text: That the following sums 
  are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
  appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
  receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
  corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 
  year 2017, and for other purposes, namely:
  
          TITLE I--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017
  
      Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
  operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal 
  year 2016 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, 
  for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 
  loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided 
  for in this title, that were conducted in fiscal year 2016, and for 
  which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in 
  the following appropriations Acts:
              (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
          Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
          (division A of Public Law 114-113).
              (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
          Appropriations Act, 2016 (division B of Public Law 114-113).
              (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 
          (division C of Public Law 114-113).
              (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
          Appropriations Act, 2016 (division D of Public Law 114-113).
              (5) The Financial Services and General Government 
          Appropriations Act, 2016 (division E of Public Law 114-113).
              (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
          2016 (division F of Public Law 114-113).
              (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
          Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division G of Public 
          Law 114-113).
              (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
          and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
          (division H of Public Law 114-113).
              (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016 
          (division I of Public Law 114-113).
              (10) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
          Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (division K of Public 
          Law 114-113), except title IX.
              (11) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
          Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L of Public 
          Law 114-113).
      (b)(1) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) in the 
  revised security category (as defined in section 250(c)(4)(D) of the 
  Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) is hereby 
  adjusted by the percentage necessary to achieve a rate for operations 
  in such category equal to the excess of $548,091,000,000 over the total 
  amount made available in such category pursuant to section 201.
      (2) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) in the 
  revised nonsecurity category (as defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the 
  Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) is hereby 
  adjusted by the percentage necessary to achieve a rate for operations 
  in such category equal to the excess of $518,491,000,000 over the total 
  amount made available in such category pursuant to section 201.
      Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
  granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be 
  used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in 
  fiscal year 2016 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 
  above those sustained with fiscal year 2016 funds; or (3) the 
  initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 
  operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, 
  activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a 
  program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line 
  item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 
  line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within 
  an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other 
  authority were not available during fiscal year 2016.
      (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted 
  pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to 
  initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding 
  for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically 
  appropriated later.
      Sec. 103.  Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to 
  the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent 
  appropriations Act.
      Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
  appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to 
  section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity 
  for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
  during fiscal year 2016.
      Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to 
  this title shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any 
  project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for 
  such project or activity are available under this title.
      Sec. 106.  Unless otherwise provided for in this title or in the 
  applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017, appropriations and 
  funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this title shall 
  be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) the 
  enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity 
  provided for in this title; (2) the enactment into law of the 
  applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017 without any 
  provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 9, 2016.
      Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this title shall be 
  charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
  whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
  authorization is contained is enacted into law.
      Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by or 
  authority granted pursuant to this title may be used without regard to 
  the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set 
  forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in 
  this title may be construed to waive any other provision of law 
  governing the apportionment of funds.
      Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
  except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high 
  initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations 
  at the beginning of fiscal year 2017 because of distributions of 
  funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high 
  initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, 
  and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this title 
  that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
      Sec. 110.  This title shall be implemented so that only the most 
  limited funding action of that permitted in the title shall be taken in 
  order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.
  
  TITLE II--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
      APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 AND ZIKA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS ACT
  
  SEC. 201. ENACTMENT BY REFERENCE.
  
      (a) In General.--The provisions of the Military Construction, 
  Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 and 
  Zika Response and Preparedness Act, as printed in the Conference Report 
  accompanying H.R. 2577 (H. Rept. 114-640), are hereby enacted into law.
      (b) Publication.--In publishing the Act in slip form and in the 
  United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1, 
  United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include 
  after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the 
  texts of the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
  
       TITLE III--ENSURING VETTING OF REFUGEES TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE
  
  SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This title may be cited as the ``American Security Against Foreign 
  Enemies Act of 2015'' or as the ``American SAFE Act of 2015''.
  
  SEC. 302. REVIEW OF REFUGEES TO IDENTIFY SECURITY THREATS TO THE UNITED 
                STATES.
  
      (a) Background Investigation.--In addition to the screening 
  conducted by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the 
  Federal Bureau of Investigation shall take all actions necessary to 
  ensure that each covered alien receives a thorough background 
  investigation prior to admission as a refugee. A covered alien may not 
  be admitted as a refugee until the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
  Investigation certifies to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
  Director of National Intelligence that each covered alien has received 
  a background investigation that is sufficient to determine whether the 
  covered alien is a threat to the security of the United States.
      (b) Certification by Unanimous Concurrence.--A covered alien may 
  only be admitted to the United States after the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security, with the unanimous concurrence of the Director of the Federal 
  Bureau of Investigation and the Director of National Intelligence, 
  certifies to the appropriate Congressional Committees that the covered 
  alien is not a threat to the security of the United States.
      (c) Inspector General Review of Certifications.--The Inspector 
  General of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct a risk-
  based review of all certifications made under subsection (b) each year 
  and shall provide an annual report detailing the findings to the 
  appropriate Congressional Committees.
      (d) Monthly Report.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
  submit to the appropriate Congressional Committees a monthly report on 
  the total number of applications for admission with regard to which a 
  certification under subsection (b) was made and the number of covered 
  aliens with regard to whom such a certification was not made for the 
  month preceding the date of the report. The report shall include, for 
  each covered alien with regard to whom a certification was not made, 
  the concurrence or nonconcurrence of each person whose concurrence was 
  required by subsection (b).
      (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
              (1) Covered alien.--The term ``covered alien'' means any 
          alien applying for admission to the United States as a refugee 
          who--
                      (A) is a national or resident of Iraq or Syria;
                      (B) has no nationality and whose last habitual 
                  residence was in Iraq or Syria; or
                      (C) has been present in Iraq or Syria at any time 
                  on or after March 1, 2011.
              (2) Appropriate congressional committee.--The term 
          ``appropriate Congressional Committees'' means--
                      (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
                      (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
                  Senate;
                      (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                      (D) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                  Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                      (E) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                  Senate;
                      (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                      (G) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
                  Representatives;
                      (H) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
                  of the House of Representatives;
                      (I) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                  Representatives;
                      (J) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                  of Representatives;
                      (K) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                  Representatives; and
                      (L) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                  of Representatives.
  
                  TITLE IV--STOPPING THE INTERNET GIVEAWAY
  
  SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This title may be cited as the ``Protecting Internet Freedom Act''.
  
  SEC. 402. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds the following:
              (1) The Department of Commerce and the National 
          Telecommunications and Information Administration (in this 
          section referred to as the ``NTIA'') should be responsible for 
          maintaining the continuity and stability of services related to 
          certain interdependent Internet technical management functions, 
          known collectively as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 
          (in this section referred to as the ``IANA''), which includes--
                      (A) the coordination of the assignment of technical 
                  Internet protocol parameters;
                      (B) the administration of certain responsibilities 
                  associated with the Internet domain name system root 
                  zone management;
                      (C) the allocation of Internet numbering resources; 
                  and
                      (D) other services related to the management of the 
                  Advanced Research Project Agency and INT top-level 
                  domains.
              (2) The interdependent technical functions described in 
          paragraph (1) were performed on behalf of the Federal 
          Government under a contract between the Defense Advanced 
          Research Projects Agency and the University of Southern 
          California as part of a research project known as the Tera-node 
          Network Technology project. As the Tera-node Network Technology 
          project neared completion and the contract neared expiration in 
          1999, the Federal Government recognized the need for the 
          continued performance of the IANA functions as vital to the 
          stability and correct functioning of the Internet.
              (3) The NTIA may use its contract authority to maintain the 
          continuity and stability of services related to the IANA 
          functions.
              (4) If the NTIA uses its contract authority, the 
          contractor, in the performance of its duties, must have or 
          develop a close constructive working relationship with all 
          interested and affected parties to ensure quality and 
          satisfactory performance of the IANA functions. The interested 
          and affected parties include--
                      (A) the multistakeholder, private sector-led, 
                  bottom-up policy development model for the domain name 
                  system that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names 
                  and Numbers represents;
                      (B) the Internet Engineering Task Force and the 
                  Internet Architecture Board;
                      (C) Regional Internet Registries;
                      (D) top-level domain operators and managers, such 
                  as country codes and generic;
                      (E) governments; and
                      (F) the Internet user community.
              (5) The IANA functions contract of the Department of 
          Commerce explicitly declares that ``[a]ll deliverables provided 
          under this contract become the property of the U.S. 
          Government.''. One of the deliverables is the automated root 
          zone.
              (6) Former President Bill Clinton's Internet czar Ira 
          Magaziner stated that ``[t]he United States paid for the 
          Internet, the Net was created under its auspices, and most 
          importantly everything [researchers] did was pursuant to 
          government contracts.''.
              (7) Under section 3 of article IV of the Constitution of 
          the United States, Congress has the exclusive power to 
          ``dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations 
          respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
          United States''.
              (8) The .gov and .mil top-level domains are the property of 
          the United States Government, and as property, the United 
          States Government should have the exclusive control and use of 
          those domains in perpetuity.
  
  SEC. 403. MAINTAINING THE IANA FUNCTIONS CONTRACT.
  
      The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
  Information may not allow the responsibility of the National 
  Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to the 
  Internet domain name system functions, including responsibility with 
  respect to the authoritative root zone file and the performance of the 
  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, to terminate, lapse, 
  expire, be canceled, or otherwise cease to be in effect unless a 
  Federal statute enacted after the date of enactment of this title 
  expressly grants the Assistant Secretary such authority.
  
  SEC. 404. EXCLUSIVE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF 
                .GOV AND .MIL DOMAINS.
  
      Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this title, 
  the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information 
  shall provide to Congress a written certification that the United 
  States Government has--
              (1) secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level 
          domains; and
              (2) entered into a contract with the Internet Corporation 
          for Assigned Names and Numbers that provides that the United 
          States Government has exclusive control and use of those 
          domains in perpetuity.
target: This bill provides continuing FY2017 appropriations to most federal agencies until the earlier of December 9, 2016, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation.  It prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when FY2017 begins on October 1, 2016, because the FY2017 appropriations bills that fund the federal government have not been enacted. The bill specifies the rates of operations for security and nonsecurity programs for the duration of the continuing appropriations.  The bill enacts, by reference, the provisions of the conference report for H.R. 2577 (Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 and Zika Response and Preparedness Act).  American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 or the American SAFE Act of 2015  The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence must take specified actions to ensure that certain aliens from Iraq or Syria receive thorough background investigations and are certified not to be a security threat prior to being admitted to the United States as refugees.  Protecting Internet Freedom Act  The Department of Commerce may not allow the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's responsibility for Internet domain name system functions to cease unless a federal statute enacted after enactment of this bill expressly grants Commerce the authority.  Commerce must certify to Congress that the United States: (1) secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, and (2) entered into a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that provides the U.S. government with exclusive control and use of those domains in perpetuity. 
feat_title: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.