appropriations act contained omnibus consolidated rescissions appropriations act prohibit legal_services_corporation funds federal non federal financial assistance person entity initiates participates class action suit participates litigation respect abortion behalf prisoner repeals prohibition acceptance non federal funds acceptance recipient assistance funds source recipient notifies writing source funds expended purpose prohibited legal_services_corporation act specified federal law title general_provisions sec sets forth restrictions prohibitions use funds act including prohibitions use funds promote sale export tobacco tobacco products seek reduction removal foreign country restrictions marketing products restrictions applied equally tobacco products type discriminate religious moral beliefs students participate doj financial assistance programs parents legal guardians acquire high impact information system departments_of_commerce justice nasa nsf agencies conducted risk related reviews justify use torture official contract employee pay administrative expenses compensate officer employee connection requiring licenses exporting certain firearms components canada total value exceeding wholesale transaction include new bilateral multilateral trade agreement text certain provisions united_states australia morocco free trade agreements authorize issue national security letter contravention specified laws authorizing fbi issue national security letters purchase class premium airline travel contravention federal regulations pay premium air travel consistent federal regulations agency department filed premium travel report general_services_administration gsa previous fiscal years pay attendance federal agency employees conference outside united_states conference training law enforcement personnel pay salaries personnel deny fail act application importation model shotgun legal requirements importation met application importation model shotgun denied january maintain establish computer network network blocks viewing downloading exchanging pornography award contracts grants loan guarantees corporation convicted felony criminal violation preceding months unpaid assessed federal tax liability judicial administrative remedies exhausted lapsed paid timely manner pursuant agreement authority responsible collecting tax liability pay federal officer employee including president vice president member congress head executive branch agency head office legislative branch sec renders person product sold shipped united_states america ineligible receive contract subcontract funded act requires funds available act purchase items manufactured produced assembled united_states territories possessions sec requires program managers projects departments_of_commerce justice nasa nsf totaling million notify agencies project costs increased sec authorizes funding intelligence related activities fy2015 enactment intelligence authorization act fy2015 sec prohibits contracting awarding grants excess million contractor grantee contractor grantor certifies compliance tax return requirements convicted criminal tax offense sec rescinds specified unobligated balances available department_of_commerce departmental management franchise fund requires rescission later september specified unobligated balances available certain doj programs sec prohibits use funds act manner inconsistent principal negotiating objective united_states respect trade remedy laws preserve ability united_states enforce trade laws avoid agreements lessen effectiveness domestic international disciplines unfair trade safeguards protect competition address remedy market lead dumping subsidization sec prohibits use funds act transfer release united_states khalid_sheikh_mohammed detainee citizen member armed_forces held june naval station guantanamo_bay cuba dod construct acquire modify facility united_states territories possessions detain detainee sec directs funds available act purchase light bulbs energy_star qualified federal_energy_management_program designation sec requires executive branch officials submit annual reports inspectors_general senior ethics officials conferences held fy2015 cost government notify inspectors_general senior ethics officials date location number employees attending conference government days date conference prohibits funding travel conference activities compliance omb memorandum dated