(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any such programs adopted prior to the effective date of the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, including, but not limited to, the development and implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term "office'' shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the individual.SEC. 711. Notwithstanding [section] 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3302, without a certification to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the employee to the White House.(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;
(5) the offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(6) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State;
(7) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; or
(8) the Director of National Intelligence or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
[SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who—(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).]
[SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that—(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or "new age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.]
SEC. [715]713. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: "These restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by [Executive Order No. 12958] Executive Order No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707), or any successor thereto; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents); sections 7(c) and 8H of the Inspectors General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (relating to disclosures to an inspector general, the inspectors general of the Intelligence Community; and Congress); section 103H(g)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–3h(g)3 (relating to disclosures to the inspector general of the Intelligence Community); sections 17(d)(5) and 403q(e)(3)) (relating to disclosures to the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency and Congress); and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may compromise the national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.'': Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any classified information received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. [Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law][(b) Effective 180 days after enactment of this Act, subsection (a) is amended by—
(1) striking "Executive Order No. 12958'' and inserting "Executive Order No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707), or any successor thereto'';
(2) after "the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents);'' inserting "sections 7(c) and 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (relating to disclosures to an inspector general, the inspectors general of the Intelligence Community, and Congress); section 103H(g)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–3h(g)(3) (relating to disclosures to the inspector general of the Intelligence Community); sections 17(d)(5) and 17(e)(3) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403q(d)(5) and 403q(e)(3)) (relating to disclosures to the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency and Congress);''; and
(3) after "Subversive Activities'' inserting "Control''.]
([c]b) A nondisclosure agreement [entered into before the effective date of the amendment in subsection (b)] may continue to be implemented and enforced [after that effective date], notwithstanding subsection (a), if it complies with the requirements [of subsection] [(a)] for such agreement that were in effect [prior to the effective date of the amendment in subsection (b)] when the agreement was entered into.
[SEC. 716. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.]SEC. [717]714. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.[SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.][SEC. 719. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.]SEC. [720]715. (a) In this section, the term "agency''—(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 105; and
(2) includes a military department, as defined under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commission.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the performance of official duties.
'(transfer of funds)
SEC. [721]716. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.SEC. [722]717. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse "General Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups designated by the Director (including the President's Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for performance improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of "General Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' during fiscal year [2012] 2013 shall remain available for obligation through September 30, [2013] 2014: Provided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.SEC. [723]718. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.SEC. [724]719. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.SEC. [725]720. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provision shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.SEC. [726]721. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of Individuals' Internet Use.—None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency—(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes any personally identifiable information relating to an individual's access to or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party (including another government agency) to collect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes any personally identifiable information relating to an individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.
(b) Exceptions.—The limitations established in subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services or to protecting the rights or property of the provider of the Internet site.
(c) Definitions.—For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term "regulatory'' means agency actions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
(2) The term "supervisory'' means examinations of the agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety and soundness, overall financial condition, management practices and policies and compliance with applicable standards as provided in law.
SEC. [727]722. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with—
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care's HMO; and
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
SEC. [728]723. The United States is committed to ensuring the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and research as performed by nationally recognized oversight authorities.SEC. [729]724. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal departments and agencies may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program.SEC. [730]725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).SEC. [731]726. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without [the] advance [approval of] notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.[SEC. 732. (a) For fiscal year 2012, no funds shall be available for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Government initiatives sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget prior to 15 days following submission of a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and receipt of approval to transfer funds by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.(b) The report in subsection (a) and other required justification materials shall include at a minimum—
(1) a description of each initiative including but not limited to its objectives, benefits, development status, risks, cost effectiveness (including estimated net costs or savings to the government), and the estimated date of full operational capability;
(2) the total development cost of each initiative by fiscal year including costs to date, the estimated costs to complete its development to full operational capability, and estimated annual operations and maintenance costs; and
(3) the sources and distribution of funding by fiscal year and by agency and bureau for each initiative including agency contributions to date and estimated future contributions by agency.
(c) No funds shall be available for obligation or expenditure for new E-Government initiatives without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.]
SEC. [733]727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.SEC. [734]728. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.SEC. [735]729. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act) and regulations implementing that section.SEC. [736]730. Each executive department and agency shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing the individual a government travel charge card. Such evaluations for individually billed travel charge cards shall include an assessment of the individual's consumer report from a consumer reporting agency as those terms are defined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Public Law 91–508): Provided, That the department or agency may not issue a government travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a credit history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result of this evaluation: Provided further, That this restriction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsatisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suitable alternative payment mechanism available before issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history. Each executive department and agency shall establish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with the official business of the Department or agency or with applicable standards of conduct.[SEC. 737. (a) Definitions.—For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:(1) Great lakes.—The terms "Great Lakes'' and "Great Lakes State'' have the same meanings as such terms have in section 506 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-22).
(2) Great lakes restoration activities.—The term "Great Lakes restoration activities'' means any Federal or State activity primarily or entirely within the Great Lakes watershed that seeks to improve the overall health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
(b) Report.—Not later than 45 days after submission of the budget of the President to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Governor of each Great Lakes State and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, shall submit to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives a financial report, certified by the Secretary of each agency that has budget authority for Great Lakes restoration activities, containing—
(1) an interagency budget crosscut report that—
(A) displays the budget proposed, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carries out Great Lakes restoration activities in the upcoming fiscal year, separately reporting the amount of funding to be provided under existing laws pertaining to the Great Lakes ecosystem; and
(B) identifies all expenditures since fiscal year 2004 by the Federal Government and State governments for Great Lakes restoration activities;
(2) a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies and, to the extent available, State agencies using Federal funds, for Great Lakes restoration activities during the current and previous fiscal years;
(3) a budget for the proposed projects (including a description of the project, authorization level, and project status) to be carried out in the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for activities; and
(4) a listing of all projects to be undertaken in the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for activities.]
SEC. [738]731. (a) In General.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an entity.(b) Waivers.—
(1) In general.—Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Government contract under the authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required in the interest of national security.
(2) Report to congress.—Any Secretary issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.
(c) Exception.—This section shall not apply to any Federal Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.
SEC. [739]732. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule entitled "Competitive Area'' published by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.).[SEC. 740. Section 743 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117; 31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended in subsection (a)(3), by inserting after "exercise of an option'' the following: ", and task orders issued under any such contract,''.]SEC. [741]733. During fiscal year [2012] 2013, for each employee who—(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, or
(2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management's average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until expended to the Office of Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be an administrative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code.
[SEC. 742. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to "this Act'' contained in any title other than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.][SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of the following information as a condition of submitting the offer:(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication that is made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election for Federal office or to a political committee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal office.
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the person will use the funds to make a payment described in paragraph (1).
(b) In this section, each of the terms "contribution'', "expenditure'', "independent expenditure'', "electioneering communication'', "candidate'', "election'', and "Federal office'' has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).]
[SEC. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until September 30, 2013, of the amounts made available for information technology investments under the heading "Independent Agencies, Commodity Futures Trading Commission'' in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division A of Public Law 112–55), the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may transfer not to exceed $10,000,000 under such heading for salaries and expenses of such Commission: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be subject to the notification procedures set forth in section 730 of such Act with respect to a reprogramming of funds and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with such procedures.]SEC. 734. (a) The Vice President may not receive a pay raise in calendar year 2013, notwithstanding section 104 of title 3, United States Code, or any other provision of law.(b) An individual serving in an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2013, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g) or (h). The preceding sentence applies only to individuals who are holding a position in which they serve at the pleasure of the President or other appointing official.
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2013, notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g) or (h).
(d) A noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2013, notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United States Code.
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves at the pleasure of the appointing official may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2013, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g) or (h). This subsection does not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or to employees appointed under 5 U.S.C. 3161, or to employees in another pay system whose position would be classified at GS-15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them.
(f) Nothing in this section shall prevent employees who do not serve at the pleasure of the appointing official from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law.
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, is not subject to this section.
(h) A member of Senior Foreign Service who receives a Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch and who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b)of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) is not subject to this section.
SEC. 735. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2013, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—(1) during the period from the date of expiration of the limitation imposed by the comparable section for previous fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2013, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal year 2013, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 2013 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall average percentage of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in fiscal year 2013 under section 5304 of such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage of such payments which was effective in the previous fiscal year under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2012, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2012, except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for service performed after September 30, 2012.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
SEC. 736. (a) Funds made available and used for Pay for Success projects in this or any other Act:(1) shall support performance-based awards that—
(A) are designed to—
(i) promote innovative strategies to reduce the aggregate level of government investment needed to achieve successful outcomes; and
(ii) impose minimal administrative requirements on service providers, so as to allow for maximum flexibility to improve efficiency and effectiveness;
(B) are between the agency administering the appropriated funds and—
(i) a not-for-profit or other entity that is a provider of services;
(ii) a not-for-profit or other entity that arranges for the provision of services; or
(iii) a State, local, or tribal government that is providing services or contracting for the provision of services;
(C) specify—
(i) that the administering agency will disburse funds to the recipient of the award upon a determination by such agency that one or more outcomes (as specified in the award) have been achieved, and that such determination shall be made through the use of reliable, objective outcome-measurement methodologies that are set forth in the award;
(ii) the affected population, the outcomes to be achieved, and the reliable, objective outcome-measurement methodologies that will be used to determine whether the specified outcomes have been achieved;
(D) where appropriate, are accompanied by waivers of non statutory administrative requirements; and
(E) are issued and administered by an agency under any existing authority (such as in the form of a grant, cooperative agreement, or other type of assistance), based on a pre-award assessment by the agency, taking into account the amount of the proposed award, the likelihood of achieving the specified outcomes, the anticipated return on investment, and other relevant factors;
(2) may be used for the expenses of a neutral evaluation of outcome measures, outcome-measurement methodologies, or achievement of outcomes under a Pay for Success project or other expenses that support achievement of outcomes; and
(3) shall, upon obligation, remain available for disbursement until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552.
(A) If later deobligated, in whole or in part, such deobligated amounts shall be available until expended for obligation for new Pay for Success projects, except to the extent that this or any other Act specifies another purpose for such deobligated amounts
(B) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance to Federal agencies on carrying out Pay for Success projects.
SEC. 737. Performance Partnership Pilots.(a) Definitions. In this section,
(1) "Performance Partnership Pilot" (or "Pilot") is a project that seeks to identify, through a demonstration, cost-effective strategies for providing services at the state, regional, or local level that—
(A) involve two or more Federal programs (administered by one or more Federal agencies)—
(i) which have related policy goals, and
(ii) at least one of which is administered (in whole or in part) by a state, local, or tribal government; and
(B) achieve better results for regions, communities or specific at-risk populations through making better use of the budgetary resources that are available for supporting such programs.
(2) "To improve outcomes for disconnected youth" means to increase the rate at which individuals between the ages of 14 and 24 (who are homeless, in foster care, involved in the juvenile justice system, or are neither employed nor enrolled in an educational institution) achieve success in meeting educational, employment or other key goals.
(3) "To support the revitalization of distressed neighborhoods" means to transform neighborhoods of concentrated poverty into neighborhoods with safe streets, quality affordable housing, and high-quality schools and education programs, services, public assets, transportation, access to jobs, or other opportunities for children, youth and adults.
(4) The "lead Federal administering agency" is the Federal agency, to be designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (from among the participating Federal agencies that have statutory responsibility for the Federal discretionary funds that will be used in a Performance Partnership Pilot) that will enter into and administer the particular Performance Partnership Agreement on behalf of that agency and the other participating Federal agencies.
(b) Use of Discretionary Funds in Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriations Acts. Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds, that are made available in this or any other appropriations act providing funds for Fiscal Year 2013, to carry out up to a total of 20 Performance Partnership Pilots involving up to a total of $200,000,000 in aggregate Federal discretionary budget authority. Such Pilots shall consist of a combination of:
(1) not more than 13 Performance Partnership Pilots (involving not more than $130,000,000 in aggregate Federal discretionary budget authority) that—
(A) are designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth, and
(B) involve Federal programs targeted on disconnected youth, or designed to prevent youth from disconnecting from school or work, that provide education, training and employment, and other related social services; and
(2) not more than 13 Performance Partnership Pilots (involving not more than $130,000,000 in aggregate Federal discretionary budget authority) that are designed to support the revitalization of distressed neighborhoods.
(c) Performance Partnership Agreements. Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds, as authorized in subsection (b), to participate in a Performance Partnership Pilot only in accordance with the terms of a Performance Partnership Agreement that—
(1) is entered into between—
(A) the head of the lead Federal administering agency, on behalf of all of the participating Federal agencies (subject to the head of the lead Federal administering agency having received from the heads of each of the other participating agencies their written concurrence for entering into the Agreement), and
(B) the respective representatives of all of the state, local or tribal governments that are participating in the Agreement; and
(2) specifies, at a minimum, the following information:
(A) the length of the Agreement (which shall not extend beyond September 30, 2017);
(B) the Federal programs and federally-funded services that are involved in the Pilot;
(C) the Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot (by the respective Federal account identifier, and the total amount from such account that is being used in the Pilot), and the period (or periods) of availability for obligation (by the Federal Government) of such funds;
(D) the non-Federal funds that are involved in the Pilot, by source (which can include private funds as well as governmental funds) and by amount;
(E) the state, local, or tribal programs that are involved in the Pilot;
(F) the populations to be served by the Pilot;
(G) the cost-effective Federal oversight procedures that will be used for the purpose of maintaining the necessary level of accountability for the use of the Federal discretionary funds;
(H) the cost-effective State, local or tribal oversight procedures that will be used for the purpose of maintaining the necessary level of accountability for the use of the Federal discretionary funds;
(I) the outcome (or outcomes) that the Pilot is designed to achieve;
(J) the appropriate, reliable, and objective outcome-measurement methodology that the Federal Government and the participating state, local, or tribal governments will use, in carrying out the Pilot, to determine whether the Pilot is achieving, and has achieved, the specified outcomes that the Pilot is designed to achieve; and
(K) in cases where, during the course of the Pilot, it is determined that the Pilot is not achieving the specified outcomes that it is designed to achieve,
(i) the consequences that will result from such deficiencies with respect to the Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot, and
(ii) the corrective actions that will be taken in order to increase the likelihood that the Pilot, upon completion, will have achieved such specified outcomes.
(d) Agency Head Determinations. A Federal agency may participate in a Performance Partnership Pilot (including by providing Federal discretionary funds that have been appropriated to such agency) only upon the written determination by the head of such agency that the agency's participation in such Pilot—
(1) will not result in denying or restricting the eligibility of any individual for any of the services that (in whole or in part) are funded by the agency's programs and Federal discretionary funds that are involved in the Pilot, and
(2) based on the best available information, will not otherwise adversely affect vulnerable populations that are the recipients of such services.
In making this determination, the head of the agency may take into consideration the other Federal discretionary funds that will be used in the Pilot as well as any non-Federal funds (including from private sources as well as governmental sources) that will be used in the Pilot.
(e) Transfer Authority. For the purpose of carrying out the Pilot in accordance with the Performance Partnership Agreement, and subject to the written approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of each participating Federal agency may transfer Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot to an account of the lead Federal administering agency that includes Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot. Subject to the waiver authority under subsection (g), such transferred funds shall remain available for the same purposes for which such funds were originally appropriated: Provided, That such transferred funds shall remain available for obligation by the Federal Government until the expiration of those Federal discretionary funds (which are being used in the Pilot) that have the longest period of availability, except that any such transferred funds shall not remain available beyond September 30, 2017.
(f) Waiver Authority. In connection with a Federal agency's participation in a Performance Partnership Pilot, and subject to the other provisions of this section (including subsection (e)), the head of the Federal agency to which the Federal discretionary funds were appropriated may waive (in whole or in part) the application, solely to such discretionary funds that are being used in the Pilot, of any statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirement that such agency head—
(1) is otherwise authorized to waive (in accordance with the terms and conditions of such other authority), and
(2) is not otherwise authorized to waive, provided that in such case the agency head, prior to granting the waiver, shall—
(A) issue a written determination with respect to such discretionary funds that the granting of such waiver for purposes of the Pilot—
(i) is consistent with both—
(I) the statutory purposes of the Federal program for which such discretionary funds were appropriated, and
(II) the other provisions of this section, including the written determination by the agency head issued under subsection (e);
(ii) is necessary to achieve the outcomes of the Pilot as specified in the Partnership Performance Agreement, and is no broader in scope than is necessary to achieve such outcomes; and
(iii) will result in either—
(I) realizing efficiencies by simplifying reporting burdens or reducing administrative barriers with respect to such discretionary funds, or
(II) increasing the ability of individuals to obtain access to services that are provided by such discretionary funds; and
(B) provide at least 60 days advance written notice to the Committees on Appropriations and other committees of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
SEC. 738. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report on at least a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate on the status of unexpired, unobligated balances of budget authority in executive branch agencies: Provided, That the Director shall submit the reports not later than 30 days after the end of a fiscal-year quarter: Provided further, That the reports shall, to the extent practicable, separately identify unexpired, unobligated balances of budget authority for discretionary appropriations and direct spending, as those terms are defined in section 250(c)(7) and (8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(7), (8)): Provided further, That, with respect to unexpired, unobligated balances of budget authority for discretionary appropriations, the reports shall, to the extent practicable, separately identify (1) those balances that are available to fund reimbursable obligations as defined by OMB Circular No. A-11; and (2) all other balances of discretionary budget authority: Provided further, That each agency shall submit to the Director such information as the Director requires for these reports, at such time and in such manner as the Director shall specify. (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012.)