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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2131 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — Making appropriations for Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies and Department of Ho... · Sec. 559

Sec. 559.

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Notwithstanding the limitations as to threshold, time, and condition of section 503 of this Act, the Secretary may propose to reprogram or transfer to the Coast Guard for the Offshore Patrol Cutter Project:
(1)discretionary appropriations made available by this Act, to remain available until September 30, 2017, and
(2)the unobligated balances of discretionary appropriations made available by prior Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts: , That any amounts proposed for reprogramming or transfer under this section shall not be available for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives approve of such reprogramming or transfer: Provided , That this section shall not apply to amounts that were
(1)classified as being in the revised security category, as defined under section 250(c)(4)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended (BBEDCA);
(2)designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or BBEDCA; or
(3)designated as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA. Provided further
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