Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Availability of Appropriations for Inspector General Overhead Expenses

Both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) lump sum appropriation and the earmark for the CFTC Office of Inspector General (OIG) (contained within the lump sum appropriation) for fiscal year (FY) 2015 are legally available to pay OIG overhead expenses. CFTC is not required to choose one of these appropriations to the exclusion of the other; rather, the language in the FY 2015 appropriations act establishes a floor of $2.62 million for the OIG and permits the use of the CFTC lump sum appropriation in addition to the earmark for purposes related to the OIG.